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binet is occupied for the legal establishment of
the Liberty of the Press in the whole of the
PrttsSian States. It is besides a ►act, that the eir-
Nation of all the periodical works, and foreign
Journal:, which are published ht those States
Where the most entire liberty of the press exists,
Is permitted amongst us, and that there is not the
least suppression or prohibition of any public
Journal or work whatsoever.
" Some persons moreovPr look upon it as a
thing decided on, that the Censorship will be
abolished."
Phil

adelphia Papers to the Ist of January, and
Letters to the s!h, arrived this morning.
(Prom the Philadelphia Gazette of the 34th of Der.)
GAINF.s has arrived at Fort 1-I,swkins.
i"ing left Fort Scott the sth inst..; the object
the frontier at the present moment, was
I)fr4b4bly to hasten the movement of the troops
It°lll this State, who took up the line of march at
,!) Q'clock on Sunday ; success to theist.- Pre-
-711413 to, their departure, a complimentary Ge-
-"ral Order was issued and read to .them. We
i
1114erstand that Gen. GAINES contemplates visiting
11.1'' at Point Petre before he returns to the
Zian Nation. If so, should presume that
f -"Scott was not only secure against an attack
~r6in the Savages, but that offensive operations
(wn:" Cease on our part till he rejoins the army
t„l.4ich will be as soon as the Militia arrives),
-'Ntr he will put an end to the little' war in that
%rtes.,

(From the same Paper)
hiPoRTANT.—We learn from a correct source
(s:Ys The New York Gazette), that all proceedings
'Government relative to the Floridas ate for the
present suspended, in consequence, it is believed,
.1. orders received by the .Spanish Minister from
411 Government.

°lfice of the New York Gazette, Dec. 2S—Noon.
ship Indus arrived yesterday on her ma-
ltBr(l-hound passage (10th. March), touched at
the Island of Tristan de Cunha, where she found
the
British Flag flying, and a number of troops
f :9111 the Cape of Good Hope ; they were fortify-
the place, and had erected a number of brick
Ilitlings with bricks of their own manufacture.
(I,:ont ay Philadelphia Journal of Dec. 30.)
ITSE OF REPREENTATIVES, WEDNESDAY, DEc. 4.
St)4VIVING REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS.—The
Ir
PrOVldilig for certain surviving Officers and
')lliers of the Revolutionary -Army was read a
inir4
~otion was made by Mr. LOWNDES to re-
. iinitiritit the Bill to a Committee of the whole
t!)444, With instructions to limit the benefits of
tel't to soldiers who were enlisted for a term
o
`111"ee years, or for the War, and who did not
:ese" ; and to Officers win) continued in the set.-
iet' of the United States to the conclusion of the
Iv
in 1783, or were left out of the service in
(4iseqtletice of disability, or of some derange-
-414t of the Army.
The question being stated on thus recommitting
-13i11, Mr. EowAun mom' to amend the said
"trnctions, by striking out the words " three
ple4rs," and to insert in lien therof, " one year."
lie Question was then taken on the final passage
of the Bill, and decided in the affirmative, without
litlivision and the Bill was sent to the Senate for
"i'eurrence.

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It COLUMBIA RIVER, AND NORTH WEST
'C'4ll. Op AMERICA.—" An important circum-
tloce has come to our knowledge, which, at any
Ilt.ecediug time of (tor history, would have excited
"iversal indignation, if national right and the
'lig"itY of the Crown were not instantly and pc-
-I:thptorily asserted. We learn that the United
9tes have ac,uallv dispatched a frigate round
,1/4'
I'4o the Pacific Ocean, to take possession of the
Columbia; a British station, where there
13 a small colony of settlers, with a fort upon
*l'ich the British flag flies. It was originally
taken possession of by VANCOUVER, in his MA-
!BSTY'S time ; and that British American Sub-
jects have long occupied posts on the heads of the
t./14111bia, and the rivers flowing from the Rocky
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41""nlains to the Pacific, is well known ; and
.(114t they bad, previously to the discoveries of
'4"sts Lewis and CLARKE (particularly by the
'lpedition of Sir ALEXANDER INPKENziE), ex-
:Pi:ire(' the whole country, butt they had made no
qtablishment on the coast till 1813. In that year,
Flevions to the arrival of the Racoon, their traders
1""rn the interior made an arrangement with some
,(l'izens of the United States, who had established
:;lernselves at the mouth of the Columbia, by which
leY purchased their goods and post,and were found
possession by Capt. BLACK, of the Racoon, who
ho •
cin declared his MAJESTY'S title to the settle-
!i4ent by the right of original discovery, and on
!Itis repeated the solemnities before made use of by
VANclouvett, and the other British Navigators
Ilho had visited the spot. This is, in fact, a re-
vival of the Nootka' Sound question, the claim
-111ftde by the United Statt:s arising solely from

the purchase of Louisiana from Spain, and which
by their construction would put an end to 4111
projected expedition to the North Pole, since, it
discovered, they would elAiin possession of the
whole tit it !.'—(llorning Chronicle)

It the above account be correct—and which
we are ittfortned is really well-founded—it affords
another proof of the anti-pacific disposition or
the Government of the 'Joked States rowa►ds
Great Britain, notwithstandiog our relinquish-
ment of the great Western Frontier to them, and
the abandonment of our friends and allies, the
Indians holdering on the States, underthe Treaty
of Ghent. What course will be pursued on this
occasion we know not ; but we think the digni-
fied conduct observed ou the question of Nootka
Sound should he followed, and the Rights of the
Country upheld ; though, fro►tl the surtender of
the Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, without re-
striction, and the relinquishment of the real
Boundary of New Brunswick to the United
States—there is little reason to apprehend that
this additional aggression on the part of die Ame-
ricans will awaken the Ministry to a correct view
of the British Interests on that Continent. The
present extent of the American Navy, the
increasing Military Force of the country, and ex-
tension of their fortifications, eke. in every part of
the Union, further indicate the hostile and ambi-
tious designs of that Government ; and if any
thing were wanting to confirm our view of the
President's Speech at the opening of Congress,
it will be found in his recent Message on the
army and fortifications. .Indeed, we everywhere
find a concurrence in our ideas of the vie►cs.of the
American Government; and therefore hope the Bri-
tish Ministers will no longer. he indifferent to the

importance of the continuance of our connexion
with the Continent of Ametica, not only as it
regards our trade, manufactures, and naviga-
tion, but our national welfare and independ-
ence ; for, should England ever be humiliated, it
will either be on that Continent, or by that
Power on the Seas. The immorral NELSON ex-
pressed thii opinion, and in quarters where it
cannot fail to be remembered.
If the British Inhabitants on the American Con-
tinent are not to be protected, hut be left to 'he
Chapter of Accidents for defence, it will be much
more dignified in the Mother Country explicitly to
state her intentions towards them, and not to
leave them to struggle for existence with a nation
whose subjects will never forget the conduct
adopted in former wars by'our loyal Countrymen
in British North America towards them. And
should the United States possess themselves of the
WHOLE of that Continent, we must soon niake our
minds up to the loss of the British West Indies.
That this idea is nut chimerical or new, we need
only refer to RAYNAL, TALLEYRANO, and other
modern writers on the
_United- States—and it
should seem, that notwithstanding all our know-
ledge and experience on this subject, awl of
the American Character, a wayward policy is
still pursued, equally injurious to the Mother
Country and its dependencies in that hemi-
sphere. if a doubt were entertained that the
Americans have any right to the Columbia Ri-
ver, or any part of the North• west Coast of that
Continent, we could refer the Public to many an-
cient and modern authorities, to skew there is not
a shadow of pretence for it—but for the present
we content ourselves by :recommending to their
attention Baron HUMBOLDT'S recent work on
that Continent, in which they will find this claim
of the Americans controverted and denied.

COURT MOURNING TERMINATED --This iS the
last, day of the Court Mourning for the 'lamented
Princess CHARLOTTE.—To-morrow (being the
completion or three months) the Court goes en-
tirely out of mourning..
BRIGHTON, JAN. 29 —This afternoon Prince
ESTERHAZY, accompanied by Prince H ESSE 110M-
BERG, arrived at the Pavilion. The Right Hon.
Lord STewART took his farewell leave of the
PRINCE REGENT previously to his departure for
Vienna.

A letter from Hanover, dated January 13, says,
" The Duke of CAMBRIDGE will return to Cassel
at the latter end of this week. The marriage is
said to be fixed for the. 241111 of February. Their
Highnesses will afterwards go to England to pass
the summer. Miss de HEDAMANN, daughter of
the late General of that name, is one of the Ladies
of Honour of the Princess."

A letter from Dover, dated Jan. 29, says—
" His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON arrived
here this day at two o'clock, from London, and
embarked in the Lord Duncan packet, Captain
HAMILTON, at three P. Di. for Calais."

According to an article from Vienna, the son
of BOONAPARTE is to be his highness the Duke of
and is to take rank after the Princes of
ti►e Imperial Family.
_Yesterday the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER
had a consultation with the Earl of LIVERPOOL,
at Fife [louse, for upwards of four hours, from
eleven o'clock till past three.
The SPEAKER of the House of Commons gives
his first public entertainment to-morrow, at his
residence, Palace-yard.
The Chapel Royal. St. James's Palace, will
open to-morrow for Divine Service, after having
been shot up for .six months, to be repaired and
new beautified.