The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-04-24 00:00:00, page 2

Paris, Feb. 17.
Ac 2 o’clock this day the Senate a*sem
bled, under the Presidency of the Prince
Arch_Chnncclior of the Empire, and adopt
ed the following Senatus Consultum :
Title 1st.—Of the Union of Rome to the
Empire.
Art, 1. The State of Rome is united to
t.he French Empire, and forms an integral
part thereof.
2. It shall he divided into two Depart
ments, the Department of Rome and the
Department of Trasimene.
•-*(3. The Department of Rome shall send
7 Deputies to the Legislative body. The
Department of Trasimene shall send four.
4. The Department of Rome shall be
classed in the first series—the Department
of Trasimene in the second.
<vJ3. A Senatory shall l»e established in
the Departments of Rome and Trasi
tnene.
The City of is the second Citv
of the Empire. The Mayor of Rome is to
be present when the Emperor takes the
oaths on his accession. He is torank. as are
also nil deputations from the.Citvof Rome,
on all occasions, immediately after the
Mayors or Deputations of the City of Fa.
ris.
7. The Pri nee Imperial is .to assume the
title, and receive the honors of King of
Rome.
8. A Prince of the blond, or a Grand
Dignitary of the Empire, shall reside
rt Rome, who shall hold the Emperor’s
Court.
9. The property which composes the
endowments of. the Imperial Crown, shall
he -egulated by a Special Senatus Co:i.
snlt'um.
13. After having been Crowned in the
Church at Notre Dame, at Paris, the Em
perors shall, previous to the TCtth year of
their reign, be Crowned in the Church of
St. Peter. .
\ 11. The City of Rome shall enjoy parti
tolar privileges and immunities, which
thall be determined by the Emperor Napo
leon.
Title II.-Of (he Independence of the
Imperial Throne of all Authority on
, jEarth.
12. Every foreign Sovereign is incempnti
ble with the exercise of r.ny Spiritual Au
thority within the territory of the Em
pire.
13. The Papes shall, at their elevation,
take an oath never to act contrary to the
four Propositions of tha Callicnn Church,
adopted in ah assembly of the Clergy in
3682.
.14. The four Propositions of the Catholic
Church aredenlared eommon to all the Ca
tholic Churcheucf the Empire.
Title III.-Of the Temporal Existence
yj me j. ujiru.
15. Talnces shall be prepared for the
Pope, in the different parts ot the Empire, in
■which he may wish to reside. He shall ne
cessarily have one at Paris and another at
Rome.
16. Two millions in rural property, free
fcf all imposition, and lying in different parts
of the Empire, shall be assigned to the
Pope.
17\ The cxpcnr.es of the Sacred College
nml of the Propaganda, shall be declared
Imperial.
13. The present Organic Scnatus-Con
suUum, shall be transmitted by a message
. hta^M a jest y the Emperor :>»»! King.
CAMBACF.RES, Prince Arch
Chancellor of the JZm/nre.
Francois Jancourt, Csrnet,
Secretaries.
(Seen and Sealed,)
Count LAPLACE, Chancellor cf
ihe Senate.
]p"rcm the Huston Palladium cf Ajiril IS.!
VERY LATE NEWS.
By the ship Juno, which arrived yester
day, in a very short passage from London,
papers to March 12 were received.
The London Courier of March P, says, '
the ship John Adams, was expected to sail
yesterday from Cowes, and is to touch at a
french port to take despatches from Gen.
Armstrong. It is said, she will carryout
•with her, the basis on which it is proposed j
to terminate all differences between Great |
Britain and the U. States, it is stated to I
Lave obtained the entire concurrence of Mr. '
Pinkney. [We understand the John Adams ;
remained in England when the Juno sail
ed.) I
• The Morning Post of March 12, say*,
e* we have reason to hope, that, the vcgocia
tion between tire Marquis of Wellesley and
Mr. Pinkney, has tak.na f.iv .ruble turn
ami thus, we trust, the evident designs of
jNapoleon will be frustrated.
An Order of Council has been issued for
continuing open the Wcst-Imba Islands to
vessels of the United States, if the 'colonial
governors think proper.
The free, exportation of cotton from En
gland, to pl.iCt.> not blockaded, i.; allow
ed.
The subject of commercial licences has
l>ren under consideration in the British Par
liament 1 and paper* relative to the subject,
were railed lot and granted. The Eh.i1 of
Jjanderdal*; pledged himself to prove, that
the Licences had actually injnwd the cotn
mevcial inlereatsbf the country.
1 lie F/irl of Chatham had retired.
Baris dates in London papers, ate to
March K.
Intelligence from Cadi;4 is to the 2’5th of
Eebrunry.-It had nearly 30 000 troops
within its walls, and Was well supplied with
money, water and provisions. Tne British
mid Spaniards had prevented the French
from attacking the city. Several forts they
had erected, had been destroyed by the gun
boats; and several successful enteiprir.es
bad been tna-L against parties of them on
♦ he main land. Deputies from Joseph had
been refused admission at Cadiz, and. his
proclamations burnt by the hangman. The
members of the Supreme Junta, are said to
have been arrested. Cadiz will withstand
* long siege. In Catalonia the Spaniards -
beve gained romc tliflbig advantage, A
body oi French troops were near Badajnz. ,
f.n the frontiers of Portugal ; bnt wp. mo Hot i
find that kingdom had b<-en invaded np to .
l*fh. 25, although the J)uke of Altrsotea, i
on his v ay to Spain, has arrived at llayonne, i
destined speedily to subdue the I’orttignesv,
A Bat iK paper or March 2, contains a j
l?t*cr from Marshal Sou It, with an arenunt I
of the ta in# of Malaga, by JVbsV.iari! — *
Home «ii .ti lnances ptecrd'xl the event_t
<imrrnl Civ Jin. and the old < ivd and milt i <
t-iry oBrcers had been «.« iv.rd and r- nt rn j j
uliij) h*..’id, A great fmirbcr of the h-babi-fi
tarns n-'refitifc out ^r««i j/4nirg wi»h (he't
country people, had a desperate battle with
tiie French. On* thousand of them (Spa
niards.) were killed, and the remainder
retreated into the city fighting, hut at
length, were subdued The French ac
knowledged the loss of 30! There, were
t!J ship* in the harbor. English goods were
sequestered.
1 he French have imposed a contribution
at Algcsiras, at Tariffs and at Aa^iile.—
1 he British and Spaniards had been suc
cessful in some enterprises against the
French, on the main land, near Cadis.
A Paris paper of March 1, contains a
communication from the Emperor Napole
on to the Senate, announcing that he had
concluded a treaty of marriage with the
Archduohess Maria Louisa, daughter of the
Emperor-of Germany.
A French tribunal has been employed at
1 reves, to try a prodigious number of per
sous, accused of revolt ..irt the department
of Sarre, in which t^e insurgents had been
joined by tob-natiouRl guards.
A letter frorn Paris, Feb. 17, mention*
the condemnation, by the Council of Prizes,
of lour American vessels anfrtheir cargoes-;
among ihvrn war. the Ship Henrietta (late
Nichols,) of Boston. The same letter adds,
l here are many Americans here whose
ships and cargoes arc gone, past rcdempti_
cn. ”
Dispatches from Mr. Armstrong and Mr.
Finktnry were brought in the Juno.
EXTRACTS
SY 7EF. JUNO FROM LONDON.
London, March 9.
Ir! a letter received yesterday from Mol
land, was enclosed the following abstract of
a decree:
“The chief Secretary of his majesty’s
[Louis,] council, authorised by the resoiu- I
lions of ttibiimrv [No. II ] hereby nccpiaiuts
the director of the customs, that it is his
majesty’s firm and positive direction, that
[provisionally,] no American vessel shall
be allowed to enter the harbors of this king
dom, under any pretext whatever, let ttie
cargo consist of whatsoever it mny. The
place from whence she may come, is of e_
qual indifference ; whether she may not !
have been in England, or has not been visit
ed by the flag ot that nation, on her voyage.
Such vessels, on the contrary, will be per_
miPed to return tosea directly, without be
ing allowed to discharge even apart of her
caign. 1 he Director of the customs is or
dered to give the necessary directions for
the immediate and strict execution ofthese
orders.*’
Louis Ilonnpnrte. King of Holland, in >
letter to the Dutch legislative hody, expres
ses astonishment and indignation at the
French government, for its charges against
ins subjects, *• that they havo betrayed the
common-cause in their commerce, and nor
done sufficient for the interest of France.’1
He promises to labour, that Holland may
I’- permitted to exist as a nation. The let
ter is dated Feb. 1.
March 1C.
It has been reported, in some of the pub
lic papers, that the John Adams frigate
v/ns to saM from Cowes with the first fair
wind. We have reason to believe, that she
will be detained at least a week longer. It ia
understood, in the best informed circles on
American affasrs. that Mr. Pinkney, had
propped a distinct question, to which a ca
tegorical answer is expected; and on the
reply to which, the ultimatum of the Repub
ljcan ...in .i~.j, .„i,„
ther the Ministers ot this country will, or
will not treat on the basis of the revocation
of the orders in council....Afonmir Chrt
nicle. °
S
Extract oj a letter from London, dated
March 12.
“The news from the North is unfavcra_
hie to the prosperity of the American trade.
Napoleon is stretching his powerful arm a_
long the German coast, and report says, lie
means to seize on Holstein, the better to
intercept and totally to suppress that cupL
dity so eminently characteristic of trading
nations* Thus he means to convert the
whale continent into a virtuous military go
vernment The last symptoms of despair
have succeeded to the hope of release of
sequestered (or in other words, confiscated)
merchandize at be Sebastians. Tliev have,
by a letter ot the. 6ih, from Paris, received
this day, been ordered to, and principally
arrived at 1 Jayonnr; there the cargoes are
mixed without any regard to packages, or
distinction of property, 'i hey will, no doubt,
be placed in the Imperial Treasury.”
vror.i. ri/ct; cj l^on&on firivlt to the IPtr.
March, received by the Juno.
BONAPARTE’S MARRIAGE.
In these papers, we find the grand secret
and mystery of the late treaty of peace be_
tween France and Austria developed, by
which the latter preserved a portion of her
power and dominions, via. that instead of
the sister of Alexander of Russia, Napoleon
marries the Archduchess Marla Louisa, the
eldest daughter of the Emperor of Austria,
the grand daughter of the great Maria The
tesa, anti the niece of the laic murdered
Cdueen ot France ! Napoleon communicated
the articles of the marriage treaty to the
Senate on the 27th of Feb The Prince of
N’cufchatcl (berthier) with a splendid train
had set out tor Vienna to escort the fiifure
Empress to Paris : in this train was one of
the sons of th- divbrced Josephine! The
Archduke Charles was to receive the hand
r-fliis neice, as the ftroxy of llonafmrtc !
All was ioy at Vienna, as well as at. Paris,
it this alliance : and thr Vienna bank bills
rose on the occasion from TOtolOO ! A sim
ilar scene of splendor and joy was witnessed
11st ?6yeais before, when the aunt of this
princess was conducted to Paris to be united
o Louis XVI.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE.
'1 lie papers contain many rumors of :» rr
iewed eyiri; oi hostility in Russia towards
France. I he point upon which Napoleon
yUl piqur Alexander, it is said, is th*- estab
lishment of a kingdom in Poland-a mm
mre delci red at the treaty of Tilsit lilt a
•lore convenient season; ?md it is this, it is'
mid, which lias led to tlu determination of.
liissia to maith troops into Poland. A
riovement of the French armies towards (he I
rowers* of Alexander are al o mentioned in
it article from Nuremberg, tlir.ojrh (he os 1
ensi'/ie. < hject was a more vigorous bl >citride 1
n the North of Germany, to rtl-ct an entire 1
;xcld>ina <>f English commerce,
EX i ENtatON OF FRANCE.
X'he Hamburg papers ay, th*t thr *vhol«!
ynitb i t (iernii 'iy is in V jnr.otporfttrd with j
France, and that a French army of 60,000 is I
tssembling n the frontier**-:’ II./stein. The1
ncorporati>n of Hap over (the king of En I
land’s hereditary dominion) •. ; defer tod
*ll Banaparte should receive uu answer
“The Emp»ror grants licenses to exporl
wine, grain,j&c. to any port or place, am
bring back the woods, potashes, 8cc. Cot.
ton is not aryong the articles permitted tt
be imported, ami especially not from the U
States. ”....Mjrrc. Advertiser.
Extract of a Tetter from Paris, datec
A larch 6th, rycetvecl via London, fit/ tin
Juno, in 28 dchsfrbm Portsmouth, ( En
gland,) to lliston.
“ The changes taking place on the con
tinent, are so rapid, you can hardly follow
them.-Bonaparte marries the daughtei
of the Emperor of Austria. lie lias stretch
cd his arms across the Northern frontiers
and will seal up the channels of commerce
-- «v _ an rt— tUfeu.gj
the great Emperor, or the French eagle:
will be planted on the walls of St. Peters’-,
burg ; and thus will Alexander be punish
ed for bis treachefy to Austin.'. As to A.
mericans, their case is hopeless. Whei
will our government real.se the views o
France ? She promises .every thing, am
condemns every thing. Already have the
American- vessels seized at St. Sebastians
arrived at Bayonne ; and their cargoes de.
posited in the government stores. The
sale will soon he made for the benefit o
the Imperial Treasury.lb.
Extract o f a letter received by a ewnmerei
al house of this city, from their agent in
Prance, dated
“ Bordeaux, Feb. 4.
“As I was about closing 'this letter I).
-, who came from Bordeaux, &
was carried into St. Jeon de Luz, has receiv
ed and shewn me the following letter from
Gen Armstrong, <la?ed Paris, Jan. 30
“I have received your letter of the 24tli
inst. and exceedingly regret th>* embarrass,
merits with which you have met: the cxpla
nations I have received with regard to the
seizure made of all our ships, See. in the ports
ot Spain, arc not of a character to tranquil
ize y ou—They are said to be the result of a
principle adopted by his Majesty, that a
[ commerce denied to France shall not be per..
mitted to her allies—The presumption is that
your case will be sent before the Council of
Frizes; you should therefore make yoiir
protest before Competent authoiity and for
wmdit with power to employ attorney ifne
cessary, to Mr J>. If M a cade n, our agent
hwe ” Signed J. Armstrong-“ You may form
an good conjectures as I can at present from
the contents of this letter.”
Cafltured vessel-at Sebastians.
Ship Sally,Scott ; Com. Rogers; brig Ca
milla; Mary Ann, St. 1 .<rntnanv ; schr. Pros
pect ; ship \\ nils, oi Boston ; brig Enter
prize ; schrs ilc'.'y and Betsey, ot Salem ;
brig Andrew, Roebuck, and Fox of Philadel
phia.
At rnsnacrr-Schrs, Spencer. Postboy,
Exchange, Eleanor, and Fame, of Baltimore ;
Young Connecticut, and brig Tantira,
ol Now York ; ship Eagle, of Philadelphia.
Ac Her met, GO mites IV. of Me. Me bat dans.
Brig Hawk, of New York; schr. Hawk,
of Baltimore ; sclrr. Freedom, N. York.
At Mt. Jean rfe L.ncc.
Ship Ann, ol New Yolk ; Lydia, nf Bos
ton ; hpi i»g Bird, Abigail. John, and Emi
Ime, of Net/ York ; Swallow. Cupid, of
Philadelphia; Independence, of Baltimore;
Mar» Eliza, do. ; and Eliza, of Boston.
Gj vessels. Cargoes. «
4200 oaks cotton ; 1200 bh!s. ashes ; 600
hlids. tobacco ; 200 000 Ins Coffee ; 200.000!
lbs. cocoa ; 2Ob0 boxes sugar; 300.000 lbs.
pepper ; some indigo,'&c.—Phil. Gaz.
From I-isbon. A respectable gentleman
of this city, who arrived yt Mcrd .v l>v the I
eas eru st. gc, has pulitt ly obliged us with the I
following inlornm >u;
State of Portugal ervihe lfi h Ft h. lflio
the time v/e left |l.eTagns,in ihcbri- Ham’
bier of Bristol, H. island
ine l ead quarters c.f the British annv
wa r at Coimbra. 1
i ho French with rn army of 30,000 foot
*nd feOOO cavalry tvy.re at r,;ul*j .z, against
whom a (IctaclitiicA, rf JTO Odd men, trirft
Fottngdese, were marchir.g ;ir.d had ad‘Ai»*
ced aa far as Alcantara.
from his Britan [majesty to sotve proposi
tion he made tun respecting it.—Salem
Gaz t
The Frenchloulon fleet remained in
port. I
The brave Kir, the innkeeper of In
spruck.uud Tyyse ieadcr, has been taken
and shot at Mata.
Six French Wnents arrived at Hamburg
20th nf Feb. las said they were to occv
py the three Hjestic cities, as well as the
coasts of Northid Baltic seas, to exclude
linglish com.ntr
A French de-j: is mentioned, prohibiting
any colonial price, whether American or |
F.oglish, pnssit-jie line of customs at Ham
burgh, coming pm any ports of the Danish
territory. Thjlamburgh merchants who
have Americscoosignments via Tonnin
gen, are learfifve French will enter Hoi
stein dnd seize*-: great quantity of Ameri
can produce b|ded tlicre.
Parliament H need a subsidy to support
a Portuguese ice in Portugal.
N?.W YorK, April 1G
Fzenract of a \terfram an intelligent m:d
ri yfirc'aklc rnti/i.\an(z. to Uis friend*
in t/i’.t Ci(Mated Feb. 13.
“Our affairigrow more gloomy every
day, and 1 ha\(ast all hopes of seeing the
sequestration moved from the American
proper y. Thflay 1 left TSotdeattJt, (Feb.
8lh.) an alncjiig letter was received by
j’btt Director olie Customs, from Monsieur
.Collin, DirecMCieneral at Paris.
“ A small Miimbte zohoonev. Captain
iaenha, had tfered the Garonne in real
distress, (l)ii**cl to St. Sebastians.) with a
cargo of t</tccn, and was seized by the
custom hoi#e officers, because she was less
than one 'handed ■ tons burthen, anti c.ottse
qwently cculduot bring tobacco to France.
Monsieur Cilia writes, answer to a
letter sent hit by the director of the cus
toms at Rorrlaux, that he had mistaken
the real gioutjon which the above schoon
er was to boseized—that it %vns not for
the trifling defence of a few tons in her
burthen, nor.hr merely violating the deci
sion (Act,) nfthe 14,h of April, 1R08, but
on account over nationality being Ameri
can, and as och, was fio&sibhj liable to
confiscation. He then orders the director to
make a new fizme, founded on the vessel
being Ameri^n, to have anew firoceta ver
bal made oul and sent him, stating that
the vessel &Lirgo was American, and that
he would ictfe the condemnation at the
council of Pyjses. I saw a copy of the let
ter-This proceeding appears to me to t>«
a declaratiorfof war. It is al*o reported
here, that ojlers have befen given to sell
the vessels jo<1 cargoes in Spain, for the
profit and Lfnefit of the French Govern
A f«?w d'.vs brfbr-* vv^'tof'P irtugiT. a re
inforcement ot 20bC Highlanders had arrived '
from P.njdund, some ot whom lojtthei* with '
1700 Portuguese were scot to Cadiz, near
which place, it was reported at Lisbon, the 1
French wert in great numbers, ami it was 1
expected tList, the attack on Lisbon would be
made frorri that quarter. Th u a gram!
council of war had been held at Lisbon, at
which were present Lord Wellington and1
Marshall lleresford. the result of their tie
termination was not ko< wn, but it wa> \y'rr.. •
rally believed that the British troops would
in a short time be withdrawn from Portugal I
upon a supposition that better terms ought :
b ? obtained for that country than coaid be j
expected, should the French enter by force
—That prepfimtoi to this, heavy baggage
was cirbaiketl at the time *.vc It ft the In j
gus—That there were 300 transports in
that river "waiting for the troops, and it was
supposed all the horses would he shut as tbeve i
was ho shipping calculated for their recep 1
tion.—A'. F. Coin. Ada.
- I
Rjctrct of a letter from John tVehft, Rcrj. of'
Leghorn, dated Jan. 8, 1310
“ I have GTtixj time to inform you that all '
the cargoes at Aafder, either arrived with [
till documents char or taken, air ordered 1
to be sold—no reason is give:. nor can any j
cause be assigned : amongst them are vessel*
which bad distharged their cargoes, and
returned Jroni America rvi'h certificates cf
origin, without being visiled. A ot an u f, ro -
cess or trial has taken ftiacr. 7'/:r Mary, at
Civi a ffeerhia, had been cleared in the tri
bunal tffprizes, and the cafi ors having eft., j
i JiealcA to the council of slate, the sente::, c 1
that the Alary was not a good prize wan '
cot firmed. .\ otwit htta ndhlg this, his mu I
je$fy ’-J A'aples has ordered the said vessel '
to oi Condemned. 77:ere is no' a possibility i
of reasoning or accounting for these i ven is
especially as all letters f rom France sau,
there is a great probability that a treaty is
| actually concluded between America and
France.”
Letters from London .speak also of the
vessels being condemned, as well as the cur
goes.
Baltimore, April 17.
I" ROM FRANCK—A letter just receved
from Fance, dated Bordeaux 27th Jan. 1810
says—“ From the late orders to sequestre
American property in the ports ofSpain, we
conclude that France is resolved to increase
her measures of rigour.”
Congress.
HOUSE OF HEP RE SEA' TA T1VE S.
Monday, April 15.
The bill From the Senate, concerning the socie
ty of tlie order of La Trappc, i ml the bill for the
! erection of sundry light houses and beacons, were
1 twice read and committed
Mr. Taylor reported a bill for the relief of John
Call.-outi—Twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr Taxis, the committee ofthe
' whole w.-.s discharged from the further consule
■ 1 ration of the bill to incorpoi ate a company for rid
, king certain turnpike roads \yitlilh tlie district. t
{ C tiiimhia •, and tlie bill Was ordered to be read a
! third time.
. i The hill was then read a third time, nrd on tlie
, i question of i:s passage—
! Messrs. Srnilie, Fisk and Montgomery opposed
j the bill, and Messrs. Ltv.ii, Lore and McKim
> supported it.
■ : 1 he reasons against it were generally, that the
1 * — l. • *' • •• uTi!«ia.|t>rO t u*lr.a WCiT ^ v
' : tiHvagunlly high, an<l that t!-.f y went to levy u ccn
: tributimi on all intercourse bet ween the city and
* adjacent country ? that the toils wete gralii
, ated according to the distance travelled upon the
road, which would be a Bourse of perpetual dis
•; pute between the toll gall refs and traveUcis;
and, that a power was given to make a road to
,1 wards Baltimore, which should exclude the town
i of Bladenshnrg, winch it was said would be ex
’: trchrielr in just.
In "eply it was riaid that the charter wits lifiiit
.' ed, inasmuch as that it wns provided when the
i company derived mi interest to the amount of 12
j per cent.on their capital, the road should In come
j a public road : that the tolls were not higher.than
. usu. I, and that they had ',teen scrutinized and ful
• ly debated in the Senate, iliut the exclusion of
I hladciisturg from the road, should it take place,
| v.as.no argument against tlie bill, as roads we«e
j not made for the benefit of a particular spot, but
for general accommodation,
j 1 lie bill was passed 43 to 28
[It only requires the signature of tlie President
! to become a law |
The hill * fixing the compensation of ministers
and consuls of the United States residing on tlie
Barbai y coast, and for other purposes,’ w us read
a third time.
Mr. Em well enquired whether the bill contain
ed a provision mak,rig tlie advice and com,cm of
the Sen ile necessary in the appointment of navy
agents ?
j I lie Speaker said there was no such provision
in the hul.
i On motion of Mr. Burwell, the bill was recom- !
) mitted to a committee of the whole.
I On motion of Mr. Potter, the I, 11 allowing
drawback on goods transported by 1 uid from t*
Pori to Boston, and from Boston to New Port, in
the same manner us if transported coastwise,
was ordered to be engrossed for u third reading.
REDUCTION OF ARMY A NAVY.
Tin House again resolved itself into a commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Basset Millie chair, on the
bill fur la) ing additioni'l duties.
[ l'o tiiis committee bad r.lao been referred the
following resolution r—* EctolieJ, That the mili
trry and naval e stablishment* of tlie V. State-,
ought i<» lie reduced ’1
Mr Taylor moved that tlur bill f..r imposing
additional duties lie on the table lor the purpose
of taking up this resolution.
1 i>is motion was supported by Messrs. Marion,
mi.a and Troup, on the ground that it was pro
per to ascertain what thr expenditure of the year
would be before provision was made t<« inert it ;
and was opposed by Mo* .*. Love, W. Alston,
Montgomery and Southard, on tlie gioitnd ili a
the additional duty would be proper, whether the
army and navy were reduc ed or n >t
1 he rtioliot! to l»y the hill on the table, was car*
tied—4‘> to 46.
Mr. Macon moved to amend the resolution so
as to disband the whole army
Tins motion to amend was negatived, two or
thiee gentlemen only voting in the alfii mative.
i ho partial reduction of the army was mlvoen
t'-'I by Messrs. Macon, So,die, Johnson,
i •«I.mi hlgo, Tay I ir, McKee and Knot, and oppo.
ed by M< ssrs. bielson, Hhea ol hen. Holland,
boyrl «nd McKee.
On motion i f Mr Toot, tiie resolution was a
mended so as to read as follow.-i:
ZMci'tW, Tiiat the military <*> tiddishment <f
•ho United States ought to le* rcduoi d ; and that '
the naval establishment ought to be reduced.
Mr Tsoi tnen calhd for a div u.on of Che ques
tion. * i
And tiie question being t. ken on so muob ns ro
Jatm io the ini/itarj ontsrbhsliment, was carried, i
\y,.s 77—*»r-sf ft about 1'tO UiOTfltTi rc,
And tlto q icstion was taken on tin-, if rosining
pnr; relative to the naval establishment, ( n«i csr
rod, Ayes 68.
fhe question on the tvhafcrtsclu Job war then 4
Ukun mi,J carritd. i«
The r*''',Tr*Mro rid r^p^r^d p^ogrrrs ^ 1
hr- duty hill, obtained leave to s.t .■»*•: in <•« it, A
©ported their agreement to tin- resolution. f
The House agreed noe.tn cotntider the report
f t!ie committ-e, but before taking a question;
in it, adjourned.
, > TiT!P>r. April IT.
Mr. StntHe aaid that in i-t-vle-wt g the bysint sa
'ef«»re the Home, he thought it w:,* imp'uriblq
:•> adjourn or the 25d inst. as they hfl l agreed tq
io. lie therefore moved tor.*s<-, d that vot*
The House agreed tie ndder the motion, 50 to \
23. , f
Mr Ply opn-s-(! th« motion i»« prerrstti'-e, und
•regular, inasroueh as n appeared to him to M
v-nper that the proportion to recede should com;
' mr th© House whirl* had last agreed to t*><- rr
,Million, us it was t" he soiv '>«'*d that Hous
would i'il!v have invt • *igni.-d it. •{ • • c
1 * • ides, Mr. K raid, was the bodv m*»vt likel]
to be possessed of tacts ot evKi.-nre vr'-'ch woult
reader it propel- to pvnlnrt «fe rcss’Oil.
Mr Swil'e raid }•© v.-ould mmv Out the rj'-j
h.ltion rhottld li*t on tb»* table but that be hud ttn|
rlerstood tho rules 6f flu* Sen .tr inquired thred
days f r the pa«s*ge ot sveb s resolution r and, it
not passed to day, it mprh* not K© in time I r tl:a
Sen-.t* to act on it before the day fixed f r a<M
journment \
Mr. Livrmore was ofoo'nionthat 'bcrrrol>T
t"on sboold origin!- with die Sem-lc, unt"«8
somotl'illg was offered fio-ol| — ••'■ee'-llt • O W*>f'h
siiouM render u neces-.i-.oy to pr-.-tr.- tnc session,
be was rgi.irst t’.c rcs:d,j\-n
Mr Ch'jtscv r ..vrii to amend the rprd'rm, l>y
adding tl e et«» a rcuomii-.n t.j. niiourn on the 1st
tfM-y
Mr. Pitkin Said if the quct’ion was ;-irm-.v,
be should vote ..grtir.s.t it If die President, usd
r cV.., lomi-dion o ruvke it tie-. es arv for congress
t") co; i to tie longer together, bt- tru t d *tc woo Id
give it. If any ai.:1! inform; lii.n -v s in his poi
se-ion, it was > duty to communicate it to the
Him- e. The President k i« w that Congress
had d'.;’ermin<*d to adjourn tin th" 251. If he
wished them to centim■* hing-v, Mr. I* sc.-d he
trusted that lie would give them tiiat informa
tion. Till that inform lion was received, he
could not Agree to n. sc ill 1 the vote for adjourn
ment.
Mr. NrUou said his ideas uncorded ncaily
with those uf the gentleman la*t up Not being
prep r d now to act on tl-.e resolution, he moved
i that it hr. on the table.
Ml Fist hoped tha resolution, would not lie
on the iable, nor be am -i ded as proposed, end
| cited the various important concernsnpw depen
ding before Congress a* so many arguments in
iVsor of the motion, particularly the renewal ot
the charter of the Bank of the United States.—
II this shk|ivt was not acted on, the President
night lie comp 11. on account ofit lo convene
C tigress in :m t xu-a si s -on.
Mr Shi try opposed the resolution. If Con
gr©H8 were now to protract trie session, in \\h:t
si.uation would they place the merchants, who
hotl calculated with ©eitair.ty on the . < journ
m-lit of Congress on th^2.hl, and coi-equently
on the expiration of the m-i n-er<;oiirse law at
that time l \Vas the House going thus to hang
them in suspense l II the resolution was a.lout
ed, a bill for the immediate repeal ot the non
intercourse must be simultaneously passed.
M'-.-sts G dd and Upham also opposed the re
sultin' n, and Mr. Mucoit supported it.
Tne motion to lay icon the table wae carried,
51 *o 46
On motion cl >4.r. Burwclly who observed Jthat
t .c amendni'itt l.e hud wished t<> promote to ilia
bill would l e mure'appropriately added to ano
ther bill, the committee o! the whole were di-.
Cbarged f rom the further consideration of the bdl
Jiv.ng the compeii.sadoi) ol puthc ministers, 2tc.
and it was ordered to a third reading.
Various other business was done which shall
be noticed in our next
WEDNKSDAr. April 18.
On ni«t>mi of Mr J ,/niat,n, the com:ni:tee
of clonus were discharged from titt- further
consideration of the j*ettti»n of P. L’En
lant, uml it was referred to a select com
mitter.
<’t>M MERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
T. hf House 3giin if sol veil itself into u coitj
mittee as the whole, Mr. Dksh a in the chair,
on the bill concerningcommercial intercourse
between the U. S. and Great Britan and
r ranee and their dependencies, and for other
[) .rpnses.
Mi . Ghofson’s proposition to amend the
hi!! by inserting into it a sysem of total non •
importation from G Britain and France was
undrr consideration when the Houo6 last
deliberated on this bill:
Mr. Johnson stared to the II use an amend
ment whicii he had it in view to make, and
which he should offer when the amendment
c» Mr. Ciholson should be decided on,
Mr. Gkolnon sai I he feL satisfied that the
system which he !• -d proposed was the Dent,
but seeing a decided opposition to it, ant] with
a view to accomodate his friends with an
opportunity of moving amendments, he with
drew Lis motion, reserving to himself the
light of urging it again, if the amemlment
proposed by the gentleman from Kentucky
should not be agreed to.
Mr. Jo/muon tho-w moved to strike out the
first section of the bill and insert the following
sects, as an amendment to the bdl :
“ Jlnd be it further enacted. That the two
first sections of the act entitled •• An act to
interdict the commercial intercourse lie"
tween 'he U. States and Great Britain and
l ranee and their dependencies, and for other
purpose':;” be and the same are hereby re
vived, and shall from the passage of this
act have full force and effect.
■mu it ii juT /icr criuCf'ii i ttat trorrj
-- aficr the passage of this act, an addition
->f fifty per cemmu rh:-|l be tv.acTe io
do'ies. now imposed by law on the }-,p0;.
tatirm of goods, wares end tnarchandiee. in
csprr.t to a.l! good*. wares and mmchimdiste
the growth, produce or manufacture of *ny
ot the dominions, colonies or dependencies
ot citlier Great Hritain o- France, or hn
porud from any of the said dominions «■„
lonien or depcndeiisies ; which additional
duties shall he levied and collected in th*
same manner and under the same regulations
and allowance, ns to dfawbacUs, •ode ef
w.curify and lime of payment respectively
.m are already prescribed by law in lelatiori
to the duties now in foTce on the importation
of g ' di, w.■•res and rr.cwhan 'ize.”'
Mr. Randolph observed that when the
House were last in committee on this bill, the
committer had risen to give time for consi
deration of an amendment prop* j»»d by »ho
f;entleinen from Virginia (Mr. Glioison.)
1 hat amendment was now withdrawn, and
mother substituted which he for one could
mnindetraml. As !• really believc-u, he
odd. that if the House meant to spend un
n ofi’.ably the remainder of the session, they
'suld hit on no mode more ant than continuin'**
ncofnmiru-e in this Milyect, he moved that
In* committee should rise.
,1 Jjhns » , and Ghu'.snn opposed ti,r
notion, winch wai I st, 58to 36.
M • J’uhil 'lfih (pies!iui.fd w|t|,l!^r r.‘ ? ■,
»fic!si■») iad a t glit after Ms amtnrlmt.
- <d t>ti*n ordered to be printed r >d rl > i
oted on *<y tho ili-v*-, to yt*p_
nt die th firman overruled the c‘ ’• n *,
Mr. Curland . r:.in Craved C v ■ „ <.<,.•
'fit'.e? list*