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' stisTow, DEC. 6.
The Macedonian aillf Lied tochratie.—We take
pieastire inforiningAg,itpblic that Mr. John S.
Flirty, owner of the Aforezienitut, received a.letter
yesterday movning-frotesplcOn.John Q. Adams,
Secretary of State, infornslitt.that he had submitted
Mr. El Irry's letter,, and kite documents accompany-
irg it, to the Presideot, mid that the President had
directed him to inform Mi. Ellery; that a public
send of war would be dispatched immediately, to
demand justice' agreeably to the law of 'siatiOns.
Thus will foritgrinations be t..ught, whether they
belong to the bld World or the New, whether they
atyy.themselves. Royalists or Patriots, that justice
to .tier ciiizeus, and respect td our flair, is what the
.United Stakes will enforce end command.

10111131 AT, ALABAMA, NOV. 10.
As MOM) at vioces, aud the cool weather re-
tertdcirre are happy 'tb.see trade and navigation re-
visit psi waters, void give additional vigour to the
raidstatry of all classes of people.
Already have seven or eight vessels arrived from
Nor north with merchandise for this port, and seve-
ral others lie below for wind.
Our wharves begin to exhibit a brisk nets.of busi-
sieis that angora favourably to the commerce of
lthikeley for the ensuing siker..
Though no cotton of the new crop hasas'yet de-
scended the rivers, yet we may expect to see inafew
weeks our market crowded with this valuable staple
of Alabama.

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Although the August rains, as well al the early
frosts of last month, have greatly diminished the
quantity which the flatterincbtate of cotton in July
promised, yet owing to the remarkably favourable
it,ll fur its ripening, and for'gathering it,' the yield
wall he getirrslly very hanthome.
Albert Gallatin, El. Mittiater to the" Court of
France, has resigned his office, and will morn to
tins country inJune • Mafiosi'
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GERMAN 'PAPS'S'

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It is stated -in some German Journals .heat the
Deputies of she. Association of Gerin'm Merchants
and Aaulact rers have received a favourable lin:.
saver from our.GireernVirent in reply to their petiliop
is rssliur of the commerce idh6 adostiy of Ger:
ustoy. • This statement is Perfeilly correct. They
were •.wellgeceived, as well by his tlighdess the
Printe duincrltor, ns the Ministers of the Interior,
of Torninerce, and Of Finance, and •obtaine4:(he
agreeable aaiiirsoce that the'rrussianAlovernment,
tar frons,de:iiioi to injure the welfare of the origh-
."• leoliriirg Slates of Germany by selfish -measure;,
wotild replier if the Governments of Germany could
• agree Witon the-principles and general slatern of corn-
mere,. firvinatind the welfare of the whole, and that
the l'ideqarit eravernment wquld willingly contribute
iis•pitirfo-pyrieure fur ell Germany the adialitsges
of a free trade, founded upon priticiplei of justice.
At the same tune it -was not concealed front them,
11.ai-the sitiiutiou and the constitution of the several
Gcrinwn StatesieeMed 10 be by no means prepared
for the' Arcloptitin` or 'dbinoson measures, to'which it
was esilecintry necessary that each individual State
storilit'hirrethe guaremee tiplt the jdisal Ordinances
dliverved by all hill* Sartre 'spirit.
It aPl:earcd. therefore, theist pretreat the brat
sort listf would be for'eaeli of the'gblies who thought
iheurdefres sgtrieved'by The present system, should
enderfaistir to make 'irmogetoeuts with those mean-
hers of the Confederation *Wore' tonsidered the
caul, of this grievance, and in this runner to intro:
since coiitcidiug Ordinances by degrees, from hon-
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tier to frontier, and thus remove more add more the
normal obstacles to " free tradr."--(Prussian
Gritetle.l
The 'Police has seized in all the booksellers' shops
• eat this city the work of M. Brenneck, which was
inivertesed some time ago in several Journals—"
Peoif from the Bible that ('heist, apes his ersici.
fixion,- remained 27 years upon earth, and promoted
iu silence She good of hatnanity.'
RITYGARD, JANUARY 1.
A monument to the late Queen Catharine has
di been erected in the town of Tiddiogen.

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TO-MORROW MORNING LOTTERY DRAWL-FOUR
OF TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS! TWO OF
THEM IN THE' FIRST FIVE MINIMS.

TH 4111'11Si-I PRES&

--LONDON,
TUESDAY, Jamiaav 11. MO.

A very important case, utfecting in • high degree
the interest of humanity, was tried yesterday in
Guildhall*, 'before Chief .1114tice Assort' and it
Special Jim's. the Plaintiff, ManiaGo, who is a
Spaniard, was proprietor of a Spanish ship employ-
ed in OK slave trade off the coast of Africa. The
Defendant, Captain WILLES. is an Officer in the
British navy, and in December 1817 commanded
the CAtrob ship of war, forming a part of Sir
Jim* 'xso's squadron, cruising off that coast
for the 'toterruption and prevention of this de-.
testable traffic. In prosecution of what Captain,
Wtt.t.as conceived to be his duty, he seized opera.
MADILAOO'S ship, which was freighted with stereo,'
landed the unhappy cargo at Sierra Leone,
and afterwarda took the ship to Jamaica, where
she was detained for some time and subse- •
quently dismis►ed. To obtain compensation for
his losseak MADRAGO brought his action, end laid
his damages at 34,000/. The Counsel for the
defetceconaned themselves principally to obteid.
a tnitigetiou of damages, but Chief Justice As-
BUTT suggested a doubt whether a foreigner could
bring an action in a British Court of Law for de-
wages sustained in the prosecution of a truffle which
the .Legislature of England had interdicted .and.
rendered illegal. A verd►ct for 18,0001. was Balt
Wien, subject to the opinion of the Judges epee'
this interesting point. •

• It perhaps may be deemed presumptuous in as
to express as opinion upon a subject which remains
to be decided by the combined «Wow of the *ogee
of the law, and more particulitrly if that opiniutil
should be opposed to what may seem to be thelnws:,
prrs.ion entertained by so able Of learned • Judge
us Chief Justice Atmore. Bufrisaweeer desirable
he it may he to discountenance the isitaxisissi.iiallic in '
slaves by every means, we cannot forget thilt it*,
Legislature of Great Britain hal- interdicted I
traffic only to British subjects, and .withits &Well.
territories, and that such an its.erdict can haiie.*
effect upon the subjects if foreign states; by, which
the trade is yet continued.. The • traffic its 'slaves
was, in December 1817, authorised by the Spa-
nish Government within' Viitaiu de " or, lona
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tude, and consequently";Rastas, . 1 taproliii,
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speaking in the strict 'caeca:ll4'4op., toe .Sp*.
se niurd to pursue this infans4h.:triitll, passidofi lie
observed the requisites peeserffs.4.., The
Government, by Treaty with istsia;rikersuistifihs.
legality of the trade so pursued by Span: '
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jests, and consequently MADRAGO. ti ti* lekAttir
the faith of that Treaty, and the proteetioreef;
law of nations, which form a part .of•• th"e"listrii,
England. Iu a question of this nature; we 444.
suffer our judgments to be influenced by thaah'
warm and kindly feelings of humanity., which;
thank God ! are readily eseited in this *miry,
whenever the distresses of our felloW-men deassand
our attention. It is a question of strict law, and
the seizure of the vessel is to he considered as an
occurrence totally distinct from the question of
humanity and feeling, and merely as a point af-
fecting the commercial rights of a nation with
which our Government maintains the relations of

amity. In this view of the question, it would
seem to us that an action can be maintained by the
Spaniard in • British Court of Justice, even thotigh
his damages were sustained in the prosecutionof
the infamous traffic in human misery.

The decision of this case in the negative, Ostia,
denying the right of a foreigner to bring an action,
for compensation in • British Court of Lim, wing&
not, however, we are inclined to thinks iceMlllo
any salutary influence upon the state of ilie‘tia'sa;:,
because in such • case. a foreigner ssistaitfinglo
injury from a British officev, instead ofliiiing'.X,,,
course to a Court of Ls*, would apply for re
to his own Goveruthent, by wins the ciiif':Vr.'
be referred to the British Weiner, end eitherim.
pensation must be granted to the indiiidnsl frog.
the purse of the nation. in pursuance of the spirit.
of good faith and justice, or the Government must
prepare the cousitiy to inert an appeal to arms, is
the only means left for deciding the question.

We learn with regret that many of the manufac-
turing labourers of Leeds sod its vicinity, and also
the pitmen in the collieries hear Berwick, are dia.
contented with the present rate of their wages, and
have refused to work until the masters and proprie-
tut s have seceded to their terms. Discontents of
this nature are usually accompanied with vio-
lence, sod we are sorry to find that the present
instances do not form exceptions. The tumultuous
proceeditigs of the labourers at the msonfacturing
village of Sta aaaa i l %ley, steer Leeds, have required the
'active. interfereoce of the 'Magistrates. and several
'of the rioters have been arrested sod committed to
pritipa. Sod). Asti, has beru the case at Berwick ;
, but although vigorous measures may restore tran-
quillity. they cauntst curvet that bitterness of mind
which generates the discontent that leads to the
disturbance of the public peace. The rate of wages

in most parts of the country is et present very
low, lint we readily believe Dot lower than is
consistent with the 'slate of the trade its general.
When tli.e masters rod proprietors of mmitsfactior'es
obtain but little if any profits, the labourers can-
not expect high wages; but unfortunately poverty
end dist rei.saredstit robe reasosters, and great lenity
ought to be 'hewn to ignorant mud (Jimmied men,
whose minds must .be keenly imbittered by the
pinching penory of their families. There are, we
believe, mony bad spirits at work among them, and
these men ought to be rigorously punished.
It seems that when the workmen employed at
Stanningley struck for wages, several mattufacrorers
from the neighbouring towns aud villages offered
to supply tip* plod," but were assaulted in a
croedunitto4ile by .flit farmer. The flocking of so
many perseisu; to take the work and wages which
the tithe d. WINO, ought to have apprised them
of their own comparative good fortune, but they
had folioed an illegal combination to deter work-
amen from etigaging to labour at a price lees than
Plej themselves had proposed, mud seemed resolved
.to carry their point by terror and violence. The
new-trousers, however, have been protected, and are
tusked *Wine the premises in which they work.
Every than has au undoubted right to set whatever
price lie pleases upon his own labour; but the
moment •lte proposes to regulate the wages of
others, he assumes • power which belongs to no
intl.:l44ord in society, whirls is a flagrant injury to
ethers; And which in this country exposes him at
cure try the severest penalties of the law. The la-
bouring classes of the people seem not to be aware
of this troth, amid it perhaps might be advisable to
just/act some:of the most prominent leaders of these
riots in it:through the inedinsi of a Court of Juts.
lice. Fears are entertained at Leeds that the tur-
Waist spirit of these mat is connected with none
schenies. of • seditious nature, and 300 of the most
respectable of der inita6itsats have. in consecpsesice,
enrolled them/glees is • corps of yeomanry cavalry.

We read with a snide the grave annossucement of
17111, radical disorders at Seiceptca ; Null the pre.
*Wails taken to meet the seiprathrodod iossorreseu•
tion there. We dare say the ammo af the sootter
given by The Patriot, has, ere Ibil, brcisighl
Brampton into greater Notoriety 111311 it by enjoyed
since a certain Corporation went thither toehrliver
ti the keys. of a certain city to the Pier, in
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‘ ,5 We should not be ow Applied Wit were to
r, . rgarbsle in dishouow T ' n before the
it 4•
•iisibiejst, Commons. Bat y this truonneling
rterr:th the radicality of Brampton is too lwsvy e
draft upon the credulity of the couch'''. Au none.
section at Brampton I.—why • scamps see washltaissi.
basin is a superlative object cf campithaiso with it.
..ussa(f.'orlisle Joartsal,l
. .. It is known thist•the staple trade of iibniedre are
bissisburgh and sheeting's, and sailcloth owl hog-
ioogr. According to a calculation we hew seen,
cl:fflie kind of work. 2 Amity. consistact of the
...tribe', mother, and toe children, employed to
.Cinding and weaving. coronet ut present earn move
,'illian 3... 81. a week, after paying deductions! Out
. if ibis four persons have to hr clothed and led, and
i'iwo +edgers to educate. Where this is the cs.e,
• isw per week for clothes, and ed. for education,
:70 Lot no overcharge; so that the four persons must
lie" ' supposed to subsist each on lid. ausday !! !.
• f earlisk Journal /
• Tbe present winter is the coldest we hem had
since 1814. The Clyde forms one sheet of lee as
far down as Dungla.s, anti covered with broken
ice to Parklee, * little above Port Glasgow. Loaded
cnrts have passed for some (Lys at Renfrew, stud
foot p.ss.reigers et Erskine. ' Out Saturday the Ist,
' end Monday the 3d instant, at eight o'clock iii the
moroing, the thermometer at Freeland-house, Er.
skine, stood at seven degrees. —l(;lasgoss Journal./
The weather broke on Tuesday night, at Dum-
fries; end the snow 1111 the hills. being dissolved,
occasioned the Nith to be greatly swollen. By the
floatutig of the ice shout tweirtyslive yards in extent
of the bay, at Dumfries Millis, were earned away.

HAZARD AND Co.'s confirmed Success!—HA-
ZAßD end Co. sold the first-drawn Prize of 20.000/.
un the first duy, and another lirst.druwo Prise of 20,0001. on
the aecund .lay of the lottery just ended, snaking Two
Prime ' 110.0001. sold by them in the very last Lottery.—
Two More Twenty Thousands nest li• drawn.
crintilOs !nor Wien of 20.0001. Money and Con.
.• idtr..4s. 'HAZARD and Co.'s Offices Royal Exchange-
ter3ll, Coreihill; and 324, Oxfued.aireet, curuer of Swal.
I -Law/. LOTTEXY the first drawn Prize was en.
it .
1 t 141410 0033q0/., and woe sold by WF1113......
beArsedrawn priie will be entitled to 20,000!.
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iTile fortunate Ticket may 'yet be purchased at
W.Alloes offices. R. Corn hill, or 17, Ludrtte.street.
''..111011 Lottery that betting to morrow, contains four of
0,0901. • Two of them, wilt be decided in the first fire
'ninnies. . • _ _ _

We are requested by Mr.BZETINAM, the Secre-
tory of the Eagle Insurance Company, to state,
foe the security of such of their Friends as have omitted to
renew their Christina, Policies, that it is seorsss►y the same
should be attended to forthwith, which may be done by •p-
Onetime at either of their Offices, is Corehill, or the Hay-
market, where Annuities are granted and purchased, said
every deserip4iuu of Fire end Life Insurance effected 011
equitable teress.—N R. An allowance for rent of Premises
destroyed by Fire, as heretofore.
Monday week, as some young persons were amu-
sing themselves on the ice at Lochrod, near Editi-
burgh, it suddenly gave way, whereby five persons
were plunged into the water, two of whom were
unfortunately drowned.
On Thursday last, a singular and unfortunate
accident happened In a poor boy at the quay at
Newcastle. He had been sent with a pitcher to get
some water out of the river at the stairs opposite
the Grey Horse, mid as lie was standing on the
edge of the ice, in the act of doing so, the whole
ice in that part of the river gave way, and the ships
lalliogzlown about two feet. a wherry, which was
lying frozen up about three feet from the stairs,
was forced np against the bey, and crushed him
must dreadfully against the comer of the rph.y. It
required the united strength of three men with
handspikes to extricate him from this dreadful
situation. He was taken to the Infirmary with but
little hopes of recovery.

• Robert Ware was Clem Llama to Hoary the First; his
grritsulfather aims at the battle of Flamingo.
t Harold felt so coandent of •anquisbing the Normans,
that he ordered round a fleet so the comet near Hastings, to
lutes rept %Villiarn's metope, being unaware of William's in-
trusion of burning his Suet joss before the bottle, t• impress
ea the naiads cabin elms that they Inuit congests Of perish.
The bipenis, or double au

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DESiRUCTIi)N OF MAGDALEN HALL,
OXFolio, BY HUE.

OX/ORD, JANUARY 9.
A desolating fire was brat discovered to hare
broken out this morning. about three o'clock, it
►he northern estreltlfity of Magdalen Hall, in this
University. A greet proportion of the iiihsbitants
was immediately roused ; slid in spite of the no.
reasonable hour of the summons, great unmbet•
promptly came to the spot, mud contributed their
seal's'', rid in working four engines, and thereby
quenching the dames. About *even o'clock ohs
fire was got under ; blot. unhappily, not ',ohl d
considerable portion of this venersilde f.ilr I. 4
consumed to s cinder. Sixteen seta of gentler's.. ,
rooms were completely destroyed : sod as Ost)
were all tenanted (although, frost its being ,senior
time, the Members of the Society were almost all of
them Amid from the University), the destrsichot
embraced a great deal of furniture, and mass
valuable collections of books. Owing to the ex-
treme severity of the weather, many of the pimp.,
in the neighbourhood were locked up with frost,
and there eat some difficulty et first in poocnrier
au adequate supply of water. Tote accident, it is
supposed, arose from the iisdisesolien of a young
mats whip happened to be resident, mod who went to
bed without extinguishing his candles. They af-
terwards cominuoicated with the furniture of lus
room, and occasioned the cunfisgration. Re tors,
however, luckily awakened from his perilous coo.
doom, and no loses were lost. No praise esei be
too great for the exertions of those who tome earl;
to the spot. The Bishop of Oxford was ausorigthe
'somber, and wsa exceeded by no one p►e►ent
anxiety and earnestness of his efforts to eetiogunh
the flames. lam happy to be able to add, that
the house of the Learned Principal (Dr. Marbride.,
and the neighbouring lodgings of the Rev. Dr.
Routh, *President of Magdalen College, though at
oue period in the g►eatest jeopardy, remained
the rod untouched by the devouring element._
Both these venerable characters are now &dn't
from Oxford. ACARE3I'LLS.
(EXTRACT FROM ANOTRIR LITTER).

0170&D, JANUARY
I have just time to inform you, that • dress:lid
are broke out ise Magdalen HMII, which is 14t11.4ret
1110,111' Magdalen College. this morning about thre
o'clock, which totally consumed the whole ranged
buildings, consisting of about eighteen sets of
rooms, in tisree hour.. Happily, by great exeitios...
the lodgings of Dr. Hominid', the Proteins!, were
saved fruni the flames, by pulling down the build-
ing which connected the two together. No Imo
were lust. All the furniture, honk., &c. destroyed.
It is 'opposed to hare originated in the rotas of a
young WWI over the common rooms, and had it not
been discovered by a guard of one of the mills on
the toed leading to Oxford. the inhabitant* muss
nice perished. To. much praise comma be be.
stowed on the persons who rendered assistance.
praticidarly the ttiallebe►s of the Uverritv
amongst whom was particularly noticed the Ltoil
Bishop of Oxford. aio was extremely active in
supplying the engines with water during the hoe.

MonsT-Enccuunc—The festivities at this
noble 'mansion last week, were of the most 'Oti-
tis(' said magnificent deacripsion, sod were ottendrst
by all the rank and Pathan t's that urighlsourhood.
About 30 persons of distinction sat down to a
sumptuous dinner; this was followed by a boll.
The saloon was most brdliantly lighted; and, in
short, the tamp d'teil was such no a seldom seen.
The supper, consisting of every delicacy of the
”eason, was laid oat on two tables in the gallery.
and had a very pleasing edict. The guests sat
down about half-past one o'clock, but it was 11.4
of long duration, for the music having struck lily,
moot of them were anxious to retire to the mei ry
dance, which was sccordiogly renewed, and ru„.
tinned with great spirit till a late hour. The cool-
',any then partook Or les. and other refreshment,,
after which they retired highly gratified, and tow..
in the excellent suansgement of his Lordiship'i
household. On Saturday imirnifig, before the
parture of the guests, they partook of an elsgsot
defame, which, it is scarcely necessary to add, was
equally sumptuous with the former part of this
magnificent fete.
The Earl of CAILISLa has, with big usual good-
ness at this inclement season, distrilinteil 150 "po-
ke& of coals amongst the poor householders its
Brampton.
Mr. NATHAN. who is announced for a debed at
Covent-garden Theatre, is the eminent moonlit'.
and the elegant composer (with Mr. BRAMAN) of
the Hebrew Melodies.

It would appear that eontredunses err revived :Li
Paris, to the discountenaucr of quudrilles. A c•-1-
lection of SOO eontredonses are about to be pub-
lished, says the Aroma/ des Modes.
We •re informed that Mr. Swans, of Begfel,..
has purchased of Mr. Titans:TT, the I.erge-t
blood horse in the kingdom, got by Sorcerer. &on
by Sir Peter, for which he has since refused Gtr*.
A masonic meeting was held on Thursday W.
night, at the house of Brother Laaato, the Black
Boy Inn. in Newcastle, Sir M. W. Rumex, 41.1).
and 13.P.G.N1. in the chair; when a company of
$ masons sat down to a most exct Ilent direenrs
after which many loyal anti uppropriale 10s$111 were
drank and excellent songs sung. Tile evening was
spent in that spirit of nutty and good fellowiehT
which distinguishes the ft sterol, y.
At the monthly meeting of the Literary noel
Philosophical Society of this town.• on Tuemlo:
last, the poem entitled " Dun Joao." and stns.
buted to a celebrated and noble poet, was, after
much discussion, ordered tut he removed from On-
library as an immoral puhticaoloo. As soon as doe
decison took place, • notice wits given of a motion
for the next month, to restore it to its place in the
library.—(Newcastle Chronicle.)

Within the last twelve ))))) robs, npwu.ds s f 1:14
sheep and lambs have been stolen tis the neiglithini-
hood of Shoreham.
Some malicious incendiaries are at present gointt
about gentlemen's houses, where warclwdogs are
kept. and, by the cold-hlooderl inerwe of
ads, iuis-
tersi poison to the faithful anittuds,. they hope to
be enabled to commit their depredation* in seen.
rity. Severe! gentlensen have lately Wee deprived
by that tool istrom of some valuable dor, whose
known fidelity enabled them to intrust their oat.
houses to their protection.—(Glesgoat Paper.)