Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-09

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The e8(lern coah OF England, fuch as Sunk, fiar-
wick. Gait, Lowftott, Harbrow, Wlntcrton, Of
tord. Shawl. Dudgeon, FauInefs and the Spurn.
The amount Of thefe demands for hight money IN
an American lhip. Of 24s tons, is thirty ieven
rounds andLfx fhil.ings ferling. AT Hull tie
Collector enforcts payment for Ramigate harbour
duties To the amctnt OIL. 6 a6, and OF Dover bar.
bour, duties TO the amount OF !. 5 8. The de.
mand for Importing tights, few of which perhaps
we're isen on The paIage, ard for improving bar.
bours which were not entered BY tie hip, amount
to forsy fix pounds nine fittings AID ninepence
on a burlhen lrfs than $50 tons. An amount or
demand exceeding two hundred and four dollars.
If an American fa,p goes TO Liverpool The IS
charged for the Ugh, up St. Georges Channel
A ship Of GA tons is made TO pay for supporting
the lights ct Milford that called tie Smalls, aud
another by the nane Of Skef,ies. These several
demands with the pice of stamps, Come to
/, IS IA 4, stefiifg on vessel of that burshen
for one voyage or roorc than 63 dollars, tor light
money alone For each ofthrse three light h2as-
es the charge is ezaaly four pounds steilibs the
too.
Light HonGes have been eilablilhed by the
government of the United States on my parts OF
GER extenfye coat. Many parts OF It are Admir-
ably Illuminated. And the whole expenie OF
thefc valuable efablilhments, is betrayed from
the treafa out Of ,heI OBITUARY income. Fo-
reierers wEo Wifi our ports, participate the iecu
risy aid advantage Of thelc guidcsto mariners, as
fully as our avn cisizens-bus they pay nothing
for this privilege of directing themfelpes BY cur
lights. Fore;gn nations have ackoowleds the
psinc,ple that duties ought TO be collected from
their commercial yid,ors, for fnpportug light
houfcs, and they compel cur merchants to pay
them, Is isa correct principle OF dlar!buive
iuitice, that we lhould cauGe our commercial vi.
ftots to pay fomethihg for the efabLfhnent and
Improvement Of our Eight houfes. dnty on
tonnage, for this express purpole, could eaGiy be
laid and collected from foreign vefels, and
would add materially to our means of keeping
them in good repair and Attendance A fam for
example OF OF cents pr TON upon every foreign
vefeI, forevery light houfe he fhal have paGed,
will make va nabIe fund for the humane and
excellent inRi,rtion oflight houfes. To the in
tent that this IN crcfing fu jet may be inveGi-
gated and ia, our government may avail ltlelf
fits own proper rights and relouicss, / move
the following reioiu,ion.
That the Committee of Cornerce and Maru
features be directed TO enquire into the expcdien-
cy Of laying and collecting tonnage duty Oh TO-
reign thips d.yeasls entering the ports and har-
bours Of the Uai,ed States, for an equivalent Tor
the advantages wheh flch fhps and ycG.Is de-
rive fom the ligh. houfes they fafs, inwards and
oatwards
A message was received from the President of
the United STATES as follows.
To TIE Sraate and H5uss Of Representative, Of
fbs Gnited States gf 9msylrq,
/. now lay before Congress the ANIMAL account
of the Fnod astAnlisEeitor defraying the conr!i-
tingens charges Of the gsvernment. No coca
soa having arisen for fnaking use of any pat
OF it in the present year, h@ balance Of eighteen
thousand FIVE hnudred an1 sixty dollars unezpend
ed al The end of the last year, remains ncw IN Re
treasury.
Til: JEFFERSON.