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tontinenlit by the free and independent condition which
they have asslinted and maintain, are lieneefut th not to he
eossidered as subjects for future colonization by any Bu-
repeal' Powers.
Since the close of the last Session of Congress, the com-
missioners and arbitrators for ascertaining and determining
the amount of indemnification which' may be due to citizens
of the United States, under the decision of his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Emperor of linssia, in conformity to the convention
concluded at St. Petershurg, on the 1211) of Ju!y, 1322 have
'assembled in this city, 51141 organized themselves as a hoard
for the performance of the duties assigned to t hem by that
treaty. The commission constituted under the eleventh article
of the treaty of the 2'2d of February. 1519, between the Coiled
States and Spain, is also in session here ; and as the t% nn of
three years limited by the treaty for the execution of the trait,
will expire before the period of the next regular meeting of
t7oncress, the attention of the legislature will be drawn to the
measures which may he necessary to accomplish the object fur
which the commission was instituted.
la compliance with a resolutipn at the House of Repre-
sentatives, adopted at their last session, instructions have
been given to all the Mit inters of the United States ac ateted
to the Power.; of Europe and America, to prove.. the
proscription of the African Slave Trade, by classing it ender
the denomination, and inflicting on its perpetrators the
punishm-rat of piracy. Sheitl4l this proposal he acceded to,
it is not doubted that this odious and criminal practice
will he promptly and entirely suppressed. it is earnestly
hoped that it sv;11 be seceded So, frotn a firm testier that it
is the must effectual expedient that can be adopte..: for the
purpose.
At the commencement of the recent war between France
and Spai n,it wits declared by thel4ench government that it
would grant no commissions to privateers, and that neither
the commerce of Spain herself, nor of neutral it AtionA, should
be molested by the naval force of France,except in the breach
of a lawful trio .kade.T Ills declaration, which appears to have
been carried into effect,concorring pith ptincipleaproclaim.
ed and cherished by the United States, from the first
establishment of their independence. suggested the hope
that the time had arrived when the proposal for adopting
it as a permanent and invariable rule in all future
maritime wars, might meet the favourable consideration
of ti.e great European Pavers. Instructions have
accordingly h en given to our ministers with France.
Russia, and tjrcat Britain, to make those proposals
to their ri spectiee liavernments ; and when the friends of
humanity reflect on the essential amelioration tothe condi-
tion of the human race, which mould resnit from the abo-
lition of private war on the sea, and on the great facility
by which it might be accomplished, requiring only the
consent of a few sovereigns, an earnest hope is indulged
that these overtures will meet with an attention, animated
hr the spirit in which they %sere made, and that they will
ultimata lc le successful.

In the serviel of the speech, the President communicates
the result of the reports of other officers of the Govern
nient ; and takes a view of other subjects connected with
the interests of the States. These details we are c?us-
yelled to postpone until toonnrrow,

The only other article nli is we have either room or'
time to extract from the New York pipers, is the ful•
ing :
We learn by the brig R»nno, from Pernambuco, whence
she sailed on the 22nd ult., that the vessels which had been
taken by Lord Cochrane at Bahia, had arrived at Pernam.
bneo, has been retitled and sent to Mo. The Government
was in a very unsettled state, and the President and tome
of the leading men had been distatislied,and retired t• the
country. A new President was about to be elected. The
Genera at Arms at Pernambuco bad been arrested, and
'sent to prison. An insurrection among the Marks had taken
p 1 ice in a small town ; troops had been sent to quell
I them

By an Express this. morning from Parisave have received
the Meesenger of Wednesday, from which we select the
following :
PARIS, Dec. 4.l.—Count POZ:), di Borgo is expected t

Paris to-day.
Letters of a recent date from Rome announce the intris.
position of the Pope is by 1.0 means alarrning.
Let•crs from Madrid of the 14th inst., announc' that
Casa I ruja is expected to resign his post in the Cabinet.
M. Carthagne, Chancellor of the French Embassy, at
Constantinople, has just:arrived at Paris with daspstclies.
Extra,l of a priv.te letter from Vienna of the 11th
instant:—The turn that affairs have taken at Constan•
tinnple, is said to be owing to the influence exerted by
Dschamb Effendi since his return to the Divan. Without
disapproving all that has been promised to Lord Strangi
ford, he speaks loudly against every kind of confes►ion,
until Eas,dan manifests, on a more roods rate system. The
determination of theDivan,not;to evacuste the principalities
till Russia has withdrawn her troops from the frontiers,
makes great noise at Pera. The Russian agent is not
expected before February, and it is probable that %hen
intelligeoce of tlie Porte's refusal to evacuate Moldavia and
Walachia has reached St. Petersburg, he will have orders

to retuta.

A peat number of Spanish emigrants have arrived at
Marsei 11c4.

• PARIS, DEC. 24.—Srocx Excitaxac—The Market has
been more animated, and the Ordinance for the dissolution
•of the Chamber not !Living appeared to-dsy as was expected
caused the price of Stocks to maintain its ground although
not very steadily. The fire per cents. for money closed at
91, SO ‘for the end of the month. Time price at four o'clock
was 91, SO, francs. The Foreign Funds have been extreme.
ly doll. London paper has been negotiated to a consider-
able extent. Sp:. nish Bonds 25A.
The Etoile of Wednesday is in town but we do not hear
it contains any news of importance.

At a late bout last night arrived Frencla papers to the
f•lth, and German to the 19th inst. Their contents are
unimportant. The former state, that Count Pozzo ill
forgo Was daily expected back in tke French Capital,
and that a strong shock of an earthquake was experienced
at Rome on the 4th of the present month. • The latter
only announce, that by a Cabinet order, the King of Prussia
has decreed that in future, not only all military works
and Journals, but also all passages relative to military
affairs occuring in otter works, shall be sobj..cted to a
particular censorship, which is confided to the General
Staff,under the direction of its chief, Baron Muffling. The
only intelligence from Spain is contained in the Gazette
de France. It states that a pretended decree of amnesty
was circulated at Madrid, which was said to have been
copied from the orginal in the bureaux of the Ministry.
It consisted of two articles.—By the first, all those who

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should have o trn or caused others to swear to the
Constitution of 1912, ttfure the Decree of the 71h of
March, 120, acre to lie eertn led from the benefit
of the pardon granted liy the Sneer, ign. By the
second, those wiso bad 'alma the oaths after the pub-
lication of that Decree, were to be included within
the amnesty ; nith the exceptions of all, of whatersr
rank they might be, who had committed violent or ?wrote-
tionaey acts, as well aizninst the monarch as ngitinst indi-
vidual;. These were to be delivered over to the trib-
nals, to be tried according to the laws of the kingdom.—
When it is cons:dered whet latitude may be given to the
term," revolutionary acts," under such a Governwert,
and such a King as Spain possesses, it is evident that
the last provision would nullify the whole awnettv.
and withdraw every kind of protection from
every description of Constitutionalists, whose open
adoption of that party could always be charged as
" a revolutionary act." The Cantu. u'e France asserts
that whether true or suppositions, this project of amnesty
hid produced great sensation at Madrid, where most pet -
pie considered it as secretly put forth by the Governmert
to sound the public opinion upon that iniportont subj,tt.
Should it be adopted as it now stands, it will he a (resit
monument of the duplicity and itijnstice of the Despot, to
whom France has so inipoliticolly restored the exercise
of unlimited potter.

Four Members of the live S? mist) Cartes landed here
on Thursday last (he ►Nth isstsnt) in a vets •1 front
Itiliraltar, which has been detained for smut time in onr
river, in consequence of the quarantine laws.—(Liccrpco:

Advertiser.)
Owlll.os, Dec. 22.—V.scaun'ess Strangford and seite
arrived yesterday at Sir Archibald Christie's, at Chatham,
from Constantinople.
..ir. Secretary Canning, thane!' somewhat brter in
health, is still conliued to the House. On Wednes,hr
the .Right lion. Gentleman was visited by Count Lierer ;
and Baron Fagel and Mr. Kalck, with Mr. Wynn, had an.
ether interview. Lord Granviile likewise called at (ilea.-
cester Lodge, in his way to toe Pavilion.
It was stated last nigh:, that William Alexander, E.q.
one of the Masters in Chancery, has !teen ap, ti
Lord Chief Baron of the Excuerpter, rive Richard.,
decease!.
A lett.rr front Sir Panl Bagoot, at Matiril, eras sloe
followiog details of the execution of Riego :—" I saw poor
Meg° sulT:sr. I had a place at a window, within taent:
yards of the spot. He was drawn in a basket, by an it:s
of the lowest description. A new gallows was erected ia
the Plaza de Ceettle. The P:aza was completely crowded,
as well as the housetops, windows, Se. A: one o'clock
he arrived, and was assisted out of the basket by two
friars, who placed him on the step of the la Icier, an! held
neer Lim a crticifix during his confession. He theft
ascended the Lohler, and a friar made him say, or assisted
him in saying the creed, till he • sine to " and in
Jests CHNST our Lord," when he was instaaly tareed
off the step, and the executioner jumped on his shotil.ler.,
holding by. the tope by which he was saspentled,
frequently rising tip, and tlsen f wring Itim.elf clutra
on his victim; in a few minutes he bad a liattilco.citief
over his lice, and in an instant took it off, and word
it over his head, crying Viva! %Odell was twice aoseered
by the crowd. Two other men pulled hit legs, and one
hung on him fur fen minutes; ano:her fellow struck
him wittilhis fist, as a mark of in lignity. After the body
had been banging for half an hoar, I was invited' by the
Baron Hardehnt rg, who was on ditty, to see Lint. The
poor fellow's bisque was propelled from his month, which
appeared very much and black. Riego's figure
was very slender, and his height about live feet nine
inches. Ile wore aa mu istischio on the upper lip, anti was
dressed in grey pantaloons, black waistcoat, and covered
iv th a dirty sonoelc-frock. which bad been once whit•.
Via oas deer ,de 1 as mach a. p mink, I observed the
greatest joy •titorng the mnltimile, an I 1 saw mine
persons embracing under the gallows. A French where
in my room. cried oat, " Shame, shame!" and retired.
(Lerde lodependent )
It may be giatifying to those who sympathise with the
lovers of enrol cher', and who lament the absence of Sir
W. Curtis at this fest ve season of the year,to learn from Burs
New Tidies cf thl,t morning, that letters have been received
arum hint, date.' 31 of Decetnlter, at Gibraltar, at whirl,
time the jolly listotiet .)cis in improved h:alth. He
had, it SCCUIt, a pleasant voyage out, having arrived there
on the 49th of November, and he hail found his lines hail
fallen in pleasant places, for on the Ist instant he had
dined wits the Earl of Caatliam, the tievernor of the for
tress.
liererallrulff,commanding the Artillery here, lea is in
January next. and is to he saeceeded by General Young,
from Wool WiCll.—(Dublid Evessiog Po: t).
An °eerie 11.8 barn received in this country for raising
400 men fur the artill ry serviste.—(//aid).
About li:e hundred surcharges to the inhabited house
tax were delivered in Linco'n last week, and a great num-
b.er of them to poor persona who have never t•efore been
charged with the tax. Had this tok-n place before the
election, Sir V. Anders in anti Sir W. 114;4111w moist lave
Omen ace other method of tickling their f cpy ftient's
that) that of praising Mr. Robieson, or, if we it ay ju go
from the curses tu:h deep and loud which the mem ire 1154•
brought forth, Gish- praises would have me: with a sui:ablw
response. 11, re are a number if poor people that have
been relieved by a redaction of 3s. 31. in their window
duty, who are now charged Is. 6 I. in the poen I on the'r
rent of 51. and upwards—with addih'osot window ditty.
Some are t barged with it who at:tot:lli d ) not p.sy lice
pounds a ea' ,atill oilier% ho pay that sum are ass nil
utore thrir rack rent. Nor have those in better eircnia,
stances been neite overlooked in this sweeping cltaggs,
Excellri.t method of taking cif the a.sessed taxes!--i

(St irt)!ford News.)
We understand that a fellow has been apprehended in the
very Pet of tossing a filming brand thto the conch' room of a
cotton mill in the neighbourhood of Jdhustoite. lie ha I same
acrotnt flees, who escaped, one of whom must have tal nt‘o lad
ed by the tire from the guard on the mill, es degai of
blood were fiend on the path they had taken in their escape.—
((7lasgror Free Press.)
At another mill, intim same gnarl er, is druntsm who
had been discharged for misconduct, dent) -rate:} atterrytet to
shoot ti very sober workman, his suet-asor. The a up, haw'
ever, fortun tidy only lodged in the (high.—(/laid.)
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l'onTsmotTn, DF.c. C—This afternoon, strived his Males
ty's ship Canibrike of ei;lity two glom. She will be paid he
me:Sate-1y (probable to-m rrou). nit 1116 g e nbatlef Itie re-
spective Consuls, Vice Consuls, Commissioners, Apu:s and
their fatuities (some of whom have berm here a eAssirtornom
time), she wilt ash for South Astee.c Ills Nlajest,t's 1,1111
Jupiter, of Sixty guns, was towed jets, lin; b tar on Ato da..• of
the King's Ste:oiler ; she exp ctio t.t be paid otf on S.,iu,day
all standing, and re comrcissioned i;nine.rilitely, Ord. ra
have
been received to recruit the Royal Marine Corps, on tha ssnar
principles of extent of age and short'', ss of stature as are no
adopted by the troops of the line.
SMALL Pox.—We are concerned to stnle that this loathsome
disense has vande its appenranc, i i Cupsr. Three children of
one family passed Wirdy tatoJgh the disease in it? uiitilest Wm.
In the same house, however, a fine young mmt. Alper; of dgei.
caught the infection, and fell a soerifice to that species of t
i re-
nominated carat ,ant. None of the shove p..ranns were t`
vaccinated. ‘lrlint renders the death of ttfe young man poll'
cularly suelanl'ioly is, that It'ehad been only a few weeks 1.04,
Ified.--cEdinburyl4 (Vu:sant.) • •

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(FROM THE Diuli.Nl;VO POST.)
BRIGIITON.—!....HrtISTAIAS Er e.—His Majesty continues
bappiut enjoyment of health and spirits. The
arrfeals at the Palare, in time to dine With the Sovereign
today, have been important. They include 'their Royal
ith'netSes the:Duke jaf York, and the Duke and
pelhese of Clarence tlPi Duke of Wellington, Lord
Viloint and Viscountess Granville, Lord and L itiv
mayhoronch, Lord St. Helens, the Earl and Countess of
fri..)l, and Earl Bathurst.
Towards nine o'clock the above distinguished party
received the following increase
The Earl of Hopetouo, Earl and robot's,' Cowper, Count
I,irea, the Count and Countess Miinster, Lord Hollalsd
anti Mr. Fox, Sir C. M.. and Lady:Burrell, Mr. and Mrs.
Vane, And Lord Ilingbitm. •
Nearly the whole of the grand Mice suite of apartments
ate illuminated. The liing's bantlis In attendance.
His Majesty's suite,' and Household, will be present at
Ovine iYorship in the Palace Chapel to,morrow. The
rod:lett-to obtain tickets of admission to the Royal Chapel
tohnorrow, has been man:rested in all quarters today. els
• many have been issued as the bodrof .the edifice can be
anti Op contain persons.
Prior to the mornine to-morrow, his Majesty, in the
Royal Chapel, will receive the Serramellt,
The Royal Chapel Choir, to-morrow will be augmented.—
Tim ILlng's entire Bend, the completest we doubt not in the
wet* will be on duty there: Mr. Allem:ld will preside et
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RTZB iri-litmou it OI THE DUKE D'ANGOU

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!Co malty fetes have been , given anal are still to be given
to the Duke d'Angouleme, that it is alleged his Royal
highness will incur mere fatigue in enduring the celebra-
tion oftis triumph, than he experienced in gaining them
A martial bang tis now to he given by the city of Paris
tothe Date. The only interest excited by this new hotn-
age- to his•valonr, however,- was to know whether the
nankin of the Persian Dopntirs at the late ball would be
repaired, apd whether the ilayor and Corporation would
bate the derency to send them an- Invitation. They were
tt ;boded on account of their being Liberals, ad the
Journals belonging to their pary, very justly amerced,
that it Was an itsiiit to the Dike d'Angoubtme to suppose
that he child wit hear the preserve of men who formed
the Constitntional Opposition in the Chambers.
It was • even rtimmonred that :he had expressed • his
opinion to that effect, • and • an anecdote was
!elated which happened in the country, on his retutit.
from Spfn,,eoil u hich did him bonour. At oue of the
fries gives him cn his passage, the Prefect had omitted to
invite one of the principal men of the 'place brcanse he was
a knowi•Liberal. The Prince having heard of this, lunar
diately desired that an invitation should be sent, and paid
partieuLt 'Mention to the individual throughout the even•
lag. There is mach foun.l policy ih such conduct,for itistlitts
that foes ire timed into friends, whilst the comie adopted
ly the French fillinicipality only tends to embitter political
enmltiei, and to render them eternal. That a wiser mode
will he *Med its the present instancir is rather don bt ;
for it has been 'suggested In some of 'the Papers that in
erder'towemove the difficulty, the Oidinance for dissolving
the Chamber shoe! I be previously
.isiweil, in consegiience
of which the Paris Representatives bring no loner
Members, would Lave na claim to be ailinitted to tbe fcci-
vities of that city.

New York paperoao ilte*l instant leave arrived. The
following paragraph is the most important. Porto Covello
wee the twit port .it any consequence rebid') was in 0,..4.,
si.o of Lys_ It. yalisis. Tbe two extremities of the /eta
Spaniel) doniuions in South America may now be said to
be eatirrly free :
".Port'r Caret LO —The Intelligence we published on
Natnrdif, of the rapture 'of Porto Covello. as it erns far
nishedto .is by Captain Hiphins, is fully confirmed by the
lett•irs he brought.
The poops under Generals Pa-a and Derma lea made
'miss:tub ea the town on the Silt tilt., and after having put
toile s•e-nr'd every o»e found making resiatarce, the Colum-
bian U4,6lra were in peaceable possession of the town at 4,
o'clock in the morning. lien. Calzada , and Col. Carrera
frohl.al raniche ocioti me
hnepnocrettn:aest
then
the attack.
ensunimi ,
tr edTahnedesaus trlreCnadtertedhe
SD Ihq kith. -The derails are not received. •
," An-express from General Paez arrived at leaguim on
'he 13th, oith the above intelligence, and with a request
tfiat transports might be sent to-convey the captured troops
to-Cuba.
• " The troops of Spain.ire now driven from the rolverteof
the extensive Kepnblic of Colombia. Although no doubt
flirted:of the final expulsion from this their hut strung
hold' we cpesider it fortunate that the event has occurred
at Wartime. Porto Covello is considered the Gibraltar of
America; had supplies and reinforcements I een iti•roduced.
itmight have held trot and annoyed the country fo'r a
Wag perio4. The news of the restoration of the. King'of
Spain to elrselete power, and of the designs of the 'Holy
Allieo to restore • American colonies' to hi. sWay, will
probably, `err th;s time leave reoehed Colombia, and edam.
nished,bettbat all her resources may yet be rewrited to
defend the liberties she just achieved at a erect pri,e. If
again qtaacked, the possession of Pore Car, Ho will be of
antiulcr:afire."
Captain Sabine arrived at Deptford in the Griper, on the
9th inn. Trigit Spitzlrergen, where her bad been to ascertain
the sitoatieln-of the Pendulum. !'be Griper. during Captain
tiabiere'amay on the island, penetrated to 75. 20 H., and to
81. V.:..lieeirieleer we're found in great numbers at Spitz
kitten, and.hilled by the crew ; the fat on some of them i
was four inches thick. A most astonishing circumstance !
marred on some of the officers visiting and inspecting the
tomligked,kraves in which somelussians bad been buried
far Shears', When the lid or er•isie Stone wax removed,'
the body appeared in a perfect ',tat-' the tlesx oriel remain•
kir, and unth a colour on the cheek similar to life. 'All
thebodierar ere dressed in the co•torne of the conntry, with
night caps, hoot 4, and stockings on. This wonderful pre.
serra!ion o(the'subject imbued Captain Sabine to bring
em. ee pugasto, ow one of the Louth grave stones. The
Griper is ordered to be
.piiel oh. We h eve been favoured
with the aboie information by a private correspondent at
Depiford:—(Brightnn Gatette.)
On Fridly,the annual meeting of the Society of Scottish
Borderers tuOk ohne in the Waterloo lionl, Mr. Walter
Nichol); the Chair; Mr. './. S. Darling, W. S., and Mr.
Walter Dickson, pin. W. S., sronpiern. The wring was,
m heretofore,
,highly respectable ; but on this occasion
considerably more numerous than any previous, and the
Dumber of recent additions to the Society give every
reason to hope that it will long continue to increase and
Iloorisk. 'I ke enthusiasm which animated every breast
when the memory,of border deeds, and of "depared, but
anforgotten dava, were allude.' to, evinced that deep and
overpowering ireliog of delight which the recollection of
their elastic arid romantic land never fails to produce.
The memories of the mighty dead, and the healths of
the apt less • glorious living, were %sell remembered, and
the Minxes of 'l'hompsen and Leyden, and of the oriel. and
giirfor the Sottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, called forth
Isi64.l.whiell-were ineieed worthy of their subjects. A
Bomber. of Borderipelodies were sung, and the whole
touting Intfleolo Qrtbat kindly and warns hearted cast
P'"ehe if Rot peculiar to, is' certainly a distinguished
raceme e character of a true Scottish Borderer.—
Qfue • ...,..
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!cows erteord Sidi°, (the new Scotch Judge, better
as the Advocate John Clerk) assumed his seat on thee
"lell. wiaithige. a gentleman remarked to him that his title'
sro4l44,hvci_ apt to be confoanded with that of the Lord
• 41To—this olontriatioi: Lord Eldin answered, "The
difference betwenn his Lordeltip and me is all my eye."