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hie Member was mistaken, for as he (Lord Althorp) understood the law, whenever the Right Hon. Gentle man re•accended the Chair, the pension granted him would be suspended. Some of the former speakers had argued as if the Hon. Gentleman had reigned the Chair, and was no longer Speaker after the prorogation. Such was not the fact. He continued Speaker up to the disso lution. However, at present he hoped the House would come to a speedy and unanimous decision. Mr. WARBURTON and Mr. CORBETT rose together. The cries for Mr. Cohbett were very numerous, and the former gentleman gave way. Mr. COBBETT then said, the Hon. Members who had preceded him on this question had wholly mistaken the case. The real question was wholly thrown out of their calculations. What he considered the real ques- tion to be, was, not that they were to please themselves in the choice they were about to wake, hut, what would the people think of the prson whom they placed in the Chiir ? They were now about to select one from among themselves. When they ba'l agreed upon him, and placed him in the Chair, they said to the people that that was the best man amongst them.—(A laugh.) Now if they placed a man in the Chair who, for such a length of time, had been feeding upon the people, what would be sail out of the House of such a choice ? Surely they would have but a poor opinion of the Reformed House of Coin mon4, if it were to be said, that the Right Hon. Gentle man was the best man in it. He would come to the law , f the case as regarded the pension bye and bye. He had no doubt that there were lawyers present, and that there were merchants present, who were perfectly aware that the business of the Honse could be carried on by one tenth of the clerks and clerks' as'istants, and all the other officers that the Speaker had to assist him, in what was called his arduous duty. It had been a con etant cry, and was repeated that night, that the Right Honourable Gentleman had done much. Allowing that he had, - hadiie not been well paid for it?—(Hear, bear,) Had he not been receiving much more than the President of the United States? And all that for the sixteen years during which it was said he had worked so much ? He would ask, had the House any right to saddle the country with a greater salary to the Speaker of the House, than was paid to the President of the whole United States? But the whole thing wis a nest of infamy. What with the Speaker, Chief clerks, deputy clerks, sergeants, and other officers belong ing to the House, it cost more than the whole of the Civil Government of the United States, including the salaries of the ten Ambassadors they sent to Europe. He then called on the House to take into consideration what the people had said, for many years past, upon pensions. He knew much of the petitions that had been sent to that House for the last twenty-five years. There was the Right Ho nourable Baronet, the Member for Westminster, be hind him, who bad in that time presented hun dreds of petitions, and he would defy him to say that in any one, calling for Parliamentary Reform, the great reason assigned for it was not pensions granted for un merited services. It was easy for Hon. Gentlemen to talk, for it was an ascertained fact, and, by consulting Cocker for only a few minutes, the case would be demon strated, that the rich hail taxed the poor forty times more than they had done themselves. Now were they to tell them (the people) that the man who had 4,0001. a-year secured for his own life and the sante sum during the life of his son—that a man who had thus received upwards of 100,0001. of the people's money, and who, in the natural calculations of human life, sehight receive hundreds of thousands more— were they to tell the people, the overtaxed people, that this was the only man in that House who was fit to pre side over its debates ? Were they to tell the people, who were in a state of starvation, which must he seen to he be lieved, that they were to expect no relief, which would, in effect, be done by placing such a man in that chair ? The Noble Lord had entirely mistaken the meaning of the Act of Parliament. It was a pension of 4.0001. a-year for life to the late Speaker himself, and of 3,0001. a year to his heir male; there would require another Act ot Par liament before this could he rescinded. How much honesty, moderation, and mercy towards the people was them in the matter ? But then the Noble Lord thought it would cease. No, it would not cease. What was the actual situation at the present moment in which they stood ? Why, if the Right Hon. Gentleman was reelected, and he knew nothing of his qualifications, for he bad never been bins in his chair—(A laugli)—it could not be un done ; and immediately on his appointment be might go end sell his annuity for life.—(Hear.) Would the House be party to an imposition so flagrant towards the people? Was this the way they were going to take the leaves out of the accursed Red Book? Why it was the moat effectual way to introduce new leaves into it.—( Hear.) He thought there was sonic weight in the observations of the lion. Member for Middlesex; but he objected to the re election, on the ground that it was a declaration of war against the people of this kingdom. Mr. WARBURTON sail the different qualifications of the gentlemen proposed to fill the Chair were undoubtedly to be considered. It their merits were equal on both sides, the House ought to give the preference to that gentleman whose political opinions agreed most nearly with the ma jority. He did not think it an unimportant thing to say of the person who was raised to that Chair, " This is the man whom the people delight to honour." Ile rose simply lir the purpose of stating that the House had never, on former occasions, granted a pension to a retiring Speaker until the period when he had actually ceased to fill the Chair, and should that Right Hon. Gentleman be raised again to the Chair, the least be expected was to hear that either his Majesty's Government, or some Hon. Member would make the motion that the vote of the House in granting the pension should be rescinded at the earliest possible period in the present Session ; so that the House might still have a proper security in its own hands, by not voting a pension till the final retirement. The Noble Lord has said that ceteris paribus the House ought to elect him with whose political opinions it most nearly coincided. Now, from the experience which he had of the conduct, in that Chair, of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he was quite willing to pay him that com pliment which his merits deserved ; but, on an occasion like the present, they were expected to unbosom them selves with perfect candour, and he was determined to do so. He would observe, that not only were mental, but even physical, qualifications necess iry to be considered ; and he stated with plainnes', that many occasions had arisen, when he observed the extreme illness of the Right Hon. Gentleman while filling the Chair. He entertained the strongest doubts whether his strength was sufficient to go through those snore than ordinarily ardu ous duties now to be required, of the Speaker of that House ; and, therefore, in balancing the merits of the two Hon. Gentlemen, he considered that the Hon. Member for Staffordshire, being more vigorous in health, would be more competent to fulfil the duties of the office. If, however, the Right Hon. Gentleman was re elected, it would be his duty to bring forward a motion for rescinding the pension granted in the former Parlia ment to the Right Hon. Gentleman, until his retirement from office. Mr. C. M. SUTTON then rose, but spoke in so low a tone of voice that it was with great difficulty thathe was heard in the gallery. He presented himself to the House under considerable embarrassment on the present occasion. It was, however, a great gratification to him to hear even from Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and from all who had spoken, the compliments (as we umlerstood) which had been bestowed upon him. It was hie duty, under all circumstances, to submit himself implicitly to the opinion of the House. No one could feel more deeply, he had almost said more painfully, the difficulties belong. ing to the high situation of filling that Chair. But he owed ton much to their kindness to hesitate for one instant to obey the commands of the House, in again undertaking the trust, if it was their pleasure to replace hiai in it. --(Hear, hear.) Among the qualifications which be longed necessarily, or at least ought to belong necessarily to the Speaker of that House, no one was more im portant, and he trusted he could appeal to the House that he was not wanting in it, than strict im partiality. Indeed, he confessed that it was a diffi culty to his understanding to draw a line of dis tinction between honesty and strict impartiality, and he hoped that he had succeeded in blending them together, and that the majority of those with whom be had had the honour to act for six successive Parlia ments would do him that justice. Having said so much, he would only add, that if it should be the pleasure of the House to elect his Hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, whatever assistance his sixteen years' experience could afford should willingly be given him, and every Member of that House. If it should be the pleasure of the House to re-elect him to the high honour, he had only to say, as be had done befo re , t h at h e wou ld exer t his best endeavour s to discharge his duty to the House— to the country—and, they would permit him to say, as an honest man, to bienself.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Question," and " Clear the gallery.") The Reuse was about to divide, when Mr. METHUEN observed, that the statement made by the Honourable Member for Middlesex, that if the Hon. Gentleman were re-elected he would continue to receive a pension of 4,0001., in addition to his salary as Speaker, bad not been fairly answered. Standing there as a re presentative of the people, he thought it his duty to call upon the Government to sive a satisfactory explanative upon that point. He admitted that the Eight Non. (ien• tleman possessed all the qualifications which were claimed for him, and would therefore be sorry to vote against him ; but he could not conscientiously give any vote Which would enable the Right Honourable Member to rec e ive a retiring pension of 4,0001. a-year, as well as a salary of 6,0001. There had already been an opportunity for the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, and for the Right Hon, Gentleman himself, to afford an ex planation upon this point, but none had been given. It would be more for the credit of the Government, for the credit of the House, and of the Right Honourable Gentle man himself, and he well knew it would he more satis factory to the country, to have this point clearly under stood bdfore the House went to a vote.—( Hear. ) Mr. MANNERS SUTTON hoped that the House would permit him to make a short statement with refe rence to the subject alluded to by the Honourable Member. He believed it to be impossible that an individual occupy ing the Chair could he entitled to a single shilling voted as a retiring pension.—(Hear.) That he believed to have been the intention of the Legislature when it passed tl.e Act of last Session ; but whatever the intention of the Legislature might have been, and whatever might he the legal construction of the Act, it was his firm determina tion not to receive one farthing of the pension whilst he had the honour to fill the chair. Major BEAUCLERK thought the Speaker's sshry ought to be reduced, and was proceeding to address the House on the subject, when he was reminded that the House could not then entertain the subject. . . The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared for Mr. Littleton Against 1Irn Majority When the gallery was recpened Mr. COBBETT was addressing the House. He ob• served that the whole country would condemn the re election of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he had been Speaker for 16 years. Ay, and he was something before that ; almost from his very infancy he had been receiving money, in seme shape or other, out of the public purse. This was the man whom the House were de'ermined to elect as their Speaker. Farmers were accustomed to judge or the sack by the sample, and what a sack must that be of which the Right Genleman was the sample.—(A laugh.) Such as the Right Hon. Gentleman was the whole of the represen t etives of their own breeches pockets would be found—all putting their hands in the peopit's pockets, as they did in the old unreformed Parliament, and taking from them as much money as they could get. The decision of the House with respect to the question before them would de cide their character with the people. He felt it to be his •luty to offer as much opposition as possible to the election of the Right lion. Gentleman. His opposition might be unavailing, but that was of no consequence to him. Mr. FAITHFUL said he had come into the House with the determination to support the nomination of the Right Honourable Gentleman ; but lie roust confess, that in consequence of what he had head during the discus sion, he could not conscientiously give the least counte nance to his election. The House must he aware that there existed at that moment an Act of Parliament which secured to the Speaker a pension of 4,0001. It was true the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated his determina tion not to avail himself of the benefit conferred upon him by that Act ; but surely the House must perceive that the decision of this question ought not, for a variety of con siderations, to be left to the decision of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself. He, therefore, asked the Ministers now present, and he trusted that they would give a pointed and explicit answer to the question, whether, in the event of the late Speaker being again elevated to the Chair, they would solemnly pledge themselves to bring in a bill for the express purpose of repealing and extinguish ing his Pension Act. If Ministers would not do that, he must oppose the election of the Right Hon. Gentleman. SIR F. BURDETT thought that the Hon. Member for Brighton had put forward one of the most extraordi nary points he had ever heard—(Cheers) —nothing more nor less than asking them to pledge themselves to bring in a Bill in order to repeal the Act by which the late Speaker was given a pension of 1,000/. a-year, if he again took the Chair. Ministers had given their opinions upon that Act, and the Right Hon. Gentle man had done the same ; and those opinions, he (Sir F. Burdett) should have thought would have been satisfactory to the moat unreasonable man. The public would save not a farthing of that pension, unless the Right Honour able Gentleman was re-elected to the Chair.—(Hear, hear.) If economy was of the slightest benefit in the world, all the arguments which had been used would have a contrary effect to that given them by the Hon. Member. He disliked such a twopence-halfpenny principle of eco nomy. No Parliament, he would venture to say, would repeal the Act giving Mr. Manners Sutton a pen sion of 4,0001. a year. It had been hardly earned, for no man could say that sixteen years' service such as the Right Hon. Gentleman had performed, was not worth such a remuneration.—(Cheers.) He should like to see some of those lion. Gentlemen who held the duty of Speaker so cheaply, and thought that he was so much i,verpaid, try the experiment of filling the Chair.—(A I iugh.) He wondered whether if they were placed in the same situation as the Right Hon. Gentleman with a half or a quarter of his salary, or with no salary at all, the public would be equally set ved.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Was it likely that, under such circumstances, the public buisness would be facilitated, and carried on so advan tageously, as it was under the direction of a gentleman so accomplished for that purpose as the Right Hon. Gentle man ? Again he begged to assure the Hon. Member for Brighton that the only possible means of effecting a saving of the pnblie money was by re-electing the Right Hon. Gentleman as Speaker. Mr. WARBURTON said that there were two points for the consideration of the House. The first was,whether 'he Right Hon. Gentleman, in the event of his being re-elected, could receive the pension voted him in the last Parliament, together with his salary of Speaker. This question, whatever might be its merits in a legal point of view, he considered as definitively settled by the declara tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman that he would not re cvive the pension even if the Act admitted of such an interpretation as to allow him to do so.—(Hear, hear.) There, however, remained another question ; he thought •he precedent of voting a retiring pension before the final retirement of the Speaker a dangerous one. What was to prevent a Minister hereafter from proposing a pen sion to a Speaker for services performed, whilst he in tended still to retain the Chair ? He felt it his duty to object to the establishment of that precedent, though, from what he knew of the Right Hon. Gentleman's cha racter, he was fully assured that his conduct would not vary a tittle in consequence of having his pension secured :o him.—(Hear. hear.) The House had hitherto been accustomed to retain in their own hands a security for the conduct of the Speaker, by not voting his pension until be retired. He took the same view of the question as the Hon. Member for Brighton did, and he hoped that lion. Members would make up their minds to vote for the repeal of the late Speaker's Pension Act during the present Session. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he had no diffi culty in stating that the Right Hon. Gentleman could not be entitled to receive his pension of 4,000/., together with his salary of 6,000/. as Speaker. He had looked to the Act, and found that the payment of the pension was to commence when the Right Hon. Gentleman should cease to be Speaker. The Right Hon. Gentleman ceased to be Speaker for many purposes when Parliament was dis solved, but for other purposes he continued to be Speaker until his successor should be elected. There was an Act of Parliament which stated that he should be considered as continuing to be Speaker till another Speaker was elected. For the purpose of receiving his salary, there fore, the Right Hon. Gentleman was still Speaker. Mr. O'CONNELL was free to admit that the Learned Gentleman's conclusion was perfectly just, if his premises were admitted valid. But he could not admit their vali dity, for he had yet to learn how there could be a Speaker io a Parliament not in existence.—(Hear.) Were they to understand from the Learned Gentleman that at a disso lution every circumstance connected with the practical existence and privileges of the House of Commons was at an end,—or at least in abeyance—excepting the office of the Speaker ? And yet the Learned Gentleman's doc trine was, if it meant anything, to that effect. For his own port, he knew of no Act of Parliament which pre served the political existence of the Speaker during the dissolution of the Parliament. Lord ALTHORP—The Learned Member for Dublin must be aware, that though, in the case of the demise of the Crown, the Parliament is constitutionally defunct, yet the Speaker continues to receive his salary and exercise the privileges of his office, till the appointment of his successor in a new Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL—Yes; but in that case Parliament itself, by express statute, also preserves its existence under certain conditions of time and circumstances.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME—The Learned Solicitor-General's argu ment would obtain, if either he or the Noble Lord could show a single case in which a Speaker of that House re ceived salary for a period during which Parliament was in a state of dissolution. The Hon. Member for Brighton's question, therefore, in the absence of the proof of such a case, was well deserving the attention of the House ; nor, indeed, could be see any valid objection that could he raised to i 4 being explicitly answered. Let them consider the force of the question. At present, if the Right Hon. Gents man (Mr. M. Sutton) be elevated .to the Chair without a rev i s ion of the Act conferring on him a pension, he would be placed in a position so wholly in dependent of the esteem and good-will of that House, that, supposing his conduct should be of such a character as to compel the House to expel him from his office, he could fall hack upon his pension, wholly regardless of the House's cen sure or reluctance to appropriate the public money to the payment of that pension. By a Statute of the Le_ islature, the flight Hon. Gentleman was entitled to a pension of 4.0001., from the moment he ceased to preside in that House, and no mere declaration of any Minister could counteract that statute. The Noble Lord might express in that House his reluctance to propose a vote for the payment of the pension under the supposed case just put by him (Mr. Hume), but a Court of Law would soon convince him that only an express statute of the Legislature could repeal or modify one of its own solemn acts. The House, therefore, should pause ere it re-elected the Right lion. Gentleman, and should bear in min I that it was suddenly called upon to elect a man who was, as a pensioner of the State , w holl y independent of the people and their representatives. H e trusted, therefore, the first act of a Reformed Parliam ent would not be the establishing of a precedent so bad in principle as that of electing to their Chair a gentleman who was above the need of adapting his conduct to the obtaining of their approbation.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Brighton was right, therefore, in a sking Mi nisters whether they intended to bring forward a Bill for repealing the Speaker's Salary Act of last Session, and placing the Right Hon. Gentleman where he was before the passing of that Act—namely, dependent upon his own good conduct far the reward which Parliament was wont to confer upon those who honestly and ably discharged the important duties attached to the Chair of that House. He (Mr. Hume) for one would not have permitted that Pen sion Act to have passed that House if he could have anti cipated a case like the present. Indeed, the principle of electing a person over whose conduct they possessed no efficient control to their Chair was so objectionable that Hon. Gentlemen, he was convinced, would not for a moment assent to the motion till Ministers had announced their intention to repeal an Act which thus placed the individual candidate above their control. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would admit that the Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) was perfectly correct in stat ing that no mere declaration of a Minister could reverse the provisions of a legislative enactment, but he more than questioned the accuracy of the Hon. Gentleman's interpre tation of the Speaker's Pension Act of the last Parlia ment. He would take it upon him to declare that that Act most explicitly provided that the pension should not be paid till the Right llsn. Gentleman bad ceased to be Speaker, and he would further take it upon him to declare that the Right Hon. Gentleman w,v, by the laws passed for regulating the office and salary of the Speaker, actually Speaker of the House of Commons, and as.such entitled to receive the salary attached to the office till withiu the last few hours—in point of fact, till the commencement of the present discussion. No Hon. Member could deny that in the event of the demise of the Crown, though the Parliament was virtually dissolved, the Speaker continued to receive his salary and exercise the functions of his office till a successor had been appointed in the new Parliament; and no Hon. Member, who carefully read the Act which thus continued his salary could deny that Mr. Manners Sutton was entitled to receive, at the, quarter-day, the salary of Speaker, till, as he had stated, the very few last hours.—(Hear.) Besides, the letter, no less than the spirit, of the Act of last Session, expressly provided that the pension should not come into operation till the Right Hon. Gentleman had entirely ceased to exist as Speaker-- that it, the Right Hon. Gentleman bad not more than some two hours' claim to his pension.—( Hear.) Mr. HUME—Did the Learned Gentleman mean to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman could, during the present quarter, demand his salary as Speaker and his retiring pension also ; or that he could not claim both ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The fair interpreta tion of the Act was, that the salary and pension could not co-exist in the same quarter. The Right lion. Gentle man did not, on the sth of January (the last quarter-day), demand his pension.—(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL—Very well ; but has he not also not demanded his salary ? The ATTORNEY GENERAL bad already explained that the quarter-day fell within the period during which the Right Hon. Gentleman was entitled to receive his salary as Speaker. An Home. MEMBER was understood to be altogether opposed to the re-election of Mr. Manners Sutton to the Chair. - _ The SOLICITOR- GENERAL begged leave, fur the information of the House, and to put an end altogether to the legal cavils of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, to read from the Act for regulating the salary of Speaker, which he held in his hand, the provisions under which, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, the in dividual holding that office was entitled to receive the salary attached to it " till a Speaker is chosen in the new Parliament."—( Hear, hear.) Under this provision, therefore, Mr. Manners Sutton, the Speaker of the last Parliament, is, and will be, entitled to his salary till his successor be appointed—(Hear)—and, under the provisions of the Act of last session, by being thus entitled to his salary, he is not, and cannot he, entitled to claim or re ceive his retiring annuity.—(Hear, hear, and Enough.) The question was then put by the clerk —" That the Right Hon. Charles Manners Sutton do take the chair of this House as Speaker—(Great cheers, and about 5 or 6 " Noes"), and was agreed to with all but unanimous ac clamation. The Right Hon. Gentleman was accordingly led to the chair by Lord Morpeth and Sir F. Burdett, his proposer and seconder. The SPEAKER then addressing the House from the Chair, said—ln expressing to the House my thanks for the honour it has done me, in placing me for the seventh time in this Chair, I have only to hope that by constant attention to their rights and privileges, by an ad • herence to the rules and orders under which the business can be conducted beneficially for the public, by the utmost courtesy to every Member of the House, by readiness to afford every information I possess, and to give every facility to the transactio❑ of business in my power, I shall be fortunate enough to acquire the same confidence from this House which I have had the good fortune to enjoy from its six predecessors.—(Cheers.) Lord ALTHORP, in rising to move that the House, at its rising, do adjourn to Thursday next, congratulated the Speaker, and observed that it must be satisfac tory to him, that during the discussion that had taken place, although some doubts had been expressed as to the propriety of electing a Speaker whose political • sentiments differed from those which it was supposed the majority of the House entertained, no one acquainted with his conduct in the Chair had expressed any apprehen - sion of his conduct being different to the minority to what it was to the majority of the House. For his (Lord Al thorp's) part, he bore most cordial testimony to the fact of the Speaker having acted in just the same manner towards the minority as towa•ds the majority of the House, and be begged to assure Members who had not bad the same experience as himself, that there was not occasion to apprehend the inconvenience they supposed might arise from having a Speaker in the Chair, who differed in his political sentiments from the majority of that House. After a few words from Mr. COBBETT, which were lost in the confusion of Members leaving the House, the question was put and carried, and the House adjourned at 6 o'clock. LIST OF THL OF THIRTY-ONE, WHO VOTED TU. FOR STAFFORDSHIRE, SHOULD INS EAD OF THE IV GUT 110 N. CI Baldwin, Dr. H.—Cork City Beauclerk, A. W.—East Surrey Bowes, John—South Durham Buiwer, E. L.—Lincoln Butler, Hon. Y.—KilkennyCobbeet, Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth Ewart, %V.—Liverpool Faithful, G.—Brighton Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Gaskell, Daniel—Wakefield Grote, George—London Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Butt, Wm.—Kingston-on-Hull Kinloch, George—Dundee Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Lynch, A. H.—Galway E MINORITY AT E. I. LITTLETON, TILE MEMBER TAKE THE Cli•IR OP THE HOUSE ;VARIES MANNERS SUTTON. Nagle, Sir R.—Westmeath O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connell, John—Youghall Potter, Richard—Wigan Roche, `Roe, James—Cashell Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Romilly, William—Bridport Strutt, E.—Derby Sutton, Rt. Hon. C. M.—Cam bridge University Vigors, N. A.—Carlow TELLER. Warburton, H.—Bridport A petition to the Commons is in preparation at Birmingham i❑ favour of a Triennial Bill and the Bal lot. The public opinion of the majority of the inhabi tants of this town has been so frequently and decidedly expressed, it was not deemed expedient to convene a public meeting.—Birmingham ✓ournal. Yesterday the despatches for Bombay and China, by the ship Thames, Captain J. R. PIDDING, were close , ' at the East India House, and delivered to the purser of that ship. • IRISH HABITS OF BUSINESS.—.The pro prietor of the Munster Journal, a recently revived paper in Limerick, states that he " is painfully obliged to suspend its publication for some time, in consequence of the gross neglect of some and the inebriety of others employed in his office." 46. - ." - 4; . 411 1„ .. • , ~a a `4: AMERICAN PAPERS. TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. IN SENATE, DEC. 27. The following bilk from the House were taken up, read twice, and referred : An act to explain an act entitled an act to reduce the duties on cf , ffee, tea, and cocoa, passed the 20th May, 1830. Referred to tie Committee on Finance. An act to establish a Land-office in the territory of Michigan.—Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An act to amend an act entitled an act to alter and mt nd an act to set apart a portion of the public lands for the cultivation of the vine and olive.—Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The bill supplementary to an act entitled an act to authorize the Secretary of Florida to open a C mat through th e public lands of the United States, between the Chipola River and St. Andrew's-bay, and from Matanzas to Hali fax River, approved March 2, 1832, was read a third time passed.—Adjourned HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE TARIFF. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the subjoined bill. Mr. Verplanck stied that the Committee had also pre pared a report to accompany the bill; but owing to some delay is copying some of the statistical statements accom panying it, the report would not be in readiness for pre- sent ition before to-morrow. The bill was then read at the clerk's table as follows : A bill to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United Statea of America, in Congress as sembled, that, from and after the 3d day of March, in the year of our Lord 1833, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on goods, wares, and m e rchandise, imported into the United States, in place of the duties heretofore laid by law, the several duties hereinafter mentioned, for, during, and until the several respective periods hereinafter specified,• that is to say : 1. On wool unmanufactured, the value whereof at the place of exportation shall exceed eight cents. the pound, and on woollen and worsted twist and yarn, a duty at and after the rate of 35 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2(1 day of March, in the year 1834, in elusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 25 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 211 day of March, 1835, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. All wool samanufactured, the value whereof, at the place of exportation, shall not exceed eight cents, the pound, shall be free of duty, from and after the 3d day of March, 1833. Provided, that wool imported on the skin shall be estimated as to weight and value as other wool ; and provided further, that wool mixed with dirt, or other materiel, and they reduced in value to eight cents the pound, or under, shall he appraised at such price as in the opinion of the appraisers it would have cost had it not been so mixed, and a duty thereon shall be charged in conformity with such appraisement. 2. On all milled and fulled cloths, known by the names of plains, kerseys, or Kendal cottons, of which wool shall be the only material, the value whereof, at the place of exportation, shall not exceed 35 cents. the square yard, and on all blankets, the value whereof at the place of exportation shall not exceed 75 cents. each, a duty at and alter the rate of five dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. On worsted stuff goods, shawls, bombasins, poplins, tabinets, and all other manufactures of silk and worsted, a duty at and after the rate of ten dollar, for ever hun dred dollars value thereof. On coach lace a duty at, and after the rate of, 25 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. 3. On blankets, other then those hereinbefore spe cified, a duty at and after the rate of 25 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2tl day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. 4. On carpets, corpetings, flannels, bockings, baizes, cloth., kerseymeres, merino shawls, and all other woollen manufactures, or of which wool is a component parr, except as herein otherwise provided, and on ready-made clothing, a duty at and after the rate of 40 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1835, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. 5. On woollen and worsted hosiery, mite, gloves, stockinet', and on worsted bindings, a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars fee every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 10 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. 6. On all manufactures of cotton costing not more than 25 cents. the square yard at the place of exportation, a duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars for every bun& ed dollars value thereof. On ad other manufactures of cotton, or of cotton and silk, not herein otherwise specified, a duty at and after the rate of 25 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof. On nankeens imported direct from China, a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars on every one hundred dollars value thereof. On cotton hosiery, mite, gloves, and stockinets, and on cotton twist, yarn, and thread, a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars for every one hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 183/, inclusive, and there after a duty at and after the rate of 10 dollars for every one hundred dollars value thereof. 7. On iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole or in part by rolling, a duty at and after the rate of 18 dollars the ton, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars the ton. On bar and bolt iron made wholly or in part by rolling, a duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars the ton, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty of 24 dollars the ton ; provided that all iron in slabs, blooms, or other form less finished than iron in bars or bolts, and more advanced than pig iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in bars and bolts, and pay duty ac cordingly. All scrap and old iron shall pay a duty of 12 dollars and 50 cents. the ton. Nothing shall be deemed old iron that has not been in actual use, and fit only to be unmanufactured, and all pieces of iron except old, of more than 6 inches in length, or of sufficient length to be made into spikes and halts, shall he rated as bar, bolt, rod, or hoop iron, as the case may be, and pay duty accordingly. All manufactures of iron partly finished shall pay the same rates of duty as if entirely finished ; all vessels of cast iron and all castings of iron, with handles, rings, hoops, or other addition of wrought iron, shall pay the same rates of duty as if made entirely of cast iron. 8. On iron in pigs, a duty at and after the rate of 50 cent. per every 1121bs. weight, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 40 cents. for every 1121bs. weight , on cast iron vessels, and all other castings of iron, a duty at and after the rate of 1 cent. the pound. 9. On steel a duty at and after the rate of one dollar and 50 cents. for every 112 pounds weight, until the 2d flay of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty of one dollar for every 112 pounds weight. 10. On manufactures of iron and of steel, not herein enumerated, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the several rates of duty provided by existing laws, until the 2,1 day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter the low est rate of duty which should have been payable on the rime, either under the act of the 27th of April, 1816, en titled " an act to regulate the duties on imports and ton nage"—or by virtue of the acts of the 13th of July, 1832, entitled "an act to alter and annul the several acts im posing duties on imports." 11. On hemp, a duty at and after the rate of 35 dollars the ton, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars per ton. 12. On cordage tarred, a duty at and after the rate of four cents. the pound until the 211 day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of two cents. the pound. On cordage untamed, and on yarn, twine, and pack thread, a duty at and after the rate of five cents. the pound until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and there after a duty at and after the rate of three cents the pound. 13. On cotton bagging, a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars for every 100 dollars value thereof. 14. On all manufactures of hemp or of flax not herein enumerated, a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars fur every 100 dollars value thereof. 15. On spirits from grain, a duty at and after the fol lowing rates, to wit—on first proof a duty of 20 cents. per gallon; of second proof, of 23 cents. the gallon; of third proof, of 26 cents. the gallon ; of fourth proof, of 30 cents. the gallon ; of fifth proof, of 30 cents. the gallon ; and over fifth proof, of •40 cents. the gallon ; on spirits from all other materials than grain, a duty at and after the lol lowing rates, to wit—of first and second proof of IS cents. the gallon, of third proof of 21 cents, the gallon, of fourth plod of 26 cents. the gallon,. of fifth proof of 30 cents. the gallon, and over fifth proof of 36 cents. the gallon. 16. On salt a duty at and after the rate of 8 cents. the bushel, until the 2d of March, 1831, inclusive, and there after a duty at and after the rate of 5 cents. the bushel. 17. On olive oil in casks, a duty at and after the rate of 15 cents. the gallon, until the 2d day of Mach, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 10 cents, the gallon. 18. On brown sugar, and on syrup of sugar cane in casks, a duty at anti after the rate of 21 cents. the pound, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 2 cents. the pound. On white clayed sugar, a duty at and after the rate of 3 cents. the pound, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 21 cents. the pound. On sugar candy and other refined sugar a duty at and after the rate of 10 cents. the pound. 19. On molasses a duty at and after the rate of 4 cents. the gallon. 20. On coffee a duty at and after the rate of one cent. the pound. 21. On teas, from and after the 3d day of March, 1834, a duty at and after the rates following :—to wit, on imperial gunpowder anti gama, hysen and young hyena, 10 cents. the pound. On by eon skin and other green, sonchong and other black, except bohea, 6 cents. the pound, and on hohea 3 cents. the pound. 22. On all manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a component part, coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty at and after the rare of 20 dollars for every 100 dollars value thereof ; and on all other manu factures of silk, or of which silk is a component part, a duty at and after the rate of 12 dollars and 50 cents. for every 100 dollars value thereof. 23. On all printed hooks, in other languages than Latin, Greek, or English, whether bound or unbound, if printed less than 30 years before the time of their im portation, a duty at and after the rate of 4 cents. the volume. On all printed books in Latin and Greek, if printed less than 30 years before the time of their importation, a duty at and after the rate of 127 1 1 cents. the pound weight, when bound ; and when unbound, a duty at and after the rate of 10 cents. the pound weight. On all other printed books, printed less than 30 years before the date of their importation, when bound, a duty at and after the rate of 25 cents. the pound weight, and when unbound, a duty at and after the rate of 20 cents. the pound weight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that, in addition to the several articles made free of duty by the act of the llth of July, 1832, the following articles shall be admitted free of duty from and after the 3d of March, 1833, that is to say, cotton, wool, indigo, and printed books in wl,at ever language, printed 30 years before the date of their importation. 24. On all articles not herein enumerated there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the lowest rate of duty, calculated upon the value of the article, which would have been payable on the satne, either under the act of the 27th of April, 1816, entitled, " An act to regulate the duties on imp irts and tonn ige," or by virtue of the act of the 14th of July, 1832, entitled " An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports." Such rate of duty being calculated upon the value of the article at the place whence imported, estimated according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that so much of the fifth section of the act of the 14th of July, 1832, entitled " An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," as repeals the existing laws, requiring teas, when imported in vessels of the United States from places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, to be weighed, marked, and certified, be, and the same is hereby repealed. And the residue of the said section, and the whole of the 6th, 7th, Sth, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th sections of the said act of the 14th July, 1832, be, and the same are, discontinued, i❑ the same manner as if they had been inserted in and re-enacted by this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the several laws heretofore existing shall extend to, and be in force for the collection and remission of all duties imposed by thin act, and for the prosecution and punishment of all offences, the recovery, collection, distribution, and r mission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for the allowance of all drawbacks heretofote and hereby authorized, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, prohibition, offence, fine, penalty, forfeiture, allowance, drawback, provision, clause, matter, and thing, power, duty, and authority, in the several heretofore existing laws contained, had been inserted in, re-enacted, and m ide applicable to this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that all acts and parts of acts, repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions hereof, shall be, and the same are hereby re pealed ; provided always, that all laws heretofore existing shall, nevertheless, continue in full force, so far forth only 48 the same may be necessary for the prosecution and punishment of all offences which have been or shall he committed contrary thereto, and for the recovery, collec tion, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, which have bee❑ or shall be incurred under the operation thereof, and for the allowance of all di iiIV• back authorized, accruing, or hereafter to accrue under, or by virtue of the said laws, or any of them, in as full and ample a manner as if the same were not hereby repealed. On the motion of Mr. Verplanek, the bill was committed to a Committee of the whole House on the state of the Union. The following resolutions, moved by Mr. Adams, came up for consideration. Resolved—That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to this Howe a copy of his pro clamation, dated on the 10th instant, and of the Ordinance of a Convention held in the State of South Carolina, to which it refers. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, moved the question of consi deration, viz.—whether the House will, at this time, con sider the resolution, and demanded the yeas and nays upon it. The question on consideration was then taken and de cided by yeas and nays as follows :—Yeas, 65 ; Nays, 106. So the House refused, at this time, to consider the resolution. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Charleston papers, received yesterday, furnish the following important proceedings of the Legislature on the 19th:— Mr. Preston,from the Committee on F e deral Relations, made a r eport on the proclamation of the President of the United States, as follows : REPORT. The Committee on Federißeiations, to which was re ferred the proclamation of the President of the United States, have had it under consideration, and recom mend the adoption of the following resolutions ; Wm. C. Preston, Chairman : Itesolved,—That the power ves'ed by the constitution and laws, in the President of the United States, to issue his proclamation, does not authorize him, in that mode, to interfere whenever he may think fit, in the affairs of the respective States, or that it should be used as a means of promulgating executive expositions of the Constitution with the sanction of force, thus superseding the action of the other departments of the General Government. Resolved,—That it is not competent to the President of the United States to order by proclamation the constituted authorities of a State to repeal their legislation ; and that the late attempt of the President to do so is unconstitu tional, and manifests a disposition to arrogate and exer cise a power utterly destructive of liberty. Resolved,—That the opinions of the President in re gard to the rights of the States are erroneous and dan gerous, leading not only to the establishment of a consoli dated Government, in the stead of our free confederacy, but the concentration of all power in the chief executive. Resolved, —That each State in this Union has the right, whenever it may deem such a course necessary for the preservation of its liberties or vital interests, to secede peaceably from the Union, and that there is no constitu tional power in the General Government, much less in the executive department of that Government, to retain such State in the Union by force. Resolved,—That the primary and paramount allegiance of the citizens of this State, native or adopted, is of right due to this state. Resolved,—That the declaration of the President of the United States, in his said proclamation, of his personal feelings and relations towards the state of South Carolina, is rather an appeal to the loyalty of subjects than to the patriotism eh o a f ra c c i t t e i r h n e s r , et a o nd fore is uanbklneon,dving nin of ou o r ffic sta ia te. l a p nd in dividual apers, and revolting to our conceptions of political propr:ety. Resolved,—That the u ndisguised indulgence of personal hostility in the said proclamation would be unworthy the animadversion of this Legislature but for the solemn anji official form of the instrument which is made its vehicle. Resolved, —That the principles, doctrines, and purposes, contained in the said proclamation are inconsistent with any just idea of a united Government, and subversive of the rights of the states and liberties of the people; and if submitted to in silence would lay a broad foundation for a monarchy. Resolved, —That while this Legislature has witnessed with sorrow such a relaxation of the spirit of our Consti tution that a President of the United States dare venture upon this high handed measure, it regards with indigna- ~~ tion the mentees which are directed concentration of a standing army on our borders; state will repel force by force, and, re lying ,la.,as t h. i nd p ld o o ll or t o b ,e e ctioc b e 'el l, ' P o, 3te !l l ,iv, '' i, ' e .l is .oti : . ............................... ~,- .. ........ ing of God, will maintain its liberty at all luzardt. petqtCon; ...... SS Resolved,—That copies of these resolutions be sent to c ;;fr :Qt. .. ' ....... F. The wh i L tn e e g r is h l aatsubreee been resolvedelected toa, our members in Congress, to be laid before that holy 13. 4 ,' , lc,:er t t • n • • t "••••••• 2 0 0 e thi public li j i l,ttipt ia s.it no. ............ o ct. ,?, 1. , !, toe, p, Works. II Jan ''', 's ...... The Test 0 all Bill was not returned to the gou se , 0 ;an 5 114 ) , .............. the ..( e j n b a e , e until 9 o'clock on the night of the 19, j 4 ,1111 5 ) 1R9,6 ............ taken up by the House. A fiery debate i 6 e 11. 3. .8 70 ' ,No: ........ I, •••••• ..... Superintendent ijour n on ti ol pected on the amendments of the Senate. t tLe At; lets ........... protection t,i T nT hahnedlst.e:vngoan'ftzlelitnehie guard is increased to 60 tnen, or , Ari a O „p_ r as last year, h un u ats t tee to tax the dividends of the United States Bank, the . TO ity U nt ..... ' it o f c hi ,,tt o vei rio ,„:;: .. • 4 ,, , c 0 1,,,, ........ struck on. 0 , Nna,Acit":. ....... 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Co A nv b en il t l io to n, ca w r i r i y ici i l n , t v o a e s ff t e h tt e t, siene(pma,rit, billthe orerpdoinratendee4l ut - i , b ,,d e e b tt 'St t t n h ' i . ... . C ... - : Committee on Federal Relations, and which altoge ttel. " 5 r it e , f g e . ren T ce he to s t e h n e a n te e , w ,m oa i.e th tu , r l n v i a n s g L i k t, er h l anipl.or amendedits t b tr i he rd e : rt e iiheat l i;, i t l i:i il li i tl i '- , : i i i i i ifin c A g a - t e loc 4 . so that it read—" A bill concerning the oath p G o , c ,"' i ' s a,,;liini mining to be taken by the ordinance passed in Convention, ce so d I .)i, tsi i uA?, n e n F . ... and had stricken out the preamble, and alt . ered ivo b 1 11i4 e c),.li e 4, 1 !Iln. II V ictition:einesbsnttrde construction ttite t oi, l ,s i ne e atminh fi ei r enr s n,d ; si c ,n l in ,: ;f u ns s i : e t sin : vo n e,r7 s ni c u for - e net h hine a lt, o) % t r i a obne par, i not end , a 0 d oil pt gen; ) , • le a m s ne to n arsa to oe fn t , ,,; ,, , ,. t „ , , ; ?11 . 0 i i cto t , t , i,;;, be taken i o u n p ly to o - n m e o r r e r a o: n . g, was tal .siersiAsiioeln)oileliattnoheibmetanvbieslrelany inhabitant of this state foun d ; :01 '''`.*;.'.:42iga' k of Irel has ns b a a g n against the state, introduced by Mr. Cold, and w" . 01 ii',,tto 4l. ,; l ,ats e°u4 sE 0F 4 t : This r is the second order of the ' the Legislature wi , l v l e a ll dj p o i t v ir d n ic t t o e, - 1 1 . norre l ) t w iiiittzttp11l has receive for th) l e i !l so ................ 1i . „ t t ,r vol:aepstoi:Sret(e):,,oauftltelitiloe,oeft:Ciitoohct Committee i ,: otn y tft e ei : eo n inor o n : kr i. to,,day' s ;• ............ i 1 ‘ l ta k ;' ' si ght The report of the Committee on Federal Relation° i Nlia . : .................. on T tl i t m e e same sena t s e ub w je a c s ts Governor's Message, : n a l the i s n N a t pt a o it ce s : an s s B b i :I , y n i i n C ite : o r e vr o l h f .o : ::ll:‘ ttt.::'1,,4;:ti..,.,„!'94'....a.tti0i1i.v:t01..,.,:3::.„_iti:;,1: in session as 'kein i ul te p. branch nigit 3:llwsesillmaislarthetoilt:,i. ''' .......... ..... lio ti4rtt ,‘ ..................... read,. c_ and messageses A, ............ exchanged, x clth;hoaeunsgehe,zasned. on matterstThieme samebusiness of dbi ffi ielcife,in.'.ool, -'' i pigt4 .t ~ : ".......... . ... .Ni , , t) ,.,t l ii h in a g i e no e v m h b a o s d t i r e a d n i s n pire t d h7 in pro t c h e a e t di h n r gs of the b ru lit or o j t iteiritea........... :inch, of 3 nature. I 4tt r i ' i ' 3 .. ........ r. , , 4 ,lib i i a ,,gen . , res ... , na ............. Nrjrs ........... : "re ;;;l:Je; se 4 4 WATER minutes ttA cx ThiN VO( ttt (Aff, 4 , 4 eteristi cs 1 a ti„. The Cri t A 4 l Mrs. E tl i „ , 10 'nor of A 4,; 11 1o' a " 11.—' s4,:ili t , el44 duced t 14r1 id By an Ir ' Dram;t t The f i 1 ,144 Porest I tiCNi By Lady k i t Y. y the Airs. Hei Nc I , 4 ten Hea r t v 4 l f tk. l : t t lat e e nn , for Str and, Lon( t 1.14 Y was !Nth th 4 IIARY t:Nt,,AL o f BE % 4 4. 1833 ; coni utl 4 4l t ()f thi s W o p l i P : le ted color A t N, s , r4e Pt and tirP i ktid til s "t , of thi fllyi tin n iences tl ~iN k tri e . our own ttt,tti ti - end inve witog dal Depart Publ' IN7 l : . " Pl ete Anal 4 4 1, 4e e' matt' th:ketrlvill b e fo A 40 , 1 11, 't the age, D t 41 40 f urnis fire t ` l , &c. Ptypresen enthe inuou s lr 0 4 , itre ev try e t.--or 8 to giv e th TO t Nt S ll'AY e Reformer. :o tinte g t ook 1)1 , t%lsllletit from 4°411- , of °4 ld op 4 klb' o Je tt C omm Pr o of „, Tpo, t , chop tr it 't Mr. I o the re.ele c t he et, Aft er . a N u c''' iel of wi tolo,,er soppose( Spe a k bein t , was e l, un ,, t „111, 0 , whiff ob qt,„, Were shy e Lord eb ttt t ons b.. tio 4 te Y A t „ an y e tle4 t, the ad re l t tlous, e 3 tra atlCl the 1)41 ° -Ct td r part ( Int 'lli ße lr°4 l th e r. °f colo r o rir ftita the or t . to " 1:1 4t. r eport : tt e l ri ve pr g exce, LIO N e e 'Pec l i aratic f a i c is b zv e Liow or u 8Y i ' l trod , every bran 4641 4°PeB re th ellte MEXICO. LATEST FROM COLUMBIA. By the packet brig Montilla, Captain Beek man' re arriv,d from Carthagena on Thursday night, we hi,: $6 ceived papers and letters with Carthagena dates to tee inst., and Bogota to the 18th ult. Everything wears a favourable aspect. (Cor respondence of the New York Daily Adverlistr.) BOGOTA, Nov. 14. n uo ° Messrs. Editors,—The affairs of the country n (L ts cle' to proceed with regularity, in spite of all the ot" de irt left by the military dictatorship. There is a res i t os' for peace and good order under the laws in the gre3"iiii4 jority of the state ; confidence is gradually he„ tb t restored ; and the laws acquire vigour. Progrete way of sound principles and rational liberty is Ine r ,"„fd cult for a people reduced by dom sic despotisms t'" g et , one entirely ignorant of them. Our difficulties , lo vi- t iod may be overcome by the perseverance and good int'P of our Government. fss eer ° We are in the enjoyment of peace with the Fee ment of the Equator. I doubt not we shall have 'lee manently, and that so desirable a condition will 01%0 Government to administer to the happiness of the e°lo,ls by extending primary education through all New 0 , 11 ,0 1 fostering public instruction in other forms, facilitatn3,re development of wealth, and confirming the sound p rix ad of liberty. This is the desire of the President, who fe rbli.l' it as his sacred duty. He has already begun to 11 " 00 0 the materials which lie brought home with hin 3 c id foreign countries relating to education, houses oil. arid correction. et In the accompanying Gazette you will find 51,,itY of the establishment of public instruction in thi s l i r e 1 0 The Congress will probably open their Session 00 t ",, 1 of March, when the President will lay before their e~i d c sot of 11l the Lancaster lin schools and other 0 5 _ 4 ° af' d instruction existing in New Granada, the coller' ed universities, new roads which have been undertake °'/ to every thing else which is calculated to give an ides progress we are making in the midst of the evils t° past discord has reduced us. , veil / The President has established a professorship to c "' try, which is occupied by Lieut.-Colonel Acosta' Astronomical Observatory and the Museum, whic,lialr tl forgetfulness, as means unnecessary in governing 'y sabre, will speedily be restored to life ; and within be ° is days the National Academy of New Granada Wil l o e stalled, which will open a correspondence with the literary societies of New York and Philadelphi''' From our papers we derive other particulars. o ifd THE ECUADOR.-We are happy to learn, froi°,oo letters in the Gazette of New Granada, of Nov. 11 '1,' 0 0' Government of the Ecuador entertain desires of i-e 0 pacific character. In reply to a communication( General Obando, Valdivieso, Minister of Stste ° l ot Ecuador, says, that " the Government, animated '‘e'earl sa me sentiments of peace, and coinciding in the enoepe! prepared by New Granada, had already sent o ef Pallarez to negotiate an armistice, so that the C° f o r sioners appointed to go to Bogota may arra n t close of the contest. The President :las received numerous expr ess pleasure and gratification from all parts of New Gl l s od The Government Gazette informs us tbat Genera l t i l t der has visited all the institutions for public instrtl°o the capital, as the Colleges of San Bartalonaer and Mercedes, Senor Triana's House of Educ ati° 3 it the Normal Lancasterian School. "We knows l ie I Editor, " that he will powerfully contribute to ~.t " ,log gress of the moral, physical, and intellectual edn t l i s ' our valued Granadian youth. We know that it brought from Europe and America much relating t ° lie instruction and useful institutions." The prospect of an arrangement of all difficulties ( nued to be very favourab'e. An amnesty had been iO. to by the armies in the South. The party of Osebil, valley of the Salado, had been destroyed by Colelie,o Bova, military chief of the province of PopxYa rj ' he now enjoys perfect tranquillity. Oses fled across t' of Las Juntas with 10 men, and was pursued. ro d A provisional treaty of amity, navigation, and e° between New Granada and France, was signed a i t on the 14th of November by the President I ,o '„eli Moine, which recognize* the existence of that OP, - I I The ordinary Congress has been convoked to t'e March. c lsY Private letters and papers were received y ester P Tampico and Matamoras, referring to a geo ef i j d' between the two armies near Mexico ; but on the dates we find they are not so late frog' t t ,',ol quarters, in the interior, as those we had several d3fch We must therefore await the next packet , ve bi ti . be looked for in a few days, for further inforrnat'a' It is understood that one of the first P r i:t ings in the Upper House of Parliament conte in to the Opposition Peers, will be a notice of atoti'lii foreign policy adopted by Government.—Mor o ' In the argument which took place last 5 the King's B enc h, u p on the motion for a mantlat,ll East India Company, a curious example Iva' the caprice with which the fortune of the Len ge l fession sometimes distributes her favours. Dlr;, ir SPA NIUE, as King's Sergeant, was leading 1-/ ScARLETT, on the one side ; on the otl er Sir Witft,f,, as Attorney-General, was leading Mr. CANtr° s We have heard from private sources °ore respectability, that the Dutch answer is of a place the affair of the Scheldt upon the sane'°t-009 was previous to the shutting it against all na that, although while the embargo lasts on te, England and France, their ships will, of en I : 0 ,0. eluded, the prohibition will not extend to 13e 1141 4 1 14 least, that Belgium is not nientioned....-3/ 0707 f S $ A proclamation in the Gazette 0 Ivr declares the barony of Gallen, in the countY °oo'/ be in a state of disturbance, and require s an , °JO/ establishment 01 Felice.—Dublin Frcerna -~- L . ,\