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. ,:<.s w.u. conmnitca to a comimt- 1 tvc. All these subjects, he said, he « as willing to meet at a proper time, hut he was not going to decide on a motion of so much importance as tli.it before the House, without due i f>n si deration. Mr. Macon said that both the gen tlemen hum Virginia seemed to have given him a left handed touch. In re* ply to one (Mr. Randolph) he would observe, that he never would allow that the embargo was not a wise mea- Bay, as not to be able to find lime to Public Defaulters in England. — i tie satisfy my curiosity. I my curiosity. I suspected however, from what I saw, and have indeed long suspflfctcd ; that we owe many of the evils tiur criminals pro duce to their heimr in a state of ex treme ignorance Mnd as many well meaning people here were found, at the time we attenuated to establish unrated .Ail It^^po Lancaster’s school tertain the direct! and to think that that sort of educa tion led to the increase of criminal ristol, to en- osite opinion cure, Ik he was willing to discuss it o-^ctions, I have been desirous of a ver Ik over again at ady time. 1 he o-vailing myself of your knowledge of thtr gentleman (Mr. Eppes) had spo-,the characters and habits of the pri ken ot the army. Mr. INI. said he did soners under your care, from obscrv vOu* for the increase of the army, & in ing how intimately you seemed ac a shnilar situation would do the saraequainted with the different interests, a gat.', lie had believed that the attack and how kindly you endeavoured to on the Chesapeake was as much warjaincliorate their condition as far as •as the attack on Copenhagen. This had was compatible with the discipline that secures their safe custody. You will therefore greatly oblige been his impression and this he had stated at the time he had voted for an army. He had believed at that time that G. Britain meant to follow up her blows, and he was prepared to meet her. But, since that, an en- luirgo had been laid and then substi tuted by non-intercourse. If the sin of embargo was on his head, he said lie should die with it. He was wil ling that this resolution should be committed. News might come from Europe which would make it neccs t.liy to raise men. If so, said he, let us do it when it comes ; let us do what is right under existing circum stances. As. to the army, I never had a doubt of the right of this House to enquire into the state of it. It be longs to the nation and not to the Executive. Mr. Randolph wished to state that he had given his friend from North Carolina too many honest right-handed touches, ever to give him a left-handed one. Mr. Eppes said he had no inten tion to give the gentleman a wipe— for it would have been at the the same time to cast a reflection on himself. It will be recollected, said he, that when I voted for the army I took the ground that the embargo must at some time be raised, and when it was that there must be war—and I de clare that if I had foreseen that the . establishment would be kept up year after year, and that those who raised the troops had not energy to use them, I should not have voted for them. I never have been for raising stand ing troops ii\ time of peace, and I fear not that it will be believed that I am in favor of either a standing army of navy in time of peace. Our de fence depends on the people, but a portion of troops were necessary for garrison duty inwhich the militia|can not be employed—and when the ad ditioual troops were raised, they Were considered sulflcient for that object, and it was so stated at the time. 1 voted for them for war and not for peace ; and whenever .it decided by the representatives of the nation that tjhey will submit to the decrees of G. Britain and France wlicncver thev repeal the non-inter- course, which whether feeble or , strong, is the only measure between us and sulMwission, I fur one will go hand in hand with those who will re duce the army and navy, and give to the people all the advantages which will result from what I shall deem a surrender of their rights. The question was then taken on Mr. Randolphs motion to refer the resolu tion to the same committee oj the whole to whom was committed the billfor lay- '■ ing additional duties, and carried. me and some friends of mine ia this city, by stating what is the average number of the prisoners confined for criminal cases who have had a de cent education, and if the majority arc even able to read, allowing me to make public your reply, as nothing can in my opinion, be of more im portuncc to the community in the pre sent moment, than the decision of this momentous question. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. G. Cumberland. Bristol, "fune 14, 1808. From Sir Richard Philips to George Cumberland, Esq Dear Sir-~You do me justice in upposing that I have not been in- ittentive to the state of education a- mong the numerous criminals louoraUe George N lucis, pay nias ter of the marines, is a defaulter to the amount of 300,Of JO/ sterling. A similar discovery is also said to have >cen made, in the prize agency de partment—amount not stated. Another act of public delinquency, or rather public robbery, is said to have been discovered amounting upwards of 250,000/. to A CURE FOR ULCERS. Mr. Richard iValker has publish' ed, in tllb Medical Journal, some ob- servatiohs which demonstrate the ex-, traordinary effects of carrots, in the cure of sores and ulcers of every species, by correcting their morbid disposition. The method of prepar ing the roots is as follows : The car rots having been previously cleaned by scraping and washing, are cut into thin, transverse slices, and boiled until they are quite tender ; after which they are taken out of the wa ter, and beaten in a mortar, to the consistence of a soft pulp. This may either be applied in portions with the hand, and kept on with a cloth and roller, or ; it may be spread upon a cloth, and laid on like a common poultice. It is best when fresh pre pared, and should be changed twice a day. This simple application, cor rects the fetor of ill conditioned sores, reduces them to a perfectly healthy, or good conditioned state and thick ness ; and diminishes the discharge. suit oi our album with this countryj and I think no one can judge the de cisions of our government on theii hearing of^he outrage committed or. our property at St. Sebastians anc Naples, which was as unexpected here as the measure appears unjust! The only explanation this govern ment has given to our minister is that “ it is a political measure.” London Feb. 16.—By the Lilly from Cadiz, we have a confirmation of the advance of the French on Ca diz ; and that the Spanish fleet had moved down, and were anchored out- Marcn 5. It was determined on Saturday by 'the hoard of trade, after a conference with a deputation ol the Merchants trading to the Brazils, to grant licen ses for the free exportation of Cotton to all ports and places not declared in a state of Blockade. March 8. The Earl of Chatham hayresigned the post of Master General of the Ordnance. In this he has acted with ' proper deference to the vote of the •' House of commons. His Lordship’a resignation was tendered to his ma-' side our squadron. Castanos is a- i est X f the Levee vesterdayV.and I .. • 1’PI n/» h or! hf HnwcmnfAn Iwth .. From the London Monthly Magazine. EDUC ATION OI THE POOR. The following correspondence claims the attention of every one who feels an interest in the well-being of Society, and will we trust lead to some decisive and prompt mea sures! for the general education of the Children of the Poor. fill the prisons of the metropolis. I have always considered that the re sult of such an investigation would afford a certain criterion hv which to decide finally on the question, Whe ther the poor ought or ought not to be educated P and I have therefor bestowed a constant attention to this subject since I have had the honor to fill iny present office. The first opportunity which pre sented itself to me ot terming some general conclusion was by means of a memorial addressed to the sheriffs, signed by 152 of the criminals in Newgate ; of these 25 signed their own names in a fair hand, 26 in a bad and partly illegible hand, and the re maining 101 were marksmen (per sons who sign with a cross) having never learned to write. On another occasion having ap plied to the various excellent institu tions which exist in this metropolis for a supply of Bibles, Testaments and religious tracts, to circulate in the various wards, and thereby to enable criminals to take advantage of the idle hours spent in a prison, I found, on superintending myself the distri bution of these books, an almost gen eral indifference about the receipt o: them. Upon inquiry it appeared that as few of the prisoners could read with facility, and as more than half of them could not read at all, a large majority were altogether insen sible of the uses of such presents, and were totaii'y ignorant ot the nature, object, and end of religion itself! I have often interrogated a groupe of these persons as 1 have seen them standing together in their yards and wards, and I have found generally that about three in ten unite the qualifications of reading and writing, and one or two others in the every ten are able to read, but unable to write. At the present time, of the men in the condemned cells, under Anecdote of Dr. Line—This noted Irish physician, who died of the small pox at the age of 85, built a W1 ° house in a peculiar manner, so as to have the full benefit of the circulation of the air. Every window had ano ther opposite to it, none of winch he ever suffered to be shut or glazed. The room in which he slept had four open windows, two on each side of his bed.—It was remarked that, for fifty years together, nobody died out of his house. He carried this doc trine to such an excess as to contend, that no house could be wholesome where a dog could not get in under the door, and a bird at the window. Upon his death, his son had all the windows glazed, soon after which several persons were buried out of the house. FOREIGN. gain at the head of the army February 5.—The public will re collect that sofrie days ago accounts were received that American vessels in the ports of Naples, and also in the ports of Spain, were ordered to be confiscated. The following notice of the fact, from genuine authority, was yesterday made known in the city I have received intelligence from France, on which I rely, that an or der has been issued to bring to sale the American ships and cargoes, cap tured and brought into Naples, and that another order had been issued to seize and confiscate all such as had arrived, or might arrive in those of Spain.” February 13.—The government of Quito have invited their hiethren of Old Spain to emigrate to Ameri ca, rather than submit to France. Baric, fan. 7.—The Confiance privateer burnt on the 18th ult. the American brig John, which was on her passage from London to St. Ma ry’s, one of the Azores—The same privateer has sent into Brest the Cal pe, of Petersburgh, captain Moore from Lisbon for Liverpool, with to bacco, pitch and pipe staves—The prize had 13 Americans and a pas senger on board. It is not thought that Napoleon will depart for Spain till the latter end of March, or perhaps, the mid die of April, and that he will then have only to congratulate his armies on the ceasing from all their labours for the troops in that country arc ex pected to strike a decisive blow long before that time arrives. It is an nounced, to their great satisfaction that no.conscription will be wanted this year ; from which we infer that the government considers the troops already sufficient for every purpose :pted. The E arl of Harrington has; been talked of as his Lordship’s sue-! cessor; but we must confess that in arrangement to which Lord' • BOSTON, April 7. By the Sally Capt. Sutton, which ar rived here yesterday from London, we have received London papers to the 16th of February. In the debate in the English Par liament, we have not found.any thing on American affairs. The ministers appear determined neither to go to war nor relax their orders in coun ted. The papers which passed in all the late negociations with the. United States, have been laid before Parlia ment and, published. Mr. Pinkney and his lady were unusually constant in their attendance on the royal le vees and drawingrooms j and a min isterial paper in noticing the ambas sadors present at the Queen’s draw ing room, the 8th Feb. thus aranges them—American, Hessian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, &c. The Horn Mr. Wellesley had sail ed from England, on a mission to Cadiz. He will probably follow the Junta to South America. The reports of a treaty between France and America, and of the re laxation, of Bonaparte’s decrees, had aentence of death, five can neither^vaporated. American vessels con- and the three wo- tinued to be captured and sent into same sentence^he ports of France and her colonies. or iNaj>olcon had not set off for Spain iThe Dutch official Gazette had an- read nor write men now under tile can neither of them cither write. read I have thus answered your ques-nounced ithaving been settled, that tions, and I have no doubt but, on the future bride of the French empe average the same state of igno-| ror would be Catharine Paulina, sis Gi-oigt Cumberland Eiq. to Sir Richard,' rance be found to exist in other ( ter to the emperor of Russia who is Phltpi •*eo/theSbetifi oj Londet. .'prisons now, and in Newgate at all in her 31st year; and that a French SIR—When on my late visit tojother times. I shall forbear to spe- Lc.odDn,' you surprised me with view of the prison of Newgate in a state of cleanliness that would have revived the departing spirit of a How ard, I asked you some questions re lative to the state of the literary ac- ouircnu nts of the generality of the. nijxoners, and il it was common to find amongst those of the lower or- c r- a knowledge of reading, writing : r.d accounts .' At that time you v ere so much engaged in taking the mount oi.jhe poor women’s plcdg- > dirtrihuting clothes, and noticing the d> sires ot such as wished to take :• .r .. v ith them to Botany officer had been sent to St. Peters- city the conclusions which canuot fait burgh to escort the Russiau princess to be drawn from these facts, but i should hope they will tend to shake the confidence of those who oppose plans for the general education of the pour, and in due time be the means of diminishing the number of uufor tunutc persons who commit crimes in perfect ignorance of the laws and obligations of society, and in the.tota absence ot all moral and religious feei mg. I am, Dear Sir, faithfully, yoin obedient servant. H. Philips. Bridge-Street 29, 1808. to Fans. It Was reported the .Toulon fleet had put to sea; and that lord CoL lingNvood was in persuit of it We find no mention made in the London papers of sending a new mi lister to the United States, or of re :aUing Mr. Jackson. The ex-vice president Burr was aid to be in Paris, plotting inischiei. ’ xtact of a letter from an American gentleman in Paris, dated Januan 21. “ All will depend on the final re for which they may be required.’ February 13. Mr. Powell, the gentleman whom Mr. Pinkney sent some time ago to Paris, arrived at Dover on Sunday on his return. Intelligence was re ceived by the vessel that brought him over, that an embargo was order ed to be laid on all the French ports Other prints furnish the following additional articles. The John Adams frigate passed Dover Feb. 14, from Holland lor the U. S. At Dover she undoubtedly re ceived on board despatches from Mr. Pinkney. The John Adams arrived safe Amsterdam, where she had landed her money, and was to sail again as soon as possible for England. According to a report presented to Parliament, the British exports du ring the year 1808 were 25 miilions and in 1809 thirty-nine millions. LONDON, March 1. FRENCH DECREE. The following is the decree lately issued by the French government, on the subject of the export commerce of that country.— “ Palace of the Thuilleris, Feb. 16. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 8tc. “ We have decreed, and do de cree as follows :— “ Art I. No vessel, with a'license, shall henceforth be permitted to clear out from our ports unless half her cargo consist of Wine and Brandy. Art II. Licensed vessels which shall have already begun to take in their freight, are excepted from this regulation. The Ministers of finance, 8cc. art required, &c.” March 2. The Roman territory is to be divi ded into two departments, which art to send Deputies to the Legislative Assembly.—It is also to give title to he Hereditary Imperial Prince, who vill be denominated king oi llome. Provision is at the same time made or the support of the future Popes— ' ho, however,-will possess no tempo cal uuthorit\. any Chatham’s resignation will give rise, we should be glad to find the returni' to power of Lord Melville, of Mr. Canning, and of Mr. Huskinson, in cluded. The union of such men with Mr. Perceval, with the Marqui3 of Wellesly, and other members of the present Cabinet, would be hailed with the greatest pleasure by all classes of his majesty’s subjects.—Courier. March 8. We last night received a series of minor Paris Journals to the 2d inst; in which there is much to gratify the public curiosity, and something to ini terest the public sensibility. The grand secret is at last divulged, and the drama of the war of Austria hai terminated, like other exhibitions, in. the marriage of one of the nv.il Prin ces into the family of his competitoW The Archduches Maria Louisa, we are told, in an article from Vienna, ft the destined bride of Napoieon ; antt it is added, that the contract is signed, by tlie parties concerned. We have also inserted a most extraordinary do cument, from the French to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which some new ideas of authority are in troduced ; better suited to the prin ciples of the modern logicians fcf France, than to the maxims of the jurists of the last century. ; The offi cial note to General Armstrong, on the proposed relations between France and America! IS another spe cimen of dialecticks, of- which our readers will admire the ingenuity, if they do not assent to the doctrine. In the former of these documents the fact is officially announced of the recal, as it is quaintly termed, of Louis from Holland, or, in other words, of a sentence of deprivation, of his kingly dignity having been passed upon him, he not. being a suf ficiently convenient instrument to ad minister the hatred of Napoleon to wards this country. Holland again is to be taken possession of by French troops, and to be fast linked in the Continental system. In addition to the important arti cles to which we have already allu ded, there is a note to the Americhs. Minister, Mr. Armstrong without any date. In this note the Frepfch. minister represents the Berlin ah4 Milan decrees as having been the consequences of our Orders in Coun cil, though every one knows that.our Orders in Council were issued after the Berlin decree. The act by whith. France is excluded from American ports afrwellas Great-Britain, isedb- sidered as unjust against France, u the United States not having any ground of complaint against her!’* The French Minister concludes by saying, that if “ the Minister of A- merica is prepared to engage, that the American vessels shall not sub mit to the English Orders of No vember 1807, nor to any decree of blockade, unless that blockade be jre- al, he will conclude any description of convention tending to renew the treaty of commerce with America, and comprehending all the measures to consolidate the commerce & pros perity of America.” There is every reason, however, to believe, that America will not fall into the snare France wishes to lay tor her ; but that acting upon her true interest, she will see that her security and honor will best be con sulted by making peace with Grcat- Britain. A communication we .received yesterday from Lisbon speaks in more melancholy terms pf the pros pect in Portugal than some of our Oh ther letters. Yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, ® messenger was despatched from the house of the American minister, with bis Excellency’s answer to the ..last lespatclies from his government. Lord Somerville's Spring Shon\ Alter the business of’ the day or.