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•MuntVtvs Evening.
W.iSUIXQTOX CITY, March 6.
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Vestemxy, at 12 o’clock, on taking the
fpth to support the Constitution of the
United States, the following’ Speech was
delivered by JAMES MONROE, Presi
dent of the United States
FELLOW CITIZENS:
I ghall not attempt to describe the grate
fill emotions which the new and very dis
tinguished proof of the confidence of my
fellow citizens, evinced by my re-election
to this high trust, has excited in n:y bo-
Bonn. The approbation, which it announ
ces ol my conduct, in the preceding term,
affords me a consolation which 1 shall pro
foundly led through life. The general
accord with which it lias been expressed,
adds to the great ami never ceasing "Stt
ligations which it imposes. 'I o merit the
continuance of this good opinion, and to
Carry it with me into my retirement, as
the solace of advancing years, you will be.
the object of my most zealous and uncea
sing < (forts.
Having no pretention to the high and
Commanding claims of my predecessors,
xi hose names are. so much more conspic
uously 1 lendfied with our revolution, and
•who contributed tip e-ctnineuity to pro
mote its success, I consider myself rather
ns the instrument than the cause of the
Union which has prevailed in the late elec
tion In surmounting, in lavor of my hum
ble pretentious, the difficulties which so
often produce division irt like oceuiauces,
it is i hvious that other powerful causes,
Cheating the great strength and stability
of onr Union, have essentially contributed
tx, dr a a you together. That these power
fid causes exist, and tliat they are peima
nent, is my fixed opinion: that they may
produce a like accord in all question
-couching, however remotely, the liberty,
prosperity, and hapinessl for our country,
Will always be the object of my moai fer
feni prayers to the Supreme Author of all
«ood. . . . „ ~ .
In a government which is founded by
the peonle, who possess exclusively the
sovereignty, itseenn proper that the per
son who may be placed bv their suffrages
j,n tins high trust,-should declare, on com
rncucing its dudes, the principles on
Which he intends to conduct the udminis
tratiou. If the person, thus elected, has
served t he preceding term, an °Ph'‘.’''",
is afforded hifin to review itsi prtt P
currcnces, audio give cuch
planation respecting item
meht, may be usetull to hi* *
.TV evens of on.
£~wtarrsrc
committed, they ought to he correct
ed; if the policy is sound, it ought to be
supported It Is by a |ha*«s“
edge of the whole subject that our felh "
Cutizeus arc euabled to judge correctly <"
the past, and to give a proper direction •
the future. ,
Just before the commencement of t.n
fast term, the United States had conclud
ed a war with a very powerful nation, on
Conditions equal ami honorable to both
pan ms. The events of that war are in
recent, and too deeply impressed • -ft t .
memory of all, to require adevelopenit..
from me Our commerce had been, it. a
grw.t measure, driven from the sea; mu
Atlantic,and inland frontiers were invad
ed in almost every part; the waste of lite
fclong our coast, and on some parts of our
inland frontiers, to the defence of which
our gallant and patriotic citizens were,
railed, wasdmmense ; in addition to w hich,
turtle** than one hundred and twenty mil
lions »f dollars were added at its end to
the public debt .
As soon as the war had terminated, the
nation, admonished by its events, resolved
to olare itself in a situation, which should
bo better calcuhtied to prevent the recur
rence of a like evil, and, in case it should
pecu.’, to ntiliga'c its calamities. With
this view, after reducing our land force io
the basis of a peace esta lishment, wnich
has been further modified since, provision
War. made tor the construction of fortifies-
Mi ns at proper points, through the whole
extent of our coast, and such an augmen
tation ot out naval fdree, a should be well
adapted to both purposes. Ihe laws, nuk
ing this provision, were passed in 1815
tmd 16, and iflu»9 been, since, tlic constant
of the Executive, to carry tbcin in
to effect.
The advantage of those fortifications,
and ot* an augmented naval force, in the
extent contemplated, m point of economy,
has bren fully illustrated, by a report of
tht Beard of Engineers and Naval Commis
oione: s, lately communicated to Congress,
which iv appears that in an invasion by j
twenty thousand men, with a correspon
dent naval force, in a campaign of sis
months only, the whole expense of the
construction of the works would be de
frw. eu by the difference in the sum neces-
maintain the force which wquid be
ftdequate to our defence with the aid of
those works, and that which would be iu
•carred without them. The reason of
this difference is obvious. If fortifications
'ftfe judiciously placed on our great inlets,
assistant from our cities as circumstances
will permit, they will form the only points
of attack, and the enemy will be detained
there by a small regular force, a sufficient
time to enable our militia to collect, and
repair to that on widch the attack is made.
A force adequate to the enemy, collected
at that single point, with suitable prepar
ation for such others as might be meuac-'
e, u ail that would he requisite. But, if
thero were no fortifications, then tne ene
my m ght go where he pleased, and chang
ing nis position, and sailing from place t o
piaiv, oui' lorcc must be called out ar.u
;*pread in vast numbers along the whole
coast and on both sides >f every bay ami
river, as high up in each as it might In-
Da* i able for ships of war. By these for
lihulions, supported by our tiavy, to
won-a they w ould aifutd like support, we
eh.vUd present to other powers an armed
treat from Bt Croix to tae Sating wliidi
would prelect, in Q-S cv-r.t otf wor, our
whole coast and interior from invasion ;
and even in Uie wars <>t other powers, in
which we were neutral, they w’ould be
found eminently useful, as, by keeping
their public ships at a distance from our
cities, peace and order in them would be
preserved, and the government be pro
tectcdfrom insult.
It need scarcely be remarked, that these
measures have not been resorted to in a
spirit of hostility to othc* powers Such
a disposition docs not exist towards any
power. Peace and good will have been,
anil will hereafter be, cultivated with all,
and by the most faithful regard to justice.
They have been dictated by a love of
peace, of economy, and an earnest desire
to save the lives ofour fellow-citizens from
that destruction, and our country from
that devestrtion, which are inseparable
from war, when it finds us unprepared for
it. It is believed, and experience has
shown, that such a preparation is the best
expedient that can be resorted to, to prev
cut war. I add, with much pleasure, that
considerable progress has already been
made in these measures of defence, and
that they will be completed in ufew years
considering tha great extent and impor
tance of the objects, if the plan be zealous
ly and steadily preserved in.
The conduct of the government, in what
relates to foreign powers, is always an
object of the highest importance to the
nation I*k agriculture, commerce, manu
factures, fisheries, revenues iu short its
peace may all he affected by it. Attention
is, therefore, due to this subject.
At the period adverted to, the powers
of Europe, after having been engaged in
long and destructive wars with each other
had conclud'd a peace, which happily
still exists. Our peace with the power
with 'di«m we had been engaged, bad
also been concluded. Tha war bet ween
Spain and the colonies in South America,,
which liad commenced many years before,
was then tlie only conflict that remained
unsettled This being a contest between
different parts of the same community, in
which other powers hud not interfered,
wits not affected by their accommoda
tions.
I’his contest was considered, at an ear.
ly stage, by my predecessor, a civil war,
in which the parties were entitled to c
qual rights in our ports. This decision,
the first made by any power, being form
ed on great consideration of the compar
ative strength and resources of lh« par
ties, the length of tune, and successful op
position made by the colonies, sr.cl of all
other circumstances on which it ought, to
depend, was in strict accord with the law
of nations. Congress has invariably acted
oa this principle, having made no change
in our relations with cither party. Our
attitude has, therefore, been that of neu
trality between them, which has been
maintained by the government with the
strict es impartiality No aid has been as
forded to either, nor has any privilege
been enjoyed by the one, which has not
**•,»“ “anally open to the other party; a.id
every exu.c on k!Ut j, etfll mrt ,i e j n l 8 pow .
* Tf force tav w .j, ec , uit)n of tt, e laws
•prohibiting illegal eq,.; pim . nt> wilk e
qua! rigor against both.
By this equality between the parties,
their publuj.vessels h* Ve hem, received
in our ports On the same fooling, —-v
hjive. enjoyed an equal right to purchase
and, export arms, munitions of war, and
nvery other tuppi>—the exportation of
all articles whatever h.-in# p-imilled un
der law* which were paused long before
■nr c-mimencement of the contest 4 our
'uizens have traded equally with both,
id their commerce with each has been
alike protected by the government
•inspecting the attitude which it maybe
luopsr tor the United States to maintain
u-‘venfler between the parties, I have no
,-siUtion in stating it as my opinion, that
the neutrality heretofore observed, Should
stdl he adhered to. From the change in
the government of Bpam, and the negoci
iilioi: now depending, invited by the Cor
ies and accepted by the colonies, it may
be presumed that their differences will be
settled on the terms proposed by the col
onies. Should the war be'continued, Che
Uuiied States, regarding its occurrences,
will always bate it 111 their power to adopt
such measures respecting it, as their ho
nor and interest may require.
Shortly after the general peace, a band
of adventurers took advantage of this con
flict, and of the facility which it afforded,-
to establish a system of buccaneering in
the neighboring scan, to he great annoy .
ance of the commerce of the United States,-:
and, as was represented, of that of other'
powers- Os this spirit, xnd ol its injuri
ous bearing on l ' lc United States, strong
pi oofs were afforded, by tlic establish
ment at Amelia Islam!, and the purposes
to which it was made instrumental, by ibis
band in 1(517, ami by the occmxeuces
winch took pUce in other parts of Florida,
in 1818, the details of which, in both in
stances, are too well known to require to
be now recited. lam satisfied, had a less
decisive course been adopted, that the
worst consequences wauld have resulted j
from it. We have seen that these clucks,
decisive as they were, were not sufficient
to crush that piratical spirit. Many cul-•
prits, brought within our limiTk, have been
condemned to sulf, r death, the punish
ment due to that atrocious crime. The
decisions of upright and enlightened tri-'
bunals fall equally on all, whose crimes
subject them, by a fair interptetation of
the law, to its censure, it belongs to the
Executive not to suffer the executions,-
under these decisions, to transcend the -
great purpose for which punishment is ne
cessary. he full benefit of example be-;
ing secured, policy, as well as humanity,
< qually .forbids that they slumld be carried
further. I have acted 011 this principle,
pardoning those w ho appear to have boen
led astray hyjignorance of the criminality
of the acts they had committed, and suf
tering the law to take effect on those only,
iu whose favor no extenuating circum
stHiices could be urged.
Ureal confidence is entertained, that
the late treaty with Spain, which has been'
ratified by both the parties, and the rati
fications whereof h«ve been exchang' d,
has placed the relations of the two coun
tries on a basis 01 permanent friendsh p.
I he provision made by it for such of our)
citizens as ha*e claim* on Spain, of the
character described, will, it is presumed,
tv very satisfactory to them; and the
boundary which is established between
lie territories of tfic parties, westward of
tie Mississippi, luictofore in dispute, has,
it is thought, been settled onxonditions
just and advantageous to both. Bet, to
Ihe acquisition of Florida, too much im
portance cannot be attached It secures
inilaeff, and whose importanca is much
increased by hi bearing of the
highest interests of the Union. It opens
to several of the neighboring states a free
passage to the ocean, through the pro
vince ceded, by several rivers, having
their soyycea high up within their limits.—
It secures ua agaiast all future annoyance
from powerful Indian tribes. It gives us
several excellent harbors, in the Gulf of
Mexico for ships of war of the largest sire.
It covers, by its position in the Gulf, the
Mississippi and other great waters within
our extended limits, ami thereby enables
the United States to afford complete pro
tection to the vast and very valuable pro
ductions of our whole western country,
which find a market thro* those streams.
By a treaty with the British government,
hearing dale on the twentieth.of October,
one ilmus.ind eight hundred and eighteen,
the convention regulating the commerce
between the United State* and Great Bri
ton, concluded on the third of July, one
thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
which was about expiring, was received
and continued for the term of ten year*
from the time of its expiration. By that
treaty, also, the differences which had a
risen under the treaty of Ghent, respect
ing the right claimed by the United
States for thejr citizens, to take and cure
Gili on the coast ofhis Britannic Majesty’s
dominions in America, with other differ
ences on important interests, were adjust
ed, to the satisfaction of both parlies. —
No agreement has yet been entered into
respecting the commerce between tlie
United States and the British dominions
in the West Indies, and on this continent.
The restraints imposed on that commerce
by Great Britain, and reciprocated by the
United States, on a principle of defence,
continues still in force.
The negotiation with France for the
regulation of the commercial relations
between the two countries, which, in the
course of the last summer, had been com
menced at Paris, has since been transfer
red to this city, and will be pursued, on
the part of the United Slates, in the spirit
of conciliation, and with an earnest desire
that it may terminate in an arrangement
satisfactory to both parties.
Opr relations with she Darbary powers
are preserved in the same slate, and by
the same means, that were employed when
I came into this office. As early as 1810
it waa found necessary to send a squadron
into the Mediterranean, forthe protection
of our commerce, and no period iias inter
vened, a short term excepted, when it
was thought advisable to withdraw U
Tne great interest which the United
States havein the (Pacific, in commerce
and in the fisheries, have also made it ue
cessary to maintain a naval force there.—
In disposing of this force, in both install
cee, tlie most effectual measures in our
power have been taken, without interfer
ing with its other duties, for the suppres
sion of the slave trade, and of piracy, in
the neighboring seas.
The situation of the United States, in
regard to their resources, tlie extent of
their revinue, and the faculty with which
it is raised, affords a mostgialifying spec
tacle. The payment of nearly sixty-seven
millions of dollars of the public debt, with
the great progrers made in measures of
defence, and in other improvements of
elusive proofs of'ffiii^Fx^oTdrna^y''jfrifc
perity, especially when it is recollected
l hut these expenditures have been defray
ed, without a burthen on the people, the
, the direct tax and excise having been re
pealed soon after the conclusion of the
late war, and the revinue applied to these
great objects having been raised in a
manner not to be felt. Our great resour,
cer, therefore, remain untochcd, for any
purpose w hich may affect tlie vital inter
ests of the nation. For all such purpos
es they are inexhaustahle. They are
more especially lobe found in the virtue,
patriotism, and intelligence, of our fellow
citizens, and in the devotion with which
they would yield up, by any just measure
of taxation,[all their property, in support
of the rights and honor of their country
Under the present depression of prices,
affecting aU the productions of the coun
try, and every branch of industry, prece
ding from causes explained on a former
occasion, the revenue has considerably
diminished; the effect of which has been
to compel congress cither to abandon
these great measures of defence, or to re
sort to loans or internal taxes, to supply
the deficiency. On the presumption that
this depression, and the deficiency in the
revenue arising from it, would be. tempo
rary, loans were authorised lor tfe de
mands of the lasttand present year. Anx
ious to relieve my fellow-citizens in 1817,
from every burthen which could be dis
pensed with, and the state of the treasury
permitting it, I recommended the repeal
of the .internal taxes, knowing that such
relief was then peculiarly necessary, in
consequence of the great extortions made
in the late war. I made that recommen
dation under a pledge that, should the
public exigencies require a recurrence to
them at any time while 1 remapped in this
trust, 1 would, with equal promptitude.-,
perform the duty which would then be
alike incumbent on me. By tlfcs experi
m» ul now making it will be seen, by the
next session of congress, whether the re
venue shall hive been so augmented as to
be adequate to all these necessary pur
poses. Should the deficiency still con
tinue, and especially should it be proba
ble that it would be permanent, the course
to be pursued appears to me to be obvi
ous. lam satisfied that, under certain
circumstances, loans may be resoi ted to
with great advantage. lam equally well
satisfied, as a general rule, that the de
mands of the current year,especially in.
time of peace, should be provided fur oy
the revenue of that year. I have never ;
dreaded, nor have 1 ever shuned, in any
situation in which I have been placed,
making appeals to the virtue and patriot
ism of my fellow-citizens, well knowing
thet they could never be made in vain,
especially in times of great, emergency,;
or for purposes of high national irapor
lance. .Independently of the exigency of
the .case, many considerations of great
weight urge a policy having in view a
provision of revenue to meot,to a certain
i xtent, tlie demands of the nation, with
out relying altogether on the precarious
resource of foreign commerce. lam sa
tisfied that internal duties and excises,
with corresponding imports on (foreign j
articles.of the same kind, would, without
imposing any serious burthens on the
people, enhance the price of produce,
promote our manufactures, and augment,
the revenue, at the same time that they
made it more secure and permanent.
r ;Ufi (arc of U*e litdiaQ tribes witiua«Uf
limits has long beee «u essential past of
our system, but, unfortunately, it has n .
been exceeded in a mannerjto accomplish
all the objects intended by it. We have
treated them as independent nations with
out their having any substantial preten
sion to that rank. The distinction has
flattered their pride, retarded their im
provement, and in many instances, payed
the way to their destruction. The pro
gress of our settlements w estward, sup
ported, as they are, by a dense population
has constantly driven them hack, with al
most the total sacrifice of the lands which
they have been compelled to abandon
They have claims on the magnanimity,
and ( may add, on the justice of this na
tion, which we must all feel We should
become their real benefactors, we should
perform the office of their Grea: Father,
the endearing title which tliey emphati
cally give to the Chief Magistrate of our
Union Their sovereignty over vast ter
ritoriea should cease, in lien of which the
right of soil should be secured to each in
dividual, and his posterity, in competent
portions, and, for the territory tnus ced
ed by each tribe, some reasonable equi
valent should bo granteeto be vested in ;
permanent funds for the support of civil j
government over them, and for tlie edu .
cation of their children, fur their instruc- i
tion in the arts of husbandry, ami to pro
vide sustenance for tin m un.lt tuey could |
provide it for themselves My earnest I
hope is, that Congress will digest some
plan, founded on these principles, wi'n
auch improvements as their vvis i m may
suggest, and carry it into effect as soon as
it may be practicable
Europe is again u .settled, and the pros
pect of war increase g Should th-- flame
light up, in any quarter, how tar it may
extend, it is impossible to forese- It is
our peculiar felicity to be altogether un
connected with the causes which pm
dttce this menacing aspect elsewhere. —
With everylpower we are in perfect amity
and it is our interest to remain so, if k b.
practicable on just conditions. 1 see no
reasonable cause to apprehend varience
with any power, unless it proceeds from
a violation of our marine rights. In these
contests, should they occur, and to what
ever extent they may be carried, weshal!
be neutral; but, as a neutral power, w
nave rights which it is our duty to main
tain. For light injuries it wili be incum
bent on us to seek redress in a spirit of
amity, in full confidence that, injuring
mine, none would knowingly injure us
For more imminent dangers wc should be
prepared, and it should always be recol
lected that such preparation, adapted to
tlie circumstances, and sanctioned by the
judgment and wishes of ear constitutions,
cannot tail to have a good effect, in aver
ting dangers of every kind. We should
recollect, also, ii.»i the season of peace is
best adapted to these preparations.
If we turn our attention, fellow-citigens,
more immediately to the internal con
cerns of our country, and more especially
to those on which its future welfare de
pends, vre have c-.very reason to anticipate,
the happiest results. It is now rather
more than forty-four y.*urs ainc-s we de
clared our indeijcr.denc.;, anu laii'ty-sevtn
since it was acknowledged The talents
and virtues which vveie dl piayed in that
great struggle were s. sure passage of ah
that has since! followed A people wh .
*-*»»*m/ui:t t m •lawk* luAtirt.
slate, such gfrat perils, would he more
competent, hey ‘use into .nhood, to:
repel any which they ought nv- t n tlu.it
progress. Then physical strength wc-cl
oe more adequate to foreign danget, a.
the practice of self-governmejit, aided by .
the light of experience, could not fail to
produce an effect, equally salutary, or a 1
those questions connected with the inter
mil organization. These favorable antici
pations have bepu realized. In our whole
system, national and state, we have shun
ned all the defects which unceasingly pray
ed on the vitals and destroyed tlw anci
ent republics. In them, there were dis
unct orders, a nobility and a people, or
the people governed in one assembly.—
Thus in the one instance, there was a
perpetual conflict between the orders in
socieiy for the ascendancy, hi which the
victory of either terminated in the over- i
throw of the government, and the ruin of'
the state- in the other, in which the
people governed in body, and whose do
minions seldom exceeded the domions of
a country in one of our states, a tumultu
ous and disorderly movement, permitted
only a iranstifOiy existence. In this groat
nation there is but one order, that of the
people, power, by a peculiarly
happy improvement of the representative
principle,is transferre Ifrom them without
imputing, iu the slightest degree, their
sovereignty, to bodies i; r their own crea-,
tion,and to persons elected by themselves
in the full extent necessary for all tiie pur
poses of free, en lightened, and efficient
government. The whole system is elec- 1
live, the complete sovereignty being in
the people, and every officer, in every
department, deriving lila authority from,,
and being responsible to, them for his
conduct
Our career has corresponded with this
great outline Perfection in our organ!
zation could not have been expected in
the outset, either in the national or state
governments, or in tracing the line be
tween their respective powers But no
serious conflict has arisen, nor any con-,
lest bur. Koch as are managed by argu. ’
inent, snd by a fair appeal to the good
sense of die people; and many of the de
fects which experience had clearly de
monstrated, in .olh governments, have
bee - .* remedied. By steadily pursuing
this course, in this spirit, there it ever;
reason to believe that our ayslem will soon
attain the highest degree of perfection of
w hich human institutions are .capable, and
that tlie movement in all its branches, ’
will exhibit auch a degree oford rand
harmony as to comma id tin. admiration •
and respect of the civilized world
Our physical attainments have not been
less eminent Twenty five years ago the
river Mississippi was shut up, and our;
w stern brethren had no outlet for their
commerce. rat has been (he progress I
since that time? The river has not only
become -the property of the U. States l
from its source to the ocean, with all its
tributary streams, (with the exception of
•if the upper part of the Red river -only,)
but Louisiana, with a fair and liberal bouu- ’
dary on the western aide, and the Floridas
on the eastern, have been ceded to us.—
The United -Ulcs now enjoy the com
plete and uninterrupted sovereignty over
the whole territoy from St Crone to the
Sabine. JNew states, settled from among
ourselves in this, and in other parts, have
been admitted into our Union, in equal
participation iajsS national sovereignty V
with the original aUtea, Oar population
has augmented in an astonishing dbgree,
an I extend'd in every direction. We
now, fellow citizens, comprise within our
limits the dimensions and faculties, of a
great power, under (a government ever
known to the old world, with an utter in
capacity to oppress the people.
Entering, with these views, the office
which 1 nave just solemnly sworn to exe
cute with fidelity, and to the utmost of my
shinty, i derive great satisfaction from
a knowledge that I shall be assisted in the
several departments by the very enlight
ened and upright citizens from whom I
have received so mucu aid in the prece
ding terra With full confidence in the
continuance of that candor, and geqerous
indulgence, Iron my fellow-citizens, at
large, which I have heretofore experienc
ed, and, with a firm reliance on the pro
tection ol Almighty God, 1 shall forthwith
commence the duties of the high trust to
which you have called me.
EOUiJLWf.
CuiiiLitvroN, March 12.
PROM LIVERPOOL.
We are indebted to our attentive cor
respondents, the editors of the New. York
Mercantile Advertiser , for the following,
which was handed to us by Capt. Wynkoop,
of the brig South-* arolina.
“ Sunday '.Tomi'iff, March 4.
“ I he ship Hercules, Capt. Cobb, has
just arrived here from Liverpool—sailed
dan. til.— Cotton nown to 7 1-4 alO 1-4 J,
■20,0- ,0 bags arrived the last week, and on-1
ly 42'Jti s Id
Very late from England.
The ship *artha, apt. l.unt, arrived
_at this p -rt yes' onlay, in 44 days from
Plymouth, (ling >— Through tlie polite
ness of the Captain and * tonsignee, we
have been favored with the loan of a file
o> London Papers to the 25 h of January,
inclusive, from which we have made some
selections forth s morning’s C.urier.
An article iroin Vienna, i serted in the
Paris pao rs o the 18th Jan. reports,-po
sitivcly, ihat afb.ee of 30,000 Au-triansis
*o be stationed in .he Papal Territories,
with the cons of his Holiness the Pope,
in order to fftve effect to the nsgvciat. ns nt
Laybaeh.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, die Re
corder, die two City Members, and nine
Aldcrme., the Sheriff, &c. arrived in
1, 'iidon 21s- tanuary, to present die •d
--d' ssof the City of Dublin to uis Majes
ty—he was to receive it, seated upo ‘be
thr ne.
The French Funds weve on the rise—
from the Ist to he I6h of January, they
h d ad'/. need from 79f Sue ioBUf. 50c
Tire Spanish Loan h.e likewise improved
at Paris, notwithstanding he m uoeuvres
that had ben p. ac.ised ,u stamp upon
i av. unfavortble impiessiou.
A Je’ter Tom -Naples day, da ed 29:h
December, as er mt.itLmrg the depar
ture of he King' for Laybach, says—
“ ivhat will be rhv result 1 kno not; bu*
the people seem determined not ogive
up heir liberty easily. Uu .or tlie <dd
sy.tem they were ft tie letter than slave.
Yts r<iav the i? gent mettbe Parliament,
...a uok. me ua'h never to forsake ih«
p.tat jit imns i ! .u'ion ”
rherace 4 popular mcet'ugs, for the
putpos, ot getting up Addr sses lo he
King and Queen, is still pursued wim
great i du-try, by their respective parti
zan —4e or 30 were presented to the
Qu '.-n on liie 22d January.
A meed ig had be n ueld in Dublin,
Col. faluo' in the chair, on the subject of
the late violent dispersion of County
.Meeting at Kilmainiiam.—Mr. Curran
moved a petition to both Houses of Parlia
ment an address lo the Lord Lieutenant
on the subject having* been unanswered.
Several persons had been arrested at a
public house in Dublin, Major Sirr,
charged with being engaged in a treason
able meeting, and committed to prison.
An action of ‘divorce, by Lord Erskine
.against Lady Erskine, h.s wife, came on
u»be tried at Edinburgh, 29th Dec mber
las , for adultery.—The trial was .-topped,
the Court not having jurisdiction, their
residence being decided to be exclusively
in England, since their marriage.—His
Lordship gave notice that he should in
stitute a new suit in the English Constitu
tional Court.
Mr. Gan.mjto left l.oijdonfor Paris on
the 15th January.
Mr Atusot, a Somersetshire yeoman,
had completed the great pedestrian match
of two hundred and sixty-four miles in 4
days
Mr. SorrusT has in tlie British press, a
new poem, entitled, M The Vision of Judg
ment."
I’lie brilisb frigate Spartan, Capt. Wise,
arrived at Plymouth, Jan 11th;
last from off this port and New-York,
The Abeona transport, of 328 tons,
from Greenock, bound to the Cape of
Good Hope, took fire at sea, and was com
pletely destroyed—49 souls only were sa
ved, in the boats, out of 162; they were
taken up next morning by a Portuguese
merchantman, from Bahia, bound to Lis
bon, where they arrived in safety.
JiNB Carlisis was tried in Court of
King’s Ilench Jan. 19, for publishing and
reading certain seditions political libles,
and found guilty by the jury,—This is the
first of five prosecutions which hayebee.o
commenced against her.
JANUARY 12.
I’he accounts of the public revenue and
expediture have been made up to the sth
of January U 023. The excess ol the re
venue for the year just closed, over that
for the year which preceded It, amounts
to nearly 2,340,000/. Tlie new taxes, how
ever, which are now included. Were es
tablished to produce an increase of some
thing more than 3,000,000/.
A Lisbon packet arrived yesterday, with
letters of the 31st ult. ft brings the Man
ifesto of the Portuguese nation to the sov
ereigns and people of Europe, enumera
ting to them the sufferings of Portugal lor
many years, describing the corrupt and
debased administration hy which that coun
try had been governed, the malversation
that prevailed in all the departments of
state, and ascribing the late charges to the
pressure of all those grieveances. It
o readies the manly sentiments of a nation
sensible of its own wrongs, and determin
ed to redress them; and, at tlie same time,
points our what may be expected if other
powers- interfere with their concerns,
with a view lo plunge them into that same
state of degredation from which they have
vjust emerged* Tljis paper is Cffaftbtsf
of Europe, pmS^ t ° n
;wX ndUowherß '^:Ms;
A political understa nf J ANI ' A ®° n t fr 'l.
gland and France, is
the Continental circles, wV.i •
may produce effects ofg re ; h .“•j“at
upon questions at this L, '“l®, , lirr
t t hL p t blic i m i nd of Eui 'op? e "i®diti»
these two leading kingdom,’; * ‘^BUled
jnentof any specific enfi" cl^Kfitary
have considerable ii. Hue
measures ot every emu,..,, U , ..
At .he Admit
day, Alex Wood, and° Wm’
v.cted of plundering a wr&Bj r.n
of Kent, were sentenced l 0 * ee i
Parliament was on Jh '
rio.i. conflicting, reports I
specting the course which I ®,,!
tended to pursue with
Queen We have ■ f’
depart from the surmise
already laid before our ,V t
that the evidence taken beA.WLoI
of Lords will be comn, Unic t J■J ind i
The Pans Journals which arrivßidt <
terday, communicated the iJ,. riHihe '
tb« the King „,Sp. i ..hJ b , ;*e* e ,
ed to .ttenu the Cong,,.,
mal l ribunal, at Lay bach; th ere fltncrs
hm trial with his brother of
answer to this mandate will drtenXeoiu
true state of public feeling in sJMen.s
the King ,s permitted to retwr.W,,
• bacn, it can be ascribed only to th '
ness of the democratic party i n
—for Spain bus already provided t l^H cc l u& '
may if true to herself, defy » n
force greater than, in
it > of France and England, un licH lline
led against her independence
‘ T . , , u , JANUAR» r ‘ n j
The l.ord Mayor lias appointed
next lor holding a Common hail
purpose of petitioning
her majesty's name to be restored “ II
Liturgy, Ac
Charles Somerset is about
bark, to asaum:.- his Government
Cape of Good Hope 1
R. cent accounts from India rr,ei,ti^B ut
deaths of General Hare and Gen
Gn the Bthinst. an attempuasn^B ll l
Ailai: lo assassinate Colonel
v* on the point of earning t„ En^B ce
Hcticig iate at night, and aloncJ^B 11 ”
the ope, a, he was attacked by
evidently with no intention us rob^B 1 ' 11
f .r, though 'hey disabled him, the^B' cl
rot a.t. mpt '0 plunder him ofhiiwa^B 0 " 1
money. The Col. defended liimse!^B er
lu riy,& a 'Ol nt Struggle ensued ) in^B ,r(
iio received icur wounds on the
..arentiy v. all a knife, an.i on
ciiest, with a stilletfo. The last^B^ 1
nave been fatal, b-t for the thickn^B 15 '
hMgrc,.i-coat, c at, and aisicoat, e
was, th; Weapon re - tratad the
of lie chest, ar, '. ns derably
seventh r,b. Whet, the account
v ay, the ( olonel was in great pain^B* 11
his bfe was
JANUARY ■»*<
We have received Paris pupen o^B^ c
17lh ,ud Id h, from whit: we hav;
ooptous extracts, 'the ttonileur Ti
a cotnmercl .I a . r e which is very
bh- to England, tmt|which must
offence to the jealous Yankees;— rc
ROYAL OIiULNANCE. K
“ Louis, by the grace of ti d,
“Having a n into consi
Ordinance- of t ie 25th July
wc nave gr.i'i.e:! a premium of
per 109 kilograms for cotton
both Americas, of whch French
go in search, out of Europe,
tiie pods of ..nt Coiled Stales of
»a; and being desirous that tins pro
may not b-- abi.sfv. ly .ipplud lo
taken onboard m countries iv/mird
out of Europe but too near lo
oi the aontincni t ndinit ot tlie
\-j age provide;, by the
do, therefore, on the iieport
niscci of Finance, ana slier
ibe Council of State, order
low s;— ■
“ Art. 1. The premium
our • 'idiuance of the 26th July
t.ie cotton woo' of the two Anu
convvyeuoy French vessels, will
allowed, xccpt on cargoes
boa'd nut ot riu'ope, and the
. tiie vicinty of its continent, to
cl itiou ol the United States of
ca ' ' ■
“ 2 Fhe mlards ■ tue Canaries ■
Azores, Ma ta, and -Madeira, sloimoH
consequence, hr deew u u, ot
“ Our MiPista - etrelao °* lie
cc» sii ill be charged witu tue dueelM
tioa of tins Ordoinu i-e .
(Signed)
(Sub-si Id) ■
TiieTliui.ie e>. r
Ulh January, 1821. J ..^B
, ONUON, JAN ('Aid V
His Majesty s wetenmna-ior T
ihc Fafiiaiiicm m f»ei-ao*t beme ;
known, tiie croud ass; in i ■ 11
place and the in me-oat ■
palace, was m.m AS-' At na! . !■
his majesty tell his pa^lace,
House, and escorted b >' , a
Horse Guards, procaeo .d m sU «
House of Lords. ?■
loyalty were very loud, tt° g •
Courier confesses, there was 1
festation or dislike evinced. “
the Queen!” vras continually ' P ■
with enthusiasm; and some 'veu- < J
dacious enough to hiss!—Hw .j.l
is said, was distinguisliea ■
who applied for -.ckets ol H ''V uor iß
her household, into tue Hun a
The. House was crowded to exc. - n
it should seem, the g e,llleir " ‘
House ot Commons were very u
niously squei-zed by tbe croa j
era admitted. , he lollo^fl
His Majesty then delivered ‘ ■
SPEECfI FROM THE THh 0 - sE I
“ My Lords and OtsUlsmen, I
“I have the satisfaction olpi
you, that 1 continue to rece , rtfC es B
reign Powers the strongest ass
their friendly disposition towsi<-
country c reer ttl
“It will be a matter °f d f e P Vl
me, if the occurrences whichri »
taken place in Daly should eve --i(, i(
to any interruption of tra.iq ■ c ff
quarter ; nut it will, in 8 “ c “ "
great «bj-ct to- secur# tt>
cysiia’JJtnjc.ot j'caYfe