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i*] lILADELPH L\, November the 2 id, I bOO. At a numerous meeting os the citizens os the City and County os Philadelphia, convened by public advertisement, at the State Houle, on Thursday even ing, the 20th Nov. 1800, Capt. JAMES GAMBLE Was unanimousiy called to the chair, and William Duane, named secretary. A citizen having dated the purpose os the meeting to be intended to take into consideration the recent conduct os the legislaturc. It was moved that a commit tee be appointed to drast reiblu tions—and Medrs. Hugh Fcr guson, John Lcib, Edward Pole, John Smith, and John L k Irvin were nominated, who having re tired sor lome time, prcsei.ued a sorm os proceedings which alter seme warm debate, and undergoing severai amendments, were adopted by paragraphs and passed with only a Angle dilTcnt ing vote as sollows : The citizens os the city and coulityos Philadelphia, convened by public notice at the State Houle, on Thursday evening the 20th November, 1800, aster considcring the recent transac tions in the senatc os this com monwealth, and witnesiing the unhappy subscrviency os a num ber os the members os that bo dy, to the dictation os a sew persons known under the deAg nation os the Dunwoody com mittee, in opposition to the voice os their legitimate condiments ; and having likewise considered the measurcs attempted and the means pursued by a majority os 1 3 tc * ll the members os that body to render the voice os Pennsylvania nugatory in the present interceding moment — think it expedient to declare to their sellow citizens os the com monwealth at large their opini ons, byway os resolution, on the culpable condud os the Laid thirteen members os the senate, in the manner sollowing : 1. Resolvcd as the opinion os this meeting, sounded on the principles os republican govern ment, and recognised by the conditutionsosthe United States and os this date, that the will os the majority os the people is the only lase and legitimate rule by which the representatives os a sree people can ad. 2. Resolvcd, That it appears Loin authenticated returns that the late elections' have been made os members os Congress, os date senators and represen tatives vipon the conviction os the people os this date that the os public measures pur -11 led sor sorne years pad, was ruinous and unwise ; and wdth a v jew to the correction os pad errors and the promotion os a svdem more economical, and consormable to the spirit os our country ; that the election os our present governor was carried upon the same principles ; and that in the recent election os only seven senators, six os whom v/ent out by rotation, the new senators have been chosen by a majority os 11,000 votes; and the members os the present housc os representarives by a majority os 18,000 votes. 3. Resolded that elections being the conditutional criterion whereby the sensc os the people is obtained, that the voice os the people has been unequivo cally declared sor a change os measures, by a change os men in the recent elections. 4. Rcsolved, That this meet ing view with indignation the contemptuous manner in which the petitions and memorials os their condiments laid besore them in the present sesiion, have been treated by a majority os the senate. 5. Rcsolved, That the majo rity os the senate os this com monwealth, considing os Medrs* Woods, .Potts, Gurney, Jones, Johndon, Ewing, lypdellan, Podlethwaitc, King, Barton, Wheelen and Carpenter, in op poring the mode os election by joint vote, have disregarded the principle heretosore unisormly adopted, and particularly direct ed in the condltution ; and that it is the opinion os this meet ing, and mud ncccslarily sollow, that is the election by joint vote is not conditutional, that MesTrs. William Bingham and James Rols, senators in congress srom this date, are not entitled to hold their seats in congress, they hav ing been elected by a joint vote and many os the members who are opposed to the principle at present having voted sor them by that mode. 6. Rcsolved, That the res pedablc minority os the senate os Pennsylvania deserve the gratesul thanks and suture consi dence os their condituents and the date at large. Rcsolved, That the thirteen members os the senate who have cohtumaciously disregarded the voice os the people—the duty they owe to their condiments— the sacred rights os petitioning —the weight and sussrage os this date in the scale os the union, merit public execration, and that in the opinion os this meeting they ought not to re ceive hipport at any suture elec tion, nor promotion to any place os prosit, honour or mid under this commonwealth. Rcsolved, that copies os thesc resolutions be transmitted to the honed minority os the senate, signed by the Chairman, and the proceedings be published. [Signed] JAMES GAMBLE, Atted Chairman. Wm. DUANE, Secretary. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4. We underdand that the housc os representatives os this date, on Saturday, agreed to the a mendment os the senate, to the elcdoral bill—eight cledors to be chosen by that house, and seven by the senate. - » BALTIMORE, December t. Extra st cs a letter srom a merchant in Havannah , to his correspon dent in Baltimore , dated 17 th cs Ostcber, “ I have jud heard that dis patchcs have been received by the government, in this city, os the French and Spanish, with 14 ships os the line and 17 sri gates, having taken Trinidad, and that their present ohjed is 1 Jamaica—and have requeued a supply os provisions sor 20,000 men. -T his may, probably, produce some alterations in our market sor the better.** RICHMOND, December 5. On Wcdnesday lad the elec tors os president and vice prcli dent sor this commonwealth, convened at the capitol agreeably to law. Mr. Wythe being ap pointed chairman, and Mr. Wirt clerk, they prepared their bal lots ; which upon examination were sound to be unanimous sor Thomas Jesscrson os Virginia, and Aaron Burr os New-Ycrk. The lad accounts srom th/ Pennsylvania legisiature, cor> vinccs us that there will be no appointment os electors sor that date. The amendment propo sed by the senatc to the lad bill which was mentioned in Tues day’s Examiner, has been reject ed by the house os representa tives. LOUISVILLE, H'EDh ESDAY, December 24, lBco. The electors os president and vice president os the United States, sor North-Carolina, met at Raleigh, on the 3d indant, and gave Mr. JcsTersbn and Mr. Burr, eight votes, and Mr. Adams 6c Mr. Pinckney sour. CONGRESS Os the UNITED STATES. Ho use os Representatives, The sollowing committees have been appointed in the house os representatives. Os Commerce and Manusac tures, considing os Medrs. S. Smith, Wain, F. Davenport, Huger, Parker, E. Goodrich, and S. Lee. Os Elesticns , considing os Medrs. Dent, L. Williams, Ed mond, Muhlenberg, Evans, Dickson and Claiborne. Os IVays and Means , Medrs. Gniwold, Powell, Bardet, Ni cholas, Imlay, Nichollon, Tal liaserro, Woods and Smilie. Os Revtsal and unjmised hi siness, considing os MesTrs. Platt, Evans and Aldon. Os Claims, considing os Med. 1 Macon, J. C. Smith, J. C. j I homas, Gregg, Holmes, and ! Bartlett. The Committee cs Revisal and hnsnished Busmess, have reported —in part, That they have, according to order, examined the journal os the lad sedion, and sind that the sollowing bills and reports were then depending and undetermi ned—to wit, Which originated in the house os representatives. Making surther provision sor the relies os persons imprisoned sor debts due to the United States ; May 13, 1800— Podponed by the senate until the next sedion. More esicChially to provide sor the national desence by estab lishing an unisorm militia throughout the United States —April ai, 1800, podponed \SO by the house, until the sir Monday in December, 1 r To revive and continue in s crte an ad, entitled “ an aCb s or cslaklishing trading houles with the Indian tribes •/' 14, 1800—Podponed by sa senatc until the next seden. * In addition to the ad, entitk.J “ an aCt sor gi anting lands 0 the inhabitants and Tctskrs • Vincennes and the country, in the Territory north wed os the Ohio, and sor consirming them in their podedions May 14, j3 CO —Podponed until the next sesiion. For edablisiling a military aca demy, and sor better organ■/• ing the corps os artilienlb and engineers ; April 28, 18 co—podponed by the house until the sird Monday in De cember, 1800. To authorise the secretary os the treasury to lease certain sair springs, the property os tire United States, in the territo ry north wed os the Ohio; May 9, iBcc—Podponed by the house until the sird Mon day in December, 1800. Regulating the grants os land appropriated sor the resugees srom the British provinces os Canada and Nova Scotia ■, May 14, 180c—Podponed by the house, until the third Monday in November, 1800. To provide sor the Tales os cer tain lands between the Great and Little Miami Rivers— May 10, iBcc—Podponed by the senate until the next selncn os congress. For eroding a mausolcum sor George Walhington ; May 12, 18 00 —Podponed by the senatc until the next sesiion. Do provide sor the more con venient and tsTedual adminis tration os judicc in the courts os the U. States; May id, 1800—committed to a com mittee os the whole house—' Not surther added on. REPORT os Sele st Committees On the subjed os trading houses with the Indians ; April 22, 180 c—ordered to lie on the table. The report enumerates various ether bills and reports cs a private nature not asted up on ; and then concludes, | Your committee surther report their opinion, that all petitions which were depending and undecided at the lad sesiion 0C Congress, ought to be taken up and aded upon by the housc, as the same may be called sor by any member, or upon the application os the individual claimant or petiti* oner. Monday, December r. Th* bill sor compensating and extending the priviledge os sranking to the delegate srom the Territory N. W. os the Ohio, was read a third time and pasled. Tuesday, December 2. Mr. Macon srom the com mittee os claims reported that the demand os Philip \Vilson was barred by the ad os limita tions, and that sinding in his case no rcason sor suspending the ad, he recommended that the prayer os the petitioner ought not to I'S