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hostilities. Russia is represented as a half-savage,
half-civilised giant, ready to stretch over
Southern Europe. But England, by recognising
the new States of South America, has raised the
Standard against Russia, and invited to her
standard all those nations that would protect or
jelieve themselves from the fatal pressure of Rus-
sian domination. Such is the tone, especially of
the Liberal Journals. If the power of Russia
-were equal to her ambition, and her strength
proportioned to her size, some apprehension
might be entertained ; but the times are long
passed when Europe could be overrun by mere
hordes. Mind, and not number, is now the
source of power ; and Russia, as a nation, is
without arts, industry, and even without native
intellect. The Russians boast but two indivi-
duals with any pretensions to genius ; and by the
:kindness of Providence, as if to compensate the
universal penury of the growth of intellect, these
two individuals were placed upon the throne.—
At the same, it is now well understood that
much of their splendour is but a faux brilliant
derived from the historic theories of Voltaire by
Peter, and from the flatteries of the French
philosophers generally by Catharine. We should
not omit to mention, that Mr. Canning is imtno-
*lerately eulogised in all these discussions.

[MORNING yosT.]
A few additional Papers from New York,
Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia, have ar-
rived since our last. They come down to the
78th of January. In the House of Representatives,
a Message from the President, of an extraordinary
nature, was received on the Gth ultimo. It stated,
44 That as the time of his term of service would
expire with the present Session of Congress, he
invited their attention to a subject interesting to
him and to the public, to which considerations
of delicacy made it improper to call their atten-
tion at an earlier period. lie had long been em-
ployed in the service of his country, both at home
acd abroad, in the course of which he had con-
trout over, public money to a vast amount.—
If it should appear, on the most severe scrutiny,
that the public had sustained any loss by any act
of his, or for which he was responsible, he was
willing to bear it. If, on the other hand, it
should appear ghat justice had been withheld
from him in any instance, as he believed it to be
many, be submitted whether it ought not to be
reconsidered ; and he was prepared to furnish
testimony applicable to each case. A Committee
might report facts, with a view to a decision after
his retirement, as he would not sanction any bill
in his favour; settlements with a person in the of-
fice he bad filled should always be made
by Congress, and before the public; and con-
siderable advantage might be derived by the
public from the precedent in his case, which
would form a new and strong barrier against the
abuse of public confidence in future."—The
purport of this Message is severely canvassed in
some of the Papers now before us, while in others
it is applauded, as containing only a just appeal
in support of undeniable claims. On the 11th,
a long and spirited debate arose upon the ques-
tion of referring the Message to a Committee.—
The motion of Mr. Forsy th, however, for referring
it to a Select Committee, with instructions, was ul-
timately carried by a majority of 28. The Select
Committee consisted of seven Members. These
papers contain the Convention between the Unit-
ed States and Russia, for regulating the boun-
dary-line of the two nations upon the North-west
coast of America, and in the islands adjacent, at
54 deg. 40 min. north latitude. The articles of
this convention had been ratified by the Presi-
dent, and the ratifications duly exchanged.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Meeting of the Catholic Association on.
Wednesday last was altogether ar► interesting
scene. Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shiell afforded a
triumphant answer to the objection that the As-'
sociation interfered with the administration of
justice, by shew ing how much the administration
of justice had been really improved by the pro-
tection afforded to the Irish peasantry. To talk
of the Courts being open to an individual of that
class, who is desirous of obtaining redress
against a Magistrate, is an insulting mockery.
This part of the question will, however, we
fear, be slurred over by men of all par-
ties in the House ; for the Members being,
with few exceptions, Magistrates, their
sympathies are naturally with the body to
which they belong. If it is a hazardous affair
for a wealthy man to meddle with a Magistrate,
what must it be for a poor peasant with triple
costs staring him in the face ?—Mr. Plunkett •
tried hard to cajole the Catholic Priests, but the.
Catholic Priests are not such fools as he takes
therryto be. Mr. O'Connell has been before
band too with him ; for he has let the cat out of
the bag. It was hinted to him, that if he would
let Church Rates alone, and Clerical abuses alone,
the Association might go on. Mr. Plunkett is
a better logician than politician. He will reason
a long time before he induces the Catholic
Priests to swell the ranks of Dr. Magee.

[NEW TI cs.]
On Saturday we mentioned that we had re-
ceived American papers to the 14th ult., and now
we have in addition to the 16th ult. To the
Naval branch of their expenditure the North
America'. Union pays, as may naturally be con-
ceived, peculiar attention. 13y an official Re-
port, it appears that the expenditure of the
appropriations for support of the Navy, from
the Ist of January to the 30th of September 1824,
amounted to 2073;097 dollars. For the same
year 1825, there will be
service, during the
required 2,295,794 dollars. The number of
officers and men afloat is 3,452, besides 988 ma-
rines. A detailed account is given of the state
of all the ships of war, both on the sea coast and
On the lakes ; from which it appears that four
ships of the line have been launched, and five are
building, besides frigates. Many vessis, espe-
cially those on the lakes, are in a state of rapid
decay. The unredeemed Debt of the United
States, on the Ist of October, 1824, amounted
to 90,597,071 dollars. The maritime trade
does not appear to be on the increase ;
although by increased duties on imports it