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dishonorable to the character of those noble
lords, he should have felt it dishonorable to
his own character to tender it. This offer
having been refused, no option was afforded
him, but either to take the official situation
which he had then the honor to hold, or to
leave his majesty to be dictated t«»bv those
who differed from him in opinion. — ( Hear !
hear !)—He had yet to learn, that under
such ctrcuinstances, he ought 'o have desert
ed his sovereign.-——f' Hear i hear J)
II* believed, that there was not a gentleman
opposite, who, if he felt the same convicti
on on the point to which he alluded, as
that which he entertained, would have a.
bandoned the interests of his royal master.
The honorable gentleman had intimated,
that Ins majesty's present government did
not possess the affection and confidence of
the people. He might, perhaps, think him
arrogant in assorting, that without assuming 1
the possession of talents and experience e
3ual to those of the gentleman opposite, he
id conceive that his majesty’s present go
yernment possessed, ih u much higher de
g’-ee than they did, the affection and con
fidence of the country ; and that under any
circumstances, tf.ey would be better calcula
ted to conciliate the general good opinion.
What were the occurrences of their admi
nistration, which were so disgraceful and
ruinous? And first, with respect to Russia, if
the gent eman opposite had been in power,
instead of his majestv's present government,
could thev have effected m >re than that 1
* hich had been done ? Cou’d they ascribe
to his majesty’s present government, the
conclusion of the treaty of Tilsit ; a treaty
to which Russia was in some degree com
pel led. by the desertion of Great Britain un
der the late administration ? Did the gen
tie men opposite seriously believe, t-hat that
treaty was the result of the expedition to
Copenhagen, or that it would not have been
calculated without any reference whatever
to that transaction ? The events in Spain
*ls;» had been such, as would have secured
the interference of the gentlemen opposite,
ns well as it had that of his majesty** present
government, and probably th.it interference
would not have been attended with more
beneficial effects. The present state of
Spam was infinitely superior to that in which
it was when the existing ministry came into
power. E'en were France ultimately to
subdue Spain, she might hold the codntry
in subjection, but she would possess dimi
nished means of annoyance to Great dii
tain. She would not derive any revenue
from her conquest, hostile as the sentiments
of the Spanish people were to her. She
would not be able to withdraw a single Sul
dier from the Spanish terri ory.- • Rut,”
said the honorable gentleman, “the Address
does not pledge the house to any Inquiry
into th<- Walclf?rerl expedition.” Undoubt
sdly, the address did not pledge the house
to inquire into that expedition ; neither did
it pledge the house not to inquire into that
expedition. AH that his majrsty’s speech
stated, was, that information on the subject
would be laid before Parliament. It would
then be for Parliament to judge, whether
an inquiry should lake place ; and if so, in
svhat form, whether at the bar of me house,
or in a committee, or Otherwise? So much
had been said, and that so ablv with respect
to the tendency of this expedition by his no
ble and honorable friends who had preceded
him, that he would not trouble the h--nse
to any length on the subject. If the house
would recollect the state of the French and
Austrian armies on the Danube, the state
pfthe Tyrol, and the state of the North of
Germany, at the time when the expedition
to the Scheldt was concerted, he was per
suaded, that they would concur in thinking,
that some attempt of diversion was mo.t ad
visable ; and unquestionably, that operation
which had been preferred, was beyond all
comparison, the one which promised most
effectually to benefit our allies, and to secure
our own interests Tiie honorable gentle
man opposite, supposed that the speech con
tained an estimate of the value of the ope
rations at Flushing, very different from that
formed by his right honorable fiiend It
was not 30. If the object of the expedition
had been solely the destruction of the basin
of Flushing, no one w6uld deny, that the
end was not equivalent to the means by
which it was to be obtained. Hut did it fol
low, that the destruction of the basin at
Flushing, was not a very desirable object,
and one of no small importance ? It had
been said, by a right honorable gentleman
opposite, that the damage sustained by the
enemy, would soon be repaired. Now, the
fact was, that the basin at Flushing had
been two or three years in constructing ;
and it had. been s»-completely destroyed, tnat
the most able engineers had given it as their
opinion, that it would be much easier to
build it anew than to repair iu Was not
t.‘iTs an important advantage t Was it hot
beneficial to pl-ce •?. prircipal naval station
of the enemy, in such a situation that it
could not be of us? in furnishing the means
of annoyance against us f.r two or three
years? Still be was willing to allow, that
this wouldnot have te?n a sufficient object
for the expedition.
Due the honorable gentleman has accused
his majesty's government of sending supplies
to Walcheren, after it was in contemplation
to abandon it. Let it be recolh ct< d, howe
ver, that had Die armistice been broken off,
instead df being confirmed, the evacuation
of Wa' T.even would not have taken place.
The vight honorable gentleman opposite,
asked of what value the possession of Wal
chereo could be to Great Britain? Though
lie (Mr. Perceval,) consented to surrender
it under thesr circumstances, to which he
had just adverted, h.: .was ready to avow,
that he thought it a great value. Whether
it was worth the expence of a garrison, how
ever, whs another question; and, on a Com
parative view of the subject, that question
had been decided in the negntive. To show
strongly, the sense which the Austrians cn
tertained of the value of this possession to
their interests, ne would only •observe, th at
within a day or two of the conclusion of the
armistice. Austria requested this country not
to abandon Walcheren 'The nekt subject
to which lie same, was the. appointment of
bud Chatham to the expedition. The gen
tlemen opposite, had indulged in reflections
on that noble lord, which, considering the
situation in which he s*ood, ought with
gn-at propriety have been omi"cd. When
ever it was probable, that the conduct of an
Individual would be subjected to an inquiry,
justice lcm tided, th.it ,tb*r ou'hie mind
should no* be ptrjudtcetl against him. Was
i feirin any officer, because he diflfcfed tn>m
« hers in polulrr., to be treated - s the ncblt
I td had beci treated by the rlg'.t honorable
f- •itlt'iitan, and by too liodr.j . -'r general
opposite i Ha «iu sure, tb;u the latie;
( u i fee? tli Inji s ire or sorb , p Ceeding
i ius >.;n and would dr prorate tin
disaeqnnloation of opinion i, Cunacmutng ink
conduct, when that conduct was to become •
the subject ot any investigation. He regret
led also, the way in which another lord,
■vho stood high in the opinion ot his country,
had been treated by the gentlemen, opposite
Such conduct was not fair to officers ; it
could not be expected, that they would go
f *rth in such high spirits to combat the ene
my, when a very lirtie disaster, although
accompanied bv the most brilliant exploits,
'‘objected them to the sevttre reprehension
oftheir political antagonists. And here he
Could hot refrain from animadverting on the
terms in . which the honorable gentleman,
who. had seconded the amendment, had spo.
ken of those officers of a less elevated rank,
whom he. had chosen to term “ Military
Missionaries,” and whose interest he had de
scribed it to be, to misrepresent the feelings
of the SoanisH people. Nothing could he
more unjust. ITor were the observations
made by that honorable genteman, on Spain
and the Spanish character, less censurable
That the defenders of t>arragussa and Gct*o
na should be represented as exhibiting no
single point of generosity or enthusiasm, was
surely not liberal. Well, too, might that
honorable gentleman censure what had been
done by lus majesty’s government to aid the
Spanish cause, when he said that that cause
did deserve success. What would become of
Spain, if the British had not arrived at For
tugal when Soult had taken Oporto ? The
honorable gentleman had said, that Portu .
gal could not be defended, it would rt quite
a vigorous effort on the part of the French,
to succeed against 50,000 British troops, and
40,000 native troops, conducted by British of
fficers. One word with respect to America :
The honorable gentleman had charged his
right honorable friend with having with
held documents justificatory of the late mi
nister to America. If such a document cx
isted, it had escaped his memory, and he
was sure, had escaped the memory of his
right honorable friend, who last session pro
duced the only instruction which Mr Ers
kine received, and by comparing it with the
instrument which Mr. Erskine had signed,
had justified his majesty’s disavowal ot that
instrument. Mr Perceval concluded by ob.
serving, that it wns evidently the. object
of the gentlemen opposite, t* try their
strengh; but he trusted, that the house
would disappoint any fond expectations ot
the result which they might be induced to
entertain.
The house then divided, when the rum
bt-rs were.
For Ministers, 263
For the Amendment, icy
Majority, _05
The address, as it originally stood, was
then rarried without a division—and at half
past five, adjourned.
London. Jan. 25.
With all our wishes to insert the impor
tant debate in both houses on Tuesday, we
were compelled, from the great length of the
speeches, to omit many topics of the highest
interest. • he issue of the discussions, the*
not at once fatal to the gross incapacity and
arrogant pretensions of Ministers, must af
ford considerable satisfaction to all who
deem enquiry into the late profligate waste
of British blood and treasure absolutely in
dispensible to the honor, the character, and
the best interests of the country. The mi
nority was indeed conspicuous for ability
property, and independence of spirit ; and
i tt may be considered an event altogether un
j expected, that the very first day of the sea
[ sion on an amendment to the address to. his
, Majesty, ninety two Peers, and one hundred
and sixty Seven Commoners, should be found
in firm opposition against the power and in
fluence ef the crown. An amendment so
strong was never proposed to a Speech or
Message from the throne ; and we believe
that the annals of Parliament cannot shew so
large a vote on any such amendment.
We have received in consequence of ar
rivals yesterday in the river from Holland,
Paris papers to the 17th instant. After the
statement in his Majesty’s Speech respect
ing the demolition of the dock, arsenal, and
harbur of Flushing, the public will learn with
no little surprize from the French official
report, that they are capable of being speed
ily restored ; and the property abandoned
by the pricipal retreat of the British for
J ces, *.vi.l defray all the charges of its repa
j ration.
j 1 he whole of the island of Walcheren
has been formally annexed to France. The
‘ peace between the latter country and Swe
den was signed on ihe 6th ; and the disso
• lutionof B tnaparte’s marriage has rrceiv
cd the sanction of the highest spiritual
authority he had suffered to exist in hisem
! pi re.
j We find in these papers an article which,
if true, would afford much satisfaction. The
Russians, alter their defeat a: Silistria. are
j said to have solicited an armistice, which
t'.e Vizier refused, c xbept on the Condition
i of the immediate evacuation of Moldavia,
[ vVallachia, and Bessarabia, This proposi
tion. as m ghtbe expected, was hot acceded
to ; but tven the very proposal affiuds a
consoling proof r.i the confidence of the Otto
| mans in their own strength, and theircon
viction of tho weakness of the enemy.
Constantinople. Nov. js.
! After the v* ry sanguinary battle of Silis
’ tria, an armdnice, we understand, was pro
posed for twomonths; but doubts are eitter
i tained of its being concluded.
THE LATEST FllOM SPAIN.
Extract of a letter from Mr. James fiobinson
jr a respectable trie reliant at Cadiz, to a gen
tlemun m Richmond.
Cadtz, Feb. 11,1810.
'* The French passed the Sierra Morena with
ot!t the smallest resistance, which plainly shews
that the Central Junta are traitor#, and that wc
were the intended victim# of the most diabolical
pwi fldy and treason j but they no longer exercise
their fun; lions and are in Security on board n fri
gate for the day eJ trio* »t Was evidently the in
tention of the French to march with j'rc »t
rapidity to surprize Cad.J, which once possessed
ol will remain with them, and it is the key to this
province, in lact it is or on^t t-, be the first
inject ol kin^j Joseph } and had it not have been
far the masterly conduct of the Duke Albuqucr
Tic, it was to he feared (hat h|| reinforcement*
l>> land Would be cut off and that the city inijrht
tail 5 but Albuquerque’* army is now on the isl
and, and we are in se< qri y —Resides, we are
d uly « xpecting GOUOBiit’sh tioopsfr, n. Lisbon
and Gibraltar, with men of war, artillery and
Ijuo boils.
The f oremmenl of the I sLnd is in t! <*t: sods of
* Junta a bo sen from ■ monjf the inhabitant# of C.<
liz, and i! the Spaitiiid* arc but true, not any
i .ice ui t the Firm ii could semi would be able
o reduce it. »'!,f Fu;u:.fi arc seen fiom Cadiz
mtlic opposite hoe, a-.d to-uvmow f i?»t..
f<la where you can a distinctfy the F etich ur
niy I’lK-ir force hilncrto fun noenveuy tnu<>it
-.. kruble, lint ye-t- id.n (> t » 8,000 men v.eic
MKift matching Item bruit Mary's this way —
They a: stated to be in four divisions of 10,000
»nen each
“ 1 lus city i*» op«n for all descriptions of pro
visians, f.ee of duty, and hail it net been for thi
supplies. ti< *n thr United States, i dra ul ;bc con j
sequence to the population on the Island, whirl-1
inCnliz atohe may he computed at L-1*>,1)0'>
s «.•.!•» Provision) are r*n the nsr, and govern ,
m<-)t :>rs- pui'rli.i&ing largely. Fleur is at 11 a g
LI 1 -2 |)"r barrel, hard dollars
“ 1 had ahvig lu-lcuging to Port, which 1 hsvr
just chartered to sn Amencan—For tobacco 5 A
guineas per hogshead, and 2 f per U-i f;r cotton
u>load tor Liverpool Tins is ititicU -ng-«er than
any freight that lias jet been given.
“ 12,b February.
*' 1 have nothing Further to add than that t terc
is tbc roaring of cannon perpetually in my ears.*’
Hat.timorF., April 9.
FROM THE FAS l' I A1) IF ,V, Ldc.
[The following appeared in the Whig, as a
communication from Captain ltusseli, of
tiie Dully, from Madras
Sir,
I left Ceuta ft the last of F/ovember,
and the Cape of Good Hope the last of Ja
nuarij ; tu<o days previous to nn/ sail ng
from Ceylon, his Excellency the Governor,
received official accounts of the cap'urc of
7af panoolly f an English port on the west
coast of the Island of SunttUra,) by a eyt/a- I
dron of French men of sear. It appears.
thru were last from Batavia, or Sura Day
— had coasted up the straits of Malacca,
along the west coast cf Sumatra, and had
captured all the merchant ships in that
quarter, rjltich thru had taken to Ta/ipa
nnolly-. Among the incredible number of
ftr’zes, there sucre thit teen American shifts,
most of tht m svi'/i dollars on board, us
they had not given them time to invest
them in pepper, svliich, it appears, was
their object.
The French landed a considerable num
ber of troops at Tafipanoolly, and were for
tifuiug the place with all possible expedi
tion ; making laws and regulations in the
neighboring country.
It seems, that the Local advantages and ]
excellent harbor of Tappanoolty, have in
dtteed the French to make a stand there;
from which it is generally supposed, they
will not be easily expelled.
A few days previous to my leaving the
Cape of Good Hope, there arrived a French
prize brig, which was captured a few days
before, on her passage f rom the Ii.le cf
France, bound to Bordeaux.-6>hr left the
Isle of France. S.h January last ; and I
was informed by a Captain Slix of .\'ew
York, who was u passenger onboard, find
appeared to be a man of considerable in
foi motion,) that when he left the Isle cf
Prance, the British were still keeping uri
a rigorous blockade ; but all their trials to
starve the Isle of France, afi/irar to be
vain. When Captain M>x left that place,
four was 8 dollars per barrel, and he
10. He also informs that General De
cong has,for the last 12 months, complete
ItJ put a stop to the cultivation of coffee
upon the Isles of France and fioiirbnn,
and has offered very great encouragement
to planters for the cultivation of wheat,
and other produce necessary for the sub
cistence of the inhabitants ; and it appears,
from the strictest calculation, there was
wheat enough last harvest, for the con
sumption of She inhabitants for 3 i/ears.
There was a number of American passrn
grrs or. board the French prize-— -A
mong them, a Captain White, late com
mander of the Mohawk. o/JiaUimore, which
he hud sold in the Isle of France, c.i well
as her cargo.
In lat 3,40 sou 'h long 34 west. I fell
in with the English ship Alexander, Cape
Hughe*,from Liverpool for Pernambuco.
Captain // informed me, that there had
been an act lately passed by he American
government interdicting all intercourse,
wuh Great Priiain ; but notwithstanding,
Copt, H. said, that he never saw so many
American ships in / ivrrpool at one lime ;
most of which had evaded the non inter
course taw, and were for sale, us well as
their cargoes, and their crews turned on
shore to seek thrir bread the best way they
\ rould. he said Liverpool seas overstock
rd with American sailors, that were turn
ed on shore in that way-The ship A
lexandtr had 17 oeamen, 16 of which were
Americans, which had left the V. Utates but
a few months since-.
. .— _ ■ ■ ■ settas
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at
Paris to his brother in this city dated Ja
nuary 16
• “ At the da'e of my last letter to you by
the Madison, our affairs with this country
wore a favorable aspect, and we were all in
great expectation of a speedy adjustment of
them ; but within a few days some circum
stances have occurred which have put an
end to all our hopes The nrg nation ap
pears now to be entirely bro!c< •> o!F. nor is
there the least prnepect of a renewal of it,
or of any favorable change in the conduct of
this government towards us, until they find
us actually at war with England. I there
fore adhere to the opinion I expressed on
this subject in the letters ] have written to
you and my other friends since I came to this
country.
'• The circumstances above alluded to,
which manifest a determination on ihe pari
of (his government to adhere to the un
friendly system they have for several years
pursued towards us, are the seizure and con
fc*cation of ail American property at tit. Se_
bastian and all that should arrive there :
and also a similar measure at Naples, where
at fie da;c of the letter from our Consul
there to General Armstrong, on this subject,
the government had actually commenced
! the sale of it. I avoid any comments on this
| line of conduct towards us, at tins particu
lar juncture, when wc are on the eve of war
I with England, because I do not at present
breathe the atmosphere^ of »he United
States, though 1 feel all the sentiments which
it inspires.
*• 1 am sail under the most painful anxic
i ty on account of nut receiving my letters
jtrom home since my arrival in this country.
I he United Suites’ frigate John Adams ar_
j rived a lew days ago, and I understand ffom
[captain Fenwick who brought thedespa’ch*
'•s which came by her.lot General Arm.
strong, that all the letters were put into the
post office at St. MHlors, in which case they
will no iIomM all be opened and examined
before they are delivered, ami should any
of them contain reflections ag.iihst rhis go
vcrninent, such will not be delivered at all.
I therefore hope my friends Ir ,re hud thr
prudence in tlnir letters to me, to be silent
on that subject,
" Before Captain Fenwick returns in the
John Adams, 1 hope to receive mi letters
by that cwuveyauCe, *tul to hive it in my
power to answer thrift. II' ex ,tec's toleive
th>» city in about a week, for Amsterdam,
where he is to meet tire frigate.
"On the subject of political news from this
country, unconnected immediately with
our own, 1 must speak with great caution,
as some ineohvetiience ha • already occ . red
to an American citizen new here, f. r ex.,
pressing his sentiments too freelv on that
subject. Iris now reported, that the empe
ror will leave Putts in a fortnight for Spain,
ami that he will m>t he married until his
return. — livening Post.
fix tract \f r fct'rr from Paris, dated Jan.
\%th, to a gcntfxman in this City.
“ I rid myself the pleasure of writing yon by
the ship M dison, which vessel sailed from
Dieppe on the 5th instant. At that tirr*. I |
i had great reason to hope and expect, ftiat I
we should soon have a free intercourse be I
t wren France and the United Sta es, and1
advised you, &c.but since that epoch, things
do n>'t wear quite so favorable an nrpect ;
and I mtist fecnmmnnd to you not to follow
the advice then given, though I think some,
thing will be done for the mutual interest of
both countries, before General Armstrong
leaves this for the United States, which
will probably be in all the month of April.
JMcrc. Adv.
P.xtraet cf a tetter, from a ,crn'teman in
Hamburgh, to his friend in Hartford.
(Con.) dated
•' November 24. 1S09.
*' Col. Burr has arrived here within a few
days from Sweden —There are various con
jectures what his aim or designs may be_I
have heard some who were sanguine that he
was a British spy, and that his being sent
from England was a farce.’*
Charleston. April 3.
A letter received by :t merchant in town,
from Kingston, (Jamaica.) dated the 25.h
February, states that the French frigate
mentioned sotr.e time since as having had a
brush w ith two British sloops of war, on two
different days, had been afterwards fallen in
with by the firazeri, sloop of war, of 18 guire,
and captured and sent into Kingston. It was
in pursuit of this frigate that ttie Hebe cap
tain Fife, was sent upon this coast, from
Jamaica.
RANKS—The shares of the foitr Hew'
hank* lately started in Baltimore, have all ;
been subscribed for. Baltimore will there- j
lore in future issue paper from the
Bank of Maryland,
Bank of Baltimore,
Union Bank of Maryland,
Office of Discount and Deposit,
Mechanic's Hank,
Commercial and Farmers Bank,
Franklin Rank,
Marine Rank,
Merchant’s and Farmer’s Bank.
v Washington, April 9.
We lay befor.p our readers to day copious ex
tracts tram t.J'P.debatrg in thf British Parliament
on the answer to the King’s speech From these
together with the division in both Houses, we
are enabled to form som; conjecture at' the
strength of the new administration. In the house
of Commons, the miaisteriHl m:ij-'rity was nine
ty-six. A change in-the vote* of forty nine m- tu
ber.* would lo.-vc the mir.istry in a minority —
That such, and even a much greater change will
probably soon take place, is highly probable.—
! Cxnyidi ring the p tins taken by the Chancellor of
the Ex -liequ-r, it cannot be doubled that the mi
ni-itei ialists were more punctual in their aiten
d nice thin the opposition, ar.d that consentient*
ly the r.! itive force of parties will He coniidera
bly varied by a fuller attendance of members —
l ii<* amendment, too, on which the House divi
ded, was couched in such fcigh terms, as.tc give
the mir.istry the decided advantage of retaining
on their side the moderate men, who felt rchicT.
t int prematurely to commit themselves. It will
likewise br perceived that Mr. Canning and lord
C?Mlereagh, who will, beyond question, be even
11 ually marshalled in the ranks of the opposition;
voted against the amendment. Combining the
strength which these gentlempn will ere long
bring out against the ministry, with that which
will flow froth the other circumstances we have
alluded to, it doss not seem rash to hazard the
prediction that the present administration, unless
| radically modified, will be short lived- It is not
a little remarkable that Lord TVcllesley during
the course of this impoitant debate, was totally
silent—National Intelligencer.
FROM Till OLD COLONY GAZETTE.
POLTrrC.1L ALMAjXAC.
Per the Pecleralists e,f ^Massachusetts—
t 1810.
March.
13Election New Hampshire ——squally.
14 Federal Sun’s declension, 45 degrees
15 Thick Clouds coming from the North.
1G Viet cury in politic. Thermo Id aboveo.
17 Tories left in Boston unprotected, 1776.
<» IstSun after N H-m f.lcc grows warmer
19 Essex Junto Constellation set s ai Midnight.
26 Very iow tides—wuh us Pvggy W. Scotia
21 tvea her. \ u may now look out
22 for a severe storm ot abuse Sc
calumny in our latitude.
24 Fed, Sun Ec'ipsed. Total in N. Hump.
25 Frequent 5c heavy showers of
26 lies in our meridian,
27 for some days,
1 Afmil.
All Fools day— Fine dau .for Federal har
vesting. (}r-eot change of weather l earth
quake ! Halifax Jog.
---
Ualtimose, April 6.
Capt Jon<*s, of the Aim, arrived lust evening
from New Orleans, informs, that General Wil
kinson hml taken his passage in the brig Dart,
rapt. Driscoi, to sail ill 10 days af ter capt J. for
this port.
Phiudelfhia, April 5. j
(Tj* We are authorised to state, for the infor
matmu of our commercial friends, that the Da
nisli Ch«rg<* d-s Affairs, li-s received from the
Minister of that country at Paris, the nost satis
factory assuiMiices of the friendly disposition of
the King ot Denmark, towards this country, and
of & determination to cultivate i friendly inter
course with it—-that sudi explanations hud been
made to Capt. Armstrong, of the mea»ures*Vliieh
may have crested a different opinion as would
remove apprehensions ou that account.
Artinican D. Adv.
Philauei.PMIA, April 6.
A letter from B»ltunore received in this city,
the inhumation contained in which is said to be
derived from the highest ilhonty, Mates that
Gen. Armair"ng liuil written to tlie captain of the
John A lams, that he hud progressed very far in
i ireity with France. The return of tlie frigate to
Fran c, it is exacted, was ordered for ilu: par*
pose of be ng the bearer to tins country ol the
result of his negociwtioiw-_
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may be found, bj Applying at the Enquirer
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The Senate resumed t'*«* «vms*f.'y*v»r»j c?
•he hill for thuestablAhne .: > t * National
Bank.
Mr. Btiyard moved* •»moog other t.rr.end
mcms, the folh, v>ng nr-? sections to the biJl
or.king pr >v si'»os ter the establishment of a
.ntionnl Bank, which were ordered to be
printed and the bill postponed til Frk>y
next, and made the order of that day.
Sec. 3. jlml fie it further enae'et!, That
it shall be lawful for any person, co-partner
ship or body politic who now do or at any
time within three years From the third day
of March next, may hold stock of the pre
sent Bank of the United States, to subscribe
within that period of time in the hooka to be
opened at the city of Philadelphia, for as
many shares as he, she or they mav hold »'f
the capital stock of the said bank of the U.
S and the 'hares so subscribed shall be pay
able either in goklo- silver, or by the trans
fer anti assignment of an <*qml amount of the
stock of tha said bank at the time of the sub
scription.
Sec. 16. .^d be iffurther rnae’cd. That
the incorporation of the subscribers to the
bank of the U.S. in ide & established by the
act entitled “an act to incorporate the sub
scribers to the bank of the U. S.” passed on
the 25th day of February, A. D 1791, shall
continue and the same is hereby continued
till the 4th day of March, A. D. 1813_the
capital to be augmented to thirty millions of
dollars.
The President laid before the Senate the fol
lowing report of the Secretary of tho Tieasury,
made in pursuance of the resolution of the Senate
of the 2d instant:
Treasury Department, April 3.
Sir,
I havr- the honor to transmit a report prfe.
pared in obedience to the resolution of the Se
mite of yesterday.
I have the honor to be,
With great respect.
Sir,
Your obedient serv-nt,
ALBEltT GALLATIN-.
7!> the II.,n ■ the President <f \
zhe Senate. }
REPORT
T.'.a Secretary of the Treasury, i t obedience
to the resolution of the Sen ate of the second in
stant, respectfully Kcports—
That the statement annexed to the report. mad«
to the Senate on the second day of March, 1809
contained all the dividends made by the Rank of
the Un .cd States from its establishment to the
date of the report, r.s stated to the Treasury bv
111* Bank. 3 3
Tint the ancxed table (A) being a transcript of
the above mentioned statement, with the addition
of the dividends made on the first day of July,
1809. and on the first day of January ln«t, ombr.a
c s not only the ordinary semi-annual dividends of
four percent, but also all the e xtra dividends
wImc!) are within the knowledge of this depart
ment, Cs which ;t is Believed, have ever been made
by the bank ; making in the whole, an average of
8 13-S6 per cent, a year.
That there remained to the credit of the bank,
after payment of the dividend mile on the first
day of January last, a surplus of 409 410 dollars#
consisting of two items, viz; 125,000 dollars, de
signated by the name of” General Bank Estate,’•
intended as an offset giinst the decay and pre
sumed loss, in case of the a .le of the real estate
of the Bank, that estate having been paid ftp
from the capita! stork, and not from ’he profits
of the Bilik ; and 284,410 dollars, designat'd!
by the name of ” Contingent Fund,” intended
in the first pla-e to cover losses arising fron*
bad debts, not yeLa&ttfcHj/ lost, and the residue
of which, if any, will be applicable to another
extra dividend
That the nominal profit resulting to the Bank
from each of its offices of discount and deposit,
could noth® ascertained without an investigation
Of all the weekly returns made to this depart
ment ; and that there are no returns, from which
the actual loss sustained by each office can be
known.
.. Rut that the statement (B) «huws the per.
nrsarte.nt capital given to each office of discount
and d-pusit; the balance due in account current
by the offices to the ban* (exclusive and in ad
dition to the said permanent capital,)nn the 27th
day of March last ; the amount of the notes ac
tually discounted and dua to the bank by tlie last
returns, specifying the amount discounted a* Phi
ladelphia and at each office respectively : and an
estimate of the gross amount of the annua! expen
res and losses of the bank, including its severs!
offices, by which it appears that the auntial ex
ptyices being about 125,990 dollars a year, tlie
ascertained losses must in the whole have amount
ed to about 35,090 dollars a year
All which is respectfully submitted.
ALflEkT G ALL ATII7.
Treasury Titpariynen*.,\
April?, lSllh 5
Dividends on the United States’ Bank Stock.
Hate per cent.
No. 1 July. 1792, 4
2 January, 1793, 4
3 July, — 3 5 8
4 J mury. 1794, 37 8 (V)
5 July, — \ 4
ft January, 1795, '4
7 July, — 4
8 January 1796, 4
9 July, — 4
10 January, 1797, 4
It July, — 4
12 January, 1798, 5 J
13 July, — 4
14 January, 1799, 4
15 July, — 4
16 January. 1800, 4
17 July, — 4
13 January, 1801, 6 fb)
19 July, — 4
20 January, 1802, 4} Cb_)
21 July, — 4* f',J
22 January, 1803, 4J CbJ
2.1 July, — 4
94 January, 1894, 4} (''A-J
25 July, — 4
26 January, 1805, 4
27 July, — 4
28 January, 1806, 4
29 July, — 4
30 January, 1807, G CbJ
31 July, — 4
32 January, 1806, 4
33 July, — 4
34 January, 1809, 4
35 July, — 4
36 January, 1810, 4
Norms
(" a J Dvi (lends falling short of the rate of 8
per rent per annum
; fbj Including extra dividends.
Statement nf the capital of the several brnnrhes,
and of the bank of the United Stuff*, and of the
amount oj disetunts by the last received returns.
Amount nf Nniea.
Capital. Discounted.
C >Mon. 700 000 998.859
Near Yurk, 1.8o0 O-jO 4,175.8,4
Baltimore, G 0,000 1,349 550
Washington, 200,0 )0 485 285
Not folk, 600,000 880,176