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• Third:2-oa% bottles or phials in...olliNtiraO•
o
sUerfloilies, or au other
otlwr alsicle, the.upportatiou of
%OM:is is mg ibited, shall be imported.
Fourth.— r hinted books, nial.a mitt charts.
Fittli.—Watches, mathematical, totrouomical,
and ourgiettl.

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ClNSll.•••••7i.stranan and woollen stuffs.
Sac.-3.--And he it further enacted, That the
articles of the following description shall he held
and considered as being embraced by the descrip-
tion of articles, the importation of which is pro-
hibited by the Act to wh►ch this Act is a supple-
►uent, that is to say :
All articles manufactured entirely of silk and
Wool, or of silk and flax, or of flax and wool ;

not uselciths ;
Woollau cassitnerno, carpets, carpeting, and
mats, whose invoice pricts !hall exceed five shil-
ling* sterling. per square yard.
Sgt.. 3.—And be it further enacted, That when-
ever is doubt *hall arise whether any articles im-
ported into the l'uited States are embraced by the
detwriptimi of articles, the importation of which is
prohibited by the act to which this act is a eupple-
ment, the antiptroller's decision thereon, approved
by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be final and
conclasil e, and he taken and held in every- respect
as the tnte construction of the act.
Sic. d.—.dud be it further enacted, That no ar-
ticles which shall lw imported from any place be-
yond the Cape of Good (lope, on hoard any vessel,
cleared out ,before the day of from
any port within the United *tee, or tlw twritories
thereof, for the said Cape of Good Iliqw, or any
place beyond the same, shall be sabject to the pro-
hibitiou eimeted by the act to which this act as a
supplement.
xtw-vorta, DEC. 16.
The following Letter is inserted at the request
of a mows:table friend :
HIS EXCELLENCY. GENERAL. JOHN ARMSTRONG,
MINISTER TLENIPOTF.NTIARY OF TOE UNITED
STATES Or AMERICA.
We, the andersiguied Atneekan Masan and Su •
now to the port of Narita, have the honour to • rem your
Excit an
_a subject which naturally COPreflil Ilt, not
only as • ging rind to the safferm, and as Americans, but as be-
ing hable ourselves to he in the same predicament.
We, therefore, with ose voice, earnestly solicit the latter-
femme., of your E%relkury, to procure the liberation of Mr
J. Kennedy, Muster of the ship Missouri, of Philadelphia.
Hr is a was, who, Ouronsh a quiet and just discharir of
his duty, ha • danigetous pi ofesslon, during a scenes of
rows, his at lemstis attained the mans uf prow' .for a
jew46.l,
wife and a large family of children. He is its on sr-
count of allieatioes Emile by people, nose Whom be dues
Out know ; allegstitms, of the misdeals of which he is irorutit,
nor ony mode of trial Orem him, whereby he can susaidest his
Innocentr. Thus he la deprived of the means of 'importing
his family and their very oilstone is vadmigered. Every ves-
sel engaged iu the track to France may have mertnis board,
who cue be corrupted to Wendt runairay-s.
As this involves a question so insportaat, ant only to oar -
selves, hat to the owners of the ships under' oar chine, your
EXClliielleY will perceive its nalinallinetwe, sad wi* what m-
aim we Wog the ems bows is warselews. We kips you will
sot deem oar lotoeflosstor kilfrares, confiding.* pis will
be pleased sikciaellpte gnat to as, and his jowl EMINII, lowa
sr', sod whetting yew Excellency to favour to ad*
speedy repiy.—heats, Oct. 6, tow-. •
I Here follow the sigasturss.] .. '
Extract of a letter from an udeUigent gent
in Paris, dated Oct. da, 1007 :--,‘ It his been en
rently reported and geoegglbr believed here withii
a few Jays pact, that the Emperor has asserted
that he shall &outsider all nations who have a Mi-
nister in London as his enemies, and shall treat
them accordingly. 14o* much confidence is to be
placed in this report I autnot say. If it is true,
it will soon lw publicly known."

TILE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
JA,. IS.

'We hare received New York paper* to the 17th
last, containing the proceedings iu Congress to the
12th. Private accounts state, that the Americans

"are determined upon war with this country, and
that a ca►tiacation of all British property will be the
first act of hostility ; of which, perhaps, it is also
one of the motives. The public news, although
not decisive of peace or war, is, we think, rather
pacific. The Supplementary Bill to the Non-Im-
portation Act has been read a first and second time,
and referred to a Connniftee. Its Author pro-
fessed his object to be merely to prevent the
perplexities which might arise from the loose
and defective wording of the original Bill ; but .
it appears to go farther, and to relax the seve-
rity rif some of its clauses. It is not merely ex-
planatory on doubtful points, but it also intro-
duces new matter. Shalloo►►s and woollens, pro-
hibited•hy the original Act, are excepted free► iss
operation by the present ►neasure. it is also raid
to be in contemplation of Congress, to vest the
PIOADENT, with power to suspend the Non-lin-
portstion Act, whene►er he thinks proper. We
give a sketch of the delu►te upo►► the Memo-
rial presented against the enforcing of the Act,
so far as it may afford an idea of the spirit and
temper of the House. Mr. Iltxpokes, a leading
Member, it will be seen, considers war u►►avoidalde.
The fate of the Memorial is ►'ready known. The
motion for referring it to a Committee was rejected,
and it was permitted simply to be laid ea the table.

AI inther Austrian Mesaengisr arrived about elei
o'clock on AVcdiieulay. at Dover, from Calais. The
flag of truce iu which he sailed was descried Donn
al.er she Itft the French harbour, and the Mrs ..triger
wa, brought on shots. at Dover in the Custom-home
hold. The Austrian Count MIER, readied Calai.
before the other Flag of Trace carne away. T 1 I.
name of the Austrian Messenger arrived is Itisvn'-
ott
: he reaehrel town at 12 o'clock on Wednesday
sight. with dispatches for the Austriaa Waists-.

Count SwanstrwnEnn, which he nrintediatel7 de-
livered to his Foccellctley, who erianutuniestvki their
content. to 111. • ter. yesterday.

A Mil iron Jamaica arrived yesterday morning,
brou7,lit to Falinotith by die PTlnett! Amtha
packet. • She railed on the 23d of November.--
His :1.1.tr LsTv's ship Chichester was to sail on the
26th. I'h. convoy was appointed to sail for Eng-
land on the 3061. The letters and papers ton-
tain no news of any importaiwe.

A letter from Diablolues, dated No►ember the
16th, says, 4. Fire French privateers have been
captured by ills MAinarries ship Blonde, within
two months. The number of French prisoners
now here is so great, that we are obliged to send
them down to Grenada, to the amount of 7 or 800.
By a vessel that arrived this morning, from Monte
Video, we hear that the troops which served under
General WIIITELOCKZ are its the utmost rage with
him, and carry things to such a length, that they
tear their regimentals from oif their backs, and
say they have disgraced their country.
We are all ready for an Etpedition against the
Danish islands here, every thins embarked except
the troops, and that will not take place till further
orders *ism England, our Commander in Chief not
thinking himself sufficiently authorised to under-
take the attack."

The Chunnel Fleet, under Admiral Dueß-
OtTN, liai fiallstd front Torbay to resume its
station off Irshant.

Letters of the tat ult. by the Mixer's Mary,
from St. Thomas's, give a deplorable account of
the gnaw of %but island, for want of provisions.—
The people were almost in a state of famine, end
saw no prospect' of relief, as the island was blot k-
aded ; notwithstanding, the Danibb Governor kid
the temerity to refuse a *apply of ?revisions, which
our officer* prompted by humanity, bid offered

the enemy.
Lietnobes were issued co Wedocedsy for 1.6b0n
awl" Oporto, hut the sospensiou of fawners for

lading ;still continues. •
The Samuel, Meraleasoe 1 the Ann, CONN'
YOUTH, and a brig (name unknown) were driven on
shore near Arundahl, in a gale on the 23d Novem-
ber; the former was totally wrecked, the Asa
floated off, and was taken possession of by the
kpe •es ; the latter went to pieces, and it is supposed
t Wserew4eiiibin. les. •
the • of Hoodey, MARTIN, and the
Celestortin, ILI.Ea, from Louden ; Argyll, Cater-
, Egy.; Ceres, MOLT NEAUX , Blew std. CON-
. N 4E4 Princess Amelia, Meat N sow ; Wilikras !bah-
toter '— ; Mersey, —; Kitty's Ainefia, —;
talthtieree American vessels from Charleston, were
at Illinny (Africa) on the stli Au last.
Tile Nelms, W ATER% ; end the Velocity, Coe-
rce, from Cork, for London, are captured be
French:veneerers. 'llse former vessel is carried
into St. Malmo, the latter into Calais.
The iffirserea,S4sta los, from London, for Su-
rinam, put back to Falmouth on the ftnli instant.
She parted from the fleet on the 2isth ult. in let.
4ti, long. 11, 14, with the wind strong at W.24.14'.
The Joseph and Edward, LT nett., from Guern-
sey for Geyer, was taken on the sth instant, off
tiovet,Pier, and carried into Calais. Several other
vessels have been lately Carried in there; among
them three American* ; one of them, the Hyades,
from Charleston and Cowes for London, which was
capturedon the j Ist ult. the. Captain and crew of
which were takeu out of the ship, and put under a
guard.
The Lydia, Captain WITTLE, was to sail from
St. Kitts, tin the sth Deceuiber, His MAJESTY'S
ship St. Christopher to see her clear of the island.
The lloratio, (an American), Rowtsts a, from
New York, for Honduras ,• the Wilmington, —,
from Wilmington ; the Joke and James, —, of
Halifax, from Cape Francois, for Gonaive-i ; the
St. Bride, —, from New York ' • the James mid
William, (an American) DAWSON ; and the Pomona,
of Greenock, NltNaeunv, from Jamaica, for
Port-au-Prince, are detained sod sent iuto Ja-
maica. The latter vessel in consequence of having
9.50 doubloons on (ward; the vessel has been libel-
' ated, but the douhloons are expected tribe libelled.
Thursday se'nitight the tragedy of Douglas, and
the etitertamment of '!fie all a Farce, were per-
formed at Gloucester Theatre, by a party of Ama-
teurs, far the benefit of the hifirenery, The re-
ceipts amounted to 931. Mrs. LITCEFIELL) per-
formed the part of Lady Rarthdpls. Mr. and Mrs.
BUCK i.e., u ho attended from Cheltenham, declined
reseirring • dm susallettpuesusiary rentungsatiaa ; awl
it was with great reluctance Mrs. Lttcarier,o
could be prevailed upon to accept her travellit.4
expenses. The Earl and Countess of BERKELEY
were present, and all the fashion of the country.
The American ship Chesapeake has been treat-
ing the French ship Petiole in remethiu liVesa;:epathe
same manner in which we treated the C v. a
A French seaman belonging to the irepetareart
which we destroyed on the American emit, bed
entered on board one of the American gate
boats—he deserted and went on board the
Foretell ship Parriate's tender, desiring to rerun
to the service of his country—the American Oft
Beer. commanding the gun-boat, demand's'
that he should be delivered up. This was re-
fused, and the seaman was sent off in the Patriot"'
boat.--('ommodore I)ite Ave' ordered him to lie
pursued awl brought hack at ell treats. A
rortvapundene.e ensued between the Commodore
and the Captain of the Patriorr—and In the cad
the man was forcibly taken and carried on board
the Chesapeake. Sonic of the Papers allege, is
escrow for the Matiesct of the Unrest:its, that two
Anirriesa seatnen, belonging to the United States
frigate, had been taken damn en board the I'v
Ohne,
Tim Coroner's Inquest set on Tuesday . eveni et
at Monoxide, no the body of' the untri-timai •
Cwasia nests, who shot hinsaelf at that 1,1,„...
and (nought in their ver9lo—Lasorey.