The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-12 00:00:00

PRI VATHIMING.

The following subject, so interesting to millions
' the peaceable subjects of maritime States. calls

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up the attention of the GitOTICSEX, the PUFFLM-
-1)0117111, and the Vnrri.t.a of the present day ; and
iltas ppy Will it be for mankind, and the cause of hu-
nity, if the Publicists of Europe and America
fan bring about so benelleal a change in the code
Vf military *arfare:—
' Mr. Lowniles, from the Committee on Foreign Reis-
lions, to whom had been referred two memorials from
'certain citisens of Ohio, praying the suppression of pri-
valet:log, as a means of national warfare, submitted the
following Iteport :
The t'ommittee of Foreign Relations, to whom bare
teen referred two memorials from citizens of the State
illf Ohio, relating to the practice of prirateering, beg
"leave respectfully to report—
That the language of the meniotalists Is inch silo
leave the extent in which they deem it reasonable to.es-
' oect a mitigation In the laws of maritime warfare. its
111 line d 0,114. They ate considered by the Cominirtrisis
recommending anrh a cheese in these laws as shall ex-
empt the property of lathividials from capture. either Jay
pablic or private shipe.of year, at least when it dam tot
consist of contraband article., ami is not dectinetrto a
#lorbasted port. The gereral,henevolence which is es-
premed, as well as the opinion of ftr. Franklin. Wild

AMERICAN PAPERS.

trvirrnta rxriAcrs.)

[PROM TUX QLI.tC PIPILOR TO Tilt grit JAN.
Notwithstanding the pacific policy avowed in the Prel
sidenes Message, it is plain that every preparation is
making to put the sea-coast in a state of defence; and Mn
Munroe says, that after this shall he completed, the at-
trillion of the engineers will he turned to the northern
and north-western fa ontiers. The justice of the remark,
that, to avoid war, yon should let your enemies see that'
you are prepared to meet it, is obvious ; and we should
hr well pleased to see a corresponding activity in
strengthening our frontier on the part of our Govern-
ment. Canada is the weaker country, and her safety

more Imperiously requires provident attention to
the state of her defence, otherwise her very Weak:
ness way one day encourage some American *dying,
toter to phi another Texas expedition against her iv
time of profound peace. these observations are ttsl

made in a desponding. mood; on the enemy, we Arndt
confide in the power and disposition of the British 06-
vernment, to protect her loyal Canadians, and cherish
their commerce in spite of the efforts of American am-
bition,

It is notified in the Upper Comae Gazette of the 19th
instant, that in the months of May and June neat, about
:NOM acres of land o ill be sold, by public auction, at
the Court /louse, in the tows of York, under the au-
thority of a Provincial Act of Parliament, vesting in
Comulksioners the estates of certain traitors, ansValso
of persons declared aliens, applying the proceeds
thereof towards compensating the losses which hie Ma-
jecty's sobjerts base sustained in consequence of the
late sear, and for ateertaining and ratifying the heel
&In% and claims thereupon.
VITO trT OF .5 LETTER IRON INONTICO SAY, DEC. 1.

A small armed schooner, the Captain of which was a
Member of the Green Cross, conferred on him by
llNiregor, introduced herself into the harbour. What
her ulterior mission is here is not ascertained. From the
daily introduction of such armed vessels, and the Ire-
spent communieations with them from the 'shore, trade is
injured con-iderably, in defiance of the rigilafee of nor
Revenuetlificers; these desperadoes will ansaggie, baring
no other means to dispose of their cargoes% me one
valuable laden vessels, conveying the naseafLetures
which gives employ to the distressed utilities of the
I: nitestliingdouss, to s market, are seltjeet ta teefeeme-
nious visits, and, under some pretest, are pleellered.
As our Legislature are new in Session, we Hopei repre-
sentation to his Majesty's Goveriment will )se midi, to
aegnosut the naval forte on this datienihr, sinless
protection is granted es, also triele;ketWeetill%
the north side of this Wind willite
PSNXIITLVANIA filanes.J-From a repheis laid before
the Legislatnre of Penasylcsoia, by the Anditoritlene-•
ral. the following appears to bedsit speeireapital of the
undermentioned incorporates] Banks of that Common-
wealth, ea the first of November last:—
Dos. en.
Bank of Northern Liberties • .sc.fll,llllo
Bank of Ihsleware county • - • ex. 15,149
Bank of liermantown
Commercial Bank of Penn - 711 71I'
Mechanics Hank of city and come" - 17.50 • 91'
Farmers Bank of Bucks county - ,110117 V i
Schuylkill Bank ' MOO 11P
Farmers Bank of Lancaster - ti 8,04 211
Farmers Bank of Beading . -* SAT Al
Bank of lontgousery county. - •• 14,766 , I
Extract of a letter from Washinfioa, December
"There is finite a calm in Conttress.ban, , The prefer,
House appears determined tolsold fast tinkpohile wee.:
scrims, even to parsitolny, in fear. They wateh the
money expenders with eagle eye, 'even the greet
flouse.• There aeons also to be a 014104446 p hs levitate
Roropean Powers in retrenchments, pareleotarty ist gke
army. Hen..ll'll.4on Certilaly.restrion. Bevis
'iris expected will follow. Ripley has leelgdiskeadlyp
ether brigadiers will follow suit. This, ;it is Aid, win
lead to the abolition of the enntmon. genteel et k,and
reataion of as army tai filaUflka..ollotrN

NIVINIIMI,
is referred to by the memorialists, seem to prove that it) mots of the great interests of abe nation are daily
:s their wish that the property which ""e"el na pug-, taking place, I learn, in the Committees. There must
p 0 ,e of war should be as safe upon the sea as upon the I has ham on an
issue of treasury notes. The payment of
lan'—not that it should he secnred from private cruisers,'
which, he left exposed to public shipswhich,in the acetic, •duties in cub,.
! or short bonds, and a heavyim ton sales 1
of some European powers are touch more numerous jat auction, are advocated by respectable men of oil par-i
than the others, and whose pursuit of plunder is often •.th.s. But the
'pile a% active and unspairing. It cannot, indeed, be . project to destroy the drawback system'
is nnitersaliv condemned as the offspring of ignorance.
presumed, that the memorialists should wish a clasp
on maritime law, whit+ would produce very little dims-
THE YELLOW STONE REPEPITION.—This enterprise
notion in the dangers of our commerce in a conflict with received the full approbation of the public, when the I
any considerable naval power, while it would wrest froas.l.pl
our hands what we have hitherto considered as our of ots was first developed, and the expedition has been ;
followed along its progressive stages with much interest. i
our principle means of annoyance. It is the security cot
fair and harmless commerce from all attack, which the; We are glad to find that this favourable opinion Is not
memorialist% most desire. It is the introduction of a lifiely to be changed, and thatlbe expectation of its re-
sy-tetto which shall confine the immediate injuries of sults will be realized. Expences are now a consideration
war to those whose sex, age, and occupation, do not!
with every
unfit then, for the struggle. If these are the wishes of ' , • one, and if it appeared that this would cost
the memorialists the Committee express their concur- oecottna rm, a. s each individual has to pay his propor.
. ac
renee in them, without hesitation. • tionate share of tnose made by the government, some
'0 he Committee think that it will be right in the ges might begin to donbt its utility, especially if they were
verement of the railed States to renew its attempt to I
obtain the mitigation of a barbarous code, to derive no immediate benefit. But according to the
they shall nee a probability of its success. They do 1 •
whenever I report of the committee on military affairs, lately made
not doubt that it will do so. Its first efforts at negocii- to the douse of Representatives, there will be an until
tion were characterized by an anxiety to limit the evils saving of considerable amount in employing the army in
of war ; and, if it seemed to have desisted from the ii lib- this service: . .
secution of this design, the Committee believe !sat alt's Timespedition has two grand objects. By planting
circumstance must he attrihnted not toes change in thr pa- •
liry of the United States, hut to the perseverance in the ' hefty ” •of
l'ire strait, bode troops in the neighbourhood of
power-
former policy of other nations. Pre Wien tribes of the north-west now the most power-
The Conu.sittee are not unaware that the " Milted .44 and tie only ones to be dreaded, they will be less is.
States are better situated than any other nation to photit (dined to hostilities, and in the event of an Indian war,
by 'orienteering;" but they are far from opposing this
theset troops will be readily enabled to keep them in
calculation to a regnlation which, if the powers of .tbe
world would adopt it, they too should consider is o it I cheek, by directing their detachments to sly point where
happy improvement in the of nations." ! troops may be needed ; and under their protection the
It is an improvement, however, which cannot be made ! fur-trade, which the Hudson's Bar and North-West Com-
withont the consent of other States. The Committee I panies were' in a fair r•ay to monopolize, may he eaten-
will not flatter the mentorialkts by expressing the opi- L .
• that anch consent will prohafily be given; but, as r steely driven by our own traders. It seems that due care
it can hr obtained only, if at all, through the Executive I has been taken to prevent infringements upon the rights
tinvernment, to whose discretion the conduct of nego- i of the natives, which are very apt to breed hostilities,
ciations has been properly confided by the Constitu- I and the commanding officers have been instructed to use
lion—
Resolved, That the Committee of Foreign Relation,. every means to condi:ate the Indians, and give them a
be discharged from the further consideration of the tut favourable idea of the character of our white men.—
tnorials relating to the practice of privateering, and that 'This course is certainly demanded both in policy and
they he referred to the Secretary of State. 1 justice, and we hold it to be an opinion well founded,
'flue Report was read, and the Resolution agreed to. I that the natives will not, from their mere love of war,
be the aggressors in any. We take it to be a popular
error, that the savage delight Indiana are supposed to
have in war is the stimulus which leads them to resort
to its on the other hand, if their dispositions be fierce
when excited, we believe that their hatred of the whites,
and their hostilities upon them, may belt-aced to actual,
or, in fewer instances, imaginary wrongs.
ROSTON, JAN. 13.—The effects of the late gales on
Bird Island, in Buzzard's Ray, on which there has been
a light-house lately erected by order of government,
were very severe. A letter from the keeper of the light
to the collector of this port, states, that every thing
moveable was swept front the island. During the night
of the 30th ult. such was the severity of the wind and
the height of the tide, that the island was for lomat
hours completely tinder water. The keeper was obliged
to remove with his family to the light-house for safety.
The island, he says, no longer retains its former appear-
ance, being mostly covered with stones and gravel, in
some places two or three feet deep, in other places the
ground is torn up to a great depth.

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LONDON:

SATURDAY, PERRUARY 12, 1820.

We hare this morning received Paris Papers of Wed-
needs). last.
According to the latest accounts from Spain, it appears
probable that Cadiz has not yielded to the insurgent
forces. A letter from Bayonne, dated the lit inst. says
.4-04 We learn from Cadiz, that the greatest tranquillity
peeving in that city: This by no means agrees with the
accounts of the precautions adopted by the Spanish 0o-
verement to suppress the revolntionar:: proceedings in An-
dalusia. We have seen a Proclamation siguod by the Chief
of the Constitutional army, viz. Manuel de Los Areas,
declaring that the army, in demanding a Constitution,
*Au enrelsed a • right guaranteed by Ferdinand in
1814 ; that the Royal ramify. new reigning, would never
sae tad.e recognised; and that it, ought to be proud of
being placed at the head of a people se heroic, and I
ready to make the greatest sacrifices to preserve its in- I
dependence, Ike. We are surprised that so many coot- I,
tlistionlaorld
tow arrive in Paris. They must sorely pass
Ala nin disguise ; for neither sub-prefect,
,
. tee the eolowtandaat, to whom they ought to sh•w their
. •
rearms, bas seen one daring the last 13 days."
The Ceistilortionet observes, that a courier extraor-
onsasey. . bad arrived in Paris, bringing letters from,
Madrid of a date as recent as the illtli ult. By these it:
1 appears that General Preyre had determined to march 1
agalase the issurgente, and that he intended to pat his
tessnOils emotion for that purpose on the tetb ult. The
vaegnard, under the orders of General Ferree, had al-
weedy mewed their pigeon' to the port de St. Merit, mei I
the Insurgents wets concentrated In the Isle ie keent.
The dissensions among the Chiefs. of the latter are said
to e.acreasedally, and the numbers of their soldiers ell•
minish. Thesecirettinetaisees have inspired the Utah,'
I mu' with a degree of toaralence which leads them Wean-
ihtle sheistatitrtietiod fig nearly quelled. • . ~
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