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ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,

December, 1207.
PERSONS whose annual Premiums fall due on the
25th inst. are hereby informed, that Receipts are now ready
to be delivered at the Company's Office, over the ROYAL. Ex-
ettar4o/ and in PALL-Matt, as well as by their respective Agents
in the several Counties; and the parties assured are requested to
apply, for the renewal of their Polities, on or before the 9th of
January next, as the usual fifteen days allowed for payment, beyond
the date of each Policy, will then expire.
SAMUEL FENNING, jun. See.
• • Attendance Is given, daily, at the said Offices, for the
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Assurance of Buildings, Goods, Merchandise, and Ships in Har-
bour, in Dock, or while Building, from Loss or Damage by Fire,
and also for the Assurance of, and granting Annuities on Lives.
N. B. lire Policies will be issued free of expence to the Assured
where the Annual Premium amounts to Fs. or upwards.

LOCKIER'S CREDITORS.
'THE CREDITORS of THOMAS LOCKIER,
-I- late of Upper Thames-street, Merchant, and formerly Pur-
ser of the Arniston -Indianian, are particularly requested to
send= Account of their respective Demands, together with the
Bills or Notes (if any) held by them, with the Interest calculated
(upon such as express to be payable with interest) up to the 19th
of December last, the date of the Commission, to Messrs. Dennetts
and Greaves, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, on or before
the 19th of January instant, in order that their Depositions may
be prepared previous to the Meeting for the choice of Assignees,
on Saturday, the 29d inst. at one o'clock at Guildhall, and by that
means avoid the Inconvenience and confusion that too frequently
attend their being prepared at Guildhall.

AMERICA

HOUSE OF-REPRESENTATIVES.

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Watenmorox, Dec. I.—Mr. Quincey offered the
following Resolution :
Resolve.—'That the Secretary for the Department of War be
Directed to lay before this House an account of the state of the
fortification of the respective ports and harbours of the United
States, with a statement of the monies appropriated for fortifica-
tions, remaining unexpended ; and an estimate of the sums neces-
sary for completing such fortifications as may be deemed requisite
for their defence.
The Resolution was agreed to without a division.
Mr. Randolph, after preliminary remarks of some
length, offered the following Resolutions :
Resolved--That provision ought to be made by law for procur-
ing a formidable train of field artillery for the service of the United
States.
Resolved—That provision ought to be made by law for arming
and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States.
These Resolutions were referred to a Committee of
the whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Blount from the Committee, to whom the Re-
solutions on the subject yesterday agreed to were re-
ferred, reported a Bill for fortifying the harbours of
the United States, and for building gun-boats, which
was read twice, and referred to a Committee of the
whole, on Thursday next.

Dec. 2,---The Speaker laid before the House let-
ters from the Secretary at War, and the Secretary of
the NavY, inclosing Reports in pursuance of the Re-
solutions moved by Mr. J. Clay on the 16th ult.
Mr. Dawson made the following report :
The, Committee to whom was referred that part of
the President's Message which relates to our military
and naval establishments, 'iStc, beg leave to make the
following report in part
1. Resolved—That it is expedient to increase the military esta-
blishment of the United States, by raising -- regiments of in-
fantry, to consist of .-- men each, tegiments of artil-
lery, of men each, regiments of riflemen, of
each, and regiments of cavalry, of men each.
2. Resolved—That it is expedient tct increase the marine corps,
by raising.—+r■• additional men. • '
3. Resolved—That provision ought to be made by law for the
speedy equillmentotallthefiigates and other Vessels of war belong-
ing to the United. States. To render the establishment more et',
gectua4 that ships, of guns-each, be built.
Referred to a 'COmmittee of the whole.
DEC. 3.—The Bill from. the Senate for maintain-
ing peace,and. preserving the authoyity of the United
States in their ports ;and harbours, was read twice, and
referred to a Committee of the whole.
A Message was received from the Senate, notifying
that they had passed an act, making
,appropriations
for the building a sufficient number of gun-boats, in
which they desired the concurrence.Of this House.
Randolph called for the order of. the day, on
.esolution submitted by him on Tuesday..
. Upham moved, that the Committee of whole
ischarged from the farther consideration of those
itions, on the ground that the subjects were
before different Committees.
motion was lost.
House then went into a Committee of the
►n the Resolutions.
first Resolution was agreed to.
Eppes said, that the whole number of the ini-
AS 640,000 iand estimating the price of guns at
'liars, they would cost upwards of six millions of
He therefore moved, to strike out the words
body of the" (in the ‘2d Resolution) and in-
100,000 men held in requisition by the law of
and the 30,000 volunteers by the law of 1807.
Randolph said, that he should consider an
agreement to this amendment as equivalent to an in-
rejection of the Resolution, because if adopted
Id turn out in fact, that in order to arm those
;the greater part of whom were already arm-
would not be necessary to experd a single dol-
le had no intention of drawing on the Trea-
six millions of dollars ; his idea was, that an
Ippropriation, and he hoped a liberal one, would be
towards arming the militia ; and that at the
'hue the nation should pledge itself to put arms
hands of every man capable of bearing them.
sieved that all the laws for regulating the milis
ere futile, until arms were procured ; it was of
to pass such laws, as long as men mustered
walking canes. Nevertheless, he thought, that
'fur militia laws were altered, they would when
itia was called into service, be nugatory. He
venture to say, that if the same rules were put
lice over freemen, as were adopted over the
igs of despots, they would occasion discontent,
perhaps mutiny. •
slr. Chandler moved to amend the amendment, by
adding the words whpn called into actual service,"
the Resolution would' then read
Resolved—That provision ought to be quo by law fur arming
• 00,000 militia required by the law of February, 8131, acid the
volunteers required by the law of 1807, when eilled into
service."

Messrs. Eppes, Chandler, Thomas, Sruilie, Alston,
• Love, spoke in favoUr of the armed men ; and
- Lloyd, Nelson, Randolph, Macon, Rea, and
klevrton against them. •
• Question was taken on the Amendments of-
ry *nett and Ciiindtert, al* they were
RegAuthisi?* ifitigh4p spud, .vra4 aseed

The third Resolution (that provision ought to be
made by the law, for procuring a formidable train of
field artillery)
_was also agreed to.
DEC. 4.—The Bill from the Senate, appropriating
a sum of money (upwards of 800,000 dollars) for
'building gun-boats, was referred to the Coiximittee of
the. whole.
The House then took up the question to concur
with the report of the Committee in their agreement
to the second resolution of Mr. Randolph.
Mr. Eppes moved to amend the resolution, so as to
make it read
Resolved—That provision ought to be made to arm thou-
sand of the militia of the United States, and for arming thou-
sand of the militia annually thereafter, until the whole body of the
militia of the United Stet Is should bearmed.
Mr. Randolph called for the previous question,
The Speaker said, that his motion was out of order.
Considerable discussions took place on the correct-
ness of the Speaker's decision : and the Ayes and Noes
were taken on it, and it was confirmed.
Ayes 111—Noes 16,,
The question was taken lay Ayes and Noes on Mr.
Eppes's amendment, and it was lost.
Ayes 48—Noes 78.
Mr. Eppes then moved to insert at the end of the
Resolution,
" And providing at this time for the purchase of thousand
arms, and annually thereafter for the purchase or ntmufacture of
thousand arms."
Which was lost.—Ayes 41—Noes 86.
The third resolution, (for the purchase of a formi-
dable train of artillery) was agreed to.
A Committee was then appointed to bring in Bills
in pursuance of the resolutions.
Statement exhibiting the number and condition of
frigates and other vessels of war of the United States:
IN SERVICE. -

Frigates Constitution (requiring inconsiderable repair) and Chea-
pest, both of 44 guns ; ship Wasp, 16 ; brigs Hornet and Argus,
both of 16 ; schooner Revenge, 19 ; ketches Spitfire, 7,5 Venge-
ance, 7, /Etna, 11,• Vesuvius, 11;' gun-boats, 60, and seven
building, 78 guns.

READY FOR SERVICE.
Frigates Constellation, of 36, and Adams, of 32 guns ; brig Siren,
16 ; schooner Enterprise, 14 guns ; and one gun-boat.
REPAIRING AND NEARLY READY FOR SERVICE.
Frigates United States 44 ; Essex, 32 ; and John Adams, 32 guns.

REQUIRING INCONSIDERAIILE REPAIR.

Brig Vixen, 14 ; -and schooner Nautilus, 14 guns.

REQUIRING CONSIDERABLE REPAIR.
Frigates President, 44 ; Congress and New York, hot!' of 36 guns.
• Including one ) 3-inch mortar.
SENATE, DEC. I.
The Bill reported by Mr. Adams, gg For the Pre-
servation of Peace, and the maintenance of the Au-
thority of the United States, in the Ports, Harbours,
and Waters, under their jurisdiction," after under-
going a slight amendment, was ordered to a3d read-
ing without a division. The question was taken on
striking out the sth section, which interdicts the en-
trance of all Britsh armed vessels into the Ports and
Waters of the United States, and vests the President
with power to take off the prohibition whenever in his
opinion due reparation shall be made, and lost.—
Yeas 3—Nays 26.
DEC. 2.—The Senate passed a Bill introduced by
Mr Adams, for the Preservation of Peace in the Ports
and Harbours of the United States, with but little
variation from the original bill.
The divsision on the passage was—Yeas 26, Nays 2:
the Members dividing as on the motion to strike out
the Ist section : the affirmative in one case becoming
the negative in the other.
Dec 3.—The Bill for making an appropriation
for the more effectual defence of th 3 ports and har-
bours of the United States, was passed with but little
division.

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