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.nnJn-t Veins' thus transferred to
;n mstrununts by which it iseffected,
ml thereby rendered punishable, &
then-tort- rcBtric table, in its means, 11
not immediately in its origin. Tin-
taxes was six times the first amount. 1 inst. and contain very' lavorable re-
K. itig can do no wrong in himself, but
hi- may through his advisers—He is
not cognizable in his own person but
in those of his guardians—his coun
sellors, his ministers. Now, as very
little can he done without agents and
assistants, and advice, so very little
can | ossibly be done which the con-
•titutiota cannot reach, whilst in pos
session of this ministerial responsi
bility. The constitution requires
nothing but to know the adviser,
and to see the influence.
It is a necessary deduction from
this principle, that all advice given
to the king, .should be w-ithin the
reach of Parliament, and that the
constitution should not be defrauded
oi ministerial responsibility by not
knowing where to go for it. The
responsibility might as well not ex-
ht, as not to be w ithin the- rt-ach of
the country. To what end would
the H ouse have the right of punish
ing had advisers, if it had no means
of ascertaining who those advisers
were—if the crown could interpose
its prerogative to shield or shelter
them ? In truth, however it is not
the direct opposition of the crown,
which is most to he feared upon this
head. What is most to he dreaded
is the secret efeeping, the back stairs
crowd of men, the crawling in of a
favorite or party of favorites, who,
stealing to the royal tar, may pom-
in their deadly influence, and corrupt
it entirely to themselves.
The Parliament ami the country,
and even the ministry, seeing its ef
fects, and not understanding its ori
gin, are in amaze.—The Parliament
call on the ministers-—the ministers,
perhaps, proclaim their innocence,
aful like the father of this Lord Chat
ham, acknowledge that there is
power behind the crown which they
cannot withstand...which alternately
ad v ances them or pulls them back...al
ternate lv flows with them as a favoring]
tide, & secretly works against them as
an under current. What are the
Parliament and the constitution to do,
tinder these circumstances ? It is
true, that by the principles of the
constitution, they may impute even
this work to ministers ; but can they
do it by the principles of fairness and
of common sense ? Can they in
fairness impute to ministers, what
they know does not originate in mi
ttisters ? Can they, in common sense,
punish ministers, where the ministers
themselves are one of the' parties ag
grieved ? Can they in any reason
hold those as responsible, whom they
set* so totally without control ? Isa
legal or constitutional fiction ever
thus pressed into a practical hard
ship?—The common sense of man
kind, & all the sentiments of fair-play
and fellow-feeling, are against it—
What then is the nccssarv conse
quence ? Why, that the effect of
this secret agency—this closet ad
vice—this attempt at favoritism -
th is privy dealing—would tend to!
deprive the constitution of its first
principle and its best security—the
ministerial responsibility—and to
leave the Throne uncontrolled,
ministers avoiding the responsibility
as not having advised the obnoxious
measures, aud those who advised
them avoidiug all account by not
being seen, and there being no con
stitutional way of reaching them.
In 10 years - - four times
In 1 taxes had doubled.
Direct taxes since 1793 had been
carried to nine times the rate of that
period!
The military waggon train amoun
ted to 6000 men and 6000 horses.
The expedition to Walcheren,
which by the secret instructions
contemplated' the capture of Ant
werp by siege or coup de main, what
is truly admirable* it was undertaken
without t-Ven a'plan of Antwerp, or
oi the-additional works at Flushing.
The British .appear to be about on a
parrallel with the Portuguese and
Spaniards, in military knowledge.
C Aurora.)
FOREIGN.
Trade is out of the question here thcr of every kind and in every shape,
just now, and God knows when we with an aid of capital, and perhaps a
shall sec it on
gain
The English papers received by
recent arrivals, furnish a variety of
minute particulars which illustrate
the actual condition of things in a ve
ry striking manner. Mr. Huskis-
son in the house of commons, on 1st
March, stated the following facts:
The expenditure of 1809.
was, /'4Q,500,000
The taxes to meet it - 19,000,000
Deficient
- • - 21,500,000
or - Si 07,5000,000
At the commencement of the war the
extraordinary expenditures over
and above former cxpcnces, and
interest of public debt, amounted
to .£20,009,001
1 n 1806, it increased to ’ 32,900,000
In 1809, - - 47,000,00G
l'he following is the proportion of
the cm rrase and progress of the
economical measures of that most
stupendous fabric ot human wisdom,
the B: itisli government.
Amount of taxation hi 17«*
17‘J2
lbJl
> 60 J
Phu
£io ooo.ooo
10 IKK) OOO
31,000, (HX
00,000,000
years the increase of
’ New-York, May 16.
The British Packet Pi •incess A
melia, Captain Moorsoon, arrived
at this port'yesterday afternoon in
thirty five days from Falmouth, by
way of Halifax, nine days from the
latter port with the March mail,
which was made up at the general
post-office on the 30th of March,
from which the editors of the Mer
cantile Advertiser have copied the
most interesting articles. Indeed
the papers are principally filled with
debates in the Imperial Parliament
on subjects wholly uninteresting to
an American reader, and with de
tails of the journey of the German
Archduchess from Vienna to Paris.
One circumstance has occasioned
considerable sensation in England
—Sir Frances Burdett has been
committed to the Tower for pub
lishing a letter to his constituents
in Cobbett’s Register, under his own
name, in which he denies the power
ol the House of Commons to impri
son the people of England.
The United States frigate John
Adams sailed from Cowes for France
on the 26th of March, with des
patches from Mr. Pinknev.
from Londonpapers to April 6!h,re
ceived at the Office of the Mercan
tile Advertiser by the British pack
et.
London, March 26.
The despatches from Mr. Pink
ney to the American government
were, we understand, sent from town
on Saturday last to the American
frigate John Adams, lying at Cow
es. They were taken by Lieutenant
Elliot of that ship, which was to pro
ceed to obtain the dispatches from
General Armstrong. It is not, how
ever improbable that Gen. Arm
strong will demand passports, & re
turn himself to America in the John
Adams, as the French Government
has recently adopted measures so hos
tile to the American government
that it would lose all respect in the
eyes of mankind if it were to submit
to them.—Private letters, from Pa
ris, indeed, dated the 18th inst. state,
that General Armstrong had actual
ly demanded passports, as the French
government had issued an order for
the seizure and sale of American
vessels and property. Intelligence
of the same nature, it is said, has
been received by Mr. Pinkney and
by our ministers. The conduct of
Bonaparte towards America has
been so strange, capricious and im
politic, that such an order might na
turally be expected from him ; and
if so, we trust it will dispose the A-
ipericun government to be more
sensible of the w isdom of being up
on good terms with the only power
that can guard their commercial in
terests, and enable them to support
their independence.
The Court of Denmark, it is said,
has seized and ordered for sale all A-
merican vessels in its ports, and di
rected the proceeds to be paid into
the royal treasury.
March 28.—-The following letter
has been received from Holland, but
we are by no means disposed to
pledge ourselves for the truth of its
contents «
“ Banks oj ths Scheldt, March 22.
All matters of apprehended differ
ence between the courts of Russia and
France are finally and amicably ad
justed, So that there is not the smal
lest chance of a disagreement between
these two powers.
“ Pacific proposals have been madt
or will be immediately commenced,
to Great Britain by France, upon tht
iccasnm ot the august matrimonial
tlliancc between France and Aus
tria.”
Man Cl——We yesterday receiv
ed some more Portuguese papers—
they are ot so late a date as the 18th
presentations of the state of the ar
mies in Spain and Portugal. Th.
British head quarters continued a
Vizcn on the 15th, w hen an expec
tation appeared to be entertained that
a battle would very shortly take place.
A harrassing warfare, the best
which the Spaniards could wage, ap
pears to be maintained all over the
Pininsula. The French were re
pulsed in an attack upon Astorga
It was reported that marshal Victor
(Duke ofBclluno) had fallen inano
ther affair; but neither date nor place
is mentioned.
Letters from Cadiz mention, that
the French have ordered an enroll
ment to take place immediately in
Xcres, Port St. Marv, San Lucar,
Rota, and the adjacent towns, of all
men capable of bearing arms, who are
to be ready at a moment’s notice. It
is added, that in consequence of this
order, 1500 young men belonging to
the tow* of Xeres fled from it, and
went to the Sierra of Ronda, to join
the armed Patriots, who arc constant
ly cutting off supplies destined for
the enemy’s camp.
Several sail of the line are assem-
ledat Yarmouth, and are to be joined
by a fleet of stransports, with
troops, destined upon a secret expe
dition.
April 5.
Wc yesterday received additional
sets ot foreign papers, but their con
tents are unimportant. Their princi
pal features continue to be the details
ot the journey of the new Empress of
France. At Strasburg, where she
arrived on the 23d, she every where
shewed hcrselt to the people, and is
stated to have been much admired ;
aud on the following morningshe pro
ceeded on her journey to Compeigne,
at which city (says Berthier) she
was very anxious to arrive. At that
place she was received by Bonaparte ;
and t>n the 30th they were to reach
Si. Cloud ; and the 31st was the
day appointed for the formal solemn
zation of the Imperial nuptials.
This event, our readers already
know, was announced by a general
firing along the coast a few days
since. Bv a neutral vessel arrived
at Harwich, we learn that great re
joicings have also taken place in
Holland on the same occasion, the
oppressed people of that country
indulging in the fend hope that
the event may lead to a general
peace.
April. 6
This day arrived a Mail from Ca
diz & one from Lisbon, brought to
Falmouth by the Princess Mary pack
et, in twelve days from the former
port
The Portuguese papers are princi
pally occupied with idle rumours
from Spain, detailed with their usual
gravity, altogther unworthy of no
tice.
The proceedings of the House of
Commons' last night, on Sir Francis
Burdctt’s case, cannot fail to be read
with considerable interest by persons
of evejy description, whatever may
be their political opinions.
At the: early hour of ten o’clock
yesterday morning at the avenues to
the House were blocked up by crowds
of people, eager for admission. On
the doors being opened all the usual
hour, the gallery was instantly crowd
ed, almost to suffocation. The press
was the most excessive we have ever
witnessed, but we are happy to add
that no accident happened. The lob-
bres remained crowded during the
whole of the night.
An extraordinary number of con
stables were on duty to preserve or
der ; and if we are rightly informed,
the Horse guards had received or
ders to hold themselves in readiness
to be called out in case of any neces
sity.
The debate lasted till past seven
o’clock this morning. In the course
of the debate Lord Folkstone con
cluded a speech in opposition to the
Resolutions, by moving that the
House do proceed to the other or
ders of the day. After a long, and
in some respects a very animated
discussion, this motion was negativ
ed, on a vote of 271 to 80. The
Resolutions ikere then adopted ; af
ter which, sir Robert Salisbury mov
ed, “ That Sir Francis Burdett be
committed to the Tower.” Upon
this motion Mr. Sheridan moved, as
*n amendmet, “ That the House do
now adjourn,” but,on a division, the
amendment was lost and the motion
for the commitment was carried, the
umbers being 190 to 152. I
Sir Francis, who was at his House times exported, which ought to be
in Piccadilly, was immediately in-prohibited if practicable. 1 m.ie
formed of the decision by his bro-jknown, and I believe it not uncon -
ther, Mr. Jones Burdett, who had
been in the gallery during the whole
of the debate. The sergeant at
Arms arrived at Piccadilly with the
Speaker’s warrant nearly at the same
time with the Baronet’s brother, an !,
proceeding to the Tower, after Sir
mon, that quantities of hides and
bark have been exported to England,
and the leather made from these
hides imported and used in this coin -
try. The manufacture of leather in
the middle states is far in advance,
beyond the northern or southern
Francis had taken leave of his fami-istates. A heavy duty on green or
lv, he and his brother left the housejslattghtered hides, if constitutional,
with the Sergeant at Arms. |and a small duty, say one cent pi r
]lb. on the exportation of foreign
Rotterdam, march 26. jhides—a heavy impost duty on lea-
a regular footing a-
bounty on improvements, made pub
lic, would have a tendency to encou
rage the manufacture of leatht..-.—
Also a law appointing inspectors of
slaughter hides, to guard against the
AMSTERDAM, MARCH 27.
At Tonningen I believe it must!:
be very bad; 13 American shipslgreat injury they now in many places
have oflate arrived here again, and
bv the last Danish decree they are
not even allowed to transport the
goods from there to Altona. In the
Prussian dominons vigorous men
sures are likewise taken against the
import, and it seems that Russia will
likewise be very sharp in regard to
the vessels coming there, so that the
navigation to the north and to the
Baltic will this year probablv be sub
ject to vast dangers and difficulties.
It is to be hoped that things may
soon take a more favorable turn, for
as it is now situated, it is almost im
possible to undertake any thing.
DOMESTIC.
Extract of a letter from William
Edwards of Northampton, to the
Postmaster at that place, dated
November 29th, 1809.
“ Having been regularly bred to
the business of tanning, and this hav
ing been my sole occupation for
twenty-five years, I have been led to
reflect with much regret to the gene
ral inferiority of American leather,
compared with most European, and
particularly English manufactured.
A want of capital has been the great
cause of the depressed state of the
manufacture. The hide in its natu
ral state is a mass of fibres ; the in
terstices between the fibres is filled
with a fleshy substance, to expel
sustain by the carelessness or wan
tonness of the butchers in hacking
and cutting them. In the City of
New-York, there is a loss from this
source of twenty per cent at leas.,
without a particle of gain. Also a
law appointing inspectors of leather,
to prevent tanners troin using an im
proper quantity of lime in the pro-
ces, and offering their leather in mar
ket, when only partially tanm d, would
be v cry useful. The tanners in bos
ton and its neighbourhood practice
this method, much to the injury of
the article, and in that way to the
public. The same hide well manu
factured, will assuredly be worth
double to the consumer than if poor
ly manufactured. Yet mankind are. \
so much the creatures of habit, md
surh the nature of the business, the
difference will not be readily disco- .
vered by a superficial observer. One]
third of the hides tanned in the U-
nited States are imported hides.'
These come from the Spanish colo-.,
nies almost wholly. Hides in Eng-,
land are uniformly higher than in
this country—4s. 6d. per stone is the,,
least price I have seen stated, that is
something more than seven cents per
pound.—Their bark in England cost
more than their hides. My slaugh
ter hides cost me five and a half cents
per pound, and my bark costs me
one thirteenth as much as the hide.
Leather would be an important artl-
I
these without injuring the fibres, and cle of exportation even to England,
then to fill the vacaum completely if it could be admitted there by pay-
and entirely with what the chymistsjing no more dutv than their manu.
call Tannin, contained in bark, is theifactured articles pay in this country.
whole art of tanning. To do this ef- The manufacture of leather is by no
fectually, years of time is necessary,
and repeated applications of fresh
bark to the hide at proper periods,
The establishment which I have
made in this county, will receive six
teen thousand full grown hides, am
requires a capital of one hundred
thousand dollars. We have three
tanneries, for the conveniency of col
lecting bark, rather than do all our
business at one place, which would
necessarily soon produce a scarcity
of bark, we use such a quantity—
say one cord to six hides ; we have
six hundred and seventy two vats,
three bark mills which grind our
bark by water, between two stones
as corn is ground.—We have the
same number of hide mills tvhich go
by water for softening foreign hides,
taking off the hair and working the
hides. Also, three rolling machines,
which also go by water. These pro
duce a very advantageous effect in
perfectly extending and consolidat
ing the soal leather after it is tanned,
& supersedes the necessity of the shoe
makers hammering the leather; saves
entirely the labor and waste attend
ing that part of the shoemaker’s bu
siness, and gives the leather a close
ness of texture by far beyond ham
mering or any other plan now prac
tised- Also I have found much ad
vantage by applying heat, by means
of a copper cylinder, adapted to the
purpose, passing through vats, we
call leeches, in which we make the
last effort to extract the Tannin from
the bark, after the bark with a de
coction, has been for from thirtv to
ninety dajs applied to the hide.
Most of the above methods I have
originated, and from long experience
and the success attending them has
abundantly equalled my expectations.
Much saving of labor and hark is
gained by these improvements, as
must be obvious to any person wh
has a sligth knowledge either prac
tical or theoretical of business. Our
forests abound with bark: Our
beeves afford many hides, and large
quantities are imported from the
Spanish dominions, part of which
means completed when it goes from
the hands of the tanner. The curri
er, the shoemaker, sadler, harness-
maker and several other tradesmen
fit it for various uses after the tan
ner has performed his operation.”.
From the N.T. Commercial Advertiser.
TO THE EDITORS.
Gentlemen—The experiments on
sub-marine explosion about to be
made bv the government of the U-
nited States, appear to me to be of
such very great importance to the
happiness, security and independence
of this country, that I hope they will
not be set about till after the matu-
rest deliberation, and then prosecu
ted with a care and atention equal to
to the immense consequences tlutf
will probably result from them.
Mr. Fulton, with a liberality and
patriotism worthy of imitation, has
made this new mode of maritime de
fence as public as possible ; and it
is becoming in his fellow citizens
to respect him and to investigate his
system with the same generous cam
dor he had it promulged. I have
read and studied his “torpedo war.”
On sub marine explosion I have had ,
conversation w ith some of our navy
officers, (men of respectable princi
ples & information) and they confess
that it is repugnant to the sentipjents
of all seamen ; the part of the system
depending on boat attacks they seem
to think the most likely to "fail.—-
What,” say they, “ can torpedo
boats do in a fresh gale,, or heavy-
rain ? and in a calm and dark nigh*
we can send our borts to look out;
and have night-glasses, which ena
ble us to discover them before thev
could discover us ?”
1 ° r ‘ Fulton we are indebted for
tile knowledge of the fact, that gun
powder can be ignited under water
at any accessible depth. This is a
new and most important discovery.
An experienced and able officer
(capt. Talbot) has told me, that at j
Rhode Island, in the revolutionary
war, the destruction of some British
are manufactured and part are rc-ex-.ships was meditated ; but that-all the
poited. Slaughter hides arc some- preparatory experiments to fire gun-