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AMERICAN PAPERS.

New York Papers to the 2d instant reached us yesterday.
O. arrivals were to the VOth March, and the interme-
diate dates up to the 2.;th arc still wanting. In the Coo-
rs*, the new Trift' Bill continued to occupy, almost ex-
clusively, the attention of the Representative* and Senate,
and is not likely to piss this Session. The Congress is not
expeetid to ria.. before the Ist of June. The mania for
pew Companies and new schemes appears to have found its
wty across the Atlantic. There are Bills before the Con-
¢n- s for two new Inslirance Companies, numerous Steam-
lot Companies, and a mining establishment. The news
from Para contaio. 41 in these Papery WI suspect to he a gross
exoggeration. The following are extracts ; and among
thcat will be fouiet an amusing speech by Mr. ltandoph,
upon the subject ot. Ott.' fatiguing duties performed by the
31... lathers of Congress :

WASHINGTON, MARCH 27.

The debate yesterday set in upon the principle of the Rill for a
raision of the Tariff of Ibitics on Imports ; and the debate is to
be continued to-day. \lhether the great struggle is now to be
made, which is to tliritle in its result the fate of the Rill, or
whether the deha!e agcin break off into skirmishes on its de-
tails, we cannot sty. 4 hr.- impression is, that the details of the
measure are not st b at present as In satisfy either its friends or its
adversaries. If the !Ural question shall ever be arrived at we still
think the Itil: will pans the House of Representatives. We wish
we could see any irolicet of its being shortly disposed of, there
'teing many matters or much importance before the Mateo.' Re-
•lcscntativet, which ate overlaid Ey it.

1101. SE (IF ItEPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Allen calks( up the joint resolution OfreTeql by him some
dads since, respecting en alljnurnment ; but tte House refused to
consider it—.ltes 11, Noes 1:3.
31r. Randolph filo...nett, that the vernal equinox was now pasted,
and he thought that it was lime that every Meraber who did not
intend to rely on the public c•ib. but to feed opt Otis own corns
lonise, should go home had plant his corn ; and he hoped the lion.
Mvniber from Miss:ichnsetts would continue to repeat his modes
until it should 05: tin a onus favuuribls recerion by the House.
The protracted sit.s.sio.ls of l'oogress (which, however, he thanked
that could take Oar_ only every other year), he coosideted as
frau;ht with incalculable misritief. They excluded from the pub-
he service an important anti valuable class Of men.
) Here the Susskir interposed, and pronounced Mr. R.'s remarks
to be out of ortl:r, inasmuch as the House refused to consider the
It
Mr. It. °lowered that h" hod intended to conclude his observations
b 7 making a motion ; but he should stand corrected.
31r. 'l'avltir tla.rt made a motion to alter the time of meeting to
el'ven reel al:. a. t.t. and supported his motion by a short speech, in
'Ouch he titivated to the amount of business in smear, and the in-

curious cons( qe. nee of lona Seasione.
Mr. limitlol;int again rose, and said, that be should take the
liberty which the grotto-inn front New York seemed an willing to j
take himself, hint to refine to otnners--no uncommon rase -of nude- I
int; some oleen: :tinny:, on an interdicted aultject. Ilenhould, in the i
selection of his topics. pursue his own lights, howeverr feeble, with- i
I sat availing hinnnsnit of the very great discernment, sagacity, expe-
rience_(ne wislo dhe could enlarge the catalogue)--of the gentle-
man m New York. 1, fur one, said Mr. lb, voted for the repeal
of that preposterous rule which, even if that building were on tire.
prevented the House from adjourning befelre four o'clock ; and I
did suppose that, in ins spirit, it went to repeal the other rule on
the same subject. it. rt fereree to the proceedings of the Committee
of !he whole. ur bona" per diem is as long as 1, at leant, am
idle to endure- 1 will not sa the pestilential atnioapliere of this
Ilcuse—but an annospht re such as nothing but the wretched ani.
nods plunged inn the tirotto del Cane, near Naples, were compelled
to hrtnthe, to gratify the laudable curiosity of the very benevolent
phibro phers of modem Europe. I hope the Gentleman's motion
will non be noltootd ; and 1 now give notice, the; I mean to follow
up his motion with oar which relates to a subje et that requires, if
rut the actual c.nunery, at learn the knife—it in a !notion to reduce
the pa dim' allow:mice of Member% of this House, to chat it was
when I first had the honnotir of a seat here, and which I then thought.
and will think, as a per (tient allowance, was fixed a great deal
too huh:h.
". It the present session in suffered to continue, instead of having,
it t ergnus, grin.! -ofentinnal men, we shall have what
lave been well 44,4)min:tonal the merely mechanical, the imittumen-
tal monihera of these profeasions. And, as to the landed interest.
how can we expert to be represented, when it in tuin to a landed
man to attend here? 1, in ny one. canine!, Sir. consent to sit here
for so rosily unmans, de die in liiont for six days in the week, and
hear nothing but the sane stein for river repeated. It is enough,
Snr. to worry the patience of Joh himself. 1 s'asll, therefore,
wove that. from and after the end of the present session of
'ongrentat, the per diem allowance of Members be six dollars. and
the allowance for travelling expenses be the same- sum for every
.0 miles tray .hone.
The question wan then taken on Mr. Taylor's resolution, and
carried.
Mr. Randolph moved the following!—
" Resolved, That fmtn and after thr arntent union of Congress
per diem allowance of Member, !nail be six dollars, and six dollars
for every twenty miles travelling."
This resolution he desired to lay en the table. and he gave no-
tice that lie ii?,0111,1 call up ins conableration on Friday next.
The qurs,ion b^i nz pill, an laying the resolve on the table, it was
tarried—Ayes, Mt; Nor.. ee.
In the Senate, on Satur day and Monday, the Bill to authmine
tl'e Commissiotris of the Celia Fowl to noTow iono,rion
for the; completion of the Erie and Champlain canals ; the (till to
inavp /ate ,he Itrrenklyn Fir.. I lamer-re Comnany, and the Hill to
inc-roorane the 'l','n-sn h,uter t'o:iper .line Company, were ;Tad a
third tin e and inassetl.
The Bills to inn-repo-toe the Icing Island Bank and the Ihtehers'
t'onntv Blink were passed is l'emmittee of the wlude llouse
A Iliil was Linde. in-nide-rein.. to amend the Act incorporating
the Delaware and Iltolson Canal Company. This Bill inereas, the
capital stork of the Company from a 00,009 to 1,500,000 dollars,
and giving them banking privileges.

COLOMBIA.
Advice' are received from leiguira to the 13th ult. The market
continued overstocked with foreign merchandise.
The emigration of strangers, except merchants and others en-
ga.ool in trade. was very limited. Merhanirs, such as carpenters,
blacksmiths. hatters, tailors. shoemakers, rabinet-nlakers, &r.
would do well, particularly if they cool I take with them steady
anti industrious appertices, as in that couotry none are to be
procured.
General Rodtigues Term RINI the office of Intendant of Vene-
zuela. hot it was reported that he wished to retire. Gen. Soublette
was in f'araccas, and cortir.ued to have the direction of the war in
the departments of %oohs, Venezuela. and Orinoco. lien. Ber-
mudez had resigned all his 4res, ;nil lord become private citizen.
General Pace was in the Apure, and was not expected back until
next May.
A (;oyernmert Decree of December `-'ll. officially recognises
Bober: K. Lowry, of Maryland, MI Consul of the I nited States
for the port of leguayra and its dependencies.
AN A sotnlNE.—Oor torresoondents of the Roslox Palla-1
Aar., inform as that the brig Sicily, Bradford, at that port, from
the 11 oditerranean. when off l'artlutgena. on the 17th of February,
fell in with two frigates, one of which hoisted American colours,
ern.l ordered her to hack net maintops:ail, and send her boat along-
. ride. which was done. Captain Bradford, on boarding her, found
ty their turbans and wide trousers they were not Americans. They
were very polite, and he wit ushered from the gan-way through a I
tile of crooner., white and black, into the after robin, to the pre-
sence n venerable lonking man, with a black beard, lolling on
a cushioned sofa. Ili+ appearance was more like that of a priest'
than the commander of a vessel of war. While asking the coat.
revue.-plnce questions in such cases, he was served with coffee. pipes.
Le. by the numerous slaves or servants. Was asked if we had'
plenty of provisions for so long a voyage at to Benton, if not, would
with pleasure supply us with any thing on boned; and after wish-
ing us a good passaoe, Capt. Bradford left them. and proceeded on I
his course. ('apt. Bradford considered then. Alrrines.
In the brig Norris, Vincentc. which arrived at Itolthno-e on
Sunday. Caine passenger M.. 1. savor- Urbino. Mill;ttOT to the
I.7nited States front the tiovernment of Brasil.—Nem York :Ver.
eQtrile Adveri;xer
schooner Mmes arrived at New York, in 29
slap from Cayenne. The Captain states that a vessel belonging to
tr6earm Para.
arrived at Pa. but was oldigeti to return with her cnico.
sequent. eof a revelation which hati broken out. The streets
of Para were drenched with the blood** tha murdered at mein 1
Jay. The ILiovernor of error had desperbrd a brig of 20 guns. I
and a schooner. for the relief of such persons as had sought refuge
under the French flag.
Pam is a town and fortress in the Brazils: population about ten i
thsuarral.—Beh;.nure Gazette. Afqrcir 21i.
Maxi!. r, s. friend h. ailed us yesterday a Proclamation in
Spanish. from Manilla, without date, signed by the Captain-tie- I
nasal of the Philippine Islands, by a hMh it oppeant that a raft of
the. troops, 4earlsl by a Captain Notches, hail raised the standard
rat insurreetson, the object of rendering the island independent
of Spain : but 'hey wet^ quickly put down. and Novelles and
Ruiz, with 21 n' their followers, were shot.—From the .tourirun
Icarus, Afire/. 20.

PLYMOVTII, APRIL 21..-011 r worthy Member, Sir W. I
Congreve' Bart. arrived here on 'l'hnrsday morning last on
a visit to his constituents. Sir W. looks well and appears!
quite recovered from his late ir,d'Aposition, which has pre-
vented hint from visiting Plymouth till this rriod. Sir
IV'''. having given a general invitation to the Freemen to I
dine with him at the Royal Ihotel on the Kiiiifs birth-day,
a great number sat down last evening to a must sumptuous
dinner; a profusion of delicacies suitable to the occasion
was on the table ; the wines were of the best quality ; the
whole was in excellent style. The hells of both churches
were ringing merry peals on Thursday in consequence of,
his arrival. Sir W. intends, we understand, leaving Ply-
mouth this evening.

The following mode of trial by ordeal prevails in the
Burfonan empire :—A certain quantity of wax is weighed
in two equal portions, and formed into two candles, which
arc ligloied at the same instant; one is helot by the plain-
tiff; the other by the defendant, and the holder of the
candle which first burns out is adjudged to have sworn
ta!o;ely, and of course to have lost the cause.

ROYAL MATERNITY CHARITY MEETING.

This Society, novel in its name, but of many years' standing 1111
the Lying-in Charity for delivering Poor Married Women at their
own Habitations, beLl its anniversary meeting, at the London
I Tamp, fishopsgate-etreet, yesterday.
The chair was taken by William Askelli Esq. M.P.
After a very sumptuous dinner, and the cloth being removed,
Non Nobis Dwaine was sung.
The tuataras then rose, and in props:ming the health of the
1 King observed, that it was a gratifying circumstance on the present
occasion rot merely to have to propose the health of his Majesty,
in conformity to the custom observed at such kind of wettings, but
as a return for the peculiar countenance .hewn by him to that par-
ticular Society, which wan honoured by the patronage of his name.
" The King, the Patron of Ibis Scatty," was then drunk with
three times three.

bong—" (sod save the King."
" The Duke of Turk and the Army."
Glee— I
merrily we live that anldiers be."

" The Duke of Clareice and the Navy."
Song—" Rule Britannia."
The CHAIRMAN taco rose, and said, that it was with particu-
lar satisfactiou he posed the health* of the Vice-Patrons,
" The Duke of Sussex and Prince Leopold." The former
honoured moos meeti,gs with his presence; and although the
latter was, by circumstances still lodging on the recollection of the
country, hitherto prevented from mingling ro generally with us as
his heart might prompt hint to do, still there w u never any ores-
don afhorded him for evincing his disposition towards the support
of the charitable institutions of this country, but what his Serene
flightless embraced. in allusion to the health& of the Dukes of
York and Clarence, the Chairman said it must be felt that such
couatenance slicwit towards an institution by Royalty, carried with it
the conviction that the object of that institution recommended itself
by its own intrinsic importance; and the Duke of York, as Com-
instwler-in-t!bid, and the Duke of Clarence, as lAwd High
.lilniiral of England, must be aware that but for such Societies as
that of the Royal Maternity Society, they would hare neither
soldiers nor sailors to command and that their present honourable
and laborious offices would confer mere titulary honour.
" The I'ic7-PAtrons" was then drunk.
tome o'er the brook."

;iiIC4.IIAINMAN, in proposing the health of the Doke of Welling.
ton, itated, that his :race was unhappily prevented from presiding
at that meeting by indisposition, which the Chairman had authority
to .ay lie would certainly otherwise have done.
The Duke's health was then drunk.

Songl:'ilark, hark, the distant din of war!"
The Cilitlall•X nest rose to propose " Success to the Royal
Maternity Charity Institution." Ile said, that in naming the
Royal Maternity Charity, it would naturally be asked, why the
name was changed from that of the hying-in Charity ? He was
nut himself fusel of change, but whcnever such an event promoted
good, his opinions were not to obstinate as to persist in any esta.
Wished custom or form as to be insensible to its defects, and there-
fore he had approved of the alteration in the name of the institu-
tion. The reason for it was found in the many similar societies
that had, since the establishment of that which they were now cele-
brating, been instiruted. It assumed the name of Royal, because
it was patronized by 3lajesty, and it was called the Maternity
Charity, because its object was exclusively directed to the bringing
children into the world, under the sanction of matrimony, in dis-
tinction from other societies, which were not confined to such ewes.
The importance of the society, in a national point of view, would
be readily perceived, when he stated that it had, from its com-
mencement, brought into life no less than 261,000 souls, 5,602 of
whom were born between Jan. 1, PM, and Jan. I, 11k24.

" Prosperity to the Society" was then drunk.
Song—" The Married Men's Fare"—by Mr. Fltrwilllant.
Mr. JOHN BLADES then proposed the health of the Cheurman ;
who returned thanks. . . .

...The health of the Trcavurer,lllr.Greenaway," was then drunk.
Mr. liaticriswAr,ln rising to return thanks, stated that his
Majesty had that day paid his annual subscription of 801; and
that he had receirctl, among other donations, the following sums:
Legacy of Thomas Mann, 151.; Thomas Lane, Esq. 101. ;
Mr. Alsager, 101. 10s.; legacy of Mrs. Garrick, M.; Mr. H.
Vernider, 101. 10...; Mr. Rothschild. 101. 10s.; Legacy of Mr.
Wilson, MN.; T. Avtling, Esq. 101. 10s. ; Mr. Blades, 201.;
Legacy of Mr. Marron, MN., Mr. Ittiveling, 11/As. • Mr. Wells.
1111.; Mr. Huy, 30gs.; Mr. How, 101. ; Mr. Mr tlsun, op.; and
Mr. A.:tell, Aga.
! Nanny, wilt thou gang with me ?"

The healthy of the Physicians, the 'Committee, and the Stew-
ards, were then severally proposed and drunk; after which the
Chairman retired. . .

It appeared by the Treasurer's statrment, that he was in pd.
ranee 2291. 111.. 2d.; but the liberal subscriptiou and donations
were expected this year to prevent such a balance to occur attain.
The company were numerous ; and the attention of 31r. Dies/lon
could not be exceeded.