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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

wASHINfiTot4. NoVKIIBER 20.
Mr. Lion. of New Jersey. submitted fur cousi.
&ratio'. llor following RrsolUtim•:
Resolved—That the Committee of Ways and Means be
directed to Impure Into the expediency of reducing the com
pensaiiim allowed to Steinberg of Conveys to six dollars per
day, mail a proportional reduction for travelliag to and from
this 'rat of Government ; and also of reducing the pay or all
the Officers of Government that has been increased since the
year to what it was at ur before that period.

Mr. Lion made a few remarks on introducing
this proposition, the import of which was, that Ilia
oniuiou was that Congress ought to go hawk to
the year MD, mud re►tore the compensetions of
public officers. to the cotiditi tttt in which they
then stood. AS the present proposition. however.
was fur inquiry merely, not requiriug any expres-
sion of the opinion of the house, be hoped no ob-
jection would be made to it.
Mr. Cobb. of Georgia. raid a few words ex-
pressive of his opinion, that, if a reduction of ex.
petilliturc. &c. was made, it ought to be more
general Onus w.s proposed by thi• motion to he
inquired into. To such • gowns/ ►eduction. he
was favourable, but was opposed to a piece-mash
legislation on the subject. which most he !partial.
and mi2lit be unjust in its operation. This was the
siehstatice of Mr. C.'s observation, though not per.
thaw his words. He wished the Resolution to be so
muddied as to make it its comprehensive as iu his
°inmost it ought to he.
Mr. Smith, of Md. thought the object of this
motion did out properly fall within the duties of
the Committer of Ways and Means, and wished it
referred to a different Committee.

Mr. Linn did nut swish to take the House by our.
prise. and consented to his motion lying on the
table that Gentlemen might bravos opportnnity
to prepare isintildiaeilli to it, if they thought proper.

'rite Resolution was ordered to Le ou the table.

Mr. Cucke, of Trout-sore, robinitted for consider-
atim, the following Resolution:—

Resolved—That the Committee os the Military Fsta.
blishroeiit be ioatrectal to implies into the eapedworY of
redeems the military peace establishamot of the Vested
Slates.

And the Keanlotion was agreed to, without debate
or dietwon.—Adjourned.

WAIMINGTON, NOVEMSUR 41•

Very little hnsin.rs was done in the Howe of
Representatives this day, nor will there be much
thine uniil the different Committees are organised
and report.

Tile same. wss read and concu►red in.
And tl►e Witte udjnorned to Monday.
FRIDAY, Nos Emilia 24.
Among the petitions preorinetl this morning cos
our by Mr. Tyler, (ruin the merchants a►.d otl.er
ci►izens of Itii•lnuusid and its vie ;;; ly. ~g4iiist an
increase of the tariff of i►nport duties, a ili.contitio.
mire of credits on reseoue bonds, the abolition of
drawbacks, and other restrictinits on cowmen:4! ;
which isms, on motion of Mr. Tyler, ordered to be
printed for the use of the House.

( Front Me Irushiagion City Gazette, Nev. 45.)

Late accounts Irons Buenos Apes inform. that
Geo. Artistes has united wills the Buenos Ayres'''.
Conninssions fur privateers are now signed by huth
patties.

niiiikosurai4, NOTRUSER 24.

Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr.
Gilllle gratified our citizens with another ascent
in his balloon. The day was unusually calm, which
addled much to the scene. On the balloon's reach.
log a considerable height, • live monkey. in • pa-
rachute., was disengaged, and reach. d the round
unhurt. Mr. Girdle, with his balloon, cause down
near Mantua village. on the west side of Sehuyl.
kill, without sustaining any damage.
President B..yer, who is now acting so con-
spicuous a part in the revolution of 011ie. was in
the slimmer of 1800 a prisoner in this city. ■nd
is well known to many of our inhabitants. He was
one of a large number of French mulattoes, cap-
tured by the United States ship Trumbull, Cap-
tam Jewett, mid seat into this State, where they
remained prisoners •f war for several months.—
(Com. Mirror.)

An exemplary patti•hraettt has lately been hos
flicted in the mate of North Carolina, un a young
man of the name of Mason Scott, who was hung
at Raleigh on Friday the 10th instant, for she mur-
der of a slave. Scott was but 18 or 19 years of
age. He carried a di►k ; got drunk wish liquor,
met the negro, ►enewed an old quarrel with him,
and stabbed him to death. The culprit was soon
after found asleep on a beach in the market-house,
not fifty yards fronl the spot. Ile was tract' for
murder, and condemned. Much intercession was
made for his pardon, after Isis conviction; but she
GOVeTIIO, was nut to be moved by peisuasiois from
a ditty enforced by higher considerations._

Sift PW EC IC.-Thr brig Janus, Captain Jacks,
from Greenix:k, in bailers, wall one hundred and
twenty passengers, consigned to Mr. Archibald
Taylor, was stranded ou the main bar, on the
gtli inst. She left Greenock on the Sth October,
and when she arrived off the bar, came in too close,
in consequence of the wind, to work off, so us to
writ fnr s pilot; uud the only alternative was to go
ashore, or attempt to come over the bar—in doing
the latter the vessel was lost ; but we understand
that most of the rails mid tugging will be preserved.
No lives were lost. and all the baggage of tbe pas-
sengers was saved.—(Cope fear Recorder).

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The follownig Revolutions, offered by Gement rbookw the Drew ppowidenes fee its imp.
Smith, was adopted by the Hosmet—o • itimestigo.
Reseiveall.-111w1 tie C4141141116444Pe 44 commerce ha ie. se krissmite uw to illyH~w•e; a ass ha. been
sheeted to tomato item the eswedbeey or missed*/ bred* osearrlf eo st:erdeet 'mow, writer ham.,
verges arririen from Her ease of Mare Her wad the Mao-
ininew her t,
eitivi;a;sive. has oianed
my 4;
runes is., the peers of the (bite/ Maws, tai the we
sad essolitioss as if 1107 'bad mailed Geo a aolit My w stile& with iransperie which 1 Inlet
Rritala,'sso beg as those porta apropos tw the us thealfly felt.
liaised &air% •41 Use MIK WWI 864/144)111414111.46 " Abwilihry lies .not even there limited its
ewe hooch" •
presection; we ewe so it the csnstionance of 114 g
Alr• Soren presented the reileeielt 11.-port poem% shot some, of ell prosperity. Timer has oniy
The C°0"1""ee of W°P Itu'l Ma'am°. to °h.° confirmed the alliance of which France forms •
was referred the Memorial of the lediabitauts of pert. This ellsessee, white st banishes she mere, of
Silem—
war,' will obviate slits dangers to which social radii
Report : Tbss She Meassxiellata " C"1"1" or the .littcal liela,.ce miht be exposed.
empi from ditty all Mime rest basks le She Wad fee learned a. _lt' g
renew beltways, whole? reprinted' is this cesniey, sadail as These demon ere every day Curlier rettieved
Wflgke ef swims*, is she Beglish tampiage, Wiwi shall met fuss sis. At the souse time I shell not, in flits
tee beef endear the twist of She year fawn tbety I milesnwonstesmniceinse with my people, be sityht
thaw were eircumstafices which, dersoly
1-1124r441leielthilltee rehetitted the litieedelf Re-
mistime :
the ceasea the year, have efflteted my heart—.
Resolved—That it is isexpedleat to peat the prayer of ' happ -y, however, in beiregenabled to say, that it Ike
1 Stele and my family hese beet menaced by a crow
Ilse memerielisis.

spirecy too simstsi to the disorders which had pre-
ceded it, it hat been manifested that the Fiend, tie.
lion, faithful to its King, is indigos's+ at the very
thought of seeing itself torn from his Naturist
sceptre, end of becoming the sport of what rennons
of the spirit of disturbance which it has deeply
detested.
" Thus this spirit has not checked the march
which impels Frasier to the days of her prosperity.
" In the interior, tutees* still iiicressiiig. loos
crowned the efforts of that laborious activity, which
is applied alike to agriculture, the arts, and it:.
dustry.

" The amelioration of the revenues of the Stale,
the economy which I have p►escribed, end the provrd
►olidity of public credit, allow me io propose to you,
in this present Session. a farther diminution of the
coxes which threat Tea the ottributors. This

ry effect
alleviation will he so much the more efficacious, sa
it will produce a more equal distribution' of the
public charges.
•' Such successes ►ender more deer to me the
duties which Royalty imposes.
" To perfect the movement of the great political
bodies created by the Charter, to harmonise the
different parts of the Administration with this fun-
damental law, to itopire a general coofirlence nr ti-e
stability of the throne and in the inflexibility of the
laws, which protect the interests of all—inch site
the objects of my exertions. To obtain these two
conditions are necessary—time end refiner. We
should not rrquire from our infant institu'iona
what could be expected oily from their complete
developernent, and the manners winch they are-
destined to form. Void then we should re-
cognize that in public effdra pa'ience and 'milers,.
(ion aims are powers. and such as deceive the leas%
laSCos botlose sight of this truth, that it will le
impossible for any Government to maintain order,
that first assurance of liberty, if it be not armed
with a strength proportionate to the difficulties in
which it may be placed.
•' Every thing announces that the monifications
in-
(reduced into our elective system will produce the
advantages which I promised myself. That which
increases the power and independence of the Chain.
bent adds to the authority and dignity of the Crown.
This Session will. I hope. finish the work happily
commenced by the last. In confirming the neces-
sary relations between the Monarch and the Cham-
bers. we are preparing the foundation of a system
of government which, at all time., so vast a mo-
narchy must reqtire, and which will command
mure imperiously the actual state of France.
'• It is to accomplish these designs that I desire 'o
set the days prolonged which may be rimier-of for
me. lu accomplishing these designs. we may re:y—
you, Messieurs, on my firm and unalterable will, and
I, npuu your loyal and constitutional support"
The Speech of his Majesty being terminsted, M.
the Chancellor. after having taken the orders of the
King, informed Messieurs the Deputies newly rte died
and present at the Royal Sitting, that his Majesty
permitted them to take the oath in his presence,
and that he, the Chancellor, was about to rend the
formulary, that M. the Minister Secretary of State
of the Interior would immediately make the ap-
peal nominally, to which each of them, the De-
puties. would reply, each from his place—" I
swear it."
M. the Chancellor read the terms of the oath ss
follow:

" 1 swear to be faithful to the Kiss. to obey the Covell-
tutinual Charter sod the laws of the kiorlow, sod to con-
duct myself oil all ocessioss as a good sad Iola! Deputy:!
After the Deputies bad taken the oath, the Chao-
cellar declared. in the name of the Kii pr,, that the
Session of the Chambers of Peers sod of Deputits
for the year 1820 was opened. and each of thein
wan invited on -- neat to repair to their respectist
placer of meeting to commence their labours.
His Majesty descended from the throne amidst
lively acclamations of Viee le Keil which were coo.
tinned for • long time, and was conducted to kis
palace with the same state in which he had arrived.
Salutes of artillery announced the return of his
Majesty to the palace of the. Tuileries.

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAILS.

TR•WKFORT, DICIIIIIER 13.

Our accounts from Troitpou, of the 6th, smy,thet
the departure of the Emperors ut Russia and Ans.
Iris. which was 'innovated as near at bond. as well
as that of all the Ansbessador;,, is deferred for vat
unlimited time. This seems to have been a sudden
resolution. fur • notification mode by the High
Chamberlain of the Court to Count Saurau in los
quality of liigh Chamberlain of Bohemia and Aus-
tria (au office which includes the function of
Minister of the Interior). announced that his Majesty
the Emperor would return to Vienna by the tOtii,
and preparations- were making in the Impolite'
Palace, which pre runes' to suppom that tl e.
Emperor of Rama would take tip his residence
there.
A Nuremberg Ptiper has an article, dotrd Loner
Saxony, which soya, al A report is spread of a .car-
riage between the Crown Prince of Swrdror and a