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juittpe are persuaded it will be very
partial, aad such as the state auth >•
lilies, upon propey.jjplication, would
not fad to provide a conlpecent reme
dy for. And,
In relation to the community, ii
the Corporation, strict of its banking
powers were to fulfil bona fide the du
ty of closing its affairs, your commit
tee cannot sec that anv material ad
vantage would Le derived. 'Whilst
on the contrary, if it shoiild not so
act, but should avail itself of (lie
temporary prolongation, in order to
effect a more durable extension of
its charter, it might in its operations
become a serious scourge. i
Your "committee arc happy to say,
that they learn, from a satisfactory
source, that the apprehensions which
were indulged, as to the distress re
butting from a non-renewal of the
charter, are far from being realized
in Philadelphia, to which their infor
mation has been confined. It was
long since obvious, that the vacuum
in the circulation of the country,
which was to be produced by the
withdrawal of the paper of the Bank
of the (J. S. would be filled by a paper
issuing from other banks. This
operation is now actually going on :
The paper of the Bank of the U. S.
is rapidly returning, and that of other
banks is taking its place. The abi
lity to enlarge their accommodations
is proportionately enhanced, and
when it shall he further increas
ed by a removal into their vaults of
those deposits which are in the pos
session of the Bank of the United
States, the injurious effects of a dis
solution of corporation will be found
to consist in an accelerated disclo
sure of the actuul condition of those
who have been supported by the cre
dit of others, hut whose insolvent
or tottering situation, known to the
bank, has been concealed from the
public at large.
Your committee beg leave to pre
sent the following resolution :
Resolved, That the prayer of the
memorialists ought not to he gran
ted.”
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
The bill concerning commercial
intercourse between the U. States
and Great-Britain and France and
their dependencies, and for other
purposes, was read a third time.
Mr. Bradley moved that it be re
ferred to a select committee, for the
purpose of inserting the following
bection:
“ And be it further enacted, That
in the event of its appearing to the
President of the United States that
the decrees of France have uotbet-n
revoked or modified so as to cease to
violate the neutral commerce of the
United States from and after the 2d
day of February, 1811, the Presi
dent of the United States shall de
clare the fact by proclamation, & the
said proclamation shall be conclu
sive evidence of the fact, and there
upon the operation of this act, and al
so of such parts of the act to which
this act is a supplement, as were put
into operation by the President’s
proclamation of the 2d of Novem
ber last, shall cease and deter
mine.”
For the motion, Messrs. Ander
son, Bayard. Dana, Goodrich, I lor
sey, Lloyd, Pickering, Pope.—9.
Against the motion, Messrs. Brent,
Campbell, Clay, Condit, Franklin,
Gillard, German, Gilman, Gregg,
Lambert, Lcib, Matthewson, Ro
binson, Smith (of Md.) Smith (of
N. Y.) Tait, Taylor, Turner, VVlute-
fiide, Worthington—-20.
On the passage of the bill there
were
For the bill, Messrs. Anderson,
Brent, Campbell, Clay, Condit,
Franklin, Gillard, Gilman, Gregg
Lambert, Matthewson, Pope, Ro
binson, Smith (of Md.) Smith (of
N. Y.) Tait, Taylor, Turner, White-
side, and Worthington—20.
Against it, Messrs. Bayard, Brad
ley, Dana, Goodrich, Horsey, Lloyd
and Pickering.—7.
The Senate resumed the consider
ation of the motion made by Mr
Pickering “ that tho injunction of
secrecy on the papers confidentially
communicated to the Senate in the
year 1803 and 1805, relative to Lou
isiana, and West Florida, or any part
thereof, so iar as such papers res
pect the tide or claim of the United
States to these territories, be and
Ixereby is taken off.”
On motion by Mr. Bayard,
Resolved, That the injunction of
secrecy be taken off in relation to the
vote of Senate this day, on the rcso
lutton offered on the 1st March, by
Mr. Pickering—(as above.)
Tile feitov/ing is tilt vote >
On the question to agree to Mr.
Pickering’s motion, there were
For the motion, Messrs. Bavard,
Goodrich, Lloyd, Pickering, Reed,
Smith, CN. Y.J Taylor, Turner—8.
Against the motion, Messrs. An
derson, Condit, Cults, Franklin,
Gaillurd, Gregg, Lambert, Lcib,
Pope, Ko'unson, Smith (of Md.)
Tait, Whiteside, Worthington—14.
T'OHTj ign .
NEVV-YOBK, March 9.
The January mail, brought by the
British government hired schooner
Thistle, lieutenant Depyster, arrived
at this port last evening, via Amboy.
She sailed from Plymouth on the
21st of Janury, and was cast away on
Suain Beach the 6th of March. Six
of the crew and three newspaper
mails were lost. Passenger, captain
J. G. Ogden, ol the 56th regiment,
with dispatches from the British go
vernment to Mr. Morier. Atlhe time
of departure the king was better, and
had appeared in public at Windsor.
The regency bill had passed to a third
reading. The Essex frigate was at
Plymouth, waiting the orders oi Mr.
Pinkney. A few days since, spoke
brig Fairy, from Gibraltar for New-
York.
We understand the packet has
brought dispatches from Mr. Pink
ney for government.
Since preparing the above verbal
news, the Editors of the Mercantile
Advertiser have been obligingly fa
vored with a file ofthe London Morn-
ihg Chronicle, to the 12th of Janua
ry inclusive,from which the following
important extracts were made.
he the cede oi Europe, until we ad
mit the principle that neutral flags
shall make free goods ; and that no
thing but an actual blockade shall be
admitted as a sufficient ground for
seizing a vessel entering a port.
Such is the proud langauge which
through the imbecile councils ol En
gland he is enabled to hold !
'Phis state paper we find in the
proceedings ofthe Conservative Se
nate, dated the 13th oi December.
The following is an extret.
“ It was necessary to wait for a pe
riod whejttowerful reprisals would
compel htna't
That day nas
tg return to justice—
3-atived. The decrees
of Betlin and Milan are the reply to
the orders in council. The British
cabinet have, so to speak, dictated
them to France. Europe reserves
them for her code, and that code
shall he the Palladium of the seas.”
We cannot help indulging the hope, from
the President’* ineftagr, that the differen
ce* which hare ao long difturbed the re
lations between this country and the Uni
ted States, are likely to be foon Anally ad.
jutted. After all, as it mult necefsarily be
Bonaparte’s object rather to injure our na.
vigation than our commerce, provided they
can be kept diftinft, there is the left reason
to be fceptical as to the fweerity of the
revocation of his -decrees. It appears to
be evidently the conjoint intent of England
and France, as well as America, that all
thofe odnoxious edicts and regulations,
touching the rights and commerce of neu'
trals, which have given them so mdeh of.
fence, flioitld be abrogated and done away.
The benefits of, the foreigrt trade, well un-
derfiood, are equally valuable to all parties
at all times, and the period, we tiuft, is
approaching when it will be delivered from
that inert and Oiackled ftate in which it
has of late been doomed to remain.
London, January 7.
A new decree has been issued by
the Danish government, by which all
trade with England is prohibited, un
der more severe penalties than ;.ny
yet inflicted by the cruel Napoleon.
It is declared a felony, punishable by
death, in the captain of a ship main
taining intercourse with England.
January 8.
Letters were received from Hol
land yesterday to the date of the 2d
instant. The conscription was ex
tended to ch ildren of the age of thir
teen. The Scheldt fleet was moored
in Rappel. It issaid, that in Norway,
,000 men, intended to man the ships
of war there, had refused to proceed
to Holland, and that the Danish
troops which were ordered to com
pel them had declined any interfer-
ancc.
January 11.
We have reason to believe, that
at length the Marquis Wellesley has
seriously applied his mind to the con-
ideration of the important question
of the Orders in Council, and has
advised his colleagues in office to
come to a final resolution on the sub
ject. On Wednesday last an order
was sent for an armed vessel to he
ready at a moment’s notice to carry
dispatches to America, and we un
derstand they were yesterday dis
patched.
On Sunday last, Lord Grenville
had an audience of three hours with
the Prince of Wales, supposed to be
on business respecting the present
state of the Kingdom.
January 12.
Yesterday the deputation from
both houses of the Parliament went
up to Carlton House, to present to
his Royal Highness the resolutions,
to which after a long discussion, the
houses had agreed.
The first resolution expresses the
necessity of providing for the excr
cise of 'the Royal Authority.
The second resolution, states, that
the power vested in the Prince of
Wales shall not extend to the grant
ing of any rank or dignity of the Peer
age of the Realm to any person what
ever.
The third resolution prevents the
Regent from any office in reversion,
or granting any office for any other
term than during his majesty’s plea
sure, except as by law are required,
for during good behaviour.
The fourth resolution prevents
the disposition of any of his majes
ty’s real estate, Or renewal of lea
ses.
We this day insert the new state
paper issued by Bonaparte, in jus
tification of his last outrageous act
in annexing Holland and the Hanse
Towns to the great family of the
French empire. In this paper there
is the usual torrent of invictive a
gaist the jealousy and intrigue of
England. And the same faithful re
presentation of the lamentable effects
of our impolicy. He now says, that
Uie Berlin ami Milan decrees shall
FROM SPAIN.
We have received a long commu
nication from our intelligent corres
pondent in Cadiz, on the general
state of the affairs of the peninsula ;
and a particular description of the
proceedings of the Cortes (Congress)
in session near that city.
The prospects of the Patriot cause
were far from being gloomy. The
Cortes possessed great self-confi
dence and they appeared to unite all
hearts. Their proceedings were
founded on constitutional principles
which have been recognized in Spain
from time to time immemorial.
They have elected Ferdinand VHth
as their king ; but have restrained
him from marrying without the con
sent of the nation, in Cortes. “ Bi
gotry and superstition are rapidly
disappearing ; the Clergy are daily
becoming lay men ; and many of those
remaining are a‘mong the first to in
culcate the truth, that freedom, pie
ty and morality are correlative.
The freedom of the press as it re
gards political topics, is firmly esta
blished. It has not yet been deem
ed expedient to extend its freedom
to religious subjects ; but the friends
of freedom ought to feel grateful for
the measure as far as it goes. Poli
tical liberty is the sure foundation of
religious toleration ; and the specu
lations, and the generous emotions
which a free press in behalf of pub
lic freedom, will necessarily call into
action, must eventually lead to the
dispensation of religieus light and the
consolidation of the rights of man
kind. j
empire, have contributed to in
crease the English commerce with
Sweden, and the late war with France
and Russia and alliance with En
gland, tended to put Sweden into the
power of England in all its commer
cial pursuits. The conquestof Russia,
which made Sweden accessible by
land, put an end to this sovereign
ty of England in Swedish affairs, and
an uncommon succession of events
ha3 totally reduced this power, which
has been increasing lor two centu
ries. The foreign commerce of
Sweden being most direct from Got-
tenburg, the English had a Consul,
with such priviltg«g«Hts they asked,
besides being at liberty to supply a
full proportion of the inhabitants, in
the full exercise of their religion.-—
Mr. Cox’s table of the commerce of
Sweden made the exports about a
million and third of sterling money,
of a third of a million to the country.
Mr. Ebling, in the Hanover Maga
zine, as quoted in a late edition of
Bushing, gives the commerce lor 10
years before 1748, at 40 millions of
rix dollars, and the exports at 19 mil
lions, leaving 21 millions as the ex
cess of the value of exports over the
imports. But so many things go into
the calculations of this trade, and so
many regulations belong to it, as
will allow little to he said, beyond
the facts that the national industry
was better directed and more en
couraged in the late than in any for
mer years. Their navigation act in
1722 forbid foreigners, to bring any
but their own productions into Swe
den, and without liberty to trans
port them from port to port. Their
Indian trade, by loans at Cadiz at
30 per cent, gave 70 per cent, in
Sweden, from the commercial re
straints established in the kingdom.
It is but half a century since they
have profited from the herring fish
ery, and in that time it rose from one
thousand to two hundred thousand
barrels. Whilst the iron of Sweden
is celebrated and inexhaustible, it
is to be remembered the genius of
Sweden has been as memorable in
mineralogy, but the abilities of the
workmen have not been equal to
the genius which has instructed them.
Their manufactures are chiefly in the
capital, a situation which would not
be most favorable to them in the po
litical condition of many European
countries. Yet so much of charac
ter yet remains, and such is the pro-
gres of improvement, that in every
.acuated by the French. In that
Province, and in cVerv other occu
pied by the French, they were con
stantly harrassed by small pan ics
of Patriots, who ront-.mtly attacked
their detached and foraging parties,
aud convoys of provisions, causing
tnt m considerable loss.
— DOMESITC. ~'
Washington City, March 7
We gave in our last the law pas
sed at the late session of Congress,
respecting, our foreign relations.-—
That act continues the several pro
visions of the third, fourth,filch,sixth,
seventh^ eighth, ninth, tenth, and
eighteenth sections of a former act
ol Congress, so far as these set-irons
relate, to Great Britain. As many
of our readers inav rot have an op
portunity of" turning to the law, the
sections-of which are revived or con
tinued in force, the following abs' race
ol their contents may not be unac
ceptable.
The 3rd section, above allude.i to,
interdicts the entrance into the har
bors and waters of the United Sta ts
of all British or French vessels, ex
cept despatch vessels, fee.
The 4th section makes it unlaw
ful to ha port into the United States
any British or French goods and ma
nufactures, fee.
The 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th aw 1 1 OtU
sections contain the detailed provi
sions necessary for executing these
restrictions, and the 18th directs the
manner in which penalties-and for
feitures shall be recovered.
It will he seen that, by these sec
tions, as connected with the law pas
sed at the late session, a total'prohi
bition of importation from Great Bri
tain is enforced, as contemplated !iy
the act of May lasti alter the 2d of
February last, being three months
from the date of the President's pro
clamation announcing the revocation
by France of her edicts violating the
neutral commerce of the United
States. Goods leaving Great Bri
tain prior to the 2d of February,
(that is imported from Great Britain
prior to that day,) after which, s fix
ed by the proclamation, importation
was interdicted by the act just pas
sed admitted to entry, provided that
they be wholly American property,
and imported in vessels of the same
description.
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By the last accounts from Sweden,
the new disposition ol the national
affairs are in full consent with the
spirit ofthe European Continent, un
der the governmental arrangements
ofthe French nation and its allies.
A Declaration of War against Eng
land results from this new order of
things, and it does not appear with
any modification of the new system
of opposition to England. The pre
sent state of Sweden renders this an
event of less importance than in for
mer times, after the dismemberment
of Finlaind, and the partial depen
dence of Pomerania upon this crown.
But it is of great moment as it gives
a full concurrence in the present
measures from all the powers ofthe
North and Baltic seas, and renders
their co-operations certain in a man
ner far beyond any former alliance or
treaties. 1 here seems a competition
among the northern powers, which of
them shcmld most completely enter
into the measures which, exclude
English commerce. That the Eng
lish have more to lose in the com
merce of Sweden than any other na
tion, seems to be the opinion ol all
Europe. Front the time which the
Hansetowns had the direction ofthe
commerce of Sweden, for two centu
ries, the English and Dutch have
had the greatest advantages from the
Swedish commerce. The operati
ons ol the rate war by driving the
Dutch from the ocean, and finally by
incorporating them with the Fr m b
part of the national concerns an
portunity is given for enterprise, ta
lents and perseverance to add new
life to Sweden.—Essex Register.
Norfolk, Feb. 27.
A gentleman, who came passenger
in the sch’r Norfolk, arrived here on
Monday in 55 days from Lisbon, in
forms, that the French army was
lately reintorced by upwards of
20,000 men ; that it was the gener
al opinion the British army was pre
paring to re-entbark, the heavy bag
gage being on board transports, and
that the inhabitants were all prepar
ed to evacuate the city and retire
with the English. Provisions get
ting very scarce and on the rise—
Flour 18 a 20 dollars per bbl.—Com
2 90 a 3 per bushel—Pork 35 a 40
per bbl. By this arrival we have Lis
bon papers to the 29lh Dec. The
gentleman who kindly undertook
the trouble of looking over them,
says, the following are the only arti
cles worthy of notice.
Translatedfor the Herald.
In Portugal, the head quarters o*
the combined army continued at Car"
taxo ; and Massena’s at Santarem*
Those armies had made no move
ment of consequence, except that the
French had built two bridges across
the river Zezere.
In Catalonia, the Marquis Campo-
verd had sustained an attack from
Gen. Macdonald’s whole army. The
former repulsed the latter, and pur
sued him to the mountains. There
had been several engagements in
various parts of the province, by
small bodies, in which the Patriots
had the advantage.
The Spanish army of the centre,
posted on the frontiers of Murcia and
Andalusia, had an obstinate engage
ment with the French on the 3d of
Nov. which terminated in each ar
my keeping its former position
But the French on the 9th, fearing,
it seems, an attack, retreated with
precipitation.
In Estramudura, the Spanish Gen.
Ballesteras continued in the vicinity
of Lerena. He had some partial en
gagements will* the French, much
to his advantage.
lhc department of Cuenca, in
New-f as’:!!?, hajl b.vn yt*ir.4y c-
Worthij of Imitation.—According
to an official report, the number*>of
prisoners received into the Virginia
Penitentiary during the last war,
for various crimes, was 25; total
number in confinement is 116. The
value of the articles manufactured
by them is estimated at 59,997 dol
lars. They consist of 325 pair of
boois, 5,738 pair of shoes, 4 moroc
co hats, 60 powder horns, 163 holster
straps, 75 shot pouches, 79 breechings,
1103 sword scabbards, 48 backhands,
82 belley bands, 48 stirrup-straps, 36
bliudbridles,28 pair braces, Hi horsc-
collars, 58 cinder shovels, 75 ioma-
hawks, 37 lenders 132 lbs. of pump
135 lbs machine iron, 42 lbs brass
castings, 333 lbs. hinges, 92 lbs. of
chaines, 476 feet do. 72 pair of n ice
chaines, 79 gun boxes, 64 flyehuldas,
f 3 hattern, 5 looms, 1345 small ra ,ks,
105,934 lbs. wrought and i73,nC ibs.
cut nails, 3044 lbs. mule yarn,. SiOO
y’ds cloth lor prisoners’ clothing, 55
doz. leading lines, and 2 10 »b > seine
and wrapping twine. The nett pro
fits to the slate on these articles,
deducting expences, is rated at
S4,500. The whole profits ofthe
establishment since its commence
ment, clear of expences, is t a ted at
S 43,333 73 cents, the convicts be
ing clothed by their own hands and
fed by the products of their own la
bour.—Such are the fruits of the a-
meliorated code of penal laws.
Population of Rhode-Island. By
the late census the population of the
state ol Rhode-Island is ascertained
to be 76,931', of whom only one hun
dred and eight are slaves. Its inha
bitants iri 1790 were, 68,825 ; in
1800, 69,122 ; Increase, in 20 years,
8,106 ; in 10 years, 7.809.
The manufactures'of Rhode-Island
are very numerous and highly inte
resting. 1 here are 26 cotton spitt
ing mills, 3 wool do. 15 fulling mills,
24 carding machines, 4565 looms,
which made the last year 151,315
yards of woollen cloth' 121,052 in.
linen, and two do. and 20.000 do.
fringe and lace, fee. & c . fee.—The
total manufactures of the state are
supposed to exceed in value the e*
normous sum of three millions of dol
lars per annum ! !—B. E. Post.
Springfield ALvufadcnj cf Mus*
'—About two hundred and twen-