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Fruin the JV«w> York American.
Tot West India Trade. —Assuming that this
trade is .to be conceded, or, as the French phrase is,
cctmye to us by the bounty,sod subject to the plea
sure of England, upon the terms of the act of Parlia
ment ot July 1825, and of our own act of Cong
it of May las?, we tepeat the opinion that, in a na-,
tional point of view, we shall not be gainers by it_,
That set of Congreqa. hastily extorted—wo fear too,
tinder what might almost be called false pretences—
upon the eveot tho breaking up of a long, unsatisfac
tory and todious session, gave up the whole ques
tion, as a matter of right, and placed the nation, so
far as this trade is concerned, at the inercy of Great
Britain. That mercy, after an interval of suspense;
. duly calculated to impress upon us the greatness of
her condescension, 6ho has vouchsafed to show; and
the result may bo thus briefly stated:—Birnt. We
admit tpe British pretension of considering their col
onies in a double character—at one tiuie :*.s integral i
parts of the empire, at another as distinct from” he j
mother country, and subject to entirely different reg
ulations. The effect ot this double relation is, that
Kngland views hor own trade with the colonies, and
requires others to view it as a coasting trade; while
in their trade wiili other nations, Ihose’same colonies
arc put upon a different footing, and submitted todif
feront regulations, from those which govern the in
tercourse between the same nations and Great Brit
ain.
Scrvndry. — And ns a consequence of i he above pre
tension, we agree to trado with, the Briii.'h colonics,
n& countries not identified with and composing parts
of tho mother country; and, at the same lime,“agree
to consider them so far part of the mother country
us to suffer ourselves to be interdicted from the trade
between tho colonies and tho mother country,! though
■we may trade from tho colonies to all parts of the
world) because that is c laimed by Ongland as in the
nature of a coasting trade. * °
Thirdly.*-We agree that B.itish ships, from any
where, shall load in our ports for, or unload from, the
West Indies, upon precisely the same footing, as to
duties on cargo and vessel, ns American ships; the
effect of which may be, that British West Indiamen.
which now for the in ist port go out in ba'last. and
upon expense, to the colonics, may, in London, Liv
erpool, Bristol, or elsewhere. take freight for this
Country—-alt, con•?, ciatos, and other heavy articles
—thereby interfering with our mvn ships in those
ports—come to the |J. States, nnd there take another
• freight for the colonics—interfering thus a second
lime with onr own navigation—and, arrived in the
colonies, have the choice either of the home markets
whero’we cannot go, ot of returning to the U. S aies
with a freight, or of going to nny other part of the
world; thu* a third time competing with our veese'tT
it freights home from the colonics be dull, then West
Tndiamcn mny coin-? here with their cargoes upon the
Kiinie tooting ns Americans, discharge the same, or
such parts ns may bo profitable, and then lor a fourth
-t^rnc interfere with our shipping by taking, at dimin
ished rates, the produce of this country to Great
Britain. Here are concession, which, 'in o..r iude
ment would, if British ships, seamen, and enterprise
were equal to our own, give them the main carry
ing trade of tho country. 3 \
Fourthly.—In die teeth of our whole practice and
history, as a commercial people, striving on all occa
su ujato introduce the principles of perfect reciprocity
in trade, we ngrec to accept a trade restricted to cer
' tain ports, and to certain enumerated article*—which
arMcles are burdened w»»|, heavy duties—to whch
similar articles from the North American Colonies are
, not subject: and. ns an equivalent for such privileges'
we concede to British vessels, equally with our own*
an unlimited right to import from the Colonies, into
anv ot our poits. any article of any sort!
Such is a hasty summary of the conditions fo which
we assort in accepting “the boo,,” of the British go
vernmout J he benefits we are to derive may “be
thin* stated:—Our flour and cornineal, now carried in
ftJ£tnKnTWU '° Ri,J* ot* (',,ba» to Santa
Urtiz. St. Thomas and elsewhere, and lhence taken to
the Bntiah island*, may now be carried to these re
Jands directly equally in American and British shins i
Live stock and lumber, which cannot boar a circuitous -
voyage, and to tho trade in which articles, therefore
the opening of a direct intercourse may be chiefly ben
eficial, can now bo carried directly tq the British
ports; aud American ships can thence bringback car
goes to the United Staten, of rum. molasses, and any
thing else they may find in the Colonies, suitable to
nur market; or they may load for any European port
out of Great Britain, that may tompt their enter
pnzo. It is to th:s last provision that we look for a
possible compensation for sooie of the disadvantages
to which the other c-mditisns of ihia intercourse may
smyeet uf: but oven in indulging t his anticipation, wo
bear m mind tliat, from the circumstance of tho trade
being opened to us by an Order in Council and not!
by 7 Maly, it may, as most assuredly jt would be a
gam closed to us, the modlefit it shsuld be discover- j
ed that our ships obtained a preference in carrying j
freights from the Colonies to Europe 3 a j
As to any general effect of the opening ofthis trade !
upon the commerce ot the country, or any immediate !
or perceptible -ictivity iq be given by it to business in I
%r£'\irCCt°t,0rir' \ri\be re,Ii-v entertained,!
will prove fiilhaons. Indeed. the importance that
ha; been given to tins trade, nnd to the negotiations j
5ar"'Ri,io,,9ij' ',o1
i l- roro (he Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 5 ]
Tn* British Colonial Trade—The act of Par-'
riatneot of June 27, 1825, for rogulntjng thn trade of!
tho Colonies in Amcnm nnd the Wc-t Indies under
wruchil is stated Hr. SIcLane’H arrangement i? mado
FrtTa'pons of th* 11 T UW^1 to ,mport t0any of tho
ire.- po.ts of those colonics, in wbicfi aie included all'
|;1C! P''nc'M,;'1 Ports, any goods (.’xcept certain descrip- j
Dons epeciaHy enumerated) from any foreign placeTn
tn d ?nr/l?rT’ proV,f,cd 8»ch importation be i
u 'll?h J/fVS 8 "Pf’ **'"* *hiP* "/&>• country ,/
Vjii .i th good* ore the pro,hut. The except ions are
gunpowder, nrnia and ammunition, and utensils of
whalo c?il‘blnhh lCd Vk' “?cd bMf>P°rk bacon,!
, blubber and fins, base and counterfeit coin
and copy nghf books; and for the West Indies and
°rf,n h America, coffee, cocoa, .ugar, moiasses and '
rmu of foreign production. The articles imported 1
ttom torwign countries are subject to certain riiea nf
doty established by the acr. Those on Z p£ I
amcles are as follows—viz: flour per bbl. &8 ; wheat1
per bushel, Is ; rice per 100 lbs. 2s. 6d.; shmgles ™t i
over 2 inclies long, per M 7s , over 12 inches Ms ■
red oak staves per M. 15s; white oak, or heading*’
12^°d.; pme lumher, per 10-)0 fcet, 1/ ,8 .
kinds of lumth-r, 1/. 89,; wood hoops per M 5s sT
horses, mules, neat cattle, and other live stock 10
per cent, ad valorem; fresh fruit and vegetables free
many other articles enumerated, most of them 72 per
cent, ad advalorem, but some 20, and other* 30 Lr
cent ; articles not enumerated, 15 per cent The
. irasisr 'issr ,vhc",cr ,bc * *• ***
nni °r j"'y *. m..ic»
cnmli mn of the permission given to import in foreign
vessel* that the countries to which such foreign vl
sc a belong if they have foroign possessions, shall
keDrivflrge of trading wiST such posses
sions to British ships; or if they have not fore.",, p„s
sessions. ■had place the commerce and navigation o'
Great Britain on the footing of the most favored na
a7nij»Vnder*L,"*5tutha °rderin Council of Jt.lv I
- 7. 1825, was issued, by which the port* of the Colo !
^ ■*°r December*
th. year to the present tune. Should this order be
hforce ’ 1 n6"7’ Rbove cited>wouldK
Tha West India port* were first open* to our ves
arls by an act of Parliament passed in 1022, psrmit
l.og the import of certain enumerated article*, inclu
ding the principal articles permitted by the act of!
1.,25 from any foreign country on the continent of[
INorth or South America, or from any foreign r*l«n/11
m the West Indies, either in British* vessels or ”n'
vessels of the country where the article* imported
woro produced*- Undot this act our vessels were ad
mitted into the We^t India ports for some time, con
veying the produce and manufactures of our onn
country, and paying only the duties prescribed by the
act, which same duties were payable on like imports
from this country in British vessels
At this time the ports of the United States were
entirely closed, by the acts of Congress of April 18,
1818, and May 15, 1820, against British vessels cem
ing from the \Vest India Colonics. But subsequent
ly, Alaich 1. 1323, an act of Congress was passed,
by which the ports of the Untied States were open-1
ed to British vessels coming from the Colonial ports '
named in the British act, culled Free Ports, for the !
importation of articles the produce of the colonics; ‘
and il was provide*! that on satisfactory proof bcin<* i
given to the President, that no other- or higher duties
were levied in the colonial ports upon vessels of the *
United Stales, or upon goods or merchandise import-'
ed in United States vessels, than were levud upon
British vowels, or upon tho like goods and merchan
dise imported into the said colonial ports from else
where, lie should issuo his proclamation announcing
the fact, and u that case, British vessels from the co
lonial ports should be Subjected in the ports of the
United Stales to the payment of the same duties only
as those of the United States But as British ves
s»Is were permitted to import into the colonies arti- \
clcs which were the produce of Great Britain and
the other colonies, freo of duty, while the same ar
tides, when imported from the United Stales’, wore j
subject to the duty, the case provided for did nm ex 1
ist. British vessels from the colonies were therefore •
subjected in our ports to the payment of the foreign •
tonnage duty of one dollar a ton. and the discrimina- j
Ungduty often per cent additional on their cargoes. J
The British government, in consequence, on the 21st!
of Julv, 1823, by an order in Council, required that
from that date American vessels in the British, Amer
ican and West India ports, should be subject to a du
ty of 4s. 3d. as equivalent to tho 94 cents additional
duty to which British vessels were subject in Ameri
can ports, and also an addition of 10 per cent, to the
duty on the articles imported, over what the same
articles would pay if imported in British voxels.
Phc law remained in this state through the year
1024. both sides exacting the foreign onnage duty,
and the discriminating doty on imports in the vessels
or the other. In the winter of 1824-6, an attempt
w is made in Congress to alter the law, but without
sucrcfs In »hc preceding summer followed the
British acts of Parliament and order in Council above
mentioned, and these were followed on the 17th of
March, 1827, by a Proclamation of the President, de
clarinir that the trade and intercourse between the
hibite-1 ^talCiS ac^ l',e Colonial ports was pro
Tlie following communication contained in the
4iew l ork Daily Advertiser, shows \yhat will be the
operation of the New arrangement:
. ...... M.u uvw i 'irK ujtly A'lvi;rii=er
;• WEST INDIA TRADE.
Mr. bMtor—Tho terms on which we are in future
to enjoy this ‘‘Boon” of the British Government i8
Snit-d !" ,l ,e .n,Ct f- our Congress, passed ou the
30th May last. My object in troubling you nt this
tune 19 to inquire as to the price we have paid for the
privilege—Being somewhat of a practical man, I
always endeavor to look as far towards the result of
measures as practicable, and in this case it is m mv
judgment very questionable whetner wo have not
‘ paid too much for our whistle.”
If I understand the practical operation of thi« ar-*
rangernont it will enable a British ship to proceed
from Liverpool, (ultimately bound to Jamaica ) with
a cargo, or pa;t of a cargo to New York, which she
may discharge, take in a cargo of lumber, or any
other commodities wanted in the British West In
dies proceed there, and return to Now York, with
a cargo suited1 to oar market, wliich she will
di^etc ef hero, and fill op with our produce, and
proceed to her home market, thus enabling iho
h ih tBnt,Sh V C,St Indla flcet® to t0,,cl» at our poi ts
.. &omg and re urning, and iu tho performance of
th .se circuitous voyages, to compote with us in car
rying our produce to their colonies, and also t. the
I!1 nUXstr bfl rci««3inber2d that the
ufhalJ td’r flocts harotofore, have gone oat mostly
m baMast for return cargoes. This will uo longer
b». the ca»e. They will now loud with three bulky
n0.S?0^{,UCS’ T’ c9a.1» grates, and the like, for our
nn lK6y T dl3char£° •‘ere and take in
cargoes of lumber, live stock and provisions for the
colomes; this will be better for them than g-,ino- in
ballast, and of course they will have not only all the
nor^nV P ° l° *nd, fTVh0 C‘danie«. b/t a vast
portion of the same trade between our ports and the
mot hpr country: for the same process will be used on
£C’™ lTCe fr°ra tbe co,on,C3 lf> the moth: -
couutry, by stopping in our ports, selling us their
th is^fL in fh7r|ffl’ mo,a8uSCd> &*. «nd "the space
thus left m tho ships may be filled up with cotton,
tobacco, rice, and the like, with which they will pro
ceed borne. It I acn not greatly mistaken* our ship
TlTf Tn 0ffrG0 W,th “**• that v/a hfvo paid
too dear for this arrangement. "
_MA-L TITUS.
lie JY. York Courier and Enquirer of Monday.
arc ”PXXttrJiST1
,lf ;;i 1,1 .ddrtloo to the intormatiim contained m
tin. follnwnj; letter, which come? Iron, a miat au"
he«ded‘bye(£r Ctoto aodri^'w' '** ‘hat il waa
The „iv , . ^KRA Crvz, 20th Aug. 1C30.
that if riJr * homo“ presents itself s» gloomy
that if it had not been for my family, I should airvl
2o..bar° J“m« £7,m lhecountry «r freedom, where
t«*- “thHctt,
do means certain which wav mnv L 1 bj
sppffiHSSss
w.t a*n7|1wlC.iS el^ tho >t>Mtre or civil
a^b,^tr^?,'Sr?:'r™“-''
^;i“ft?„7^rpc%"aT/:,rr"irnidfF,tb“
have a signal tr.’uraph in a UryshXtti™ *iU 1
a minor here that the C y SV.° ,t 1 rnc' 1 "Rr6 is !
manded the Ofrcpuls.oV nf l*on ?f,lhe capital has do 1
«t«P to that «PfUTurbid.8lVra| (Iep,,l,Ca’ a Sltail«r
eauscof hisrnn A.f’ k‘ ‘ Wa8 the Pr>™pal
■s none, and in conseoucrci'^ r? °f ,h" pr«88 there
and we remain ignorant ,',f aHtbat W,’"’,0“ 18 8,‘n,,tl
respondence is not safe, and if pa*SC3’ cvRn cor
that protects that infamy ’ 10 ff°vernwcnt
rJZZf-ZZ dZZT ™" *•**»*
insutbe editor, in the a,iv.iodIerfMCr °‘ th« 6th!
has received * newspapers*0© to*!!* 3ays h‘<
which, however, "fvif nothin,! 2d September,!
political state of that count rv ° f ,,fnportancc of the I
lent about tbc movements itwi !? ,hc> arc bi-!
who are mr.re interested,hm . Guerrcro* VVe
respondents, will give yon t, ** odl,or and h,a cor- ;
animation of thenW^r IV^ ! °f our lonS ex-,
date received by the r ffior ‘on hi nCX|,COA’ "P to 'he I
From the R,li'irn n£ ■ ?7be Da,|y Advertiser. I
Itor of the Duly has hfd£f w,,5ch thf> i
^bevanous extracts m^^d m^r’. "S ?ppea,” by I
Alvarez has moved with a stror J?',pCr) lv° know1
ptWco that hr. b„o ■ e,tronff d,7»3ton on .tfra-!
froops of who il0!!! rencoun'cr8 with the |
Spanish pBrty° \V« know^
Cclalla. has joined lS o' r'* thal Co1
r truvro m conjunction, m Z ZZlZo uni
0 ~ * • ‘ *» » ’
territory of Co/mux. We know that General tiar
tagnn has found Imnself obliged to go l.imsoll «*ut
of Guadatqjara in the field, which indites to be
there something serious. We know that that Go
vernmont is greatly uneasy for the safety of the
Capital, and working through rigorous "espionage to
maintain order We know that the pretension of
the oppressive faction increases every day, as far as
to ask that scv-ral Deputies of the 1 louse of Repre
sentatives should be displaced, because not agreeable
to that party.
Do you wish a more deplorable stale, a more cri -
ieal situation for a r'»intrv ? MRYir* :
MtCpWOUP
_FB1PAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1830.
fCT* We have thrown toget liar several extracts up
on the subject of the West India trade, which will
give our readers a pretty correct view of the proniis
ed advantages of this glorious act of our most glon
ous administration. In confirmation of their views,
it does not appear that the late news has had the
slightest effect in roieiug the price of our wheat and
flour. This is conclusive. Our merchants are too
clear-sighted to overlook the benefits of a new mar
ket, if in fact any benefit is to be derived from it.
Baltimore and Ohio R<til Ruad —We have read in
the Baltimore papers, the fourth annual report of the
President and Directors of this Company, and regret
that its length necessarily occludes it from our
co'umns. Tito receipts, upon the portion upon which
a single track has been laid that is to Ellicott’s -
Mills, a distance of 13 miles, javo been £20,000 for
h’ss than four months, for the Conveyance of passon
gers alone. It is expected that the double track will
be completed this season to Kjicott’s Mills, and the
single track twelve miles fntthcr: and that in the
course of next year, about forty miles will be com
pleted, to Parr’s Spring Ridge, and a single track
extended lothccity of Frederick, and perhaps to the
Point of Rocks, a distance of 66 miles from Balti
more, where the Rail-way and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal cotno in contact. Tjo report antici
pates a speedy adjustment of the differences between
these companies, and the President and Directors
appear sanguine of ultimate success in this most
wonderful enterprise of the ige. The following ex
tract from he report of the Engineer, is all we can
find room for:
Experience, with regard to the cetrit, of the conveyance of
m. ln Tnf ',e pLef‘Ld,nR f,"r on the first 13
n. lc» of the Baltimore and Onto Raj toad, is of the most cheer
i 0 and couvinciiig character. Tne practicability of maintain
ma a^ speedI of 10 nnlesper hour with horses ha* been exbtbued.
Unit jj.nper relays, this rate of travelling may be cont.nued
Uyough any length of Rail wa,, a* asrwsamt descend of
which shall not exeee.l about 30!feet per mile This will hv
no means anpear extravagant, when the fact is adverted to.
,ib\t.ll’R avt5rBSe «peed of the mill coaches on the turnpike roads
m England is at that rate, that these roads vary from a level
I"at,0,,S ofevjy deF« "P ‘o 276 feet per mile and so.ne’
MeaC° m°5C; w*,ei’11 •» further considered that a horse
would draw a load on the Rail Wav upon an ascent of 138 feet
°' i* '" «• «"h a.little exe.tino astkosamebmd wmS rf
qi,~* °? ,TrW tPartS °f U,fl !,e,,t *"S>ish ‘“'"pike road*.
The load fur a horse on the Rail Way, will bs one cSoar.y
n?,25 P»ssengers, with a relay every six or seven miles 3
Economy m the use of horse potver, for the genera! pm pose of
transportatton will require a low veioci.y, perhaps ahoutX^
m les per hour, since the expence of transportation hv horses is
fa^e1 yTh^"n,hn,e< * 8S ve,or'it>r is "K.reaseri beyond this
rate. Tim enhancement of expense may n« borne for the con
veyanca of persons, but nol for trade.
tiveVSteam,,En*b,i!H '"'"l'1*’ the improvements in Locomo
L oe hTi Pr,. 7 bein such a, to insure their general
oseoothe Rail W ays ot sutuble graduation, and where fuel
s cheap The wet^ht of these machines has been so K,ea“?v
a,,r1 ‘he generation sod application of the po6wer so
much economized, as to p„t ,4 res, comparison between lo
ches?«»VR“u* BU,t"*?ary p°tt'i:r on ,he Liverpool and Man
dhester Railway. From the experiments in October last on
W"ih 110 ,mProved locomotives, as well a* Rom
rbes"mHchin« aTranahR^' " has been d«<"°n*rated'hat
tnese machines are capable of riauuainin!; anv desirable vb
thf ■M3Unds, of Pri,dence mav warrant, and that
?“h" he,r celerity and economy of movement, that the facil
tiles of travelling and conveyance upon Ratlwavs will fir .ran
^ Wd.t.h?Se °f 3ny °thcr me,hod hitljerto known.’
V> ith locomotives, the transportation of commodities wav
proceed with the same velocity as the wntevanrn .f i'!!!
with very little, if ar.y increased expense,—this arrangement
-rrnd!Jd|n?L,nenif y ,h5 caP?<ity 'he road, while'it will
Drea.ly lessen the number of engines, waggons and men
necessary to be employed The movement may toe Rom 10
stoppage**f,9r ’ fi° aS‘° aVCra6C 10 rQl^R® including all
I am aware that this velocity is not so -rreit
nf?hWR °|b- f0U,,d tl,e nccesgary frailty of the machines and
of the Kail way, msepaiBble from the physical nature of’their
«;ATS"?«sBfa stsjs ?„€
idCa9;UnCharteDed by a knowledge If
I he speed of 10 miles per hour, would rednep the u„
Kn-f* -wf'he (liiesapeake. amt the Steamboat'navm.i
Don of (ho Ohio, to 36 hours travpl_aOTirrit**-* _•» ,« r , ^
Sr rhe =
cl ict.on, there would exist the expanded surface of a continent.
General Root ba« deeiinotl the Salina nomination.
The rernainiug Candida. e* ore the prosent Governor
Throop, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Williams. The
last nominated by a minority of the Salina Conven
tion.
It IS stated by JSIr. Niles io his Register, that the
whole export of four from the United States to the
British West India Island.*, when those ports were
open to oar chipping, nod taking the voar when the
export was greatest, very little exceeded the quanti
ty oi flour imported into Providence, Rhode Island.
!«ot year.
hrom the Baltimore Chronicle.
°F/ THE. e"«*-i#h Ef.*CTio»«:—What I
ni ®l •Mmulertgamed * — We might put aimher
question, to which a positive answer would bo more
Thevy ZlT* What ,lavc tbe M J,;y°
I 1 _y were to gam ninety-three votes. Acoordum
J or fi^n?C.Uraleu,!icalati0nB’ the7liav<*
tBnd a much larger nurnoer, if we ».dd to
•c-. m.iny o, their former ihorougligomfr suppor
" d 7n,°o ?y th<*
more. viorZ , bB tboro,1?b««mg supporter* no
be hoaril Vhi "i'f r# 1 nt tbo voice could
h »t h .men expressed in one way “/?e
reform axpendlU,r"--i‘bolition of monopoly—
saMv-havo Lrep^S,:nfal,0n ’-,hc *"«««** 'iniw r
and with h.rHll° h° P°I,,t8 ,09i5,R,J 00 b>’ the voters,
didates, in a" cxccPllon» concerlcd by the can
that <a'candid i/^aS0r lb° Wor*t recommendation
KJ» t£ ,ma br0U?hf 10 h>9 hosting*, has
mUort ofThr AT"19 °,,Ce b»8 be*t--fri.s consistent
!fpPhlr' ? Adnwmtrat,r,n. Indeed the support
been found t<» 3« no "T' ,,ndoTm or occasional, has
d«tf> Rmnortori ° "gainst almost every candi
P'' lt* ■I’he best claims which any
* ♦*
nan has l>roug.,t to his hustings, Iras boon iutio pen
Jonc|| ot party—uuhp.-ndvnco of the Government,
rhe House of Commons, which assembles in Octo
ber, will coutain more hon-et members thsn any that
has met since the Revolution if they fulfil the prom
ises made to their constituen's
Upon a Hun-e ol Commons constituted as that now aboi t
io a scumble iu England is thus described to be, the elloct ol tlie
recent events in I’aris will be very great; and thc enthusiasm
With winch the E-ich.-li nation seems to have emcrod into the
proceedings of the Tarismns, will urge on “reform*" ,n Eus
land with an overwhelming power Indeed as regards both
f ranee and England, the day of extravagant ioya! expendi
tures, of sinecuies, of venerable abuses, seems to be passed
and the people will have a voice potential in regulatim? the •
lust expenditure of the moneys drawu front their industry *
In London, Mauchester, Birmingham, and some other pans
ol die kingdom, town meetings were h-ld, express-in-' the admi
ration of the inhahitantsofihe valor, ofthe self devotion,* mod
eration of the French, in their contest with, and overthrow olan
appiessive government. At nil those meetings, subscriptions
I^VJhiTkilM lhere!,ef °‘ lh° Wl,undcd’a'*d Of the lam,:
It is calculated that there will be at most not more than nine
t’hatCo|1thena,,,hCalh0l,C,We,,,-t?er,,n nBW Pwhament, and
land " he maJ0,1‘y will be rcturued for places in Ei.g
There are 22G now members elected to the House sf Com
mon* fiom England and Wales alone.
Lord John Bussell lost his election for Bedford by the cast
sefl 430 ° (w"prrn anhe nu,nbBr was- for Lord John R.is
Uaot90polUinP h°*'I 490—iihe mayor determined m favor of
Theatre k 5 Wh '* dcscnbnd' as thc lessBB of Drury Lane
FROM SPAIN.
n,, “'laoei.phia, Oc-. 9—A gentleman who came
passenffor tn he .hip Mamhes-.r, arrived in our river
from Cadi?, stales fhat flii-people were inrinsur-c
tion tt. Gahcta ,n the north of Spain, and that .he
T hal b'^n ,h0,eted ‘here. This news was
published tn the Cadiz papers, previous to the Man
chesters sailing. [Sailed from Cadiz 30th Aug.
The Mancoster bnu^ht no papers.—Dvery thing
was tranquil in the south of Spain. Gazelle ^
I,e.ller to the editors of the Daliimoro American,
from their correspondent at Havana, untier date of
-lst September, states that thc or.g Drt.ee, arrived
there otiitbc 15th September, from Boston, brou-ht
phaC.r?onr8twhn? 8IX °r,' h« cr,w of the American bn
Patriot, which foundered cn her yovag,- rrom Port
land to Matanzas, in a BPvero gale on the 23d ol
August, lat. 31, long. 73, in which they lost the
duel mate and one seaman drowned.
A. Y. Herald.
I From the Lowell [JUasa.) Journal.1
Baruorou Outrage.-One of those outrages
the frequent occurrence of which leads us to doubt
mmiT ThCty advancing *n goodness, was com
miued on rhursday, September 30th, in Tewksbury
TwnmVi VT JLoWuli- A ,e,low by the name of
rwombly, by trade a c -rrier, and who had resided
m i ewksbury but a short time, was returning home
rom the regimental muster, at Chelmsford,“ when
twoie!ma‘ WU°rd he mela gir1’ bGtwean eleven and
tw Ive years of age, waikiuglrom Lowell to her re
sidence in 1 ewksbury, about 2 miles distant,Twom
b.y seized her, and by threatening her with his gun,
succeeded m stifl ng her cries.-fie dragged her mto
the wood-, wnere ne consummated his villainous pur
poses, and lie left her. She succeeded in gaining the
road side, when her jcries attracted ihe notice.if
some gentlemen who were passing, and to whom
sue unue known the treatment she nad teceiv.d
and gave such description of the villaiu, that tnev
idein lfied the person whom they nad recen-ly met
I hey carried the-girl to the first house, and com
menced u., immediate pursuit, and apprehended
1 woinbly at .no distance of about three miles When
drought into the pr&sence of the girl, he confessed
his guilt,and begged that the bystanders would-sub
ject him to any punishment they pleased, if ihey would
only le.ive life in him, rather than permit the law to
exorcise justice upon him. It was then last) in ihe.
evemng, and he wa*- bound and pul into a camu^e
oe taken before a magistrate, from which, while on
the road to Belvidere village, ho made his escape.
1 he next morning, handbills were circulated in every
direction, and a reward offered for h.s apprehension.
A citizen of Tewksbury, Mr. Bravny Gray, mn
track of him, pursued and arrested him in Ipswich,
lie was taken buck to Tewksbury, and on Monday
he had an examination before Mr. Justice Las-man.
ills guilt was so manliest that his attorney did not
even attempt a defence, and lie was ordered to recog
nize in the sum of $5000 for his appearance bnfoTe
tne bupreme Judicial Court at Camndge, on Tues
day, the 19th of October, inst. and was cpmtmicd to
prison
It is perhaps not known to all that his offence is
a capital om-, the only punishment for which bv our
laws is death. J
The news of: he events in Paris was brourrht to
Brussels by pigeons; and as a pigeon cannot* carry
more words than a Telegraph, the art of laconic
Writing is necessarily in request. One of them is
said to have borne this pithy sentence, “Paris up
—the King down—the ministers off.'* One of the
Pigeons were a tri colored cockade. The carriers
arrived in unsually quick time, owing, it is suppos
ed, to the fright they got in starting from Paris in
the midst of the confusion and the discharge of fire
arms. -Tiiere 13 to be a regular revolutionary dove
houo*' established in Paw, for the solo purpose of
bringing immediate intelligence of changes in the
Government. Similar columbines are ”0 be „et
up in Madrid and Lisbon, under the idea thpt, be
fore long, those capitals may furnish some intelli
gence worth hearing.—.V. Y. Spectator.
»KNLR\L LA FAYF.lt' I E —We have been favored with the
lollowirg translation oi a letjer from this venerable patriot, to
his friend General Bernard, of this city The noble and dis
tinguished part which he bote in the recent events in France
has invested ms opinions, and every thing which concerns him’,
with fre.-h interest; we therefore publish every thing trom Inin
with increased pleasure, as it is received by our readers with
eagerness—Vaf Int. 1
,, Paris, Aug 17, 1330.
How much i should wish to he with you, my dear General, to
rejoice together in the tesuli of this last glorious and virtuous
Revolution I lie People alttne have achieved the whole- they
have shown themselves as great in the victory, as daring and in
trepid during the struggle. Bodies of courageous mechanics
were led by ybitng students, and chiefly by pupils of the I'olyte
chnique Vbeol, who were far more admirable than 1 could ex
press Our losses, during th- se three b oody days, have been
great; those of our adversaries have been considerable No
sooner was a regiment engaged in the streets to carry off the
barricades, than new ones were thrown up in tbeir tear I he
attacks on tlia Louvre, Tnillerie*. and Hotel de Vdle. were
made With uucredible valor, fawasscur was severely wounded,
but we shall save. him. I was, on the morning of the third day,
established m the Hotel de V.lle which had been take,, and re
taken; and the tri colored flag was waving over our heads The
King having halted at Rambouiilet with ten or tw*4ve thousand
men, I ordered from fifteen to twenty thousand Parisian; to
march again*! him: -he enemy retreated Afterwards, the Count
d Artois and family reached the port of embarkation, tinder the
escort of our cominissarios, without receiving the least in*ult
during their journey through the French territory
The National Guard is organizing throughout Franco The
King we have elected is patriotic and popular. I would not
say. as has beet, reported, that this isthe best f Republic* but
improvement “ “ “ rePublican monarchy, si.sccptit.ie of
ainSSLUJ? ",<iar Gene,aI 1 ioVe y°" and "'"braTe vm. With
nil my heart . LAFAYETTE.
Wreck.-Capt Whitaker.of the Schooner Gov.
Ca?s. arrived a» this port yesterday tnorn.n? reports
that on Sunday last, off Black «iver, distant from
shore seven miles he passed a vessel sunk, in ten and
a half rathorn water. He was atf acted to ihe spo
by the main boom, about -en feet >f which was out of
water. The vessel was upon the bottom, and the
throat of the boom had risen- upon the mast as hi^h
ns the cross trees. Part of the *ai! remained on the
boom and was- lose re-fed. Capt. W. had no mea*
of Icarnmsr the vesselV nsm or th« fsto'nf her crew
—the boom was a n-w o„0. and had not been paint
od. On thcp<Ssape down the Cass spoke the St nm
on -.ntcrDrize, Capt. VJiI*»s, inform-J htm ->f the
wreck, and desired him t0 visit, and obtain if p.,s
sib.e further part icular- which was promised. As
the nearest coast, is n perpendicular iron bound shore
Xd.-^Tr ,',*t 'Tc,y ,°“i “bo>r'1per*
hrovx the Philadelphia tf. s. Gazette
COMMUMCiTION
Nkwsham, the pedestrian who continues his task
hilttb°rK?byr,n^G,0rden’has Dow gone through one
halt of his specified tune, having walked uinedovs
and in the following order:— ^8>
On Thursday, Sept. 30th.45 miles
Friday, . Oct. 1st..
Saturday, .... 2d. 63 ~ -
Monday', .... 4th..’.50
w6^’. • -5..
Wednesday ... 6. 59
Thursday, .... 7 . .."***—«
Friday, --8 . . . . ®2?
. Saturday, .... 9..
Leaving him but twenty and one halfwit.
of his distance, which would havo been fiiSv comXI*
ted but lhat.tlio and vor. ^.v, ““P0 ‘
Saturd.iy last prevented. * y 1U °a
lie appears in good condition axcepting that oneof
h,s uncles ,s a little swelled; howcLr, the phvsi
cian. who is in constant attendance, pronou£c£ that
he has wind and bottom to do his onBihn„ j lf|at
handsomely, within the terms of the bet. 8°nd 68
THE MARKET—One Ls
morning ,s the purchase by one bouse of 500 bite
Western Flour at $5 *21 a 5,10. Some Trinidad
Molasses has been sold at 27cts. This article is one
ot particular interest at this moment, and we sub*,
jo.,, a letter which uas just come to hand from Po£
| land’ wl,ere the principal imp^ations have taken
| place since the reduction of duty. ea
„ . T Journal of Commerce
Extraci of a letter dated Portland, Oct. cST
The total importation of molasses into thi»
since the commencement of this month varies 'lffE
from S*iO hhds all from Havana, and Matanws ex
fr„m Guadafoupe.
The quantity of ihe Cuba is generally thin and »*rf
and only fit tor distilling. From the best inform Ss***
I have been able to obtain, 1 should think th«
not'been over 1000 hhd., in all arnn. The
of a quality suitable for grocers. Of the cargoei £
cently arrived and landed considerable hJuK£
shipped to Boston and other neighboring por* !?
Some purchased on orders, the residue is yei in-firsfc
hands, or has been purchased by our grocers and
distillers. The ruling price lias been 23 a 24ots 2 a 3
P‘ r cent ofT, cash Lots without selection, 19 a Blcts
according to quality.
ALEXANDRIA MARKET—Oct. l«
o- r Yesterday the current wagon price was
$4 8a, two or tnree loads were taken earlv in thn
lu rep.rt?°* W* "oL iX
o»?SH.T^.rSt1n°fpr*^W8 "*
Our qnotntion of Oats„40 a 42 cts. is the nnco
paid irom wagons for the bushel of 82 lbs PTho
pric4from vessels is 38 a 35 per bushel, struck mca?
NEW ORLEANS MARKET-Sopt 25.
1 he weather since our last report has been cool
and pleasant, and every way favorable for out door
business. We have i\ot heard much, nor indeed anv
zs?r4"ckno“thi> ",eek:
~SinaCe OUr Ja9t report’ tho following sales
havq been made, with very little exception, (the new
crop) from second hands, viz:_o19 bales Louisiana
roi M^!89 mp!/02 ne'«crop at 12 cenla;80 « HA
cento, 33 old do at 1 U-g-; 12 do at 10; 28 do at 91- 4
doai 83-4—and 1452 bales Tennesse and N Ala
bnma, viz: 20 at 10 1-8; 271 at 9 5-8; 636 at 9 l-2,
Y!~ at ? !'4’ 2f* a' 9< ,6aJ 8 1-4, and 14 at 8 cents.
Considering the small quantity on hand, the mar
ket has been very active, and, as percieved by tbe
sales now quoted, at very handsome prices. It is
much to be regre-ted. that under such circumstances
the last arrivals from Alabama and Tennessee were
in such miserably bad order; some bales entirtdy
stripped .of the bagging „thers in rags, some broket
in two and some ,n bulk. The loss to the oweere
most be enormous, and their chagrin the greater
that he demand is good and prices bettei than
they have been for some time.
StJG^~VYe have not heard of any change in
price, rhere has not boon any cleared coastwise
this week, and as the Ohio is too low for steam boat
nuvagation, there cannot be any shipment expected
tnat way for some time. It is consequently slow of
TOBACCO—No sales havo been effected, texour
knowledge since our last repoat. The confidence of
I holders continues good, and prices will no doubt re
j mam the same until the. new crop makes its appear
ah&fl'enhance TJ*™*
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
JVoUmcay [one delegate.]—“There were 3 or 4
candidates [says the Petersburg Old Dominion] for
this county. We have not seen the state of the noil
elected 0>rS,lfnd tHat ^Iaj' Hezekiah a- Anderson was
Montgomery ft wo delegates.]-Senate— Col. James
xlogo 402. Major Edmondson 435, Dr Morrison 6!
Col. Andrew Beirne 42. [The counties of Green
brier, Monroe, and Giles yet to be beard from.] -
I louse of Delegates—William B. . Preston 714,
( ol. Jacob Helm- G7I. Col. Waltor Crockett 527.
Caroline. — The Fredericksburg Arena “ander
stan .8 that Dr. Wm. P. Taylor is elected [to tho
Hm.se of Delegates] and that Bernard goes to Es
sex, the only county yet to vete, with a majority of a
hout 60 over Marye." J
Vrince George, [one Delegate]—Senate-John
r. Mnson—without opposition
House of Delegates—Francis E. Rives 144, Win.
Shands 75
MARRIED, in Cumberland county, on the 5th in6t.
by the Rev John Kirkpatrick, David Flournot
Esq. of prince Edward, to Miss Ann, daughter of
Col. Charles Womack
MARIMfP NEWS? ^
FQfiT OF' Rfrn.MOj>Fn. uam "'3
aIOUVEDT
Brig Richmond. Fabens, from Salem, via Norfolk,
sundries, to master.
Wchr E T Ellicott, Mason, from Baltimore, sundries
to J & J Goode .7 Winston, J M Weaver, TA Rust’
D Anderson, jr. A Sweeny, Bagwell, Smith# Han
i tvih. Otts Dunlop # Co, T Adkins, J R Triplett,
• H Johnson ft Sod.
Sc.ir Rtmbler, Coltry, from Thomaston, me to
W R 'wlci t.
Schr Amity NT Dougal, from New York, balla-tf.
Schr Agenoria Pearce; from Boston ballast.
SAILED.
Brig Rnvfr, ■■■■.. •, for Boston, coal.
Srhr Fairphiy. Lre. for New York, roal.
Schr Hiram. Demke, for Philadelphia, coal and
tobacco.
Schr Dhterprize. Weoks, for New York, coal
Srhr Virginia. Farland. for' Georgetown roal
Srhr Plutarch. Shorter, for Baltimore coal
Amved at City Point, brig Powhatan. LeBretoft,
37 fhv- from Tendon, to Chap Palmer
PHIMDEI.PMlA.Ocl 1*„ ,
1 frey Tila^fro .. T^chmoJ ' *Chf DMn W> n0<1'
l abourers Wanted
r W FSFT to employ 20 able bodied labourers? ?o bo
i 'nployof] on the cnnnl of the city water works*—
*t'Cy will be paid weekly or monthly
«pp> -o-tv GKO. BOOKER
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