The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-04-10 00:00:00

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l'oited States. published to eat last, was the logo% ing paring
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Washingtom March 7, 1922. . r _
The Secretary of State. to whom has been referred and °
'the Retaliation of the House of Representativee of the I, L
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30th of January last. requesting the President of the 3
' United States to lay before that House such comma-
'. stations as might be in the possession of the Reece:-
tine from the Agent of the United Ststes with the •
Ploveramesits south of the United States. which have At t
desisted their iadependeace; and the communications Chelse
from the agents of such Governments in the United dens, I
States, with the Secretary of State, as tend to skew whet
the political condition of their Governments, sod the room.
state of the war between Hem and Spain, as it might fur cm
'he consistent with the public interest to communicate : propro
las the honour of submitting to the President the, be bet
. papers required by that resolution. Tlot
of the
Tbe communications from the Agents of the Uoited
States ars only those most recently received, and exhi- the ye
. biting their views of the actual condition or the se- one of
'okra). South Americas revolutionary Governments. Philip
• No communication hp yet been received • from Mr. Mr
'Prevost slime hie arrival of Lima. wardi
• • There has been hitherto so Agent of the United Th
; State. in Mexico; but among the papers herewith of M
oubmitted, is a letter recently received from a citi- and o
- - zen of the United States, who has been souls years ten yi
residing there, containing the best information in he 01
possession of the Government, concerning the late fill tb
revulatioe in that country ; and specially of the tin 0I
' character embraced by the resolution of the house.
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Joust QUINCY ADSIIII. rue
To the President of the United States. 0050
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New YURI/, DiAZCII 15.—ft is said that the rood
Spanish Ambassador it Washington is preparing a Tree
protest against the recognition by our Government of tows
the independence of the Spanish Americas Colonies. id
Shonid Cowes adopt the coarse recommended by the thin
President, and of ibis there can be no doubt, it is be- he b
tiered the Don will retire to Philadelphia, and await were
the orders of his Government. It is further stated each
that this MOSSIIDI bat created a strong sensation among 0
the Diplomatic corps; but we do not anticipate any the
difficulty from foreign powers. Spain cannot well 7
make war upon us. Should she attempt it, privateers prat
natter the Spanish dog would doubtless annoy our tor
commerce, bat we could pay ourselves by letting the
Jackson make a six months' campaign is Culls. be!
CONCUSS Or THE UNITED STATGO. URIICIL 11. It e
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Loindes it el
made a report on Weights and Measures, which can- II
' elndes with the following resolutions:— ski
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Represents- purl
tires of the United States of America, in Congress as- oat
'stabled, that the President of the United States be wis
req d (if the content of the Government of Great log
sritalo shall bre given thereto) to cause to be traced 1
on a rod of pieties. the yard of the year 16111, which hot
is kept in the British Exchequer; to cause to- be toe
t ' made of pieties a pound of the weight in vacuo of the tor
o Hagfish avoislopois pound; and that be also cause I
r to be made, of whatever material he shall deem best his
'fur standards of those measures, a vessel of the same too
eimacity as the 'MUM Winchester bushel, and also if I
et vessel of the same capacity as tic standard wine gal- (H
too of England. cur
, 1 t Resolved, That the President be requested to cause to.
to be made, for distribution among the states and ter- '
vitories, and for the purpose of verifyiog the weights ma
mid measures used therein, models of the yard, on do
- which shall be traced its divisions of feet and inches; lot
models of the bushel, half bushel, quarter bushel. or ed,
peek. thirty-second part of a bushel or quart; models elc
4 1 of the wine gallon, of the wine quart and pint; mo-
' 1 dela of the posed. half pound, quarter pound, of the ea
r sixteenth of a pound or ounce, of the seven thousandth ge
V'. '' i • part of a pound or grain ; models of the pennyweight be
a , or twent:,-fuur grains, of the scruple or twenty grains, m•
and of the apothecary's dram or sixty grains ; models th
of the weight of 12 1.2 pounds, of 25 pounds, of 50 to
I pounds, and of 100 pounds: that Pies models of
weight and m be formed, with the utmost prat- hi
4, tical exactness, from the weights and measures pro- pr
cured under the authority of the feregoing resolution ; gi
and that the number to be procuted of each shall not hi
exceed—
The report and resolutions w' ere referred to the corn- w
• mittee of the whole. 64
STATUE TO WASHINGTON. PI
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New You, Masten 9.—A general meeting was cc
it 'held last evening at Washington Hall, agreeably to ti
notice., to consider the propriety of erecting a Statue T
to George Washington, and to devise the means neces- P
eery to raise the funds for accomplishing that desire- a
ble object. His honour. the Mayor. was called to the h
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1• . •. Chair. and Philip Hone, Esq. appointed Secretary. It 11
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Resolved,—That an equestrian statue of bronze. b
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lt! with appropriate ornaments and inscriptions. be erect- r
td in some conspicuous part of this city, to the sue- 0
- 1 mory of George Washington. the illustrious Father I
of his country, in a style commensurate with his
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it font', and comporting with the dignity and character I
of the metropolis of this important state.
Itesolved,—That a committee of eighteen be ap- i
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pointed to carry into effect the object of this meeting. c
I ' and to emote! with the Hun. the Corporation upon the c
• 1 • subject of the foregoing resolution.—Pler. Ado ) 1
TROUBLES IN CANADA. i
The Earl of Dalhousie, Iloveraor of Laser Canada.
has suddenly prorogued the Palliasse*. ..ea a full '
consideration of the peceliar cisisetasess which
bare led to it, being satisfied that no benefit
to the public could be expected from a coati-
nuance of the session." The Assembly bad pre-
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• viously differed with the Legislative Council,
and refused to vote the I supplies, by a vote
of 21 to 5. Thus political symptoms, perhaps, revo-
.. . lutionary, continue to show themselves in Lower Ca-
i nada. There is a dispute between Lower and Upper
Canada respecting revenue —(Boatea Paper.)
RESPECTING PERU.
Ftoll THE BALTIMORE Ammucex.—By the Ariel,
Capt. Gregg, it* 26 days from the port of Callao,
touching et Payta, arrived here on the 15th. we learn
V•st Gen. Lacerna yet remained in the Sierra, bat with
' a force lot exceeding 2000 ism owing to the repeated
desertions which be has set with.
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