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ness are to be addressed. as usual, to the Board of Directors, or
to Mr. Sampm Bussma, Secretary, Norwich.
The folineeimk Extract frills die Minutes of the Board will
explain the reasia of this Nodal: r
" At a Special 'Meeting of die Board of'Directors, held on
the 30th day of September, late. eh ammunication received
from the London Committee roopoedittho *Ovary at Bridge-
. street, was considered, and the ftilltnilng Mmalutlon was
tered into:

" That this Board feels compelled to intimate to • the Secre-
tary, Mr. THOILAS 13mr.0r.0, sen. that, in consequence or the
opinion expressed by the Committee in London, that his retire-I
mmt from office is indispensably necessary to the future welfare
as l prosperity of the Institution, the Board deems it expedient
that he should Immediately abstain from acting further in his
office of Secretary or Agent for the Society, until such measures
car. be taken on this subject u the circumstances shall require."
• (Signed) On behalf of the Board of Directors,
JOHN CRONE, Chairman.

AMERICA.

PIIILADELP/If A, AUGUST 25.
THE EXECUTION UP THE CAPTIVES.

1. glave not nearly three months elapsed since a letter writ-1
Act by General Jackson was published, in which he acknow.
• 'edged that he had, within the limits of Florida, decoyed an In.
dlan Chief into his power by using English colours, and hanging
him, assigning no other reason, than that he had In his pocket a
gOintlthllloll as, Brigadier-General in the British service ?
2. Wu it an offence against the United States, in an Indian
Chief, residing in Florida or elsewhere, to accept a commission
from the British Government?—Was it an offence In the Bri-
tish Government to decorate an Indian Chief, then in England,
with an empty title of this kind; for it will be observed, the
Indian Beigadier-Gerseral had no British troops; but is it less
than an act of war against England to hang an Indian Chief, or
any other person, merely because he is a British Officer?
3. Have not also neatly three months elapsed since two Bri-
tish °Seers were executed, as is said, by the judgment of a
Court .41Iartial, sitting under the orders of General Jackson ?
Were not this, Officers captured in a Spanish fort, which had
capitulated ,without resistance; and were they net of course at
the tins immediately under the protection of a nation with
which we are at peace, and not under the protection of the In-
dians of Roritia, much less of the Indians of the.UnitedStates?
-And does it appear even to have been charged, that the Officers
had ever been within the Usited States, 'or bad ih anyrespect
associate themselves with the United Stases' Indiana?

S., Unless they hal been in or about the United States' armies
or encampments, could they, by 'he laws of war, be deemed
spies ?-11is it even been alleged that they had been within or
about tier li.tes or encampments ?—And can a spy be executed
Sinless taken in the eotruntssion of the offence?
s. Is trading with the United States' Indians in any respect a
capital offertest?—ls trading with the Florida Indians an offence
of any kind, either by act of Congress or by the laws of nations?
6. Supposing the officers to have been actually connected with
the Indians for the purpose of war, was it by the laws of nations
an offence, Ruch less a capital one ?....-Are not the Indians now
admitttcd to be sovereign societies, capable of making war or
peace ?—And where is the law which makes entering into such
a service a crime punishable with death ?A—During the late war
egg Government maintained the doctrine, that even brit ish sub-
vets entering into one service were not liable to the penalties of
treason; and the cue .1 the "Nfarluis La Fayette and the other
French officers who entered our se ^ice during the Revolution
and since, proves incontestably that it was net deemed unlAwful
for the subjects of one Sovereign to enter into the =altar: ser-
vice of another.

7. Do not all Courts Martial in this country derive their au-
thority from a Special Act of Congress?—Are not their pro-
ceedings in all cases strictly limited by this Act of Congress,
commonly termed the Rules and Articles of War?—Can they
inflict capital punishment in any case not specified in those Ar-
ticles?—And is the case of the officers at aU included in them?
8. Do not the Rides and Articles of War require thatTyir4re*
ever the sentence of death shall in time of peace be pronounced
by authority of a Court Martial, the proceedings, before execu-
tion of the sentence, shall he laid berci:e the President?—Was
12.3 this a case particularly proper for the exercise of his judge-
rt.ent, or interposition of his mercy?—And does it appear that
the proceedings were submitted to him?
9. Dave not these .proceedings excited universal attention,
and been loudly condemned as flagrantly illegal?—And St.dl
being notoriously the case, is it not extraordinary that they have
never bee❑ published—that no explanation or justification of
then. should have been attempted—and no inquiry instituted
Leta the conduct of General Jackson, or censure parted upon
hint.'—Possibly the current of events may not produce war;
but they certainly call for the E;rava reflection of every lover of
constitutional liberty.

GERMAN AND DL ITH PAPERS.

GHENT, SEPTEMBER '27.

The Belgian Moc,;lm, which does honour to our
11t4ratu...e, expresses iLz.eil thus :
" several English journals have repeated what one
of them had announced, on the subject of the suf.
fetings and privations to which. Napoleon is reduced, ,
by the useless and cruel rigours of the Governor of
llelena—a recital which tends to confirm a work
lately published, the authenticity of which nothing
authorizes us to suspect. If it be true, that a cold
and petty tyranny thus oppresses a defenceless cap•
five, to whom is at least due that regard which no
;onerous mind can withhold from fallen greatness ;
if those, whom a noble devotedness attached to his
person, have, contrary to their wish, been separated
from him ; if, finally, the man appointed to watch
over his health, and whose talents and character ob-
tained his confidence, has been rudely withdrawn by
a refinement of barbarity worthy of the Governor of
the Bastile, the maledictions of humanity are due to
him who takes pleasure in this luxury of vengeance,
and the Administration that tolerates it ought un share
in the opprobrium.
" The commercial genius of England condones to
excite our admiration. It is no longer confined to
oak-bark, flax, or rags for paper, and other wicks
of that sort. It is not merely the productions of
Ceres that the aspiring pomp of the speculators of
Great Britain daily carries off from us. The interest
they take in the articles which are the growth of our
soil, extends even to onions and apples. This has
furnished to some journals a subject for pleasantries
snore or less gay. But let us beware of that fatal I♦
vity which might lead us to smile at our misfortunes!
However fertile the soil of Belgium may be, it is not
inexhaustible, and our gratitude for the benefits
which England has conferred upon us ought not to
be carried so far as to starve ourselves for her profit.
" It is not, however, Without somc hesitation that

we hazard this remark. A speech lately pronounced
in one of our public ceremonies, in a town which
particularly feels the mot of ourzelations with ow
friends over the water; has induced us to entertain
`considerable scruples on tkls subject. By that speech
we aresaught, amps
.odi?r *useful trnthi, that it
does oat become usno exapsine to what extent the
raw materials for our manufactures'may or ought to
be preserved, to murmur agalltit the indirect taxes,
or to criticize the measures adopted by the Govern-
ment.' But Why does not this. bacomees ? Precisely
because as we receive Kings from Gon, and Mink-
ters-and Governors from the hands of Kings,' (a de-
scending progression which the orator might have
carried much furter), they must know what is
most advantageous for their people : our duty is to
obey and be content.' The Quotidienne said nearly
the same thing in 1815, but less frankly and plainly.
Unfortunately, Aden, suafata orationes. These sage,
reflections arrive about 100 years too late, and are in-
stances of some goad seed thrown away."
SEPTEMBER 24.—0 n the very opening of the Con •
gress at Aix-la-Chapelle, as well as every where" lse,
there is nothing to be heard but On dit (it is said).—
It is said that the Congress of Vienna having been
merely employed in endeavouring to satisfy the ap-
petite of six or eight guests, that of Aix-la-Chapelle
will take upon itsclf the entertaining of persons who
were not admitted to the former feast.

It is said that C utlereagh will read to the Congress
a Bill of Indemni .y passed by the British Parliament,
and framed on the model of the Proclamation of
Quintius at the lsthmien games of Corinth, and
which will canse to be repeated throughout Europe
these words, which admiraat7 and joy heretofore
dictated to assembled Greece :—" There iithensm the
earth one nation which, at its own expense and risk,
exposes itself to all the fatigues of war, to secure to
others the inestimable benefits of liberty, without be-
ing instigate) thereto by the interests of neighbour-
hood or by the ties which unite people of the same
Continent ; which crosses seas to banish despotism
from every part of the world, and to establish every
where the reign of justice and the laws ! The mere
idea of such a plan manifests the elevation of her
sentiments, and its execution proves hot courage and
her greatness."
It is said, however, that this Bill is only a liberal
reverie that Castlereagh has no mission except to
strengthen the Dictatorship of England, already too
well off with her commerce to think of preferring
this vain Roman glory to it. His object, above all,
is to excite a fear of even the very shadow of France,
and to prisceed until that country be so reduced as to
become an object of pity; success in his object pro-
mising him the empire of Europe.
It is said, that the Baglish East India Company,
having succeeded in accomplishing in Asia what nei-
ther Alexander nor Timur were ever able to execute,
has now projected the conquest of the empire of the
Birmans, in order to prepare a road to that of China,
where she is lighting up the flame of revolutions.
It is said, that England, full of admiration of the
Govern nent and conduct of her India Company, is
preparing, in imitation of it, a European Company,
which having its factories scattered through all mari-
time and manufacturing towns, and a general system
of centralization uniting all the springs of the opera-
tions from north to south of London, and thus sub-
jecting the whole' industry of the Continent to Greit
Britatn, the pro& c nt which would be wirkictit. to
maintain this state of dependence. It is even believed
that Castlereagh, and Baring the banker, are in pritn
destined to have seats among the Directors of this
European Company.

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