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.xi6t;mccs I wished to lay before you,Wing which, many of their coun- o.» condition of being allowed to re-,12th July^had temmatcii uie^co ,'!r fiv^lays bef re the* Victory
of the divine power of ilu* Christian
religion recently exemplified in the
ta:.i. The Conversion* of Abdallah
and Sabat seem to have been as evi
deiuly produced tiy the Spirit of Cod,
as anv conversion in the primitive
church. Oilier instances have oc
curred in Arabia of a similar kind,
and tin the very borders of Palestine
itself. These are like the solitary no
tices which in other nations, have an
nounced die approach of general illu
mination. John Huss, and Jeront
of Prague, were not, perhaps, more
talked of in Europe, than Abdallah
and Sabat arc at this day, in Butharia
mid Arabia.
the jubilee
While ministerial tools, jobbers and
contractors, of tile government,
and some of the foolish people ol
England were celebrating his ma
jesty’s entry into the 50th year ol
his reign, as a Jubilee, Peter Por
cupine points to the state ol the na
lion,as exhibiting more cause lor
mourning than mirth. He talks
ol‘“ the long fie uufortunate reign
We extract the following.—Whig,
“ When the king mounted the
throne, the debt, of which the nation
pays the interest by taxes, amounted
to about ten millions ; it now amounts
to nearly seven hundred millions ;
and one year’s taxes now is nearly
equal to what the whole debt then
was. The poor rates of England and
Walts then amounted to about a
trillion and a quarter annually
tryinen were kept, lor years in jail,
without being brought to trial from
first to last. If this be not enough ;
11 you find them still backward in re
joicing, remind them ol the taxes
they have to pay, and of the purpo
ses to which they are applied ; and
pray do sir, show them that there
are many individual sinecure place
men, and many pensioners, and one
of whom swallows up more ol tlu
taxes in one month, tlutn goes to the
kee ping of all the poor in Droxiord
for a whole year. Should they still
lie insensible to your eloquence, re
mind them ol the history ol the Dar
ling, not forgetting your old neighbor;
late u tenant at Newgate. Your re
verend coadjutors may expound to
them the cases of the holy doctors,
O’Meara and Loche and of the re
verend Mr. Benzely, and bid any
one produce, if he can, any thing the
like thereof in any other reign. Any
royal lad who chances to be present,
may enter upon the rise, progress
and suspension of the “ delicate in
vestigation and if they still remain
unmoved, why tell them, tell them
yourself, sir, the history of the (Jar
niers and their sinecure.”
embark, to liberate 8000 French and betneen
Bavarians, then prisoners in Eng- turned with 10,000 sick, without at
.'left Ramsgate, and tl cnee shaped her
land.
FOX ADMINISTRATION.
EXPEDITION TO ITALY.
When scnt t July 1806. Common
Jer. Sir J. Stuart. Force, 5000
troops. Object, Expulsion of the
French from Italy. Failed in the
object, but succeeded in vanquishing
i French army of. 7000 men, 4000
of whom were either killed, wound
ed or taken -prisoners
fleet at Antwerp. Obtained posses
sion of Walcheren and Bevel and,
the latter of which places has since
been abandoned.
my esteem, has lately mentioned youjin the winter season, being about 46
tome in a manner, of which I ayaiiitons burthen, a small vessel which
PORTLAND ADMINISTRATION.
1 XPEDLTION TO COPLNHACLN.
When sent, August 1807. Com- — __ , ,
mander, * Lord Catchcart. Force, myself to offer this expression of the formerly plied between this ana tie-
20,OOO troops. Object to obtain pos-'sense I have always entertained otjnedict in this bay.
session of the Danish fleet. Succecd-\your character, and of the part yotii -
mpting any operation against tin course lor Russia, as was supposed,
...frit Amwfm. Obtained nosscs- with dispatches lor J. (*. Adams.
DOMESTIC.
dispatches
Captain I’aherty of the William
Penn, spoke in the Channel, inform
ed Captain W. that the captain of ahe
French 20 gun brig who had board
ed the William Penn a few days be
fore, had treated him with remarka
ble politeness and informed him that
the French decrees were off (relaxed
we suppose.) The Victory perform-
d one of the most remarkable pas-
INTERESTING COP.RESPONDUNCE.
Washington, Dec. 26, 1809.
GIR ’
A very particular friend of yours,
who has been much recommended to sages ever known across the Atlantic
■d. England, while in a state pf bore, as a hero and a patriot, in estab-j Marblehead, March 8.
profound peace with Denmark, bom-jlishing the independence of our coun- £ xtrac ( 0 f a l v tter from Mr. O'Brier,
her capital, set fire to her try. - - ■ ■ ■ — - i
I cannot better render this tribute
barded
metropolis ; killed vast numbers ol
of St. Andreo, dated January 5. ^
“ This morning arrived here tho
American schooner Britannia, cap'.
.. , . - . - - - . , Bunker, from Salem. The moment
line, 15 lngates, 6 brigs and 25 gun Irom the motives which made you a she cameto anchor Gen. Bonnet sent
boats, besides vessels on the stocks,(champion in so glorious a cause i| so y ier8 on i, oar j to take possession
inhabitants ; burnt down 400 holts- than by congratulating you on the
tool; from her 15 ships of the happiness you cannot fail to derive
TURKISH ANECDOTE.
A
not long
tinople, lodged in the house of a sea
faring Turk. One day he observed
to the Musselinan, that in all his
walks through the immense city ol
theyjConstantinople and ltd suburbs, he
from the gratitude shewn by yourl j-j lt . r
fellow citizens for your distinguish-'
ed services ; and especially from the
opportunity which a protracted life
has given you of witnessing the tri
r , . f . r i • . • if urn sr/u, niiiy igum uvniinuii-iUltlph ol Republican institutions, so
aptain o a trac ing sup c-inggj r j > Moore. Force, 14,000dear to you, in the unrivalled pros-
»»ir Btnce in the citv of Constan- tro() j )g _ to aid Sweden a-
gainst Russia. Failed. Gusta-
vus put Sir John Moore under ar
rest; he escaped with difficulty; and
army, alter remaining several
together with naval stores to the a-
niount of 20,OCX) tons.
That which is morally wrong,
cannot be politically right." Fox.
EXPEDITION TO SWEDEN.
When sent, May 1808. Common-
liow amount to more than six millions had not seen any thing like a jail
annually. The number cf parish
jumpers was then about two hundred
thousand,- that number now is about
i welvc hundred thousand. These are
pretty good proofs, sir, that we liavt
l.o causes to rejoice at the changes o!
this reign. But, sir, there is one which
will be very pat to your purpose when
you have the ,poor laborers of Drox
iord parish assembled on the jubilee
day, and that is, that when this reign
began, it cost the laboring man five
days work to earn a bushel of. flour,
anil that now it costs him ten days
work to earn a bushel of Hour & that
if he happens to have three children,
it is, upon the common .run of wages,
utterly impossible lor him to earn
bread enough for his family to eat
rav nothing of meat, drink, clothing,
lire and house-rent. Pray, sir, state
the fact to the young ones : the old
ones will not need to he told of it.
Stale this fact to them, and if they’d
not rejoice it is very strange indeed
Then, sir, if you should have some
politicians in the higher seats of the
festival,you may entertain them with
the history of the last fifty years gk)
l ies, in diplomacy and in war. You
may relate to them how we lost the
continent of America for the sake ol
tax ; and how, for the sake of other
taxes and corruption, wc got posses
sion of vast countries in the East,
through the means of which countries,
enterprising young men, with scarce-
trausports, re-
lor imprisonment of debtors. “ Chris
tian dog ! (said the disciple of Ma-.
hornet) do you suppose that we arc
so debated as to copy the Nazarine
polity i We take care to strip a deb
tor ol all bis property, as far as it will
go, to pav just debts—but there we
leave him—wc instantly turn him
loose to begin the world again. The
believers in our prophet are above
shutting uj> their fellow mCn in cages
in order to starve, persecute and tor
ment them. Wc make a distinction
between a mau and a'rat—I have-
been in several of the Nazariue
(Christain) cities, and I never loolecd
at a debtor’s prison without horror as
to a place where a man is degraded
to tlie condition of a rat
weeks on board the
turned to England
FIRST EXPEDITION TO SPAIN.
When sent, July 1808. Comman
der,tin-A. Wellesley. Force, 10,000
troops. Object, to assist Spain.—
The Junta of Galliciu declined the
proffered assistance, asserting that
they did not want men, but merely
arms, ammunition and money. Ad
vised Sir Airthur to proceed to Por
tugal.
tIRST EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL.
When sent, August 1808. Com
mander, Sir A. Wellesley ; super-
ceded by Sir Harry Burrard , super
perity flowing from them, during a
trial of more than a fourth of a cen
tury.
May your life still be continued as
long as it can be a blessing ; and mat
the example it will bequeath, never
be lost on those who live after you.
JAMES MADISON.
Gen. John Stark.
The American Consul in
quiring the cause, was informed by
the General that he had express oi-
ders from the Emperor to seize all
American vessels, and to treat
their captains and crew as prisoners
of war.”
MILITARY EXPEDITIONS,
Sent by England to the continent of
Europe, from the commencement
of the war betwixt Great Britain
and France, in 1793, to the present
period
We have taken the pains to draw
into one point of view, a history
of the Military Expeditions sent
ANSWER.
DEKRYTIELD, jan. 21,1810
SIR,
I had the pleasure yesterday of re
ceiving an address from the first Ma
gistrate of the only Republic on
tare!.. This letter compliments n.ei . subm „ c „
.,.5 tly upon my sen-tees as a soldier, !, ulh Hou3c . for con5 i crali
and praises my jiatriotism. It is true
I love the country of my birth ; for
CONGRESS.
it is not only the country I should
ceded bv Sft'Hew Daliymplc. Force, choose above all others, but it is the
from this country to the Continent,
within the last 16 years.—London French from Spain.
Globe.
lya second shirt on their backs, and
PITT ADMINISTRATION.
FIRsT EXPEDITION TO FRANCE.
If hen sent, Feb. 1793. Common
ter, Duke of York. Force, 35,000
27,000 troops. Object^ expulsion of
the French from the Peninsula.
Failed. The campaign which pro
duced the victory of Vimicra, was
terminated by the memorable, con
vention of Cintra. The French ar
my was stnf home in safety, and the
principal part-of the British army was
sent to Spain. The remnant of our
forces subsequently quitted Portu
gal on the advance of the Fl ench
SECOND EXPEDITION TO SPAIN.
When sent, November 1808. Com
mander,S\r J. Moore. Force, 28,000
troops.—Object, expulsion of the
Failed. The
English army advanced from the
coast into the interior of Spain, but
finding themselves unsupported by
tne “ Universal Spanish Nation,”
and the French armies advancing up-
nith not a much greater stock of
ideas, contrive so to draw upon the
taxes raised in England as to oust
from their estates those bv whom the
said taxes have been paid.—-From
these matters you may diverge into
matters of a warlike nature : vou mav
Failed.
troops.
on them, they were obliged to retreat
Object, Conquest of France.Jto the coast, and finally re-embark
Alter a loss of 28,000 men, at Corunna, where their gallant com
& an immense quantity of cannon andjmander fell, one third of his armv
stores ; the wreck of the army re
turned to England in March 1795.
SECOND EXPEDITION TO FRANCK.
When sent, Ala)’, 1794. WComman
der, Earl Moira. Force, 10,000,
having perished by famine 4ind the
sword. • i
FURTHER EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL
AND SPAIN
• i ,i u i ~i>> Y-~ ’ *'“*•■ s um-, jw,vjcsj, When sent, April 1809. Common-
remind the lojal autltciice ol the iroops. Object, Reestablishment ol>,Ar,Sir A. Wellesley. Force, 30,000
< aplure of a whole Bnt.sh army at Royalty ,n Hr, tunny ...luilcj. Could, ’ (lhe numb „ asked by Sir
Saratoga, and of another a, \ ork.lno, eHect a lantltng in Hritanny t Mil-IA-nU ,o drive the French out of
town. Dunkirk andlhe ILclder will ed to Ostcnd ; and shared the lor-;,), e Peninsula.) Object, The delivc-
ofeoursebe the theme of your pram-, tunes ol the Duke ol York’s ill-fated' c 0 f Spain.- idled Sir Arthur
after which, ,n due place, null lollow, army. having penetrated ,0 Talevera, ob-
expedition to quireron. tained a problematical victory over
*’ ben si-iit. May, 1793. Common-, J ose ph Bonaparte ; but being ill sup-
dei, Mo Piusaye. /orce, 12,000 ported by the Spanish armies, andlf ec l u * res a more watchful eye than our
l> ' ... internal British faction.
It the communication of the result
of my experience can be of any use in
the approaching storm,* or if any use
tip- rmn’ivi-il mifcte ,i ,';i . I , v «*“' t to reireai, anu uas aijivca ai ravas, can be derived Irom any example of
” SFC,C ’ and SiX5hil ’ S °” "-'frontier of Portugal. His a,-’ '
Ferrol, Buenos Ayres, Cario, Cintra,
Corunna, Talevera and Walcheren.
You will then, doubtless, attempt an
only spot where I could wear out the
remnant of my days with any satis
faction.
Twice my country has been invad
ed by foreign enemies, and twice ij
went with the rest to obtain peace
And when the object was gained, I
returned to iny farm and my origi
nal occupation. I have ever valued
peace so high, that I would not sacri
lice it for any thing but freedom
yet submission to insult I never
thought the way to gain or sujiport
either
I was pleased with your dismissal
of the man the English sent to insult
us, because they will see by the ex-
jjeriment that we are the same nation
that we were in ’76—grown strong bv
age, and having gained wisdom bv
experience.
If the enemy of the British nation
is to be feared, their alliance is much
more dangerous. For I have fought
with them and against them, and I
found them treacherous and ungene
rous as friends, aivd dishonorable as
enemies. I have tried the French
likewise, first as enemies and then as
friends ; and although all the strong
partialities of my youth were against
tilt in, still I tormed a more favorable-
opinion of them. But let us watch
THEM.
However, among all the dangers
that I have been witness of to our
country and our “ Republican Insti
tutions,” perhaps there is none that
enumeration ot those who have been'troons. Obiect to nenetr-ite P-t, * , ,.
kltmilttrlmolv* c r I *. ’ P .. 6 to r ‘* Teduced to great extremities for
slain during the thirty years ol war, ns. Failed. 3-4 - 1 -* * • 1
with which this nation has been bles- Emigrant army v
sed out of the happy filiy ; nor would'with 70,000 stand of arms,
u Wi. .aIpI. fi.;. i. i n _ _ the Anglo-' want 0 f provisions, owing to the ap-
with which this nation has been bles-|Eimgrant army were lost, together at hy of the Junta, and the want of
.titi., u* i,.i i r | . - inaga-cordiality in the lieople was obliged
it be auuss it vou w«k to lay beforelzmes and clothing for 40,000 men, fo rctrcat , andhas arrived at Elvas,
at Walcheren, and of the thousand
sick and wounded left behind b\ our
laden
FIRST EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND.
/I hen sent, May, 1798. Conunan-
guieial in Spain, to the mercy oi the dVr,gen. Coote.—Force, 1200 troops.
Trench; nay, to the mercy ol those^'Object, to destroy the navigation of
very trench, whom the“ loyal” wri- Holland, &c. Failed. The works
ters denominate “ blood thirsty
my is greatly reduced in numbers,
some accounts say to 15,000.
Expedition to Ischia And Procida.
When sent, June 1809. Common-
Sir
lains.”
“ Returning again to the blessings
oi our present state, and the cause we
have for joy, v ou may remind your
hearers, that the king’s servants, it.
their extreme care ol us, have intro
duced a very considerable body ol
foreign troops into the country : a
whole legion of Germans, horse’ foo.
of tin- present reign, that saw the pel
sonal seeuiity-act suspended, ami du
J. Stu;irt. Force 18,000
. . itroops. Object, Diversion, in favor
° * 10 ‘h uges Canal were blown up, Q f Austria. Failed.—Took posses
and required some weeks
but gen. Coote and his army fell into
the bands ot the enemy.
SECOND EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND.
When sent, August 1799. Com
manders, Duke of York and Gene
rals Hermann anil Essen. Forcer mander, Earl Chatham. Force,
repair ; s i ou 0 f the islands, which he after
wards abandoned without having de
tained or withdrawn any part of the
Flench force from the Danube.
Third Expedition .to Holland.
When sent, August 1809. Coin-
tnine—my strongest wish will be gra
tified.
The few days or weeks of the re
mainder of my life will be in friend
ship with James Madison.
JOHN STARKE.
To James Madison, President
of the United States.
I
Baltimore, March 16.
Capt. Watkins, of the schooner
Victory, informs that he received his
dispatches on board at Gravesend a-
bout the last ot December, conse
quently they cannot be so late as tin
27,000 English and 20,000 Russians.j5t>,000 troops. Object, Diversion injiuofficial note of Mr. Pinkney, dated
_ , .... v . . opt Object, Deliverance ofTiurope. favor of Austria, and th
„»d artillerv. You may remuul them ed. ' '
• (he destruction January 4, and received by the pack-
I.ost nearly half the army, am'jof the enemy’s fleet at Antwerp—et. Tiie Victory sailed from Rams-
lueml into a capitulation on the 18:: 'Failed. The expedition was not gate January ljih, but could obtaii.
d Ucr. v. Hereby the Duke ago-cii, dispatched till the Armistir*- of the no later London dates than the mh. 1
SENATE.
Friday, March 16.
Tlic following message was rccei\ -
ed liorn the President of the United
States.
To the Senate and House cf Re
presentatives of the United States.
A treaty having been entered into
and duly ratified with the Kickapco
tribe of Indians for the t-xtiz.guish-
ment of their title to ccnain lands
vvithinthe Indiana territory involving
conditions which require Legislative
submit copies thereof to
ion.
JAMES MADISON.
Monday, March 19. ;
The Senate took up the report of
the committee of conferrencc on the
bill concerning commercial inter
course.
A motion was made by Mr. Ander
son to adhere to the Senate’s amend
ments (which unless the Houq^r^'
cede destroys the bill in toto.)
M. Leib moved to postpone th<»
further consideration of the report
till Monday next.
On the question, there were,
For the motion, Messrs. Anderson, i
Brent, Campbell, Com!it, Gaillard, j
Giles, Lambert, Leib, Matthew son,.
Meigs, Parker, Robinson, Smith of j
(Md.) Sumter, Whiteside—U. ™
Against the motion, Messrs. Biiv-^j
aid, Bradley, Campbell, Clay, Craw- 1
ford, Franklin, German, Gilman,
Goodrich,Gregg, Hillhouse, Horse
Lloyd, Pickering, Pope, Smith,
Y. Tait, Turner—18.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Clay moved to postpone till
furthe r consideration of the subjp:;
till to-morrow.—Motion lost. I
On the question to adhere, thei4
were.
For adherence, Messrs. Anderson*
Bayard, Champlin, Caillard, German*
Gilman,Goodrich, Gregg, Hillhonsei
Horsey, Leib, Lloyd, Parker, Pick-t
•‘ring, Smith, Md. Sumter, Whitu-
side—17.
Against, adhering, Messrs. Brad
ley, Brent, Champbcll, Clay, Condit,
Crawford, Franklin, Gilts, Lambert,
Matthewson, Meigs, Pope, Smith,
(N.Y.) Tait, Turner—15. i
So the Serrate resolved to adicr- ,1
Unless the House of Represcntativ |(
recede, the bill is lost. J
The several bills passed by tl
House of Representatives on Satu^
day last were read and passed to u
second reading. >
Tuesday, March 20.
The resolution of the House of
Representatives for appointing a com
mittee to enquire when it may be ex
pedient to dose the present session,
was read a second time and passed
to a third reading.
1 lie Senate agreed to the amend
ment of the Senate to the b 11 tohrC
\ ent the issuing sea-letters except (
certain vessels, with an amcndinei
thereto. y
ROADS AND CANALS. / ,
1 he Senate res umed the ronsiiW *
al.on ol the bill lor the iniprovemcr
oi the U. S. by public roads and ca^
nals.
A motion was made bv Mr. Brad
ley to postpone the furthe'r considem