The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-15 00:00:00

AMEIUCA.N CONGRESS.

Roust :OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, OCT. 30. . . • -
. After transacting some busineas of Minor iMport-.
anee, the House, ou..the motion ofigr...l).tv:,sOn,_re7
.solved itself into a Committee of the whole, on the
state of the. Union ; when Mr. atviiiie-offered the:
following Resolutions-for consideration
Resolved, That so much. of. the Message of the
President of the United States, as relates to aggres-
sions committed within our ports and Waters by
foreign armed Vesselsoo the violation of Our. jeris--
dialon, and measures necessary for the Protetlion of
our ports,and harbours, iliiieferred to a SOO.
ResOlved, That so much of the said Message as
relates to the violation door maritime rights, and to
impositions on and interdictions to our 'mistral trade,
be referred to the Committee. of Commerce and.
Manuladiures.
Resolved, That so nanch of the said Message
relates to enterprizes against thettuthlie ?Me,- amik,
means of preventing the same, aiql..psknil!snik, tbs,3B;ll
thors, be referred to. a Sele& Conlmtltcg.„
; . 4is
Mr. QUINCY .thought the First Resolution em,..
braced objects uncceineCted with *oielt! other, and
objects of magnitude sufficient Co. warrant, a separa.,
*ion of them. -The first part of the Resolution
lates to aggressions committed in our poris and
waters. The most material object' contained in the
,resident's Message, said -Mr,
.'folniney, has relation
to an attack upon one of our -Vessels by an armed
Ship of a particular nation ; and. all the other cir-
eumst elves tatentioned, 'ire statid Merely *as aggra.:.
rations of this attack.. therefore subinitted with
deference bathe Cothmittee, the propriety of re-
ferring- sioliativer relates to the attack on the Chesa-
peake to a Selett Committee, .and entering into a
separate Resolation far the appointment of a distill&
Committee, to consider what may be necessary fur
the defence of our ports ancli.4a.rbours. Upon this
view of the &object, he wt siki.offer on amendment
to the ReaOhltasto in question. iiii wished to add
after the word' " Resolved. '4 That SP much of the
Measage of the President of Srates as ler
later to the attack made on the Frigate,-Chesapeake,
be referred so a Stied Committee ; and that the
Committee be instructed to inquire into the circum-
stances of that attack, the causes assigned for mak-
ing it,' and the manner in which it was repelled, and
to report the result of such inquiries in detail to this
1104se!'
DAWSON observed, that the . Gentleman from
Maisachtuietta had mistaken his intention. in. offers
ing the Resolution under consideration, he did
not mean the proposed Committee to inquire parti-
cularly into the attack on the Chesapeake. Such an.
inquiry would beat present premature, When the
time arrived fortaking-up this antoo4 be should f)'
is ready as fitana the Gentleman ..lviasiachusetts,, 'or
any other Gentleman, to enter'' Upon it. Mr. D,,
. *ad that part of 'the Massage of the President,
Which has reference to this.• affair, and asked the
Membesa of the Committee, if it would not be al-
together premature .to go into this subjea before
The Howie received the information which the
I'Vesident of the United States has said he expos
geniis, to be able to lay before them ? rite ob-
JettWas to make the ground of referehce as general
artadiaible;s.,' . . • ,
Mr. Clpaniii 'said;-that the ,'Gentleman from
Carciliva had asked what was his objea in
making this motion,? He would answer, that it
was to have the whole detail of, the affair ,respect-
ing the Chesapeake laid upon the ..tables. It was
tasked if he meant to justify. t 1
.Arjti3it ) He knew
bot why. qdeation ihoul4,))Vilt. His motion
tine:, His- Prinles and feelings' were
hs purely American as this* of illifOintleinati.;—,"
. He wished to gain faCts,' and icetobtaitieltieselse.
.i.hdoght it best to flit on, singleobjeal, 41s:1, not .to
our views over the whole horizon.' In fere--
ience to what had fallen from the 4Aitle:nian ft.&
Virginia; what he. had propdaqi :would• have, aao4.t
thing to do with our Negociationeißkived.. iNe.Nett-
I)Tessiaii Jf the opinion •of tine, tele is. required
All that is asked is; 'that the-CoM
'lea: a '.detail of 120:
Matte their report stall proper but the
.Itifin'sfitt to beinstittita'Siippose our dispuie
With Britain shotild be amitably)settled;sktuld
not this ineuity be oecessary-L...fOti
inquire into the cause *hid; led to hilettatit7 ? He
Considered the dispute as tieing do thiyiretWEetf-iiP
and Britain; but-between* .44414;t4epum.714.1.%4106
tare tie \ignited the fatis, nod ,tyiNtiligy)WOre, St%--
lore the House, a correA judgment.nligfit formed
,
of the alliiir; Thelniiititit til4'itiVfOrt sills Con.;
eerned to know whether a preper' degree of resist-
ance had been Made to repel the aitifeic of the Bri,
fish : if not, the opinion of this liouie ought to be
tapressed cal the occasion: •
Mr. ELLIOT alluded to that part which asks foi
the manner in which the attack was repelleds—:
Every man, woman, and 'child, in the United
States, knew that no resistance was made. if he
were to vote for the Resolution; he should wish.
the word received to be used instead of the word
" repelled."
hie. 3Astt.lE midi- there was one- thing which the
entlemati from MamachosettsAtituself, on reflec-
' tion, Must think improper : that was, that part of.
• theanotion which relates to the manner in which
the attack was repelled.- He uoderstood the Corn,
bander of the Chesapeake was.now on trial, and he
hoped this House would tick do any at which mighfir
haveisn intinenets on that trial. lie had no doubt
,but that before this basitle44 got- tifdtlEgiv
Ihere would be complete .infertnatiktt, bcfgte the!-
I-le.use. We ahead ktioW dilietherithe Searnen
taken from the Chesapeake were' itallit,Biitish
Jeets, or American Citizens. •
The Amendmet4 .was reAted. without a
The Resolutions being gene through; a motion
Was made for the Committee' to. rise, which being
'agreed to, the Speaker resumed the .Chairintad. the
tiottst immediately took up the Restilittiatil,:in4
agreed to themunanililon'lY*

The following is the Spanish Order referred to in
the Speech of the President :

English Order, signed by Lori Floivick,liisertealri
al, the, Papins tu-d4f,. was in THA
SUN lila I tat Ofilt3St
1 •s.
. .

By the erect

TRANSLATION.
A 1144,3 rraa rs nr":••• me I. rt a.i,

policy, Spain was forced by Groat Britain to take
part its shti; present war.s4ThiS Power has' elVercised,i
kwer the sea' and :.over the cc:qui:nerve of ate v0r1d,,.:
Ala -exclusitie domioion. Her numerous fae:toriLis,!
!disseminated through. all centuries, are like spongesv
which !imbibe the riches of these ceuntries4 with-
!out leayingthem more than the appearances of Mer-
kantil& liberty. Rem this. nisrititne and CoMine'r-
. _f
eiandespotisr,n,lugland, derives immense resources,
(for carrying on a war, whose object is to destroy, the'
commerce which belongs to each State, froM Asia-
cifigify and situation% Experience •haS•proved that
the morality of the British Ca.binet bassio.hesitation
as to the means' so long as they lead to the accom-
plishment of its designs whilst this Power Cail
contique toenjoy th e. fruits of its immense tritlic,,
humanity will groan atncleii the weight of desolating
To put Anaalteldt:liis,;and,sp:attain a solid
peace, .E the.niperor o the FRENCH and King, of
ITAJ.Y issued a Decree on the 2 tst of November
' Which;7ddtipting the principle of reprisals,
",:thifiblockade ifile3lS. determined on ;
ttd Iris Ambassador, IsiLEs.cellency Fassicts DE
OweaftlAßNOlS, Grand Dignitary of the Order of the
' grown,.ef the Legion •of ffirnoisr, • &c.
Itfithring communicated this (becree) to the Xitig our
'aster ; and his Majesty beipg desirous to co-
overate. by means sanctioned by the rights of re-
caprocity, has been pleased to authorize his Most
Serene Highness the Prince Generalissimo of the
Marine, to issue a CirCular of the following tenor :
AS soon us England. committed the horrible
outrage of intercepting the Vessels of the Royal Ma-
rine, insidiously violating the good faith with which
Peke assures individual property, and the rights. of
nations, his Majesty considered himself in a state of
war; with that Power, although his Royal Soul
suspended the promulgation of the Manifesto until
he saw the atrocity, committed by its seamen- sane-
tionedhy the Government of London. . From that
. time, and without the necessity of warning the in-
habitants of these Kingdoms. of, the circumspedion
with which they ought to condudt. themselves to-
•.kivards 'those of a Country which disregards, the
sacred laws of property, and the rights Of nations,
his Majesty made- known to his Subjeds die- -state
of war in which he found Idinself skith that na-
tion. All trade, all constnerce,, is prohih,iced in
such a situation, and 'no.sebtiraents.oughi to.been-
tertained towards sucli-an'Enenik; 'which are not
dictated by hoeotir; avoitiittg all intereourie ,Which
might be coesidereci as eff4g,,ayarice,
operating on the Subjeds of ,a nation which de.
grades itself in them. His Majesty is well persuaded
•-thlt suth:sasotiaients: of honour are, rooted in the
hearts of,hii beloved Subjects, blit.llo does. not choose
on that account to allow the smallest indulgence to,
violators of the law, nor pt:rtuit that, through their ig-
s:
norance, they should be taken by surprise, authorising
me by these presenco,to.cinlare, that all English pro-
perty will be confiscated: wherever it is tOutid on
board, a Vessel, although a Neutral, if the consign.
meat belongs' to Spanish individuals. So likewise
tvill be confiscated all merchandise which may be
met with, although it may be in Neutral Vessels,
whenever it is destined for the ports of England or
her Isles,. And, finally, his Majesty, contbrming
hiniself to *the ideas of his Ally, the Emperor of
the French, declares in his States the...same law
which from principles of reciprocity, and suitable
resped, his Imperial Majesty promulgated uOder
date of the.. 2 Ist ofNoyember,_ 1806.
" The execution of this determination' of his
Majesty belongi to the Chiefs of Provinces, of De.
partments, and of Vessels (bazels); and commu-
nicating it to them in the name 'of his Majesty, I
,hope they will leave no room for the Royal displea-
sure. God • 'preserve you many years,—“ THE
PRINCE GENERALISSIMO OP THE' MARINIC—
Aravlarez, I:9h'& Feb. I 807.

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THE' THE ATR k.—Ttie admirahktcntnedy,nt Love
fir LaiN„wiqi,the powerful supp949pc?. JORDAN
in Miss Pi4se,"dreVy a numerous emit ncete Drury-
, lAeTheOtitilast night.. She exerted ilther• comic
pciwern,:,,ancLyeas warmly applauded. The only wa-
7ri.ition in the performance was Mr. LYRY:I3 Scandal.
Mr. EYft E i; a judicious perforiner, but he has toe
setiribilltim,b a manner,' and though he dellVdred the
'wordi'.c.it the part With obviout ;good sense;:' be. did
Ili( Fitt the ciascitline ruse and spirit of t he, chameter.
FluAever I. performance wits'at le3Bt,resrauble.
tr e'Cipmedy Was' in getteltal 56' well itipies&ited as
,7troaffinid' an-. adtnirabldlitat, for it may be saittl that
t,9llst,of, the performers:mete • Overt in iiisellarging
e
f
iaCaAtimilit last
onbtetrnchiailtiogiul".iiact:r.evlciiit*l'tel:irl.:i'mijatl:lts:e:s:li.-etii(llll,...!'eoni)'ilxr.'Vtlrvh:latz.rsri:dHAtiCrltisr:l:er'tiLllSSCiPaAfeirte;lll)twai:;r4RlcdllYNMiriAa.LYlbig°t'lidiriclel3l.6titib—s-k.lC:oet°6tsioti'rgely'elfew.llol,lT4liartl, Zegilßisi)-168S1141:::siiielubltitegnce) Vaftifir:Paiilticexdg:teri":entwrial4'r:f:g.'oitileweanT9irptlf'yitivalit*djiYygisill t'hll9l4teia,f'verosas'.seabtt''h(ePsr'tijX7ieen3fu.°lit:ri:i7,elkicli°lmertee''l'ietePii:l-til'iK)'ldKre)rtvg:.:d‘:':si':l.erbde:n'tumm-y%iaylos:'ri4llnlsuulltt(..taLllil.elciiud°h':anl:s.tdai°lEihe-lie!i:
tharacteri at Covtitt -garden Theatre, of whom re-
port speaks very favonrably.
kniaLu, we find is Fling to prestnt ,himself to
the public for the first, pule in the chata4orpf lasp.
In our opinion. meet a the former representatives of
this charigter didtotthoronghlycoMprehend it. /ago
is gitjeraPy mentioned in. iliiiplaY aS,a plaio, blunt,
Honest teil,w, who sneakt.hts mind- freely, :but he
it-hithertobeen "•• 1 • i L '' • '
ilt representet. bit time .st,dge a, a
• , ._ . ,
smooth fit,vlung ebtirttliLli, sycophaut, though Ilk
c? tempura ~areastic verses he recites belott De.ide-
liuma,. his acknowledged social turn," cie ' his* rough
treattueut_of Emilia, qught to have exfited o,differ-
•Unt.eouceptiOtt of the. part. KR xrat4 a ,has devoted
so much time to the study of his iifOreWalt.iltiVive
do not e:9e.4 to see 'him fall .intorthe Anti" tfistake;
..
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The uncertaittstato of the' Opera 1:104.44 induced
the brioy-lane 'Managers, according. ta,reOlitti to
-like one of her musical eouturymoni laugh -at English
lolly.

The yowig GeiitletnCti of Westtninster School last
night atlorded another treat to the ddmiters of clan=
Sical- literature, in their. second -representation at
TERENCE'S COthe4y of Eunuchia. The characters
were supported by tho same Gentlemen as -on the
f ! 1,,,.Q41211

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ACADRUY......At the last, meeting of the
Werpheri4.this irkstapt, Mr.
NVOODFORDE was admitted .to the honour of Royal
Academician, -an' honour to which, his 'talents and
k nowledge ;Allis art gave him the fairestpretensions.
Mr. TURNER was on this, occasion el&.led Professor
or Perspe&ive, and Mr, Tnissuam Professor .of
Painting. The Candidates for, the Annual Premiums,
displayed so much merit that it would be: doing in-
justice to their talents not to communicate, their
names to the Public. -We. mentioned but two of
the successful Candidates before, and. therefore we
this* it proper to state the whole, appropriation, of
the academical rewards of merit this year, which'
toolc.piace in the following order, viz.
A (Told Medal to Mr. LASCELLES ITIOPPNAR, for
the best Historical.Pieture, the ..ludgment.of Solo-
mon; a Gold Medal to C. A. Busav, for the best
design for a Building to contain the Rtlyal Society,
the AntiqUarian Society, and the Royal Academy 3
a Silver Medal to H. D. THIELKE, S. Lt`: HELL, and
H. COMM), for the best Drawing of an Academy
Figure; a Silver Medal to Mr. BUXTON, for the best
Model of an Academy Figure; a Silver. Medal to
Mr. C. Mtvros ; and a Silver Medal to Mr. G.
Pttwrs, for the best Drawing of the Thames-front
of Somerset Place.

The following is the state of the Academy for the
cuing year : .
% - COUNCIL.
BtN I A 141 N %VEST. Esq. was rz-eleded President..
Samuel Woodlorde, Esq. Sir Win. Beechyt
,Win. Owen,., Esq. Henry Fuseli,. Esq.
lames Norticote, Esq. Henry Thresliam, Esq.
Paul Sandby, Esq. Thomas Daniell, Ice.
sill !TORS. ;
Edwitd Birch, Es - Henry Thompson, Esq.
lames Northcotc, Esq.. Sam. Woodiorde, Esq.
Sir Francis Bourgeois.
it UUITOAS.
George Dance, Esq. loseph Faring ton,' Esq .

CAMAS, late of Drury-lane and the Haymarket
Theatres, is performing at Gosport.
The marriage of Miss BktrrtTorr has given occasion
to a 'needless and not very liberal comparison be-
tween that Lady and the Countess of DERBY. Miss
BRUNTON'S merit does not require, and her amiable
temper cannot be gratified, by a compliment at the
exp Once of any body, but particularly of Lady DER..
BY,'whose condu& in her elevated station has been
uniformly such as to entitle her to the esteem of
every body acquainted with her, who is a general
patroness of distress, and as much the delight of all
who are allied to her, by her intrinsic qualities, as
she was formerly of the public by her admirable ta.
lents. _ _

An inquisition was taken yesterday in :Bird-street,
IVlanchester-square, before A. GILL, Esq. Coroner,
on the body of au elderly female, of the name of
Stone, who met her death-on the preceding evening.
The deceased, who for above forty years resided in
the same house, in Bird-street, kept a school for the
education of youth, and on the evening of her death
she was sitting in the front room of the second floor,
when her cloaths'caught fire. -She did.ncit.giVe any
alarm, but her oppositoneighbours were alarmed by
the smell of something burning, and, on being led
to the-room of the unfortunate woman, site .was dis-
cove
agn
reilin n
oshresing state. She survived ex-
cruciating.until four o'clock the next morn-
ing, when .be sospired.—Verdict, Accidental Death.
firserrtsoa.--4ks this exorcise is much practised in
Scotland, one of the Edinburgh PeL
pet's, las made the
singular proposal that for the accommodation of the
'flouters, an extens:ve meadow near that town should
be floated during the winter... The ice on this mea-
dow; it is suggested, tvould havejhe great advantage
Of being capable of successive float it when it grew
rough, or was covered with snow. .i'he same Paper
makes' the following observations
Many have been witness to. the merits of the
Gentlemen of Edinburgh as skaiters, Their style is
in some degree peculiar to themselves, and, unusual-
-ly happy in the qualifications of ease, graCe, and,ae-
lity. It has invariably been remarked„ that strangers
are outdone by them ; this was pleasingly exempli-
fled four or five years ago, when several of the first
, skaiters on the Serpentine appeared. pn Ducldingsten,
and, -as it was Undergoode tiiirly threw down, the ,
gauntlet. Their.tnanner was different, but on the
'whole decidedly inferior: the, movements of the
English skaiters are all a species of tricks, abrupt and
rotatory, and altogater dopcient in that breadth (to
use an artist's term), that grace of attitude, and easy.
sweep of the out-edge, which evinces.a command,
at once. of the weapon and the field."
The regulations of lock-up houses, effeaed,,by
the industry and perseverance of, Mr. Sheriff Poll.
LIPS,• and ordered to be posted in every such botiiir
and prison, by both the Sheriffs, have gained for
. 'unfortunate persons who are the objects of inesne
proceskthe tbllowing points:--t. A fixed.moderate
rate at...charge, all discretion in such circumstances
being-necessarily the most, oppressive tyranny.-2.
• A' saving, to needy persons, of one-half the usual.
expellees ; and to others, of ,one-third.-3., An ex-
' tensior. of the office hours of four additional hours
per day:: and a reduaioo of theOttieers' fees for go-,
ing to search the book, from- 29. 6d. to .11.-N-4. The,
potver of search, during all over.hours,' by day or
night, and On Holidays and Sundays, for,: the mo-
derate fee of' 2s. 6d.-5. A reduation of the. usual:
fee for the bail-bend, chjetly in arrests for small.
sums; the new rate, under 251. being only 10.91.6 d.
Hncl frinn,that sum to 601,. but lbs. instead of the
discretionaly fee of one, two, and thiee guitieas,
• On Monday se'unight, the house of Mrs. :Tris-
tram, a respectable' old widow-lady, at Redbridge,
Was brokto open' and plundered, by . two villains,
; between the-hours of one and two in the morning,
One of them, masked, went up stairs, and entered
the Lied-room the Old Lady ; but .it fortunately
happened, that a young woman lay. in the same
room ; and the villain going up to her bed, instead
cif Mrs. Tristram's, the girl .became alarmed, and
called to her fellow-servant, who was in an adjoin!.
ing clamber, upon which the villain gave her a vial.
lent blow on the head, with a largestick however,
sheldid not desist, arld,thetither servattt heard her,
• flew to.-the window-anti alarmed some of the neigh-
bours', who inimecliately came Id the house, and
earched for the robbers; but they had hastily de-
campo‘tp leaving their masks behind, though not
before they -had 'plundered the posse of a quantity
. of 'plate, and a very valuable old family gold watch.
There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day,
but the Lord Mayor, after itispe6ting the returns of
the Meal-weighers, ordered the price of Bread to

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