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burgh, Bremen, an J Other parts of Europe. ban we
do 1*0, if weby our own folly, continue on olir navi
gation the extra duty of 94 cents per ton, and the
10 pei cent, additional to the duties we have to pay,
whilst other nations pay no such charges? It is in
our power, by an act, to relieve our commerce and
navigation from those burthens, and the sole ques
tion is, shall we do so, or remain eight or nine
months, until a long negotiation, on that and other
subjects, shall terminate?
l’he Committee say, that the memorialists have
■sta'.-d, “ that the Colonial ports were closed in
, inter to the vessels of the U. Slates, onder
e construction of the act of parliament, of July,
i.’do,” winch construction the Committee say, is
,,-nv admitted, even by the British authorities, to
b.<ret«en errone0u«. The act of Parliament will
best peak for i self. The act appears to me, in
the most positive manner, to close the Colonial
ports on the 5th J.muaiy 1S2G.
Section 1. “ That, liom and after the 5th
January, 1S2G, this act shall come into and be and
continue in full force and operation, for the regu
lation of the trade of the British possess ions a -
broad.”
“ Section -4. And whereas, by the law of navi
gation, foreign ships are permitted to import in'o
any of the British possessions abroad, from the
countries to which they belong, goods, the produce
of those countries, and to export goods fit m such
possessions, tn be carried to at)>/ foreign coun
try whatever', and whereas it i* expedient that
such permission should be -abject to certain condi
tions: licit therefore enacted, That the privi
leges thereby granted to foreign ships, shall be lim
ited to the ships of those countries, not having
Colonial possessions which shall place the com
merce and navigation of this country, and its pos
sessions abroad, upon the footing of the most favor
ed nation. ”
\Ir. President, the United States have not pla
ced that commerce and navigation upon the foot
ing of the tiio-t favored nation. Inconsequence,
the ports of those possessions were about to be
dosed, but have been kept open, through the in
tercession of the British Minster and the request ol
the otlicer sent out from London by the customs,
utril the British Government shall give orders on
the subject. Hut how are they open? —Why, by
our paying the enormous duty of 94 cen’s per ton,
4cc. on our vessels, and I shall not be much
surprised, if they should consent that they should
be kept open, by order of council, forever, on
those terms. We pay to their revenue 190 dol
lar*, when they pay to ours only ten. It is simply
a financial operation.
T have been told by a high ollicer of the Go
vernment, that the act of parliament of 5'.h July
1S25, prohibits the importation of certain article'
of our produce and inaiiuf. ctures into thc.-e posses
sions.
Well sir, that is true. But it is a curio':* coin
cidence, that the United States do by prohibitory
duties, exclude the importation of the same ar
ticles into the United States. What are they?—
Gunpowder, Aims, Ammunition, ».r utensils ol
war. Well, »ir, our duties effectually prohibit
mem.
Beef, fresh or silted Pork—These a! o are pro
hibited by cur high prohibitory duties.
Tea —well, sir, Tea is not the produce of (lira
Britain nor her possessions abroad, and, ut coorn-,
is prohibited to any foreign nation.
Kish, dried nr Mailed, Train 0:1, Bhd.ber, Fin.*
or Skins, the produce of creatures living in tiif
sea.
These are a list of ins articles, the importation
of which is prohibited to the i>ri>i-h possession
abroad, and equally prohibited from importati
miotiie United S’.a es by our prohibitory duties.
■No’tr, -ir, I will a-k a question. Suppose Great
Britain was to make this offer ? Great Britain will
repeal her prohibitions on condition that the U.
S ates will repeal Iter prohibitory duties. 1 believe
I risk lit tie in saying that the answer would be -
*«o, we will not.
Mr. President, the Chairman, (Mr. IJ •yd,’)
tnaile an able report against the memorial of cer
tain merchants of Baltimore, who prayed that tin
duty ca dried fi~h might be rid ced, to enable then
to make up their cargoes for b-. utli Anieiirn. Sir
Maryland could not consent to a repeal of tho'»
prohibitory r’uiie-; she lias extensive fi-heries. J
think theie are about one hundred thousand barrel:
ot shad and herring, and ''n tho-isind baric-ls <>
park annually inspected in Baltimore. IVot the pork
oi Maryland,but of \ irginin, Ohio, i'ennsy 1 vanij
and Maryland.
I will now p nee* 1 tan ntOr“ general view o
the whole sal jec-t. 1 will take up as little of tin
time of the Senate n- I can possibly avoid.
For a cor.ert uadir-ta.-iding ol the causes wlncl
have intervened to cht-t k i liee commerce betweer
the United States and ’he British Co’onies i.i A
lucuCa and their IVe-l India I-lands, it m.ij not bt
iirelcvent to recrrl to certain occurrences, and tc
make some introductory observa'ions.
Commerce and navigation -"e considered by many
a* one great whole; hut you know that they art
separate at d distinct interu ls, however nearly at
lied. Commerce can exist without the nation be
i.-g its own carrier, but certainly not wi'h thi
s. me dvnntages, activity, or enterprise.
The Eastern states own nearly one half of the
shipping of the u. States; hev have little of theii
own produce, comparatively, a .<1 therefore arc
compelled to seek employment m the Southerr
S ates, and elsewhere for their ships. Their mer
chants, in consequence, look attentively lo every
thing that relates to mu igation.
The Sout.iera Stales having the great and valu
able article., of export, are more attentive to com
rncrce; it i« n> t ot such viral importance to them
whether their produce is carried by the ves els oi
the one or the other nation.
In the year 1802 or f introduced a resolutior
i.i'o ihe Houseof Representatives on the principle
of the act of I-S'5. The members from Philsiltl
pbia,and Iroin the ci ies'o -lie Eastward concurrei
with me; but the merchants and ship nieclianirkt
t f those ci'ies opposed the measure unanimously.
When from Baltimore, Southward, it was as gtii
rrnl!>/ approved. I mention this fact to show now
the two interests cla-hed on that occasion TV
treaty ot Amiens opened 1 lie eyes of ihe ship own
ers lo thetr true interests; their ships could not get
a bale of enttou on freight,at Charleston; whilst
the finish ships were filled immediately.
In 1815 I proposed the subject again, and an
act pas-rd with little opposition. Upon that aci
was bottomed the convention of London, by
which you know, that all duties, tonnage, an.:
cliarges, on trade between the British po--".-s!ii!:<
in Europe and the United Stales, are ni .de tin
sains, whether in tht ships of the one or the oth
er nation : a rational trade with the East Indies
was accorded, whilst the trade with the We-t /ti
dies was left as it had been restricted. In 1817
Treat Britain offt-red their free port sets of 1 * 0.3
anti 1808: they were insidioue, and were declined.
In June, 1822, an act was passed by Parliament,
opening tbetrade of (heir Colonies in America and
their West India /-lands to the Uni'ed States, mi
terms more liberal than any heietofoie offered, re:
reserving rnaierial advantages.
Iii anticip iliou of ihat act, tongien “ passed a
law on the 6ih Mar, IS22, " that, on the Presi
dent’* receiving satisfactory evi lenre that liicpoil*
in the i-1 irnU or colonies of Great Biitam h ive
been opened to the vessels of the United States,
the President may declare the ports of the United
States opened to Btitish veneli trading to ami from
the colonies, subject to such reciprocal rules am)
restrictions as he may male* an I publish; any thing
in other contracts to the contrary,” &c. fee, The
Pre#id-nt issued hi* proclamation accordingly, <|«t
e I 24th August, 1*122, as a consequence of i)i.- «rt
of Parlninent referred to, by which the poifs of the
V. States were oj ened to British ve^sls tradmy
between those r denies and the Unite I State-, m,.|
n circulir unfortunately issued front iho Tre.iMiry,
dated 2lib Sept., following, tlirec ing that the a
lie.i duties on tonnage, ami light money of 9)
cents, and the ten per cent, additional to th~ dir e
imposed by Jaw abou! I be levied on British ves
ad* arriving from the colonies aforesaid. The
British Government retabated ar.! charged in their
colonies • tonnage duty of f>4 cents, and 10 per
cent, in addition to the duties; charges never made
before. Both our and their alien duties operate
solely as revenue; under which we pay ten where
they pay one. The proclamation did not direct
the alien duties to be charged; and the collector at
Kas'port did not charge them, (being advised by
couuael that he could not,) umil he received the
Treasury circular. The Treasury charged hi* ac
| count therewith; and congress relieved him at the
{last session.
On the 1st March 1823, Congress passed an act,
! reci| rorating the act of Parliament, “ on condition
that no higher or greater duties of imposts or ton
nage were imposed on vessels of the United States,
than on vessels of their own or their cargoes; and
no other charges of any kind on the one, than on
the other; giving full authority to the President to
issue a proclamation conformably thereto.” .No
proclamation, however, has been iesued; nor any
step taken, except in a circulai from the Treasury
to the collectors,dated 25th Aug. 1823, which sim
ply confirms the payment of the alien duties on
British vessels entering from any of the colonies
aforesaid! An open trade lias continued ever since;
and British vessels from these colonies are admitted
into the ports of the United States under the pro
clamation of August 1822, notwithstanding that
| the vessels of the United States are subjected to
| higher duties of imposts and tonnage, than any
payable by British vessels.
Permit me to take a view of the act of Parlia
ment, to see whether its operation is such as to en
sure to British ships an undue proportion of the
carrying trade between th- United States and the
colonies alluded to in the net.
) xuai aci opens 10 :nc vessels oi me ij. o ;ues
i rei lain ports in which certain specified duties are
; chargid on articles of the United States, “ whe
| ther the same he imported direct from the United
1 States in British or American ve.-sets, or circuit
! ouslv, in Hiitish vessels, from the European pos
1 set-ions of Great Britain.” But no duty whatever
! is imposed on similar articles, the produce &c.
j &c. of Great Britain or Ireland or of the North
j American col lides. Thus the flour of Canada,
■j Great Britain arid Ireland, and the lumber of the
j colonies may he imported free of duty. The duty
j on a barrel of flour in Jamaica is $1 05, which
J is equal to the freight and insurance from any port
I in the United States. It is probable, however,
| that the freight from Monti eal and Quebec may
: cost more. In addition to this difference,- our ves
! -els pay the alien tonnage of 94 cts; a charge ol
about 10 cents per barrel, which with the 10 per
| cent aildi’tonal duty, makes a charge of 15 1-2
j cents per barrel on flour, when imported in an
! American vessel, more than would be payable it
; imported in a British vessel front the United States.
| if we had not charged the alien duties, they would
i not have imposed their retaliati in; and the only
thing we could’huve complained of a- to that article,
would have been, that the flour of Gre.it Biitain
mid of Canada is admitted duty free, while ours
p.ii! 1 05 per barrel. G:eat H itaiu, ills known,
exports li’tle of her own flour to the West Indies,
hut actually supplies them with our flour, which is
imported into I.ive.pcol, and warehoused for ex
portation. The Canadas can only export during
six innn’hs in the year They actually export
; not e to Jamaici. The i-Iat-.ds are generally sup
plied from the United State-, cither direct, or with
. our fli.-ur from Nova Scotia nr (ire. t Britain, all
■ paying the same duties. If, thin, we were re
lieved from the alien dut’es of imposts and tonnage,
there c -i be little doubt that our flour would go
j direct; ami that 2 2d- at least, perhaps 3-4'hs there
jot, would be carried in American vessels. Even
. under all these disadvant: ges, it is certain that
more than ten barrels of flour are •xportej fo the
‘ colonies, in American ves-els. for one British.
I Lumber is charged with duties when fiont the
United States, and pays no duty when imported
• into the British West Indies when from her Antes
t rican Colonie*; this gives an advantage to the
Colonial vessels ovtr those ot the L’t.i'ed States
• in particular kinds of lumber. But it is a mistake
, to suppose the disadvantage falls cn the Eastern
j States only, “ and particularly on Maine:” for the
■ act i-, that lumber is expoited in great quantities,
born ..II the Southern States to the British West
Indies, hut particularly from North Carolina,
| Georgia, Alabama, and Norfolk. White pine board*
and plank it :- True, are exporttd in gte.it quanti
ties trum the Eastern State-; but pitch pine, in
planks and hoards, shingles and staves, ; reexported
; chi-fly from North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
j Norlolk. Large quantities of s aves were former
ly expr rted from Mat viand, and other state’, and
j many aie-tiil exported. The duty, (Mr. Adams
j says,) is ten per rent, on the cost. I cannot think
t that -o small a duty wool 1 opera:e very power
I fully: we could not be worse oli': for we have now,
not onh) to pay that duty, but 10 per cent, there
1 on; and what is mote oncro rs, the 94 cents of ton
Ill.age duty.
Flour and lumber, are, I believe, ti e articles on
; which we bottom onr complaint-; Indian corn may
be another; it is ftee of duty from Nova Scotia:
none, however, has ever been imported from thence
•'■to Jamaica; indeed, I am informed that the corn
f the United States is imported into that colony
for its consumption. Uur c rn pays the heavy
duty of twelve and a half rents per bushel, being
25 per cent, on its average cost, and may have
been impose 1 to induce the Planters to continue
its cultivation.
There an- several valuable article* necessary to
the West Indies, which can only be drawn from
the United States; the retaliation duties on which
fail heavily on the merchants and cultivator. I am
surprized that 'hey are not carried by British ships
j alone. If, however, they are cariied (as I am
' told they are principally,) in our ve-sels, they are
I subjected to the heavy charge rf alien duties which
j might have been av ided. The article-, arc lice
I dian Corn, Gr-.-ri Med, (kiln-dried) Tar, Pitch,
Turpenlime, Tobacco, Peas, Ship B ead, Pilot
Mie.nl, l ra'kcrs, Live stock, and Pitch, Pine
Boards, Plank, anil Timber; those articles are,
ivrh le.v exceptumi-, Irom the South and Middle
I
Mr. A.lairs (in iris let or lo Mr. Kush, o.
June, mentions an export duty in the W.
Indies, payable on atticlcs permitted to be expor
ted to the United State*, of tour to live per cent,
not imposed on lli«* same when imported to the
.Nor h American t .donie*. lie justly considered
it t» an additional injury to a f ir intercourse_I
Hut, is such duty r-*!!y charged? It certainly i
rot on the exports from Jamaica, i have bef re
mean invoice of Coffee, dated 28tb November
I.S2*> for account of Mr. McKim, and one of Col’ ,
lee, Sugar, ai d other articles, for Mr. Patterson,I
ot December, JS28, in which no such charge ha*
■ been trade; nor is any such duty in Jamaica
known to any of our merchants, f have convers
ed with tvvo agents from Commercial h use* in
I Jamaica, and they -ay they know of no export du
ty except on Cocoa and Ginger, w hich is paid by all
|>>rties. Or.e of tlietn stippo-e* that the idea of
such a duty may have arisen fiotn the following
fact:
In the year-, Parliament passed an act, im
posing a tax on the I’Juutw.s of four per cent, on
all the export- from their estate-. T he tax was
resisted by the i-lr.mls, as being a violation of their
charters; after much controversy, Jamaica offered |
in lieu iheieof, tiiat the Colony would pay the |
white troop- employed tor its defence — the otrer
.vas aci ep ed. The other Islands.being Unable to ;
aih pt tt e compromise, have paid tho tour per |
tent. It oi export, it# must have been pi id by |
the North A meric n Colonies and Gtcaj Britain,'
J'tr the ships of no foreign nation were admitted, f
I im | ort charger, anil pilotage of vessels from j
the U. btate-, are the same in Jamaica, whether I
j they be Krifiah or American, <except on the re-1
txli.iiory duties.) Briti-I, ve-sel* from the North
American l’r >vc re-, pay precisely the same poit
chargee and pilotage as those from the U. States,
it i- idle for us to complain that British ships on
ly arc r ermitted ? » carry f/out one Colony to ano
ther; that i*, to ail intents, the same as our coast*
I mg trade. |
Agrin if Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland, i
j were able to supply the West Indies with their own
j tour, on whirb no duty would be payable, whrl-t I
i ours paid a duty, then onr trade ff ith the Islands ' l
voulu be less useiul, but we would have no just
:au»e of coinplaint; the same principle exists now:
or, tue grain and flour of Canada are admitted in*
o Great Britain, when the average price iu the
narket is less than that which the same tnay be itn*
ported from the United States; still, we should
have the supplying of the Island with many arti
cles, as already stated, which rannot be supplied
from Great Britain, or any of her possessions. I
cannot perceive any cause we have to fear a com
petition in the article of flour; or in any other ar
ticle which we are permitted to import into the
Colonies on the terms proposed by the act of Par
liament. Let the alien duties be repealed on both
sides, and our enterprise, our proximity, and our
articles, essential to the 1-lands, will do the rest.
The prolit to the merchant in the West India trade
is trilling; in general, it scarcely pays a moderate
freight; but the trade gives'employ to our vessels
and seamen; and demands much of our produce. —
Jamaica alone consumes more than 60,000 barrels
oftlour, annually; and about as much is consumed
in all the other British Islands. Canada (if ever
able to supply,) can only do it, as I have already
said, for six mouths in the year; and there is little
danger of Great Britain and Ireland furnishing the
quantity nece-s.iry for the other six months with
their own flour. Vessels from Canada cannot
make more than one voyage in the year to Ja
maica, when ours can make four or five. I can,
Mr. President, see no danger from the repealing our
alien duties to British vessels engaged iu the Co
lonial trade, and hope that the Committee of Com
merce will lie directed to report a bill for their
roREigar._
New Vokk, Oct. 13.—By (he arrivals from
Havre, xve have our Paris files to the 10th ult. ami
the Cortes brings London papers to the 9th, of
, which the chief items will be found in our columns
! this evening.
The Hiitish Older in Council, admitting the im
! portation into England of certain foreign giain,
namely, oats and rye, and also ot peas and beans,
must not ire considered of much importance to this
country. Neither wheat nor Hour, not even rye
flour are admissible under it, tbo’ oatmeal is.
The annexed Order in Council will show what
may be imported into England, and at what duties.
[From the Ij-mdon dinette. Sept. 1.1
E i" THE KING IN COUNCIL.
Court at Windsor, Sept. I.
Whereas, by the law now in force for regulating
■ the importation of corn, oats and oatmeal may be
| imported into the United Kingdom, and into the
Isle of Man, for home consumption, under and
subject to the regulations of the several statutes in
that case provided, whenever the average price of
oats shall be at or above the price of 27s. per
quarter ; and peas may in like manner be import
ed, whenever the price shall be at or above 53s.
per quaiter. and by a certain Art of Parliament
made and passed in the third year of Lis Majesty’s
I reign, it is enacted, (hat whenever foreigneorn,
meal, or flour, shall be admissible under the provi
sions ot an act pa-sed in the 55th year of the
.reign of his late-Majesty, entitled “ An Act to
i amer.d the law now in force lor regulating the im
portation of corn,” or under the provisions of the
I Act parsed in the third year of the reign of his
i pre.-ent Majesty, there shall be levied certain du
■ lies therein specified upon all such foreign corn,
I tneal or flour, when admitted for home consump
tion : and whereas, by the weekly return of pur
i chases and sales of corn in the towns of England
and Wales, it appears that the average price of
oats and peas at the present time exceed the price
! of 27«. and 53s. per quarter ; and it appears that
; the price of oats, as well as that of peas, is still
rising, and that the crop of oats, and also the crop
| of peas and beans, of the piesent year, have failed
to a considerable extent, and that a dtfu.ency in
the crop of potatoes is also apprehended in some
‘ parts of the kingdom : and whereas.it the impor
tation, for home consumption, of oats, and oat
meal, and of rye, peas, and beans, be not irmne
j dtately permitted, there tsgreat cause to fear tlut
: much distress may ensue.
A lid, under ihe act* qtoresaid, no foreign "rain
of (he abovedescrip'ion, whatever may be'the^res
! pective average prices of the same, can be admil
' led to entry, for home coneump ion, ti!l after the
t * 5th day of November in the present year, when
l lhe 11 'j'Jarlerly average, by which the admission
| oi such gr«in is regulated, will be made up, ac
! cording to (lie provision- of sail Acts ; his Maj
] esty, with the advice of his Pi ivy Council, doth
order, and it is hereby accordingly ordered, that
I foreign oats and oatmeal, rye, peas, ami beans,
j whether warehoused or oiherwi.-e, shall and may,
; from *I*e hereof, be permitted to be entered
j into the ports of the United Kingdom, and of the
Isle of Man, for home consumption, provided the
parties making entry of any such foreign oats,
oatmeal, rye, peas or beans, do give sufficient
sureties, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners
of Customs, for the payment of duties not exceed
j ing in amount the duties hereafter mentioned, m
, case I .i-liament shall authorise the levy and rcceij t
! thereof, that is to say —Oats, per iprarter, s ■
j oatmeal, per boll, 2- 2d ; rye, peas, and bean-]
j PL‘r fflarlefi d.s 6d. And his Majesty doth further
order, tiiat sucir permission shall continue in force
from the date hereof, until the expiration of 50 days,
\ IO l’e reckoned from the day of the next meeting
of Parliament, unless the? Parliament shall previ
i |o the expiration of the said -It) days make
provisions to the con'rary. And the Louis Com
missioners i f his Majesty’s Treasury are to give
the necessary directions accordingly.
C. C. GRENVILLE.
1 his order is of very little interest in this couii
try, except in so tar as it may be a prelude to
more exten-iveadmission of foreign grains.
l’lie convocation of Parliament at so early a da
as the 11th Noveiid>er, and tiie reasons assigns
for it in the proclamation—namely, “ in order t<
despatch diver- urgent and important matters,’
have given ri-e to some remarks in both the Frencl
and the English papers : and admission is though
to oe made, in the akmg thi- step, of tho embar
rassed state of the country'. The Courier, however
denies tint there is any thing particular or argent
either in the time or manner of the call, ami as
sign-as the piincipal reason for a»sembling tin
Parliament so caily, the circumstance of its beinj
a new ore, and the many formalities, such as tin
swearing in of the members, the choice of speak
er, and o'her such incidents] matter-. These beini
gone through before the Christmas recess, ther'
will be nothing to prevent the House’s going inn
business immediately thereafter.
John A. 1) x, Jvnj. ol the U. S. army who arrir
ed yesterday in tbr Edward Bonaire, from Havre
is bearer of the commercial treaty between tin
country and Denmark.
t ]/'* t'on!,u,» Seaor Sodre, has arrives
It is considered by the mcrclunts of Alexandria
that any rise in the price of Cotton in Europe
w ould be un ortunate for them, as it would induce
the Viceroy to raise it in Egypt to the price it
bore at beginning of the season. In that case the
btisine-s would all be done on his account. Jf on
the contrary he can get only low prices for the
DO,000 bales he has got in England, unsold, he will
try to sell at Alexandria, and will thus give some
room for speculation. Business was still dull
there, anti prices had fallen a little more.
It is said that Messrs. Rothschild have received
despatches from Moscow, announcing disturbances
there-eome attribute to them the delay of the cor
onaston.
There was a severe storm at Havre on the 6th
of Jv'picrnber, wnii h cau-ed extensive injuries on
the coast. l he ship Canastoga, of Philadelphia
put into Dieppe le»hy, and was on her bemn end
Other vc—cis were lost, or injured in various way
Ihe English «chr. Hubert, wa* brought in by sou
n-hetmen : and a boat containing 0 men. 4 <
whom were pilots, was lost, making 26 ciuldri
irphans. - The sea rose and destroyed part of
Jykeat Havre j »nd onshcre large trees were tor
ip •'n'J Carrier! to a considerable distance.
•Senor Madrid has arrived at Paris, on a mis.jo
rorn die g rernii.-..t of Colombia, and is suppose
o hive begun hi, negotiation.
/
Ad Algerine Squadron oi two itloops oi war oi
2C gun* and two schooners ia cruising without in
terruption on tire coast of France, under the pre
text of looking only for Roman and Greek vessels.
Du the lOtb, 12th and 11th of August, they board
ed several vessels bound to French ports, which
were consequently subjected to a quarantine. It ie
also reported, that they have taken a vessel on the
way to the Greeks from the French committee, and
massacred all on board.
The French liberal* regard the treaty with Bra
zil as a tiiuniph against the old principles.
It is contidently reported in France, that order
have been sent from Rio Janeiro, to admit the I
entry of goods in Entrepot at Montevideo for a
year, subject to a duty of half per cent. This
would alibrd great advantages to the trade with
Buenos Ayres.
Letters front Sietra Leone announce, that the
Governor of tiiat colony, has placed the whole
coast uuder a blockade, from that l’ort to Cape
Mount, which it is hoped, will stop the slave
trade there.
Part of the French squadron from the West
Indies, under the command of Vice Admiral Du
perre, arrived at Brest on the S9ih of August, all
the crews in good health. They are the frigates
l’Amphitryte, PAmazone, ia Flore, la Nytnphe,
la Clorinde, la Circe, and two herrn brigs.
It is announced, positively, that the French
I chambers would opeu their session on the 13tl>
December.
The Colombian brig Ayacuchc, arrived at Ha
vre from Paytn, in 93 days, via Falmouth, is not
permitted to hoist her Hag in port. She brought !
5SS bales of Cotton; 4(M» of which was dean. !
SPAIN.—It is said that the King will pass the ]
winter in Valencia, lie had gone to I.a Grange,
accompanied by a great number of families, who
had not dared to expose themselves to the robbe>s
on the road, in going to the r lands, until they
could go with his majesty's escort.
Many military men have been airested, princi
pally of the lloy.'d guard; but the public were
principally occupied at Madrid, on the 21st of
August, with a recent decree of the King from
which we extract a few sentences.
“ The promulgation of a representative system
of Government in Portugal,” says he, “ would
have atlecteJ the public tranquility of a neighbor
ing country, lately delivered from a revolution, if
| it had not been actuated by the purest loyalty.”—
j “ Whatever may be the circumstances of other
I countries, we shall govern ourselves according to
our own; and I, as the father of tny children, will
rather listen to the humble voice of an immense
Jmajoiity of useful and faithful subjects, than the
j audacious cries of a small but insubordinate band,
who desire perhaps the renewal of scenes which 1 1
. do not wish to remember.”
He adds, that he shall certainly support those
j who obey the laws; that he ” never will make any
change in the legal form of the government, and
; will never permit the establishment of chambers,
or other institutions, under any form whatever.”
i The Priest party and the Monarchists are both
dissatisfied with this decree, because they consider
, it, and with some reason, as a viitual recognition
j of the Portuguese charter. The Liberals also are
■ unsatisfied, because their hopes are postponed. -
The members of the statu quo alone are pleased;
and their number is -mall, says a letter writer, be
cause the statu quo is deplorable.
The tri;.| of the 92 deputies who voted the ina
bility of the king in 1823, has at last terminated:
and they are condemned ro be strangled, and their
property is confiscated. Their names are given.
It was said at Madrid that the council and the
king were perplexed, and undecided what to do, on
demand of the llegency of Portugal for the return
of soldiers deserted into Leon, with their equip
ments, &r.
From an official report it appears, that a Cc
lombi .n privateer captured 4 Spanish merchant
vessels on the 12ih July,going to Galicia, and a
nolher on the 14th. There were several othtns
i on the coast. Some Spanish vessels were block
aded in Minos, by a schr. and the brig Vencedor.
| They ciptured and sunk vessels every day. A Co
lombian brig was cruizing near Cape Ortegal, which
| had taken two vessels loaded with iron. The L’o
i lombieus and the smugglers have also destroyed
| the commerce of Catalonia.
j From the tone of the Paris Moniieur, there is
a s*rong appearance of the French government be
ing about to determine on the evacuation of Spain.
Tnio couclu-ion is strengthened by the support
given to the constitution by the Portuguese, and
the toleration shown it by King Ferdinand.
A man has been capitally punished for heresy at
a lay tribunal at Valencia, with some of the cere
m nies of an Auto-de-fe.
i 'jnc.&ur* — a leuer irom the Piencli Admiral
j Rigny, dated Smyrna, July 20ili, mentions that
! he wag obliged to be arbiter between two Greek
, vessels and the inhabitants of Tinos, from the
j latter of whom a contribution was about to be
.forced, for the defence of Hydra and Spezzia._
j He says that the armed vessels have been deter
mined to get all they can from the places exposed
, to the Turks, lest they should fall into their hands,
j From the 9th to the 20th Aug. the receipts of
the Committee at Paris amounted to 15,928 francs!
Under date of Corfu, July 31st. it is said that
all accounts agree in stating, that a bloody battle
I ha* been fought at C’ardarni, between the Mainotes
and the troops sent by Ibrahim to occupy,
j ~>Iistru.—Only a lew Turks escaped to Nisi;
and the Mainotes have renewed their oailr, to die
rather than submit. It is said that the Turks were
I deceived by an appearance of friendship on the
I part of the Greeks, and on entering the mountain
: passes were attacked and rut otF.
I The Greek government have determined to take
! into pay a few foreign regiments.
A letter written erf Syra, Aug. 4th states, that
J an undecisive action has been feught near Samos
I by the Greek and Turkish fleets, in which Canaris 1
| was badly wounded, and lost his lire ship—also !
j that Ad. Rigny had sent the scl.r. Dauphinoise
Naxos, to orftr him surgical aid.
The Greeks are said to have burnt & evacuated !
Athens, leaving the citidel to be besieged by the!
I Turks. 1500 Ilutneliols have gone to relieve them.
| Col. Fabvier was io leave Uoio id ‘fj !: i * ;f * t
tica, with 1000 men. Rcschidl* stated to have 6 j
or 7000 men. Ibrahim was said to have left Nisi j
again for Tripolizza.
A part of the Greek fleet was at Hydra, which
j island is now considered the fortress of Greece, and
too strong to be taken.
| e see nothing of Lord Cochrane’s arrival, and
it is said that one of his steam boats put into 8ar
I dinia, on account of her engine. Some of his of*
ficers and provisions had arrived in Geece.
j Letters from Constantinople state, that Stratford
Canning, in order to quiet the discontents of the
Turkish government, has declared to the Divan
that Lord Cochrane was no longer a British sub
ject, and that if he was taken prisoner in the war
against tire I’orte the English Cabinet would not
demand him.
A commercial and navigation treaty has been
entered into between France and Brazil. It was
received in the principal manufacturing towns with
great joy.
The King of France has granted his txe'iuilor 1
to the nomination of our townsman, Mr. James '
Fenimore Cooper, to the post of Consul from the
United States at Lyons.
GREECE.
The news from Greece are so far favourable, as
they prove the fixed re*olutio i of the Greeks to
tight to the last. Napoli di Romania is garrison
ed by iheir best troops, and amongst them are the
brave .Souliots who escaped from Mi**olonghi._
The town is well conditioner!, and provisioned
for eighteen month*.
Hydra, where the maritime forces are stationed, I
is prepared to mike a vigorous resistance. The
arrival of the Greek Commissioners at that island, i
with a demand for an additional tribute, ha«, unhap. t
pily, been the source of some confusion and blood* /
The second naval division of the Turkish fleet, t
mder the command of the Captain Pacha, had
tailed from the Dardanelles on the 26th July, with
1000 or 10,000 soldiers on board, directed, oaten*
ibly, for Samos, but probably for Hydra. ( Vide
<1
h
it
Messrs. Orianuo anti Luriottis, the deputies, at
London, have been recalled by the government,
and only Mr. Spaniolaki left there. Great com
plaints are made of the strange neglect of the engi
neer to whom the construction of five steam-boats
had been committed. They are so ill-built it seems,
as to be unseaworthy. This will check, for some
time, the plans of Lord Cochrane. The engineer,
Mr.Galloway, (whose son is in the service of the
Pacha of Egypt) will be prosecuted for -his neg
ligence. lie received an advance of 123,000
pounds (about 500,000 dollais) f.om the Greek
Deputies.
The Constitutional contains some proclama
tions and despatches from the new provincial go
vernment, which speak of the high hopes of the
people anJ their rulers.
A loo-e tumour, by the way of Hungary,states
that the Greeks of Cassandra rose Oil the Turks and
massacred about 500.
1 tie 1 ouloii papers contain an account of a re
pulse which I lie (Japtain Pacha has met within at
tempting to disembark his forces at Samos on the
1st Aug. The Turks had 25 vessels of various si
zes, two ships of the line, and seven frigates. The
Greeks had only about 30 vessels of commerce.—
“ II the Greeks continue,” ray the letters, “ to
show the same spirit, they will yet save their isl
and.” It is added that t'anaris was wounded.—
Another account, by the way of Toulon, gives
the details of the disturbances at the Tiuos respect
ing the tribute.
London, 7th Srjtt.—From an article in the Pi
lote, it would appear that things are far from being
settled at Constantinople. According to this ac
count, on the -lih ult. the Sultan was attacked on
his way to prayeis by the populace, who, in the
first instance, gained some advantage over the sol
diery. A scene of bloody retaliation followed,
and some hundreds perished on the occasion. The
slaughter of every one who “ appeared to be
suspicious” continued through the succeeding day.
The Dutch and Hamburg papers to the tiih of
September, mention that the Diplomatists of the
Johannisberg Congre«s are chiefly, if not exclu
sively, to occupy themselves with local regulations;
the organization ol the military force of the Ger
manic Confederation, Stc.
The news of the opening of the English ports
had causecTGrain to rise on the continent. At
Amsterdam Wheat rose 5 shillings per quarter. It
was worth on board ship 37 to 41 shillings per
quarter. The freight is 3s. by a Dutch and Is. by
an E iglieh vessel.
There was a severe storm on the coast of Eng
land in September.
•Lisbon Gazettes to the 27th of August furnish
some particulars of a conspiracy in the Portuguese
capital, the object of which was to proclaim a new
King and new Regency. The principal conspira
tors were the cavdry corps opolice, excited by
chiefs not belonging to that corps. The object of
the conspirators vvasdeleated.but it was by no means
cltar that the danger was over.
' onsiderable importations of wheat had arrived
in England from Dantzic.
An explosion had taken place in the gas room
of the Coburg theatre in London and two men kill
ed. Another was badly hurt. The men had en
tered tiie rr.om with a candle and the building blew
up.
The Glasgow paper of Sept, 6, says, there has
been but little doing in Cotton Wool, but the pri
ces are firm with a tendency to rise.
The London Courier of Friday the Sth, says the
importations, were, 10,000 qnarteis of wheat,
6.2S0 ot Barley, *28,750 of Oats, and 6,000 sacks
of I’lour. Buyers decline purchasing in hoped of a
reduction in prices.
LATEST FROM COLOMBIA.
Baltimore, Oct. 11— By the fast sailing
scht oner Abarilla, Captain EdwarcN, in fourteen
days from Layguayra, we have received letters to
the 25th of September. The reports in circulation
at Caracas, as mentioned by the last arrival from
Colombia, respecting the flight of Gen. Bermudez,
and the arrival of Bolivar at Bogota, are now as
ceitained tobe incorrect. Our correspondents in
Laguira, having neglected to put any papers on
board the Abarilla lor us, we have to n.ake use
exclusively of our private advices for information
regarding the state of parties in Venezuela, which,
from present appearances, is rapidly approaching a
very important crisis. We have nothing to hope
from (he moderation, or prudence of Gen. I’nez,
and as the expectation of Bolivar's immediate ar.
tival in the country seems to be much allayed, it is
highly probable that some unfortunate ait of rash
ness will bring the battalion under the command of
Marcero into immediate contact with the troops of
the Reformers, when a civil war, it is to be ap
prehended, will desolate the fairest portions ol the
Republic. The large amount of American proper
ty which would be jeopaidised under such circum
stances, we should think ought to produce atten
tion to the subject on the part of our government,
and the presence of one of our ships of war at
Laguira,, could not fail to prevent any improper
conduct towards our citizens during the prevalence
of any popular commotion.
" CARACAS, Z.!d Sept. 1S26.
“ I wrote you Iasi by the John and Joseph,
since when nothing materially interesting in the
political way has transpired, but we anticipate
something new in a few days. A deputation was
yesterday sent out to treat with Colonel Alarcero,
who is not far from this place, and to invite him
, to return to the city with the troops under his
| command, guaranteeing to him and his troops par
j don and personal security. Col. Siopford inti one
, of the young Ybarras, compose the deputation._
They have not yet returned—consequently, we
do notkro v the result of their mission; but the
i general opinion is, that Marrero will not return.
Should he refuse, I fear the consequences will Le
fatal to the peace of this department; for I arr.
told, (and by good authority too,) that if he per
1 sists in hi« opposition, it is the intention of (fen.
Pacz, who is now at Valencia, to attack him im
mediately on his arrival at this place, which will
be in a few days.
“ The day before yesterday, about 100 cavalry
came in from the .Lianas, and more troops are ex
p, i(j that ,he battalions of Casaderes
and (iranaderos are coming. I do not mean Col.
Ustler’s Granaderos, but those of Echagnas, real
Llaneros, and of course, not the most pacific crea
tures in the world. General Paez is still very
sick, otherwise we should have been favoured
with the presence of his excellency before this
time.
I don’t know what will be the end of all this;
some think ihat it will stand as it is until the arri
val of Bolivar—others think we shall have fight
ing in the neighbourhood of Caracas in a few days;
or, at all events, that a few days will devclope’
much, and partially fix the ultimate result of this
unpleasant business. [fJazttte.
Latent from Rio and the T.a Plata.
B w/riMfink, October 12.—The brig Earl.
Stetson, arrived here yesterday in thirty-nine day*
from Jlio de Janeiro. Commercial letters quote
flour at $13 50 per barrel. A new frigate had
been launched at Rio, with great parade, in pre
•ence of the Emperor and all the Court. A report
had reached Rio from the river La Plata, that an
action bad occurred between the Buenos Ayrean
and Brazilian fleets, in which a frigate belonging
to the latter was completely di-masted The Bue
nos Ayreans succeeded in returning to the roads
with but tr ifling damage.
NAVAL.
TlielJ. S sloop of war Boston was at Monte
Video, dale not mentioned, The U. States’ frigate
Macedonian arrived at Rio, Aug. 12, all welli
1’he (J. States sloop of war CyaiflThad sailed again
from Rio for the La Plata.
Since the foregoing was put in type, the seboo
ier Lafajeile, captain BoddiJy, has come up into
he harlmr. By this arrival we have received a
Tie of the Buenos Ayres Mensagero Argentino to
he 15th July inclusive, from which we have ex
acted the following items.
IIcrsos Ayres, July #.
Accounts have been received from Monte Video,' I
laled on Friday se’mght, which state* that the fol- I
owing Brazilian vessels of war were fitting out to 1
nterrept the (.bilian equadron, viz. the frg*t<a
Firanga, Pirtguii, A polio and Ktnperalriz, the
corvette Maria da (ilona. and a three n.a-ted schoo
ner, tlie two latter from Norton’s m|Uk1joii. They
were waiting for the arrival from Hio of two fri
gates and a ship of the line; and a» soon a* these
arrived, were to set sail. Admiral Pintos Guedoz
was to hoist his tlag on board the Piranga, with «i
crew of 5t)0 men.
lteport says that Don Pedro is deaf to every pro
posit.on of arrangement between him and this re
public. It is added that although he should agree
to evacuate the Panda Oriental, the indemnity he
will ask, will be so enormous that this government
cannot possibly accede to it.
BOLIVIA.
The Congress of Bolivia was installed on the
25th May last. General Sucre resigned the com
! inand of the Republic, requesting the Congiess to
I put a native of the country at the head ofilsaffairs.
The Congress came to a resolution not to admit the
'resignation, but General Sucre still persisted in his
design, alleging that he was a Colombian nitd conse
quently a foreigner; and therefore not entitled to
their confidence. Tl.e Congress then represented
to him the dangers to which he would expose the
j country by withdrawing himself from the adoiiius- \
traiion of its government; and he finally consented
I to ietain the executive power until the arrival of
Bolivar, who was expected at Chuquisaca about the
iir>t of August.
i ne merchants oi iv.enos awb had offered to
the Miui-ter of the Treasury, a ioau of two mil
lions of ilollar< in aid of the war. Daily accounts
ol llie movements of the hostile fleets are given m
tiie paper*, hit n•> event of nioineiit is mentioned.
Portions of the Brazilian squadron wete frequently
in bight ofthe city. A report had reached Buenos
Ay res that 480 Brazilians were about to embark
fiom Column lor the Island of Martin Garcia in
order to regain that post.
\N e observe tiiat the Anniversary of American
Independence was not permitted to pass without
becoming noticed. One of the papers before us
The citizens ofthe United Sjates resident in this
capital, though distant from their home, have not
lost any of that national spiiit which lias charac
ter.zed their countrymen. In them are verified tue
words of I lorace:
“Ctt-Iuin nmi auiiiiii.il mutant <jui tram tsarecurrunt.*’
On Tuesday (the 4lii July) they had severs*
companies (o i elel i ate the day of their country, the
most distinguished of which were at Mrs. Thorn's
and Air. L'.dtner’s hotels. At the former, Colonei
I’ orbes presided, and Mr. Slacum acted as Vice
President. At the latter. Captain Lewis headed
the table, and was ably assisted by Mr. Whiting,
as croupier. This table was besides honoured
with the presence of Admiral Brown, and several
other distinguished guests. The evening was
spent in the utmost festivity and good humour, and
the companies broke up at a seasonable hour. The
toasts, which were numerous, breathed forth sen
timents the must liberal and pirilantropic and well
suited to the occasion.
u ~ —-i -,t1 rr ■ i ■■) ii r—~iwl m i f — »i wm_—liH-.ijl—.
_DOMESTIC.
MlLLEnGEVILLE, Oct. 3.
Boundary Line. — 'I he running of the Bounda
ry Line between Georgia and Alibama was com
pleted by the Commissioners on the part of Geor
gia, on Tuesday the 10th ult. Those engaged in
■hat business have returned to their respective
homes:—and it is worthy of remark, that no acci
dent oecuned to any of them during the whole of
their absence -nearly three months. All the tales
ol Indian resistance, aud Indian vengeance, have
Leen proven to be utterly unfounded. By both the .
Creeks and Cherokee*, but by the Cherokees espe
cially, the Commissioners, &c. were kindiy and
hospitably treated.
The line extends from Xickajack to Miller's
Bend——the most we-tern bend on the Chattaheo
chie river, and lias been run on the responsibility
ot Georgia alone. The representatives of Alaba
ma, believing that this line is not the one intended
by the articles of cession, refused to co-operate.
l’be course that the government of Alabama will
pursue in relation to it remains to be seen.
The intercourse between the representatives of
tiie two States was of the most courteous character;
and they separatad, sincerely regretting their ina
bility to agree on the subject of their mission.
[Journal.
It is singular indeed that so many repoits res
peeling Indian ho«trlity to the survey of the laud
ceded by the late tita-y, should be circulated in
Georgia, when the Commissioners who have lately
been in that country could neither see ncr hear any
thing of it. We should suppose that they had as
lair an opportunity of becoming acquainted with
the matter as other persons remote Irotn the spot.
They w ere public agents of Georgia. They were
trespassing j'^st as much as the surveyors, on the
rights oi the Indians; yet we do not hear that they
were molested.
•I.vc*. -.11 -n nmi It seem nns been influenced by
llie*e reports or something else; for we are iniorui
ed that he has instructed the Agent t0 use his en
deavours to reconcile the Indians to the survey.
Reconcile the Indians to the suivej !!! Let the In
dian-alone, and there will be no difficulty about
it. Our information is that the Indians living on
the ceded land the only ones who have any right
to be dissatisfied, so far from being displeased, a:c
gratified that the survey is going on, because it
affords them an opportunity of selling what few
articles they have to sell on good teirne. [lb.
We aie informed, from an undoubted source,
that the President of the U. States expressing a
disposition to promote the wishes of every mem
ber of the confederacy to the utmost of his
power, has directed the Creek Agent to use his
best ell or t s to reconcile the Indians to the survey
o! the land. [Iieco) der.
K.vox vir,i.K,T , Oct. •».-Information which
may be relied upon, has been received in this place
from Nashville, that General Houston and General
White, had gone to Kentucky to fight a duel. It
will he recollected that Gen. White accompanied
CoJ. Sm th when he bore the challenge from John
P. Erwin, E*.j. to Mr. Houston. What passed
between the latter gentleman and Mr. White as
detailed by Mr. Harrow, (published in Register,
Sept. 20) is the sole causeofthe difference between
these two gentlemen, we are informal. The
meeting was to have taken place on Tuieday last.
It is stated that the meeting would have taken place
near Nashville, but for the interposition of the
civil authority. I Register.
ELECTIONS.
File New York Herkimer convention, held on
the Ith instant, present 101 members, some from
all the counties of the state, except six, has nomi
nated William B. Iluchester, for governor and
Nathaniel Pitcher, for lieut. governor of the state in
opposition to Messrs. Clinton and Huntingdon. Or*
the 1st ballot, Mr. Rochester had 103 votes_
Messrs Sanford, Savage and Thompson had been
spoken of—but they declined a nomination.
Mr. Rochester is the secretary of the Panama
mission, and a decided friend of the administration.
The convention was much made up of that interest
which supported Mr. Crawford lor president, to
whom Mr. R. was decidedly opposed. We just
mention these things, without pretending to uri
d>rnt.nul them.
Of the elections in Pennsylvania we have yet
only partial returns. At Philadelphia, Mr. Kittera,
•• federaliit,” has been elected by 2,399 votes’
against Mr. Horn, a " democrat” and the Jack
aon candidate, who had 1,961—to supply the
vacancy in the present congress in consequence of
Mr. Hemphill’s resignation: but for the next con
gress, in the same district, there were three candi
dates, Mr. Horn, the Jackson candidate, who
received 1,697 votes, Mr. Sergeant, the Adams
candidate, who got 1,697 vote*, and Mr. Kittera, the
federal candidate, to whom was given 1,398 votes.
So there is a tie between Messrs. Hern and Ser
geant, and a new election will probably be ordered
—which, judging by what has happened, ” wi'f
he furiously contested.” This district, we be
lieve, is composed of the chief part of the city pt
Philadelphia, proper. Mr. Sergeant had been pre
viously nominated by the •• federalist*” end <’•
I