Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-05-27

WASHINGTON, May s5.--Tbere is rule
y Congress-, applicable TO both Houses.
which declares that !" No sill that shall
aave passed one House shall be sent for
concurrence to the other, on either OF the
'aree last days Of the session The day
or sdlournn ent tor the present session, be.
ing hxed tor Thursday the 27tb, yester-
,erdsy ~,s OF course ,h. last on which
bills could be passed in The House in which
they originated Every bill, therefore,
in either House, not yet acted upon is be-
yond the power OF Congress for the pre-.
sent session.
Among the subjects thus postponed 10
the next session, or virtually rejected. are
many Of considerable Importance, which
it has not been The pleasure OF Congress 10
act upon. The attentive reader, recol.
lecting what has been heretofore finally
acted upon in either House, and locking at
The business which was transacted ye,ter-
day. will be able at once TO sscerisin the
fate OF any measure in which he may take
an interest Among The bills and PROPOSE
tions titus laid over the following may de.
serve particular enumeration:
acts establishing and regulating the Post
Office Department;
The .epor. on the claim OF the heirs OF
CarOn de Beaumarchais;
The bill further to amend the Judicial
System Of the United States;
The bill tor the Preservation and repair
OF the Cumberland Road; and the bill for
the continuation OF that Road:
The bill to re"rganze and fix the Naval
Establishment OF The United States;
The bill laying duties on Sales at Auc-
ton;
The bill 10 allow a Drawback on the
Expectation OF Cordage manufactured from
Foreign Hemp;
The bill to esrabli Territorial Gov
eminent for the District OF Columbia;
All the amendments proposed AZ the pre-.
sent Session Of Congress to The Constitution
Of the United States.
This day and 10 morrow will be devoted
to acting, in each House, on the remain.
der of such bills as have already passed
the other. Nat. Int
At an hour too late, yesterday. to ena
Bile US 10 obtain the particulars tor to-day,
the injunctio of secrecy wss removed IN
the Senate, from so much o! the Eyecutiv.
proceedings as relates to the Tresty lately
concluded at London, between AR, RUSH
and Mr.. S CANNING Representatives oil
the United States and Great Britain, hav-
ing for its object a CO operation of mea-
sures for the further suppression OF Tie
Slave Trade. In our next We shall pub.
lsh the particulars, as lar as we can OBJ
tain them. For the present. we can only
say, that the Treaty met with very serious
opposition in the SENATE; that it was IL
nall7 ratified by that body by bare
y constitutional majority, after receiving
several notifications, the most essential OF
| the parties, making il an experimental
measure, rather than permanent law Of
the two nations. y had. r
THE CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
From the National fntehigencer, May &c.
We promised in our last, that we would
lay before our readers the particulars OF
The droceedings of iheSenate upon the Con-
venticn lately concluded, between The u
niteG States and Great Britain, proposing
certain arrangements for the further sup1
| preston of the Slave Trade With this
promise we find ourselves prevented from
literally complying, by rule OF the Sc.
! nate, which torbids extracts 10 be taken
+, from The Journal OF Executive proceedings
The injunction At secrecy removed as TO
(. the facts, but remains az 10 the torn Of the
Proceedings. We are able tots;ste, there
fore, only such particulars as we obtain
from oral report, =.
The Convention was concluded and
signed, on the 18Th March, between our
Minister, RICHARD RUSH, on the part Of
In. United Stataes. aud. on the part of
Grea: Britain, by the Right Honorable
WILLIAM HusKlssoN and the Right Honor
able STAFFORD CANNING,
The Convention comprises ten articles.
Article let, authorises commanders aud
other commissioned officers of the two ma .
tons, duly authorised to cruise on the
Coasts of Africa, OF America, and the West
Indies, for the suppression of the Slave
Trade, under conditions subsequently, spe.
cited, to search. detaiD. capture 81 send in
10 the proper country. Of the captured ves-
, sci, any vessel, Of either nation, concern
ed in unlawful traffic in slaves-ihe YES
sells so carried in to be tried by the tribu.
mails Of The country to which they belong.
Article Cd, applies the same rule to yes
sells chartered by either nation, though not
bearing the flag of that nation, nor owned
by individuals belonging TO il, &c:
Article Sd, requires that, in all cases,
where any vessel OF either party shall be
boarded by any naval officer OF the other
parry, on suspicion OF beng concerned IN
the Slave Trade, the officer shall deliver
to the captain OF the vessel SO boarded, a
certificate in writing, signed by the naval
officer, specifying bis rank. &c and the
objec, OF his visit; and makes some other
provisions for the delivery OF ships pa
pers, when captured under this Conven-
ton.