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ilsouli be carried thither in the vessels of the'
country affording such supply ; and that the re-
ciprocity should be found in a corresponding ac-
ss'ammodatiou on the other side. By allowing
each party to participate in the transportation of
such supplies, on the payment of equal tonnage,
o. strong proof was afforded of an accommodating
spirit. To abandon to it the transportation of
whole would be a sacrifice which ought not
to he expected. The demand, in the present in-
. cause, would be_ the more unreasonable, in con,
sideration of the inequality existing in the trade
with the parent country.
" Such, was the basis of our system, as es-
tablished by the Act of 1815, and such its true
character. In the year in which this Act was
sassed a treaty was concluded with Great Bri-
•ain, in strict conformity with its principles, in
,regard to her European Dominions. 'To her Co-
'onies, however, in the West Indies and on this
Continent, it was not extended ; the British Go-
-vernment claiming the exclusive supply of those
colonies, and from our own ports, and of the pro-
slactions of the colonies in return, in her own
vessels. To this claim the United States could
IlDt assent, and, in consequence, each party sus-
nded the intercourse in the vessels of the
other, by a prohibition which still exists.
"The same conditions were offered to France,
but not accepted ; her Government has demand-
ed other conditions more favourable to her na-
ligation, and which should give extraordinary
encouragement to her manufactures and producs
;ions in the ports of the United States. To
• 4.tiese it was thought improper to accede; and, in
consequence, the restrictive regulations, which
lsad been adopted on her part, being counter-
-sailed on the part of the United States, the di-
sect commerce between the two countries, in the
vessels of each party, has been in a great mea-
sure suspended. It is much to be regretted,
that, although a negotiation has been long pend-
ing, such is the diversity of views entertained or
the various points which have been brought into
discussion, that there does not appear to be any
seasonable prospect of its early conclusion.
4C Et is my duty to state, as a cause of very
great regret, that very serious differences have
occurred in this negotiation respecting the con-
struction of the Bth Article of the Treaty of 1803,
whereby Louisiana was ceded to the United
States, and likewise respecting the seizure of the
Apollo, in 1820, for a violation of our revenue
laws. 'The claim of the Government of France
has excited not less surprise than concern, be-
cause there does not appear to he a just founda-
tion for it, in either instance. By the Bth Ar-
ticle of the Treaty referred to, it is stipulated
that, after the expiration of 12 years, during
which it was provided, by the preceding or 7th
Article, that the vessels of France and Spain
shall be admitted into the ports of the ceded
territory, without paying higher duties on mer-
chandize, or tonnage on the vessels, than such as
were paid by the citizens of the United States,
the ships of France should for ever afterwards be
placed on the footing of the most favourable na-
tion. By the obvious construction of this article,
it is presumed that it was intended that no fa-
vour should be granted to any power in those
ports to which France should not be forthwith
entitled ; nor should any accommodation be al-
lowed to -another power on conditions to which
she would not, also, be entitled upon the same
conditions. Under this construction, no favour,
tio accommodation could be granted to any power,
to- the prejudice of France. By allowing the
equivalent allowed by those powers, she would
always stand, in those ports, on the footing of
the most favoured nation. But if this article
should be construed as that France should enjoy
of right, and without paying the equivalent, all
the advantages of such conditions as might be al-
lowed to other Powers, in return for important
concessions made by them, then time whole chas
meter of the stipulation would he changed ; she
would not be placed on the footing of the most
favoured nation, but on a footing held by no
other nation ; she would enjoy all the advantages
allowed to them, in consideration of like advan-
tages allowed to us, free from every and any
condition whatever.
"As little cause has the Government of
France to complain of the seizure of the Apollo,
amid the removal of other vessels from the wa-
ters of the St. Mary's. It will not be denied
that every nation has a right to regulate its com-
mercial system as it thinks fit, and to enforce
the collection of its revenue, provided it be done
without an invasion of the rights of other Powers.
rl'lse violation of its revenue laws is an offence,
which all nations punish, the punishment of
which gives no just cause of complaint to the
Power to which the offenders belong, provided
it be extended to all equally. In this case every
circumstance which occurred indicated a fixed
purpose to violate our revenue laws. Had the
party intended to have pursued a fair trade, and
paid the duties, or had he intended to have car-
ried art 8 legitimate circuitous commerce with
the United States, he would have entered the
port of some other Power, landed his goods at
the- Custom House according to law, and re-
shipped and sent them in the vessels of such
Power, or of some other Power which might law-
fully bring them, free from such duties, to a
port of the United States. But the conduct of
the party in this case was altogether different.
hie entered the river St. Mary's, the boundary
between the United States and Florida, and took
his position on the Spanish side, on which, in the
whole extent of the river, there was no town, no
port, or custom-house, and scarcely any settle-
ment. His purpose, therefore, was not to sell
his goods to the inhabitants of Florida, but to
the United States, in exchange for their produc-
tions, which could not be done without a direct
and palpable breach of our laws. It is known
that a regular systematic plan had been formed
by certain other persons for the violation of our
revenue system, which made it the more neces-
sary 443 check the proceeding in its commence-
vela.
'4ll-at the unsettled bank of a river so remote
from the Spanish garrisons and population could
give no protection to any party, in such a prac-
tize, is believed to be in strict accord with the
law of nations. It would not have comported

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with a friend ly policy,in S pal nherself, tohave esta-
blished a custom house there, since it could have,
subserved no other purpose than to elude our
revenue laws. But the Government of Spain did
not adopt that measure. On the contrary it is
understood that the Captain-General of C'iba,
to whom an application to that effect was made,
by these ad venturers, had not acceded to it. The
condition of those provinces for many years be-
fore they were ceded to the United States, need
not now be dwelt on. Inhabited by different
tribes of Indians, and an inroad for every kind
of adventurer, the jurisdiction of Spain may be
said to have been almost exclusively confined to
her garrisons. It certainly could not extend to
places where she had no authority. The rules,
therefore, applicable to settled countries, govern-
ed by laws, could not be deemed so, to the de-
serts of Florida, and to the occurrences there.
It merits attention, also, that the Territory had
been ceded to the United States, by a treaty,
the ramification of which had not been refused,
and which has since been performed. Under
such circumstances, therefore, Spain became
less responsible for such acts committed there,
and the United States more at liberty to
exercise authority, to prevent so great a mis-
' The conduct of this Government has,
every instance, been conciliatory and friend-
,y to France. The construction of our re-
venue law, in its application to such cases,
which have formed the ground of such serious
complaint on her part, and the order to the Col-
lector of St. Mary's, in accord with it, were
given two years before these cases occurred,
and in reference to a breach which was attempt-
ed by the subjects of another power. Its appli-
cation, therefore, to the case in question, was
inevitable. As soon as the treaty, by which
these provinces were ceded to the United States,
was ratified, and all danger of further breach
of our revenue laws ceased, an order was given
for the release of the vessels which had been
seized, and for the dismission of the libel, which
had been instituted against her.
44 The principle of the system of reciprocity,
founded on the law of the 31st March 1815,
has been since carried into effect with the
kingdom of the Netherlands, Sweden, Prussia,
and with Hamburgh, Bremen, Lubeck, and
Oldenburg, with a provision made by subsequent
laws, in regard to the Netherlands, Prussia,
Hamburgh, and Bremen, that such produce and
manufactures as could only be, or most usually
were, first shipped from the ports of these coun-
tries, the same being imported in vessels wholly
belonging to their subjects, should be considered
and admitted as their own manufactures and
productions.
" The Government of Norway has, by an Or-
dinance, opened the ports of that part of the
dominions of the King of Sweden, to the vessels
of the United States, upon the payment of no
other or higher duties than are paid by the
Norwegian vessels, from whatever place arriv-
ing, and with whatever articles laden. They
have requested the reciprocal allowance for the
vessels of Norway in the ports of the United
States. As this privilege is not within the scope
of the Act of the 3d of March, 1815, and can
only be granted by Congress ; and as it may in-
volve the commercial relations of the Union with
other nations, the subject is submitted to the
wisdom of Congress.
44 I have presented thus fully to your view, our
commercial relations with other powers, that,
seeing them in detail with each power, and
knowing the basis on which they rest, Congress
may in its wisdom decide whether any change
ought to be made, add, if any, in what respect.
If this basis is unjust or unreasonable, surely it
ought to be abandoned ; but if it be just and
reasonable, and any change in it will make con-
cessions subversive of the principles of equality,
and tending in its consequences to sap the foun-
dations of our prosperity, then the reasons are
equally strong for adhering to the ground already
taken, and supporting it by further regulations
as may appear to be proper, should any additional
support be found necessary.
44 The question concerning the construction of
the first article of the treaty of Ghent, has been)
by a joint act of the Representatives of the
United States and of Great Britain, at the Court
of St. Petersburgh, submitted to the decision of
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia.
The result of that submission has not yet been
received. The Commissioners under the 6th ar-
ticle of that treaty not having been able to agree
upon their decision, their reports to the two Go-
vernments, conformably to the provisions of the
treaty, may be expected at an early day.
" With Spain, the Treaty of February 22,
1819, has been partly carried into execution.
Possession of East and West Florida has been
given to the United States; but the Officers
charged with that service, by an order from his
Catholic Majesty, delivered by his Minister to
the Secretary of State, and transmitted by a spe-
cial agent to the Captain General of Cuba,
to whom It is directed, and in whom the go-
vernment of those provinces was vested, have not
only omitted, in contravention of the orders of
their Sovereign, the performance of the express
stipulation to deliver over the archives and docu-
ments relating to the property and sovereignty of
those provinces, all of which, it was expected,
would have been delivered,either before or when
the troops were withdrawn, but defeated since
every effort of the United States to obtain them,
especially those of the greatest importance. This
omission has given rise to several incidents of a
painful nature, the character of which will be
fully disclosed by the documents which will here-
after be communicated.
44 In every other circumstance the Law of the
3a of March last, for carrying into effect that
Treaty, has been duly attended to. For the
execution of that part which preserved in force,
for the government of the inhabitants for the
term specified, all the civil, military, and judicial
powers exercised by the existing Government of
those provinces, an adequate number of officers,
as was presumed, were appointed and ordered
to their respective stations. Both provinces were
formed into oi,e territory, and a Governor ap-
pointed for it ; but in consideration of the
pre-existing division; and of the distance and

difficulty of communication between Pensacola,
the residence of the Governor of West Florida,
and St. Augustine, that of the Governor of East
Florida, at which places the inconsiderable po-
pulation of each province was principally col-
lected, two Secretaries were appointed, one to
reside at Pensacola, and the other at St. Augus-
tine. Due attention was likewise paid to the
execution of the laWs of the United States re-
lating to the revenue and the Slave Trade, which
were extended to these provinces. The whole
territory was divided into three collection dis-
tricts, that part lying between the river Saint
Mary's and Cape Florida forming oae, that
from the Cape to the Apalachicola another,
and that from A palachichola to the Perdido
the third. To these districts the usual num-
ber of revenue officers were appointed ; and,
to secure the due operation of these laws, one
judge and a district attorney were appointed to
reside at Pensacola, and likewise one judge and
a district attorney to reside at St. Augustine,
with a specified boundary between them, and
one marshal for the whole, with authority to
appoint a deputy. In carrying this law into
effect, and especially that part of it relating to
the powers of the existing Government of those
provinces, it was thought important, in consi-
deration of the short term for which it was to
operate, and the radical. change which would be
made at the approaching session of Congress to
a.aid expence, to make no appointment which
should not be absolutely necessary to give effect
to those powers, to withdraw none of our citizens
from other pursuits, whereby to subject the Go-
vernment to claims which could not be gratified,
and the parties to losses which it would be pain-
ful to witness.
" It has been seen with much concern that in
the performance of these duties a collision arose
between the Governor of the territory and the
Judge appointed for the western district. It was
presumed that the law under which this transi-
tory Government was organised, and the commis-
sions which were granted to the officers who were
appointed to execute each branch of the system,
and to which the commissions were adapted,
would have been understood in the same sense
by them in which they were understood by the
executive. Much allowance is due to offi-
cers: employed in each branch of this system ; and
the more so, as there is good cause to believe that
each acted under a conviction that he possessed
the power which he undertook to exercise. Of
the officer holding the principal station, I think
it proper to observe, that he accepted it with re-
luctance, in compliance with the invitation given
him, and from a high sense of duty to his coun-
try, being willing to contribute to the consum-
mation of an event which would insure complete
protection to an important part of our union,
which had suffered much from incursion and in-
vasion, and to the defence of which his very gal-
lant and patriotic services had been so signally
and usefully devoted.
" From the intrinsic difficulty of executing laws deriving
their origin from different sources, and so essentially different
in many important circumstances, the advantages, and indeed
the necessity of establiping, as soon as may be practicable, a
well-organized Goveenment over that territory on the principles
of our system, is apparent. This subject, therefore, is recom-
mended to the Pearly consideration of Congress.
" In compliance with an
,injunction Of die law of the 3d of
March last, three Commissioners have also been appointed, and
a board organized, for, carrying into effect the eleventh article
Of the treaty above recited, making provision for the payment
of such of our citizens as have well founded claims on Spain,
of the character specified by that treaty. This board has enter-
ed on its duties, and made some progress therein. The Com-
missioner and Surveyor of his Catholic .I ajesty, provided for by
the fourth article of the treaty, have not yet'arrived in the Unit-
ed States, but are soon expected. As soon as they do arrive,
corresponding appointments will be made, and every facility af-
forded for the due execution of this service.
" The Government of his Most Faithful Majesty, since the
termination of the last Session of Congress, has been removed
from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, where a revolution similar to
that which had occurred in the neighbouring kingdom of Spain
had in like manner been sanctioned by the accepted and
pledged faith of the reigning Monarch. The diplomatic in-
tercourse between the United States and the Portuguese domi-
nions, interrupted by that important event, has not yet been
resumed ; but the change of internal administration having al-
ready materially affected the commercial intercourse of the
United States with the Portuguese dominions, the renewal of
the public missions between the two countries appears to be ad.
visable at an early hour.
" It is understood that the colonies in South America have
had great success during the present year, in the struggle for
their independence. The new government of Columbia has
extended its territories and considerably augmented its strength,
and at Buenos Ayres, where civil dissension had for sonic tune
before prevailed, greater harmony and better order appear to
have been established. Equal success has attended their ef-
forts in the Provinces on the Pacific. It has long been mani-
fest that it would be impossible for Spain to reduce these colo-
nies by force, and equally so, that no conditions short of their
independence would be satisfactory to therm It may, there-
fore, be presumed, and it is earnestly hoped, that the govern-
ment of Spain, guided by enlightened and liberal councils, will
find it to comport with its interests, and due to its magnanimity,
to terminate this exhausting controversy on that basis. To pica-
mote this result by friendly counsel with the government of '
Spain, will be the object of the government of the United States.
" In conducting the fiscal operations of the year, it has been
found necessary to carry into full effect the act of the last Ses-
sion of Congress authorising a loan of five millions of dollars.
This sum has been raised at an average premium of five dol-
lars fifty-nine hundredths-per cent. upon stock, bearing an in.
terest at the rate of five. per cent per annum, redeemable at the
option of the Government after the Ist of January, 1835.
" There has been issued, under the provisions of this Act;
4,735,296 dollars, 30 cents.' of 5 percent. stock ; and there has
been, or will be redeemed during the year, 3,19740 dollars 71
cents. of Louisiana fi,per cent, and deferred stock, and Mis-
sissipi stock. There has, therefore, been an actual increase of
the public debt, contracted during the year, of 1,538,266 dol-
lars 69 cents.
" The receipts into the Treasury from the Ist of January to
the 30th of September last, have amounted to 16,219,197 &A-
lars 70 cents , which; with the balance of 1,198,461 dollars '2l
cents. in the Treasury on the former day, make the aggregate
sum of 17,417,658 dollars 91 cents.
" The payments from the Treasury during the same period
have amounted to 15,645,283 dollars 47 cents. leaving in the
Treasury on the last mentioned day, the sum of 1,762,370 dol-
lars 44 cents. It is estimated that the receipts of the fourth
quarter of the year will exceed the demands which will be made
'on the Treasury during the same period, and that the amount
in the Treasury on the 30th September last will be increased
on the first day of January next.
" At the close of the last session it was anticipated that the
progressive diminution of the public revenue in 1819 and 1820,
which had been the result of the languid state of our foreign
commerce in those years, had in the latter year reached its
extreme point of depression. It has, however, been ascertained.
that that point was reached only at the termination of the first
quarter of the present year. From that time until the 30th of
September last, the duties-secured have exceeded those of the
corresponding quarters of the last year, one million one hun-
dred and seventy-two thousand dollars, whilst the amount of
debentures issued during the three first quarters of this year
is nine hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars less than that of
the same quarters of the last year.
" There are just punds to believe that the improvement
which,
has occurred ino the revenue, during the last mentioned
period,. will not only be maintained, but that it will prof,
increase through the next and several succeeding yea
that
s,
so as to realize the results which were presented up

subject, by the official reports of the Treasury, at the com-
mencement of the last session of Congress.
" Under the influence of the most unfavourable circum-
stances, the revenue for the next and subsequent years, to the
ear 1825, will exceed the demands atprcsent authorised by law.
" It may fairly. be presumed that, under the protection given
to domestic manufactures by the existing laws, we shall become,
at no distant period, it manefacturing country, on an extensive
scale. Possessing, as we do, the raw materials in such vast
amount, with a capacity to augment them to an indefinite ex-
tent—raising within the country aliment of every kind to an
amount far exceeding the demand for home consumption, even
in the most unfavourable years, and to be obtained always at a
moderate price—skilled also as our people are in the mechanical
' arts, and in every improvement calculated to lessen the demand
for and the price of labour, it is manifest that their success in
every branch of domestic industry may and will be carried,
under the encouragement given by the present duties, to an ex-
tent to meet any demand which, under a fair competition, may
be made on it.
" A considerable increase of domestic manufactures, by di-
minishing the importation of foreign, will probably tend to les-.
sen the amount of the public revenue. As, however, a large
proportion of the revenue, which is derived from duties, is
raised from other articles than manufactures, the demand
which will increase with our population, it is believed that a
fund will still be raised from that source, adequate to the
greater part of the national expenditures, especially as those
expenditures, should we continue to be blessed with peace, will
thep iocinsol
ktiso bytthhee
augmentation
odfo cthk
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by earddism,
navy to the point to 1%111(11 it is proposed to carry it, and by the
inished
payment of the public debt, including pensions for military
otbhyer
services.
" It cannot be doubted, that tile more complete our inter-
nal resources, and the less dependent we are on foreign powers,•
for every national, as well as domestic purpose, the greater and
more stable will be the public felicity. By the increase of
domestic manufactures, will the demand'for the rude materials
at home be increased, and thus will the dependence of the
several parts of our Union depend on each other, and the •
strength of the Union itself be proportionably augmented. In
',this process, which is very desirable, and enviable under the
'existing duties; the resources which, obviously present them-
selves to supply a defiCiency in the revenue, should it occur,
ate the interests which may derive the principal benefit from
the change. If domestic manufactures arc raised by duties
on foreign, the deficiency in the fund necessary for public pur-
poses should' be supplied by duties on, the former. At the last
Session, it seemed doubtful whether the revenue derived from
the present sources would be adequate to all the great purposes
of our Union, including the construction of our fortifications,
the augmentation of our navy, and the protection of our com-
merce against the dangers to which it is exposed. Had the de-
ficiency been such as to subject us to the necessity, either to
abandon those measures of defence, or to resort to other means
of adequate funds, the course presented to the adoption of a
virtuous and enlightened people appeared to be a plain one.
It must be gratifying to all to know, that this necessity does
not exist. Nothing, however, in contemplation of such im-
portant objects, which can!be easily provided for, should be left
to hazard. It is thought that the revenue may receive an aug-
mentation from the existing sources, and in a manner to aid our
manufactures, without hastening permanently the result which
has been suggested. It is believed that a moderate additional
duty on certain articles would have that effect, without being
liable to any serious objection.
"'The examination of the whole coast, for the construction of
permanent fortifications, from St. Croix to the Sabine, with the
exception of a part of the territory lately acquired, will be
completed in the present year, as will be the survey of the Mis-
sissippi, under the resolution of the House of Representatives,
from the mouth of the Ohio to the Ocean ; and likewise of the
Ohio from Louisville to the Mississippi. A progress, corres-
ponding with the sunis appropriated, has also been made in the
construction of these fortifications, at the points designated--
As they will form a system of defence for the whole maritime
frontier, and, in consequence, for the interior, and are to last
for ages, the utmost care has been taken to fix the position of
each work, and to form it on such a scale as will be adequate
to the purpose intended by it. All the inlets and assailable
parts of our Union have been minutely examined, and positions
taken, with a view to the best effect, observing, in every in-
stance, a just regard to economy. Doubts, however, being en-
tertained as to the propriety of the position and extent of the
work at Dauphine Island, further progress in it was suspended,
soon after the last Session of Congress, and an order given to
the Board of Engineers and Naval Commissioners, to make a
further and more minute examination of it in both respects,
and to report the result without delay.
" Due progress has been made in the construction of vessels
of war, according to the law provided for the gradual augmen-
tation of the navy, and to the extent of existing appropriations.
The vessels authorised by the Act of 1820 have all been com-
pleted, and are now in actual service. None of the larger
ships have been, or will be, launched, for the present, the ob-
ject being to protect all .which may not be required for hume-
diate service front decay, by • suitable buildings erected over
them. A squadron has been maintained, as heretofore, in the
Mediterranean, by means whereof peace has been preserved
with the Barbary Powers. This squadron has been reduced in
the present year to as smell a force as is compatible with the
fulfilment of the object intended by it. From past experience,
and the best information respecting the views of those Powers,
it is distinctly understood that, should our squadron be with-
drawn, they would soon recommence their hostilities and de-
predations upon our commerce. Their fortifications have lately
been rebuilt, and their maritime force increased. It has also
been found necessary to maintain a naval force in the Pacific,
for the protection of the very important interests of our citi-
zens engaged in commerce and the fisheries in that sea. Ves-
sels have lately been engag
'ed in cruising along the Atlan-
tic coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the coast of Africa, and in
the neighbouring seas. In the latter many piracies have been
committed on our commerce, and so extensive was becoming
the range of those unprincipled adventurers, that there was
cause to apprehend, without a timely and decisive effort to
suppress them, the worst consequences would ensue. Fortu-
nately, a considerable check has been given to that snint by
our cruizers, who have succeeded in capturing and destroying
several of their vessels. Nevertheless, it is considered an ob-
ject of high importance to continue these cruisers until the
practice is entirely suppressed. Like success has attended
our efforts to suppress the slave trade. Under the flag of the
United States, and the sanction of their papers, the trade may
be considered as entirely suppressed ; and, if any of our citizens
are engaged in it, under the flags and papers of other powers, it
is only from a respect to the right of those powers, that these
offenders are not seized and brought home, to receive the pu-
nishment which the law inflicts. If every other power should
adopt the same policy, and pursue the same vigorous means for
carrying it into effect, the trade could no longer exist.
• " Deeply impressed with the blessings which we enjoy, and
of which we have such manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly
drawn to that Almighty Being, the great source from whence
they proceed, and to whom our most grateful acknowledgments
are due. " JAMES MONROE."
" Washington, Dec. 3. 1821."

AGRICULTURE•.

MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER. The
floods and water-sodden state of the soil, in many
parts, have prevented wheat sowing or fallowing
the land 'at the regular season. In the mean
time, the mild temperature ,of the whole autumn
has pushed forward all the early sown Wheats
to a height and luxuriance scarcely ever before
witnessed. The present has been altogether a wet
half-year :in the first half of the year the depth of
rain was below the average, but the last 3 months
have swelled the annual fall in Middlesex to an ex-
cess of nearly double the annual average. In tha
yhathsenlo)at roocmceutrerre(piretisieeisiete3d a phew,-
last two months the fall has been 13 inches (61-
per month,) flooding all low lands, and destroy-
-5 years—
lug the agricultural and gardening crops. On
(rni
t'Ae'fnreiflit'nt o'' ':ls2iBde -105, and on the '2st h , at 7 A. M. was
ast. while the day was
clear,
17:',1:1, 1
r -.)d the thermometer 47
,between which
and 56, the latter has ranged through the the
month,wi nd
the prevailing winds being S. W., with very
sliAt morning frosts, and
, no snow.

We are happy to state that the Pheenix,WEA-
TuERHEAD, With 180 'convicts, from Portsmouth
for New South Wales, which sailed on Thursday
se'nnight, is at anchor in safety under Dungeness.
—ft has been stated as a report in some of the
London Papers, that this ship had been lost on
the 0 wers, but we are happy to add that there
is no appearance whatever of any wreck there.