The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-09 00:00:00

tONGRIISS OF THE UNITED STATES.

ISCOUSE OP ItIFRESENTATIVES, NOV. 16.
The eng'ros'sed Bill, making farther provision for
%frying into effect the Treaty of Amity, Com.
tierce and Navigation, between the United States
and Great Britain, was read a third time and passed.
'Nothing was done this day in the Senate. After
waiting with some impatience till past twelve
o'clock, the Vice-President at length appeared.
He immediately mounted the Chair, and had hardly
tested himself when an Adjournment was moved.
Hs put. the question, which being carried, he ad..
journed the Senate until Monday, and instantly re-
tired frorn the room, without a single interchange,
'With any of the Members, of the ordinary ads of
'civility or respell. lam informed that Mr. BURR
lin dined with the President, and was a few even.
illtsinoe one of a mixed party at Mr. MADISON'S.
Although Congress, in their constituted farm, have
hot Yet done any bUsiness, it is well understood
ere, that the Members in the Ministerial interest
'lave not been inaflive in sounding the disposition
mid wishes of the Representatives on the leading ob-
leas of the Session. It is confidently stated, that
41rOng fears'are entertained by this Party as to the
kettilt Of the intended trial of Judge CHASE. Per.
tom well informed on this subjefl, affirm, that the
101 l of
if not relinquished, will eventually
aail of its turpose. The building of the south
41ng of the Capital is in great forwardness, and
most probably, he in. a. state of readiness for
the accommodation of Congress at the next Session.
It is built with much strength and care. M. Tu.
ittau, Minister from France, had an audience of
the President this rimming. A Paper of the zSth
bays, the British Ships {i War, Leander and Cam.
whiCh left this Harbour on the 3d,.in pur-
allit of the Dijon and Cybele French Frigates, ar.
rived at Halifax on the isth, after an unsuccessful
thee.

On the ezd inst. there was read a first and second
time in the House of Representatives. of the United
ttates, and ordered for a third reading on the 23d,
41 A Bill fur the more effeCtud Preservation of Peace
in the Ports and Harbours of the United States, and
in the Waters under their Jurisdiction." The fol.
lowing provisions of this Bill arc particularly ap.
.Plicable to the Vessels of Foreign Powers :
Sec. 2. "Andtin order to prevent insults to the au.
tbotity of the Lawcwhereby the peace of the United
States with Foreign Nations may be endangered, be
It further enaded,that it shall be lawful for the Presi-
dent of the United States either to permit,or interdict,
at pleasure, the entrance of the harbours and waters
boder the jurisdiCtion of the United States, to all
arthedvessels belonging to any foreign nation, and
by force to repel and remove them from the same,
except when they shall be forced in by distress, by
the dangers of the sea, by being pursued by an cnc.
tltYs Or when charged with dispatchei 'or business
from the Government to which they belong ; in
which casts, as well as in all others when they
11411 be permitted to enter, the Commanding Officer
shall immediately report his vessel to the Collator
of the Distil}, stating the objet of causes of his
mitring the harbour or waters, shall take such po.
*Rion Its the harbour or waters as shall be assigned
him by Such ColleCior, and shall conform himself,
hi` Vessel, and crew, to such regulations, respecting
eal,ths supplies, stay, intercourse, and departure,
11„4 rail be signified to him by the said Colleetor,
~",r1"!1' the authority and diredions of the President
71. tint United States ; and not conforming thereto,
he required to depart from the United States.
toe CC. 3. " And be it further enafted, That when-
er any armed vessels of a forcign nation, enter.
Itnlg theharbours or waters within the jurisdiClion of
• it 'e
nbnit'll States, and required to depart there.
byto the ColleflOr of the Distria, shall fail
-0 so, it shall be lawful for the President of
United
_,States to forbid, by, Proclamations
all intercourse with such vessel, and with every
4110 vessel of the same nation, aoti, the offh:ers
farnd clew thereof, to prohibit all supplies and aid
c-.°11„1 nbeing furnished them, and alsb to instruCt the
shall
iccLfor of the Distridt where such armed vessel
tjai;les,ttrld of any and every other Dist rift of the
.tates, to refuse permission to any vessel
ve".naing to the same nation, or to its Citizens or
u._eftis to make entry or unlade, so long as the
said armed vessel shall remain in the-harbours or
"ergot' the United States, in defiance of the pub.
11e authority. And if, after publication of the said
riodarnation, any person shall, in contempt there-
of, furniih any supplies oz aid to "cl/ armed vessel,
in at?Y Other, contrary .o the prohibition cow:tined
te said Proelaination, the person or persons so
ending shall loticit and pay a turn not exceeding
inform dollars, to be recovered by indictment or
ir.„ Illation in any Court in the United States hay.
t;l,cc.°)Petetit jurisdiction, and shall also be liable
,c,,o.otind to their good behaviour.
int:" 4. " And be it further enacted, That when.
an any tt!/' Officer of an armed vescel commissioned
ftttc' /4 "
erein Power shall be guilty of any of-
W pugnishable by Alija At, or shall, us the

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liation of their property, or vexation of ,trading
vessels coming to or going from the Unitetl
it shall be lawful for the President of the 'Visited
States, on due proof of the farts, by Proclamation,
for ever to interdit3/4 the entrance of the said Officer
within the limits of the United States : and if he
be found therein thereafter, he shall be liable to be
arrested and punished by fine and imprisonment, in
any Court in the United States, having competent
-jurisdiction, both for the offence with which he was
originally charged, and also for having entered
within the limits of the United States after having
been intertlitled,- and shall likewise be transported
to such parts beyond the seas, as the Court shall
determine, and so often as he shall be found within
the limits of the United States after having been
nterditted as aforesaid."

The account published, says Thr Charleston Con.
rirr, of the 6th inst. respet.ting the infamous min.;
der of Mr. TATE, Mate of the armed ship Pilgrim, of
Philadelphia, at Cape Franc )is, was in some respells
incorred. The following particulars are furnished
by a Gentleman who was an eye.witness of the whole
transaction : it would seem that two unfortunate
Frenchmen, together with some Mulattoes, had been
introduced on board this vessel (probably with the
knowledge of the Officers), and securely stowed away
under deck with the cargo. By some means infor.
minion reached CHR ISTOPHE, that they were con.
cealed on board. Mr. LYNCH, the Supercargo, and
Capt. GIBSON, being on shore, declared their igno.
ranee of any person's being concealed on board.
The Commander in Chief immediately dispatched a
guard of soldiers on board the Ship, who tore up
the deck over the heads of the unfortunate fugitives,
and, together with Mr. TATE (he being the Com.
manding Officer then on board), forced them on
shore, On their landing upon the wharf, the un.
fortunate American saw but too plainly the fate
which awaited him, and, addressing himself to his
amazed countrymen, he exclaimed, " Americans I
will you see me thus dragged to execution like a
dog, and no one step forward to assert my inno-
cence ?" " Yes," said one (a Mr. SMITH, Super.
cargo of a vessel from Baltimore) " I.will speak for
you !" Instantly a sentinel was ordered to run
him through with his bayonet ;, but he escaped by
springing into his boat and instantly pushing off.
The prisoners were then led up to the public scales!
Mr. 'TAT a and the .two Frenchmen had halters
placed about their necks, mounted this tempoiary
scaffold, and were precipitately launched into eter.
nity. The arms of the Frenchmen were pinioned,
• but those of Mr. TATE were left untied, and in his
struggles he repeatedly caught hold of the cord by
which he was suspended, and entirely removed it
from his throat, the cord passing round his chin and
the back of his neck; in this manner he expired. As
he mounted the ladder, he said, " Americans 1
Americans ! I die this ignominious death for duly
executing my orders !" The feelings of the Arne.
ricans on this occasion may be more readily, felt,:
than described.
‘1 In Hampton Roads," says the Norfolk Pei Ortit
of November 24, " arrived the ship Bald Eagle,
Captain LANcoom, 12; days from Amsterdam,
with nearly 300 passebgers, hound to Baltimore.—
The Pilot_boat sent to her with provisions returned
last evening, and we arc happy to learn that their
situation is not so deplorable as was imagined—up.
wards of thirty have died ; the Captain and Mate
have been sick, hut are quite recovered, and the
whole are now in good health. The vessel has
lost her rudder, maintop-mast, and almost all her
sails, her stern is also much shattered."
The ship, Alexander, KING, sixty days from
London, and an English Ship from Ireland, are be.
low, bound up.

NEW.YORK, Dna c•

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM. AN OFFICER OF THE
SQUADRON OF THE UNITED STATES, OFF TRI..
Poll, DATED AUG. 9, 1804.
" I received your favour by the Frigate jokn
Adams, which arrived here yesterday.
" The wants of the captives at Tripoli have been
liberally supplied by Commodore FEEBLE, who not
long since sent them a vessel with clothing and a
variety of other articles ; all of which they have
received, and say they are amply supplied. Their
situation has been comfortable, as much so as cacti.
vity will admit of. We have had two anions with"
the enemy. On the 3 i inst. they lost three of their
gun.boats,captured by our's under their battery, and
they sustained considerable loss in men, On the 7th
we bombarded the town for five hours, when they
must have sustained great damage. Our loss in both
was trifling, considering what we had to contend
with. But lam sorry to' inform you of the loss of
Lieut. CALDWELL, a brave and excellent Officer,
who un the 7th was blown up in his gun.buat. The
favourable effeft these two. anions have had upon
the enemy i 8 very visible, and as a communication
is to take place to.morrow, there is great hopes
that Peace will be the consequence. When our un.
Untunate countrymen will be restored to liberty."

EXTRACT OF A LITTER FROM AN OFFICER ON
BOARD THE uNtrEu STATES ARMED BRIG SY.

RCN, BI FJItE IitIPOLI.
Syren, Aug, 9, 1804.

On the 16th ult. we attempted to bring off with
our boats, under command of Lieut. CALDWELL and
Mr. DORSE Ye a small vessel, but they did not sue.
ceed, the colleaion of Troops for her defence was
so numerous, our boats had to retire with the loss
of one man killed and three severely wounded. The
loss of the enemy was is° killed and wounded, as
we have been informed by a Maltese Captain, who
was sent in with clothing for our Prisoners.
f Commoduto Flu u tia arrived here on the 23d

the zi.th,: when we anehni'ed in a line
Ttirli, about three miles from the batteries,
whrte we had not been two hours before we were
ohbged to get under way, a's the wind blew too
ire,l► un ;;hire : but this clay it has moderated, and
we shall be able to take our station before their bat.

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