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Thr Common Council
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o«Khf the Mai
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Jams* MAtrtucfc, CMn^,
O. G+uk (Xirk ttf the Council.
, . Science of droving mnhff from the treasury —
Progreuitm in the contingent txpences of' the too hou
se* of codgrrn~-ln the firii teuton of the third c«n
g^W, fomtiM-ncir; the 2d of December, 17S3.
there vat appropriated for expeiw-n of firewood,
SUttonsrv, printing wotk, and *11 cmitirgent ex
pcores of theltwo houses of congr-ss, the sum of
ten tksHwmJ dollars. The whole number of m»m
btrsfp th*tfvtm»« in both houses, was one hundred
Mud eight. The amount, divided by the whole mutt
her of member*, t», per bead, twenty tuo dollars
an'ifntiy tit vents.
Fur the cnotiagent expeures of the two houses of
«ongr^»* *ifor 'the first srssion < f the eighth emi
gres*, commenting the 17th ofOctober, l|03, *x
^ tlulive of the »xp«tg» of printing the president's
message of the 23d Dccemler, 1802. there was ap
propriated the suni of tardily eight thousand dollars.
Ittthat£nilgres3, the whole number of members in
both himsrs, v- as use hundred and seventy six, and
;£the amnwa’t, divided as before is, per bead, one hun
dred aneljijiij nine d,liars and nine cents.
For the contingent txpences of both bouses of
rrftogrm.c omuienc i ng the 27 lb of November, 1800,
there, have been appropriated, thirty four ihti.tmr!
dollars. The whole number of members is one Am
’ . deed and seventy, six / and the amount, per he»H, is
*04* hunlrti and nutty three dollars and eighteen
cents,
„ .Contingent expends par head—
IW a^aiott 3d congress £ 72 45
-Wfc session w 8th congress 15;) 96
2d aiteston ‘ 11 th congress 193 18
1,astonishing 'reduction of national ex
nng of the people’s .money, that was
1 * ^ the political reform and ecu
Utieei under Mr. J>fTerson ? W..g
it J5r sqeh augrilSnuti.ins of poblirk expenditure,
that all the mouths of labour, male acd female, old
and youug, were railed' unon to celebrate festivals,
and sing '1 Jeffarsou and Liberty !”
y ■ ,_ [Con. Mirror.}
. HUMBOLDTS TRAVELS.
Cr undated for the National Inhtlliienetr.\
* MVOM THE JOVRStL DE t
EMPIRE.
Publitk opinion, so unjust UWar
awards coteoipnrary
wnt«t'g, hits pionounred upon the T
the Traveliyif Baron
. in a manner so Honourable Huron nearly
s, that it has almost heroine useless to
i eulogies which the publication of each
(or ijumiter) obliges us to bestow on this
grttay^tk. Tbepoblick no longer demands of us
wlibRPI thjnk lui what we know of it; their on
ly Anxiety is to know whether a new part o(
this' idperb monument of science has been fin
ished and delivered to the greedy eyes ot those
whom their good foi tunes has enabled to enjoy
ittjt The Untunek Narratite and the Pictoresque
Jam have been long, expected with an impatience
proportioned to the interest which these parts in
spired in all tlasses of readers ; but the editors, on
tbejr part, imposed a wise deliberation on the typo
grifyby ami cngtavmg of oue part of the work,
which, In order to speak by thU senses to the ima
gination,. requires the minutest cure and most ror
Tect execution. 1't is now some weeks since the
IflSt book of the Picturesque Atlas was published,
tlhdcr, the title,of View of the Cord'd'crus and.
of the mona/nnts of the people of America ; by A
lexander d? Humboldt.
J’be luqnoweiv.s of ancient nations interest rrs in
two *bya j (hose of highly polished nations de
light.Abe eye by their elegant or msjesiuk forms ;
those'ef a»Rgge people are like mute testimonials
nf events which are lost ip the night of ages; they
Hfford an in^xhaistible fond ,.f matter to therefor
lirn of thcipblfoeiipl.er wbo se ks f ir the origin
*>f nations '.’J‘ba enormous pyramids of Egypt,
tb* srulpwrd rocks of Pers’a, the Homck stones
61 Scandinavia, the Celtirk tom' s, the idols of
and every thing which preserves the tra
ilt gfiieratmns, alike interest* tf>e learned
avoor to retrace history to it* tonice. h
hi in this point of View that we mpst reflect on the
nogvlar mnnoaaents r.f the Mexicans and Prruvi
an*, monomenta almost unknown out of America,
with which Mr. Humboldt is about to make'us ae
resisted by* eery curious series of prints. The
bust of on Asteque nr Mexican priestess will stiike
Dlt most indisrrimiaatiug tya, by the resemblance
which ite head-dress {toijfure) presents to the colon
tipi of the heads of fate, of Spbynx, of Antiooue
•nd rtf different Egyptian statues; a tiring nl pearls,
nfwn in Egyptian monuments, proves the com
* atm* which tha Mexicans had with Calrfor
■ this rich marine production is found.—
here
tid which >s found at Ch<dul«, in Mexico,
■ recoliaciion those of Frynam in Egypt,
tie
traits oi resemblance between the
e inhabitants of tha Bilks of the
theless M. de Humboldt is far from
[Semblance tbs subject of a l*oM liy
Ihe contrary, he is e*fpr si .frankly
b dissimilitudes between the people
to point obi
of theartwi
psuns. The Mexican year, lor *«c
ajUjrst sight appears ti» la ih« same
HjE^ypUiint, dirfers essentially in iW
eUnrcordina W M»sfe> Luplace, is
derntto*,
exurijy iln
Arabicfimrt fixed by the aitroo
CuM^Vlinaohiun.
vniers oL|
U ftma»d;M'rCh:>lt)la it nr.
«sHg npou ili«
IsiddioimI
, seam-m - - **SipP#of'A (Q
U> produce maHn pieces of art. *
' One knows not, however, how to deny that tb«
conquest of America produced real advantage* to
humanity in abolishing so many horrible supersti
tion*. accompanied by human sacrifices and atroci
ties which the pea refuses to depict, Tins is a
pomt the discussion of which we leave to hi. de
Laboulu ture, »lip propose* to publish a work entit
led “ On the Spirit ol Cutiquests and their Influence
upon Civilisation.”
The paper which the ancient Mexicans made
with the fibres ol the atoes-agave, served them for
designing bieioglypbic figures, which with them
were a substitute lor writing. The first conquerors
found an enormous quantity of this sort of manu
script. Ad Italian. M. Bothorini, undertook, eigh
ty years ago, to collect these treasures which Spa
nish ignorance knew not how to appreciate; but
the researches of this traveller not having obtained,
like those of Mr. Humboldt, the protection of the
government, his collections, taken from bim, were
buried in the arrhievesof the viceroyally of Mexi
ico, where they are in a great degree become the
prey of damps and destructive insects and animals.
We find in the Atlas of M. de Humboldt two hieio
glypbic pictures of this kind, the one representing
a genealogy and the other a process. In both of
these designs, tongue* placed at the side of a person
age. signify that be is living and powtriul ; m the
print of the process, the tongues are very unequally
divided; the native has but one, with which he
dare scarcely defend his cause, whilst the strangers
with the long beard are fortified each with three or
!<«i)s oi speech, inasmuch as, in the quality of de
scendants of a conquering people, they speak in a
loud voice and with boldness.
I lie part ol this Atlas most likely to interest all
cl.isses of readers is without douv t that which tra
ces the imposing scenes of nature j Lot it is alto
that which is most difficult to describe. Words
o-iq give but a feeble idea of the cascade of T< quen
datna, the most pictoresque on the globe, because,
wi||> 1ms volume than Niagara and less elevation
than Staubbach in Switzerland, it unites in just
propnriionn all that constitutes the particular beau
ty of Other falls of water. How shall I paint to my
readers the natural bridges of Icononzo, suspended
at a great height above a torrent, and (uroied, one
by a hollow bank of sand, under which softer beds
h ive been thrown up by the water, the other by
three masses of rock, which, in tumbling down,
have met in such a manner as to forma solid arch !
We may judge, from this feeble extract what
wilt be the varieiy of magnificent objects wbicb the
historick relation of M.de Humboldt displays to the
eyes of his readers. This narrative will worthily
crown ail enterprise which would have dune honor
even to a sovereign ; for indeed there are works
published with ostentation at the charge of govern
ments, which present less interest, less utility, and
are sometimes less carefully executed than this. We
shall terminate this notice by observing thut amongst
the views some will tie found that were designed in
Mexico and engraved at Paris ; and there are some,
tha design of which having been made at Rome,
have been executed tiy the engravers of Berlin and
Stutgard. This fraternal union of the artists ot
different nations correspond penertly with that phi
losophy, e’evdU<^ above all personal and local inter
est, which characterizes the iniud aud soul of the
MtligbUutd author.
New-York, July 7,
Capt. rronrh, of the ship Illinois, arrived yes
terday from the Isle of May, informs, that he was
(maided on the 23d of June hy the Rniubov British
sloop ot 22 guns, and treated politely—whs inform
ad, that they had an engagement 15 days before,
with a large French frigate, otf Porto-Rico, which
escaped in the night. The Rainbow was consider
ably shattered.
Latest from England.
Cjittinuaiion of latett Europetin Intelligence, tin Phi
ladelphia.
Losdo», Msy 18.
Letters were received yesterday from Frankfort,
which not only speak of the restoration of peace be
tween France and Great Britain as certain, but
which mention also that the stipulations have been
already signed. This general opinion on the conti
ni-nt, which we have hud frequent occasion to no
tice, must have arisen from the industry of the
agents of Buonaparte, who have had some insidioos
motive for promoting its circulation.
Y esterday a deputation of merchants and others,
waited on the lords of trade, when the latter inti
mated their intentions as to the granting of lieen
fes lor shipping bntrnd to the range of coast between
the Emms and Boulogne, and between Dieppe and
Nunta. They are to be granted to continue till the
10th November next. On the exportation of cot
ton and tin, the determination of their lordships i*
lobe received on Mouday next.
The board has granted some indulgences in re
gard to certain ports of Spain under French admi
nistration. In the range of harbours from Gijon
to St. Sebasttan.it is allowed that neutral ships, la
den with Spanish produce, may lake their departure
1 with not molestation.
The bargain lor the Loan for the servire of the
current year was concluded yesterday, upon terms
highly advantageous to the nubhr. the parties who
waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer
were t *
Messrs. Rnharts, Curtis & Co. and G. Ward
Messrs. B lines, Steers, and Ricardo
Messrs. Abraham Gohlsurid Hi Co. and
Mfears. Barring & C§t
The gentlemen "I the two last lists Wert declared
the cunt rue tors, their idlers beiug found to agree as
to the smallest quantity of the three percent ron
'sols, the stork in wbirh the bidding was to be
made. The partnululeof ike transaction will be
best explained by presenting pur readers with the
follow:ug copy of a.paper eiteulaUd by the eon*
tractors immediately alter their return from their
interview with Mr. Pemval;
“ of J2,OQO.Ol>OL for the service of **'
■ v * -year 4.810. .\
{For.-England g^£00, i < Ird.nd 4 000,000)
ag CojKW1-**jhq§ki|Jfedne>day, lfrh May, 1810
i-thetwofiitk^f^aads \ «injp&£$»|
j Messrs*GekUatid, Son,sod Morton; end Motors.
EftH.
■
?#&».
cents.!
abscribed
S per rest. cob*.
The "dividend upon the $#* rent, eonswls, to
commence from January—ap»c ibe reduced 3 per
cent*, frerp April last; and tfie first half yearly
payments becoming doe July 6th and October lOlb,
to be exempted Irmn the property doty.
Discount after the rate ofa per cent.' per untun
for payments made in full.
Biddings at the different lists :
Messrs. Goldsuuid, Sou and1^
Moxoa f 10/. 7». 6d.
Barring, J. J. Angerstein, f cent. cons.
Battye, Ayuin.und lillis J
Barnes, Steer, and Ricardo 12 IS
Do.
Robaris, Curtis and Co. 13 10 __
Do.
The total amount is to be paid by niae instal
ments; the first pay ment to he made to morrow,
and the last od the 17th of January. The instant
the terms were known in the city, the loan bore a
premium of 1 1-2 per cent.
Tiie terms on which this loam has-been made, are
the lowest that have ever been known. The rate of
interest is nut more than 4/. 4s. 2 3 4d. for each
100/. sterling.
May 20.
runs papers have arrived to the lOlh.and Dutrh
to the 13th inst. The principal news which the}
communicate refers t<> Turkey, on whose frontiers
a strong French corps, under general Murmont, is
iormiag, for the avowed purpose of compelling the
Porte to break her connections with England, and
to impose on her the continental system of coin
mernal exclusion.
The, Lords of Trade, on Thursday, came to a de
termination to grant licenses for the importation of
grain, w ith the exception of oats, flour and burr
stones, from the Emms to Dieppe, and from Bo
lougne to Nantz. The outstanding licenses are to
be in force to the 10th of November. All vessels
importing gram under such licenses, will be entitled
to export licenses from any of the ports and har
bours in the United Kingdom, for the articles enu
merated m the Jaltde. Expert licenses, such as
foreign sugar, foreign coffee, East-India prize goods,
See. save and except cotton wool, and the article
°f fin for the present, upon the expottation of
which their lordship's decisiou is to be communica
ted on Monday next.
The arrangement agreed on for the exchange of
prisoners is in toll activity, and all the prisuneis
on bulb sides are to be restored a6 quickly as ti e
cartels can execute the business. Sixteen French
prisoners are to be given for every nine British, till
the whole are regularly exchanged, it having been
asrertiiined that the number 01 the former in this
country exceeds lb;-' of our countrymen in France
in that proportion.
Policies at ten guineas, to return 1001. if Cadi*
was not occupied by the enemy on or before the 25tb
of July, were offered at Lloyd's yesterday.
An Order in Council was signed on the inst.
by which it is ordered, “That all vessels which shall
have cleared out from any port to far under the
coniroul of France or her allies, aa that British
vessel* may not freely trade thereat, and which
ars employed in the whale fishery, or other fishery
ot any description, save as herein after excepted,
and are returning or destined to return, either to
the port from whence they cleared, of to any other
poit or place at which the British flag may not free
ly trade,, shall be raptured or condemned, together
with their stores and cargoes as prize to the cap
tor.
But bis majesty is pleased to except from this
order, vessels employed in catching and conveying
fish fresh to market, such vessels not being lilted
or provided I ox the curing of fish. And it is farther
ordered, that all vessels subject to the provisions of
this order as aforesaid, which shall have sailed an
their present voyage, previous to notice of this or
der, or reasonable time for notice thereof, shall be
permitted to return to their own ports without mo
lestation nn account of any thing contained in this
order, provided they shall not have continued on
their fishery as aforesaid more than 21 days (which
are hereby allowed to such vessels) after due warn
ing of this order teceivcd at sea."
Trieste, April 19.
The Marshal Duke of Ragusa has proceeded
from Lay bach to Carlstudt. Five regiments o(
foot and ooe regiment of horse bad preceded him to
tht latter place. They are to be joined by 4 re
giments of Croats, and to march to the Turkish
frontiers, where they are to form a camp.—[Royof
Amsterdam Courant, of May 12.
“ Russia seems determined to pursue the war
with the utmost vigour; Austria, if she chooses,
can advance from Servia; and France, being in
possession of Illyria, is able to luflict severe wounds
on Turkey. Every thiug indicates that the Porte
will soon be compelled to accede to the continental
system, or pay dear for her ill judged attachment to
the common enemy.”-— \lbii. of May 11.
Combria, May t.
“Twenty years ago, at Cambria, andin the whole
district, ol which that place forms the t'entral point,
about 20,000 pieces of vambrick were manufactu
red in the course of a year, at present 30,000 pie
ces at least are manufactured every year. The spin
ning of cotton, soap manufactures, and all other
branches of national industry, have increased in the
same proportion, since the time that order and
publick tranquility were restored in this country.”
Antwerp, May 3.
Yesterday a very brilliant fete was given to their
Imperial Majesties at tbe town house of this rity.
'I he King and Queen of Westphalia werealso pre
sent.
“ The King of Holland arrived here this morn
io*.
“ It is said that their Imperial Majesties leave
this place to-morrow for Boisle- Doc.”
Amsterdam, May 11.
It was on the 27th April that the ceded countries
were annexed to France, according to the 6 th ar
tide of -the treaty,
included on the 16th of last
Marc h, the said cii
itne* ere at follows :
“ Dutch Brabant
ud, including the Isle of
Skhwefw, and the
jJrt •» Gueldres which it situ*
ate. on the bank of
WaaL” [' ‘
:T-;> Paris, May s,
seve/nl 1
issued at Antwerp, bis lor
' the Scheldt to lie joined
.1 Majesty &
’ 1 Ja Cottfrie, betWeet
a«d tfce/oraurrmrsto tht
citlyfliL:.
jy
Hi
* 'V
HQVS:
j Budget.
, fttrx&rri*
Budget, having been
redfeihe com aft lee II *
ways apl means, the
said „
The Chancellor of theExcbeqofr began bis state
meat by oj|er*tog,ibat he ftbugStlt necessary tbtfr
tht»»e accounts wturb be bid moved for, should bo
referred to the committee; aud be thought that they
would be fouod highly interesting in their general
results, and particularly applicable to^bt subject to
which it was bis duty now to draw the attention of
the committee—He thought that they would pot
only afford the best nreaos of fprtniag a correct
judgment how far the country was able to support
its present burthens, but that they would be the beat
answer to those who were accustomed to take gloo*
my views of the financial situation of the rooutiy*
They would sheer, that so far irom there being any
reason to apprehend any thing like decay or failure
in oar finances, the more we looked at them, tho
more reason would we have to be satisfied with their
growing improvement and prosperity. It would be
highly satisfactory to know that such had beeu tho
produce of bur revenues in that very year, when
men of great weight and authority m that bouse
anticipated a failure, that instead of the deficit they
apprehended, there had actually been a very consi
derable increase. Those points he should dwell on
st more length iu another part »f his speech, at
more immediately concerned with the ways and
means. lie should, however, first state the sup
ply for the present year.
SUPPLIES—1810.
Navy (exclusive of Ordnance Sea Ser
v,ce>. . 19,238,000
I .-irmy ^including Uarraelts
hiiiI Commissariat)
15.553,6o5
Ditto Ireland
2,692,057
Ditto Extraordinaries A
England £2,750,000. (
2,950,000
Ditto Ireland ditto f
1, 200,000. )
i '
Unprovided do. last year.
4ti,4t7
20,3 >7.000
Ordnanre
4,4-1 ! ,000
Miscellaneous (almul)
2,000,000
Vote of Credit, England
3,000,000.
3,200,000
Ditto Ireland 200,000.
Sinly
400 000
Portugal
980,000
Joint Charge
50,566,000
SEPARATE CHARGES.
Loyalty Loan 18,775
Interest and Exchequer
Rills 1.600000
1,618,775
Total Supplies
52.185.000
Irish Proportion
6,106,000
-- -
England
46.079.000
Irish proportion of
£ 50.426,000 5,936,000
Do. Civil list and other
charges, 170.000
6.106.0CO
1 o meet these Supplies, the Ways and Means
were as follows:
WAYS AND MEANS.
Annual duties
£ 3,000,000
Surplus consolidated fund, 180J.
2,661.602
Ditto, l»10.
4400,000
War taxes
T9.5OO.0OO
Lottery
350,000
Exchequer Bills
*5,311,600
Vote of Credit
3,000,000
Loan
3,000,000
46,223,202’
* The Exchequer Bills funded in the
8411,600
present year amount to
The like amount to be issued for the
service of 1810, will be applied.
To discharge vote of
Credit, Bills 1809, 3,000,000
Towards the supply of
‘he jear, 5,311,000
8,9tl,009
Having now stated to the house the total amount
of those grants, it became bis duty‘to make soma
observations on the different items. As to the idfo
first items of tbe ways and means, it did not di
cur to him that it was necessary to make any'par
ticular observations at present. Dot with reapers
to the war taxes, he felt ibat it would be incumbent
upoo biro to slate to the house those reasons which
made him conceive himself to be warranted in tel
ling them the amount stated. As to the war taxes,
tbe last year had produced £22,707,000. The
produce of the tax upn property actually paid in
to the treasury in tbe lust y nr was £ 13,751,233
of which sum the assessment had only hern
£ 11,400,000. The excess of the receipts above
; the assessment of tbe year was £2451,238. It
would not, however, be reasonable to calrolate upon
so large a receipt in the present year, as the excess
of the receipts, above tke assessment, consisted of
arrears, which had been collected with great acti
vity and success. He came next to tbe considera
tion of the loan, consisting of eight millions for
the service of Great Britain, and four millions for
the service of Ireland ; and he bad the satisfaction
to inform the committee, that he had contracted for
tbe twelve millions that morning, on terms infinite
ly mure favourable lo the pubbrk than had evrr
been at any former period known.—[Hear, if*r,
hear /J The terms be had proposed, were to give
for every £100 subscribed, £130 in the three per
cent reduced stock, and to take tbe bidding in the
three per cent consols. The contract was finally
completed, upon an offer on the part of^e con
tractors to take £10 7s. 6d. in the consols, in
addition to the £ 130 rtdt&id annuities for every
£ 100 subscribed, making in the whole £440 7a,.
6d. for each £100. Tbe amount of intern? upo
tbe money borrowed was, therefore,fant £4 4s.
percent; so t|iat the loan of twelve miliums for
the servireof Great Britain and Ireland, war thus
borrowed at 15s. 7 1 4d. par rent. brio* the rate
of legal inter^f|
It might here be material for tha satisfaction of
the committeeito look t» the state of tha trade, ma
ndfartures afiTcommerce of tbocowatry, in .order
to show, that there was a just prospect that their
•xpcctationa would out prow Unfounded as to the