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/JOUST OF REPRESEN F.% I IVES, _MARcii 10.

RELATIONS WITII seattf.
~h. LOWNDRS, fromthe Committee on Foreign
'elations deliverid in the following Report
The Committee to whom has been referred so
it
~,tlch of the President's Message, at the. coin-
rileement of the Session, as relates to Foreign
Affairs, respectfully report—
That their attention was directed, immediately upon their
llPPointment, to the state of the relations of the United
States with Spain, and that their delay in making a report
liPatt thrill must be attributed to their wish " to afford an

61iNitsiiIty for such friendly connmsnications, during the
Present Session of Congress," as tine Government of Spain had
authorised us to expect. They Cmught it better that Con-
gress should postpone its detertuinatia;l until events might
enable it to make that determination definitive, than that 't
813041 d pass a Contingent Act for authorising measures which
it Was not proposed immediately to execute; that it should
found its determination upon relations ascertained to exist,
than upon a calculation of events which might he expected to
occur during its sitting.
But more than a year has passed since the, signature of the
Treaty by which it was proposed to teraninate the long dif-
ferences between the United States and Spain. More than
Six months since, the appointment of a new Minister from
Spain, who was " forthwith" to make known to the United
States the inteniions of his Government, anal we have ad-
/anted so far in tine Session as to snake it necessary
.to pro-
Pose without further delay, any measure on which it is ex-
Peetad that CongresS'shall'act before its adjournment.
The Committee will not attempt to add any thing to the
'exposition of the rights of the United States and the obliga-
tluns of Spain, which is contained in the correspondence be-
tween the two Governments. We can hardly expect, from
continued neg,ociation, the redress which has been claimed
far 20 years, and promised for 18—which has been a second
time promised, and a second time withheld. lii such a ncgo-
eiatinan, tine signature of a treaty seems to be a nacre incident,
and not its term. •
For the spoliations which have been eons upon the
Property of our citizens, for the invasion of c il,for the
'weakness or partiality which has made a Spanish territory the
Plac, of rendereon3 and encampment of an enemy, and which
less still more lately permitted the ludian inhabitants of that
teiritory (whom Spain was hound by tneaty to restrain) to en-
gage in savage hostilities against us ; for all these acts of war,
a people less attached to peace would seek redress only by
war. To capture and confiscate the ships and property of the
aeroug 'does , would be admitted to be a policy of mildness
.and forbearance; but, by such reprisals, the Go; ernment that
does the wrong suffers less than the unoffending subject. It
seems a more just reprisal to occupy the province which has
been made an instrument of injury, which has been designat-
ed by 'pain herself at-the fund for our indemnity, and whOse
occupation by the United States will stop the accumulation of
these claims for compensation and redress, which the misgo-
vernment of that neglected colony continually produces. The
Committee submit to the House a Bill to authorize the Pre-
Slaeut of the United States to take posse4sion of East and
West Florida, and estatlish a temporary government there.
There appears too much reason to believe, from the mis-
take of the Spanish negotiator, as to the dates of the Spanish
grants, which it seas intended to annaal, if the projected
Treaty had been ratiscd, that the Crown lands inn forida may
he insufficient to provide the expected indemnity for cur
losses. But these may be applied, as far as they will go, to
the compensation of wur citizens; and for the excess of our
.claim, Spain, by whose act the dousainonf Florida has been
xendeted inadequate, must expect us to look westward,' Per-
haps, wben our attentions is thus lot ced to a riireetionanore
interesting to Spaint,lar Government may at last admit that it
is as much to her' interest as ours, that the just claims of the
United States should be- provided for by friendly contention,
and we may hope that the next Treaty between the two na-
tions may be executed as wall as signed. •
The Bill,.accompaaving the Repot t, provides by
' • See. t. That the l';esident of the United States' is thereby

authorized to take possession, and occupy the territories of

'East and West Florida, and 'to employ any part of the army
and navy of t!!e United States, and the militia of any State
Which he may deem necessary.

Sec. 2 That until the end of the next Session of Congress,
811 the military, civil, and judicial powers, shall lie vested in
such persons as the President of the Uuited.Stat es shall di-
rect, for maintaining the inhabitants of the said territories
in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion.
• lie Impost Laws, and the'Laws relative to the importation
of persons of colour, shall be extended to the said territories.
Sec. n. Makes the appropriation necessary to carry the law
boo tffdct.

Irswicti ELecirioN.—We have authority to
'stale, that the Scrutiny I,)r the Borough of Ips-
wich closed.yesterday, when ROBERT ALEXANDER
CalcKarr, Esq. and WILLIAM UALDIMAND, Esq.
were returned, as Members ; and trot Messrs. LEN-
Num and il.m.DImANn, as errooetiosly published
in some of the Papers.—The numbers, on the
4106 e of the•Scrutioyi were, •
Crickitt 430

Round
Lennard
428.

Mi 4otst 'f HEATRES. —The Information against
the Proprietors of the Cohourg Theatre bets heen
set aside by the 51.1gistrates at Riegate, on the
ground of Iqformality.

VOCAL CONCERT —The fourth of the series of
'these excellent Concerts
_took place in the Ha.-
tover-quare Rooms last night, and had a nume-
ions and elegant auditory. The pettormances,.
'vocal and instrumental, were judiciously varied
And well executed.--Mrs. SALMON vas encored in
It fine Italian air ,by Ro:4ltsii, the only encore
°f the evening.—Miss STEPHENS, BARTLEMAN,
and VAUGHAN, ably contributed their talents.--
Violin Concerto by Senn R was most deservedly
81)Platttled. The .p.rintett Book stated, that Ma-
dame MARA was still suffering under the illness
which affected her when she too hastily ventured
to Came forward at the Opera House. The whole
concluded with a Grand Choros, front the Mount
of Olives, the flue Oratorio of BEETriovEN, 10
which this country is indebted for its intiodue-
lion to Sir GEORGE SMART.
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ate
seven carriages belonging to the late KING
have been brooKht to London from Windsor, and
r"Sed in the King's Mews, Chaiing-cross.