The National Register.
London, England, 1808-01-10 00:00:00

AMERICA.
DEC. 1.

The bill reported by Mr. Adams, " For the preservation of
peace and maintaivance of the authority of the United States,
in the ports, harbours, and waters, under their, jurisdiction,"
after undergoing a slight amendment, was ordered to a third
reading without a division. The question was taken on strik.
ing out the sth section, which interdicts the entrance of all
British armed vessels into ports and waters of the United States,
and vests the President with power to take off the provisions,
whenever, in his opinion, due reparation shall be made, and
lost.—. Yeas 3, roes 26.
DEC. 2.—The Senate passed a Bill, introd aced by Mr.
Adams, for the' preservation of peace in the ports and harhenri
of the United States, with but little variation from tl,e origirril
Bills. The division on the passage was—Yeas '26, Noes 3 ; the
Members dividing as on the motion to strike out the first section;
the affirmative in one case becoming the negative in the other.
Dnc. 3.—The Dill making an appropriation for the Truro
effectual defence of the ports and harbours of tile United State,
was passed but with little division.

NEW YORK, Dcc. We are 00 that on Sunday morn-
ing a British 74, and two frigates, anchored in I,llhaven Bar ;
that the officers every day since then, landed from them near
the Pleasure-house, (whose name we do not at present uish to
mention) has had the temerity of.suppl) ing them with scone
necessaries, intimation of which has been given to Brigadier-
General Mathews.

DEr. B.—The following is extracted from a letter recciNcd
by a Merchant of this city, by The IC al) pso

" Botadeaux, Oct. 13, 1607.
" William Lee, i'sq. American Comul in this city, has re-
ceived a letter from General Armstrong, desiring him .o advise
all Masters of vessels to quit this port in as short a time at po,-
sible• The like advice, it is raid, has been given to the Consuls
at the other sea ports. Bonaparte will have no ueutrals—Ame-
ricans -will have to fight for him or against hint."
Dec. F..—We are glad to notice, that -the attention of our fel-
low-citizens is awakened by a sense of the evils which the
importation Act must produce, if tattered to go into operatitni.
As a war ineasureil certainly can be of no use, for, on the tic.
currence of that di irous event, a total, not a partial restl-ir
atoll must he enforced ; as a measure of irritation, until negoei-
`ation is hopeless, it •is palpably unwise, for these reasons, a;
well as because in its effects it would bear peculiarly hard upon
that class of citizens, who have engaged in diAant voyages, u,i-
dertaken from theft- oWitJtopes, anti the avowed expettatiott: nt
theeGaverament,' thabpcaee with Great Britain tvr,uld.he pre-
served ; we are happy to !earn that a respectful memorial :o
tokgress, which does not :Sect or express any party feelings or
sentiments, requiring its suspension or repeal, is now in circula-
tion; aid will he very nynerously subscribed by our citizens.
DEC. 10.—The Non-Importation Act goc; into operation !Al
Minalay next, unless Congress, during the prcseut week, repeJ
or suspend it for a further period.
The House of Repre.entatives of Pensylvania, have refusecl,
to answer the Governor's speech, forty-three to forty-two.