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; •- BOSTON, Nov. S.
v We Taft uight Halifax paper
of Oiftober 24, containing London dates
to Sept. 8. .The following i/ueretting ar,
rich-* are extra&cd:
London, Sept. 5.
TROOPS FOR AMERICA.
An embark..tion for AtfXrica of about
3000 troops is on the point of taking place,
r under Mai-Gen. Keane. It is generally
“ unJerftooJ th.it these troops form what
5 Umv be termed the advance of the
f JD.-IO army that will proceed 10 tile fain*
t* and; ftiiiaiioti, under *Lt. Gen. Lord Hill.
The regiments of tl*e line, wliich yrtf to
fonr. tlx above fore?, will embark at
5* A'lvmonth, wlierc the 93d and One battal
• lion ot the 9jth air waiting in p*rfe& rea
di’U'f:;, n'rt they will go on board imnu di
judy tlmt tlie Ihip* from PorilVnouth ap
pear ufftUat port. The military affetfi
ibK’d at l\>rtl month form part of this ex
. ptJition, COIt fills of
! Cine (iju.ulron of the 14th light and -agoons.
, brigade of artillery, the
principal part of whole guns are on board
•the Norge.
Captain Lane’s rocket brigade, and capt.
Emmett's compan y ofT.ippers and miners.
The malic a l ttnlF to acconjpany the
■ troop* coifTift of
: ‘l'. Thompson, Esq. deputy infpe&or of
ludpitals, • . ’ • ‘
I), . Dwyer,pli\ fician to the forces.
Mr. Wur.lle and Mr. Forcade, ftaff
furious.
Apotherary Carter,'etc. etc. etc.
Tlie Mountain guns to accompany tlie
brigade of 41 tiller), have bet*n praWited on
TSnuthfea Common, t!*- greater part of this
Week, and are found to be moll admirably
Calculated for the service to which they are
drllmed. Tlx Valiant has been
pd. fuppnfed to await Lord Hill, and
tlie ‘ oJrious fs expected to fail with the
Norge, as well and the Dovfcr as Alcjkfte
frigates, getting ready at Plymouth. i
• September 7.
A detachment ot the 19th light dra
goons lelt Mai.lftone on Monday for Ports-
Diootlt, to enihark Canada. The 1 2d‘
Jbnvalliori of the 24th, marched pn Satur
day from Chatham & Margate/ The 2d
bartallion of the line of tlie king’s German
legion is to embark at Deal. Tlx 4th
line buttaUj-m of : ffie lame legion marched
jilii.-rday from Deal to smhark at Ifruns
jrue—the jth do. do. moved veflerday
from ,'Brubourne lares to Canterbury, to
Ivan tbtir order for embarkation. Sever
.aLJrUchmems of. cavklrv of tlie fome le
. I’on. re ally under orders for a similar des
tination.
Port-Mouth, S< pt. 4.
Artisans jjo to, the American Lkes
. fri m the four principal dock yards, in tlie
i fo:lowing proportion* : 100 from . Ports
mouth. a like mimbti from Plymouth, apd
Iljb from each oj'tle dock \ arris to tlx call-
Woolwirhau'd IXptford* At bill,
/ 150 volnntetd ro go fences but. the miu.
/b r Iras since bft n rtdnct dto 100. Last
’ eVr nirg those from Woohvich and Dept
” ford arrived here in coaches employed on
to convey them. and the three par*
tics -Vri’,l embark on hbard the Zealous,
Captain AuvVt ion, in which ftirp tiu-y will
proceed to Plymouth where thev expedl
lo b*. joined l>\ tlie men goin f tremi that
silenai, .uidpnveed otitheir v6y .ge with,
ill polliblc ddpatcli.
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Neiv-York, Nov. 11.
• Fro<ll Una London pnp< rs,- received by
tbe ship Hannibal .
Another Swedifli Bulletin has arrived
this momu)s hroirght by the GotU idangh
M Some refilhmge has bee'n made by
th< Norwegians t.O tlie progiels of the
Swedijh arm*, but it has Can meffefinal.
On tlie. If fond, Gen. Gahh, who had pre-
Vioufly repulsed the Norwegians, fell bark
to Malmo add next dav was attacked by
i force of jootfmen who got in his rear.
Ht had only icoo men, but after a fhatp
adion of five hours the Norwegians reti<- ;
and to thtir old position. Meanwhile tho 1
Crown Prince ordered a force to be cpl
h£lt and atEda to pent trace into the interior j
of Norway, fiiotUd the uhiou not be eficitt- ;
•and amicably. **
1 lie Norwegians had fome firong posi
tions on the-Glommcn { one at Packlladit
tbe other at t.augriia*i Tltefe have been
forced. Attacks upou a dctachmmt of.
4000 men at Trogttadt, upon the Ittand I
of Rftno, roil ii]x>n Kota, have Befcn fix- i
cefsful, and the Norwegians have retired
beyond tbts Gloxmien. The Swedts aiy
thus mailers of the GlommeUv from Lake
Organ to Freclcrickttadi, and’ the finuef*
ofHefmgbaving funvndered to the Swed
ini fleet, the ro;id to Moss is laid open.
Such are the military operations ; but ;
wlwm it will be afiti-d. is Prince Chris
tian? Having lltmul ted tlie people to re
fittance, we Ihoiild have expeded to have
found him at tlie head of the tflfcps. Iliar
iug their dangers and , tlxir ditticulties, hi
the -heat add heart ol Jthe battik ‘ >/ i
After detailing tl military operations,
the Bulletin informs us that the inhabitants
of Fijedefickfirdt have taken tlie Oath of,
AUegiam e to Sweden { tluit Ahe fold it r 3
and pe .fants defort tire Norwegian Amry
in greut uumWrs, and irttnn home; that
tlie Women pals through tlie Sweniilh ar
my to the Norwegian, and Feek their htis
baods and relatives, and ruvne tliem to re
turn home, exhibiting the Swrddh Procla
madons, ‘prom-sing falety and protedion
to persons and property. The courttd it
likrlv to be a limit one, and this is to be
wli! and by all who do not defur *n uliWfs
of luiman hlodll. Norway is m
tyfrt’ h of oppbfing ;m cffocltlal rclittauce
tb tbt power auii reiource* dwedeu^
Tlx preparations for tbe <*Kprcli:ion ta .
-America Pill go with adivity,'as *
it rcfjjccls the miliur of it; but the j
flat bottomed !ats which were put on Ihip
board, Ltt Monday re-land
*fd. A ftrang party ol’ thr Staff Corps,
and a detachment of tire Royal Tappers
and Miners, aw; at Cumlrcrland Fort, irt l
readme fs Strong detachments
of tbe following regimenu em'jarked Uft
week 4tb, 910, 39th, 44th. 49th,
81st, 89th and 103d. Detachments of
tlx following corps will alio embark.—
ift, or Royal Scotts, ad, 6th, 21st, 29th,
37th, 41st, 57th, 63d, 70th, 76th, Bul,
85th, 99th and loctiii. tlx wliofo amount
ing to about 2000 men, in the be ft or Jer
and equipment.
AMF.RICAN PRIVA.TEEUS.
At a very numerous Meetingof the Mer
chants, ManufH&urers, Ship Owners
and Underwriters of the City of Glas
gow, called bv public Advertifeihent 8c
h< Id by Ipvcrai rcqtrifition to tlx Lm i‘
Provott, on. Wednrfilav 7th Stpt. tS 14.
Tix Loud Provost, in tlx Chair.
It was unanimously Resolved. That
tlx number of American Privateers with
which our Charm Is have been infefod,
the .tuda, ity with which they have ap.
* proithed our (load, and the fitceef* with
which tlxir ent'-iprize has been attended
have pn#rd injari'Mrs toJiur commerce,
humbling to our pride, and difneditable t,
out Din clors of die naval power of tbe
Britifli Nation—wltofis Flag till of late
sravfcd over every Sea and triumphed over
every Rival, that there is reason to be
lii ve in tlx Ihort space of lei’s tfign x+
I months above eight humbed 9 ffi-ls have
been captured by a p >wtr, whoft maritime
ttrength we have hitherto impolitic ally
lurid in contempt. ‘1 hat nt a tune when
we were at peace with all tlx rest of the
world, when the maiuwinance of our
Marine tofts fb large a sum to the Coun
try—wlu •. and Shipping
inti O fts pay a tax for prote&ion under
the htrm of Convoy Duty and when in the
ggjcnitiide of our pmver we ha ve declared
Pne- whole American Coal! under Blockade,
it is equalN dillrclfing arid mortifying that
our Hups Cannot witii fafety traver.fe our
iflvn Channels—That insurance cannot be
efiValed but at an excessive premium aiid
that a hoard of American Cruil! is, flioutd
be allowed tmn filled, unmolested to take,
burn and link otir mVn viffels, in our own
Inlets, and almost in fight of our own Har
bour*—that the Ports ot the Clyde have 1
luftaineii severe loss from the depredations !
already committed and thatth re is rrafim
to appehenrl ftjll more feriouS fufitnngs,
not only from the extent of tlie coafling
trjide and the tnnnberqf veflVl* yet to ar
rive from abroad, bat as tlx time is fall
approaclring when the outward bound’
Ships mult proceed with convoys 16 Cork
and when during the Winter Srafon the
opportunities ol t!'e bt.eni) will lx inert ay i
ed, both to capiurt with caTe and escape
with impunity.,’ <Tiiat tbe’ l\ Item of burn
ing and delirbyiug every article which
tin.re is tear of Iwofiiug, a fvfk rti purliicd
by all the Crulsifi and erieburagt'd f
their own Government, dimiriiuiefe the.,
chances of recapture and renders the ne-
Cell'ny of prevention moie ui-gcnt. Tlmt
from the coldness and negleft with which
previous rcirtotittrances from btheij, quarts 1 s
have been received by the Admiralty, this
meeting reludantly feel it an imperious
duty at once to adertf* the 71irom , and
tlwicfoiT that 4 petition be forwarded to
His Royal Highntfs tlx Prince Rtgcuti(P
ailing m the n .one t and onjxhalf 0/ His -
Mujelly, representing the above grievances, !
and humbly prying that His'flo) al iVigh
nol’s will be gracioully plea fed to dii cbl
meaftms to be adopted as shall promptly /
andeflcAuaily protest the trad® on th<
coaftoi tiiis Kingdom from the numerous,’
intuiting .nu defifiliftve “clepreciatioiis of
the Euetpy, and that tlx Lord Provost be
requested to trmfniit the said petitiou ac- \
cortiinglv. That the Thanks of tins ‘meet*
uig be given to \lr. Ewing for the ability
with which he prepared and intnnlured the
bufnxl's of this daa, that the thanks” of
this foeetitigbe given to tlx Gentlemen
■who figticd tr.r Lquifitiou.
Signed,
K. Ftnaft Provost* {
y 7 V Lord Prevolt left rbr. Cbati, ■
Resolved unanimously, That tlx
thanks of this meeting be given to his
Loidlhip for his pr-nnut compliance with
tbe requisition and for thu manner in which
he comluitted liiinlelt iu the Chair.
London, Aovuft 22.
The Dire.ftors of the Royal ? Ekrh. nge
London Afftirante Corporations, llrorgly
impressed .with, the necessity for greater .
protfittion being afford- and to toe trade in
cotifi qurnce of the numerous captures tb it
hav* recently been made by Anxrican
cruisers, repr lented the fame- to tbe
Loids f fommifliomTs of tlx Admiralty on
Wedntfday l;tU and on Saturday receiveff i
an answer- of which the following a
copy J
m (COPY.) |
k A ’nii'-tpty Otfkes Augujl 19, 1814.
Slß—Having laid before ny Lords
CoiianiflioHers of the Admiralty, the let- j
tor of tlx 17tffinft. ligned hy you and the
Secretary of the London AflWance Cojr
pora"|oo,on tlx fuhjefl of the depredations
comtoittrd by tbe American priyatem
therein mentioned. Ia in. ciimmaudrtl by
their Lordfbips to acquaint >ow> that there j
was a force adcqoitt to the porpofo of po
---,;e#lnig thr traile both id bu Georgi - * i
Cfianndt and tlx Northern Sea, at ‘the
tiwie Ttforrod to. • . : *• |
VC: 1 am, Sic. -'v^b
J. W. CROKF.R. {
Slued Wydncfday, tbe date of tlx-letter
to tlx Adiiin alfy, accounts b-v* been re- :
ce’oed lhat two piiyawer* tdpbiced fife
t*i£s"between the lunaß* oid tf< ‘AjuJLu ; j
■and that tlx. orb” pAvarecr, of 14
and i*3 itiei rook a flop from Mtra.na
. tin to Livcrj 01, off Ctookhavfm on the
’ Vtth inst. ‘ ie Coo Slant gur, brig which
arrived at L erpool on 1 hurfday from
Coik, chafed m Amerirsn privateer off
fblkar, the t y before, but wws not able
Ito gi t npwkl her, aNd gave, over tlx per
fuit. “ Shoulc tliele depredations on our
commerce ci inniie. “the merchants, and
traders will 1 t be able to get any inf in -
ance tffcfted except at enormous pre
miums, on vt eh trading between Ireland
and EnglandJkjtheT by tlx chartered*com
panies o(4ndivßlu:il undru writers ; ,ind as
proof of this a ffy rtion, for the rifles which
arc usually written at 15s. yd. per cent,
tlx i’um offivfe guiixas is now demanded.
. Gkneva, August 18.
The confiitution of the Republic of
Geneva was pubiilbed to-day. Its prin
cipal as follows t—
j Tlx Protjftanc religion is tlx predo
minant. Ihere fliall be at Gelxva a
Church appropriated to the Catholii wor
ftdp: it (hail be maintainea at the f xpenfe
!of the HateV The constitution refognites
; neitixr patricians nor privileged,’ clafles.
• All trie Gtuevefe are equal in the! eyes of
the law. The'liberty of thd prds is
atknowledged. but every work must be
v signed, r liould rircuwtt .Ttrrs require it,
the reprefentntive body (hall have power
to Hrwythc ejtercile of thatlibsrty. The
legislative power is vetted in a reprefrnta
tive emmei), composed of 250 members, J
or 268, inchidingl'ii; Syndics and council
off! e. Tbe !e^fi -tive councillhall con
form to tbe guicr I )>;ws of tlie Helvetic
Codf.deratiftn : it fb.ili po/Tcfs authority to
fix the taxes annu ;!fy, to accept or rejettt
treaties, to coin p anev, to appoint to the
adniiniftrative ant judicial offices that are
jtftrved for it, to egrlase all. matters re
lative to the ordinary and extraordinary
Diets, and to na'ni tlx and j puties to tlie lat
ter. The reprefcrßariye council (hall be
< onvokud as a mjtW oftourfc, on thi firfl
Monday in May and December; each
ftfli"ndliyll last three weeks. The ex
ecutive power is veiled in a council of
state composed of members elefled from
among the members of the legiflativtf
council only. ,
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CONGRESS. \
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HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVES.
Monday, November 14.
Beaj. Stevenson, a I> legate from th
T rritury of Illinois, appeared, was quali
fied, and took bis feat. ‘
Mr. Williams of N*. Y. presented the
petition of A. B. jpiies, praying relief in a
case ot4.l’ardft)ip occuriing under the law
laying a duty oil licences to
Referred to tlie committee on Ways and
Means. , r
• Mr. Winter of N. Y. prtlfinted the
petition pf N. Z Platt, praying compel)-,
fatinii .foV pioperty destroyed y the ene
my. Referred to tie cumtiiitiee of
Claims.
Jur. Seybert of Pa. . presented the pe
tition of fuu,dry Tallow-chandlers of
Pnilafdelphia, praying, that the proposed
tax oy c.u ilts n)By bi so impeded, a*
that it (hail apply to all candles,'man
ufaftured how or. by whom soever.—.
‘Referred to tlie committee of Way* and
Means.
Mr. Yancey of N, C. from tlx com-
of Claims, reported a bill to autiior
iae the payment for orop.-rt v foft, caotured,
o# destroyed it^the fcrvice of the United
States ; which was twice read and com
mitted.. * . • “* y
Mr. Troup of 00. f.om sh commit
tee on Military Aijors, reposted a bill to
authorise a donat'nh in Mid, to persons in
tlx military 01 f'avd the. ene nv
who sh di come withtn the lim.ts, and
claim the prctcAion of the government of
the United States. Twice read andcom- ,
mitted.
“Mr. Yancey of N. C. offered for con. |
filler; tion a lefalutiuu, to the following
eff a: . * ;
‘ Rmolvedy That until otherwise or- |
dered, the liour so which tbe house ;
fhail ilaud adjourned from day to day, ,
lliall be ten o’clock, in the morning..”
After fome dilVudi-Mi of this motion, in
the touile of whi<h,Mr. Yaryxy and Ms.
Ingham, fuppofred, abd MnNEppes and ;
Rfoea opposed it;, tlx tpotion was negatived
by the following vatu :
Fov the motion, 4$
Againtt it 87 ■ ■
On mdfibn of Mr. Desfia of Ky.
Resolved , That rfx TSoiilmittee of clai,ms f
be mttrujSled. to into tlx
diency fit autilormpg tlx borfes to,be!
paid lpr, that werefoft, by the mounted $
volunteers, who fervtd under Govern
or SHelby, in the expedition to Canada,
Ut tall. VT: \ ■ [
Rliea of Ten. 1 aid upon Abe table
tlx following matTpti, winch bj the rules
I qf the House muluii for one efty ; ‘&
| Resolved, That’ tlx folloivifg rale ‘
be added to tbe rules atid oidus of the >
Houfej ‘’: V 'W ■ ?
1 “ ‘Riat when a bill be taken. for con-”
fideration, wl ether in the.hoiift r in the j
committee of tlx whole hhule, the so ufo „
,or the committee of the whole house lfrall
ccrifoioe in firfiion uiiid thq bill is gone v
through.” >- 5 .-l’ {
Mr. Pifkiit of Gob. offered for eopfitlef- ‘
atiou the lbUo*fi*iEre,tofofjonst . _u, l
Resolved, Tfrlßtfit Secretary of the
Trewfftry be dto before this
1 Houre a ftatefoeh the amount of the
1 Public l)ebt,os if ’ss on the ift Aiy of
j Oct. 1814, doling’ Itiiug tlx ifvtialkimls
of dibt, as well U t cotitrafted btioie a* !
pif iVnt wr, together with the *
anictifit ofyadi. 84 A T s
• - Ms. Type* ot %. tnovtd that tins rs. _
TbJve He onrtEthe table, fdggefting a*.’
re a foil for thi* course, that tlx cotnaiii
tjL pf ways and means had called for
nearly all tlx particulars the gentleman
w iihed, and certainly for all the eltntial
’ ones.
Mr. Pitkin consenting to this course,
the reiolve was orfrered to lie on the ta-
Lle. T
NATIONAL BANK.
The house tlxn refofved into a y nin *
mittee of the whole, Mr. Nelson ot Va.
in the chair, on die bill to incorporate the
lubfcri'oers to the Bank of the United States
of America. :
The firft fe&ion oithe bill having been
Tead, in the foliowiug words.
Be it enabled, &e. ‘That a bank of ti e
United States of Anxrica fliall be eftab
liftied, the capiut flock of which fhail be
Eftf millions of dollars, and no more, di
vided into one hundred thousand lhares, ol
five hundred dollars each Iliare, and that ,
fublcriptions towards con Rita ting the said
capital flock, fliall be opened on the firft
Monday of next, at tbe follow
ing placek, viz. Boston, New-York, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Charles
. ton, and Pittsburgh, under the fuperintend
anee of tlie following persons, as*ommis
sioners to receive the fame t at Boltorf,
James Lloyd, TliomasT’crkins and Wil
liam Gray ; at New-York, General John
Smith, Isaac Bronson, Theron Rudd ; at
Philadelphia, Thomas M. Willing, Ste
phen Girard, Chandler Price; at Balti
; more, Henry Paysoo, Viliam Cooke,
William Wilson; at Riophond, Benja
min Hatcher, John Broken borough, Wil
liam Preston ; at Charldtan, John Cl Fa
ber, John Potter, Jv Dies Carson ; at Pitts
burgh, George Robinson, Samuel Robert,
and Henry Baldwin, which fublcriptions
(hall continue open every day from tlx
time of opening the fame, from ten o’clock
in the forenoon, until four in the after
noon, until the Saturday following at four
o’clock in the afternoon, when the lame
{hell be closed ; and immediately tlxreaf
. ter, the commifboners, or arty two of
them, at tbe respective places afortfaid,
Ih.dl cause two tranfiripts or lair copies of
such fu&lcriptions to be made, one of which
they fliall find to the secretary of; the
trealuiy, cue they fliall retain, and tlx o
riginal (übfcripiions fhail, within thi v e',
days from the doling of the fame, be by ’
t the said comniifliontrs tranfinitted to the
, said commissioners at Philadelphia, or to
one of them ; and on the receipt thereof,
I the said commissioners ar Philadelphia, or
’ any two of them, fhail immediately there
after convene, and proceed, to take an ac
count of the laid fulleriptions, and if more
than ot tlx Lid capl*l ftcck
ofThirty nrellipus pf dollars fhail have been
fubkribed, then the said lft mentioned
commissioners apportion the fome a
mong the several fubiiribers in a just and
equal ratio, according to their several and
refpedlive fublcriptions: Provided how
ever, That fuck commissioners, lliail by
fiich apportionment allow aud ’apportion to
each fublcriber at leaf! one lhare ; and in
case the aggregate amount of the said fub
feriptions fhail exceed thirty millions, of
dollars, the/aid commissioners, after hav
ing apportioned the fome as aforefoid, (hall
cause lifts of the apportioned fiibfcriptiona
to be made out including in each-lift the
apportioned fucfciipiion for the place ,
wh re tlx original fublcription was made,
one of wh ch lifts fhail be transmitted to
the commissioners, or to one of the com
niiffiontrs, under whose fuperintenuance
such fupffiraptioß* were originally made,
that the fubferibers may afeertain from
tlxm, the number of lhares apportioned to
such fubferiber* -
Mr. Fisk Pt N. Y. stated tlx reasons
which had influenced tlx committee of
Ways and Means in confining to a few ci-_
ties and towns the books of fubfeription, ,
Wliich were, generally, that the Atlantic
citi3 were tlie principal rqxfitorics of
fp cie and iuperfluous wealth, and that the
exigencies ot the times required ‘greater
expedition than was confrih ut ttith a more
fl’ffustd sublcription. It had &en deemed
proper,however, todddmore ConUTiiffioixrs j
in two or three of the cities ; and he was -j
inftrutted to move accordingly. 1
And on nxtiooof Mr. Fisk, tbe fol- i
lowing gentle men were added : to theemn
mifilon at Rollon, William Euftis atid
Samuel Brown ; to the commilhon at N.
Y r ork, Lsac Lawrence and John Hone ;
to the cominifliox at Philadelphia, Jared , .
Ingersoil and Anthony *Taylor., I
Mr. Sharp of Ky. then said, he was 1
not fttisfied by tlx reasons of the gentle,
nxh for limfr ng to so few the places of
fubscriptioji, ana moved, jbr “the convehi- j -
etice of the we stem country, to insert Lex
ington in Kentucky.
Mr. Robertson of Lon.’ proposed slfo
New-Orleans, and argued with force !
in support of ins fuggelifon, ani, other gen
tlemen proposed other places.
Toe motion of bjr. Sharp being the One
immediately before the house, gave rife tq
cobfiddfabte dt bate* > The motion was fi}>
ported by. Messrs. Sharp,
Macon, Wright, PearfoH, Fiarris. Hop- ,
kins, oflwv. Burwell and Barnett, and op
posed by Filk of N. Y. Oakley,
Gxighton, and Ingham.
Ob throne hand, various arguments
were urged in favor ot extending the fub
fcriptiou, founded on the equal rights of
all fe&ions of the country to participate
Ui aoy gerjtTal bepefit ; the expediency of
toileting fptcie from every part of the
country; the advantages of uniting in the
fubfeription people of every quarter of the
country, and thus uniting tlx people ofail
fe&jous to the uuioii, by th- tics of inter
est, which are fieqtttitily lirongcr than
those of legal or moi.tl force.
On ti e other hand it W?.s said, besides the
delay itif p-lralifo from iitsh a course, that
it was ittportant Thai, the Bark thould be
put ntto operatiun Jptvdiiy tjf at ail, and
1 that m commencement would be greatly
delayed by mill tifdying of fufficription—-
It was alio laid, that it this motion * were
■withdrawn, an amendment might be devis
ed by tbe committee of Ways and Means,
j which would meet the views of all parties.
Mr. Sharp’s motion at length prevailed*
• Lexington. Ks. was infected as one of the
| places at which fiibfciiptions would be o
pened, and Messrs. Charles Wilkins, Lew
is Sanders and John tfr Morton design a ted
as the coinmiflfoiiers.
On motion of Mr. Robertson, New-Or
ljps was then added, Commiffioners
. nruiei) for that plate.
On morion of Mr. Harris,Naftiville wos
• added, and Robert Weakley, Felix Grun
dy, and John R. Bedford named as the
Comm'flioueis. *
On motion of Mr. Lewis, Waftirrg'x'B
City was added, and Robert Brent, YVal
. ter Smith and Thomas Swann named, a*
\ Commiffioneiv. [Mr. Fiflt of N. Yoik,
j named j. hti Mafou, Daniel Carroll, a(id
!,Juhii P. Van Nefs; but Mr. Lewis’s mo
-1 tion being the firft made, was agreed to.}
j On lnotipn of Mr. Macon, Raleigh lit
; North-Carolina was iiiferti and, and Sherwood
‘Haywood, Beverly Daniel and William
Peace named as Comm.lHom-rs. •
i On motion of Mr. Forfyth, Savannah i
was added, and Tel n Bolton,
Charles Harris, and James jil'.nfon nan.,
ed as Commissioners. .
On motion of Mr.
wick in N. J. was added and Janies,Van*
derpool, John Gfsy, and Ptter Gordon,
named as Gomrriffionere,
* Griisvenor nioved to add Utica itt
N. Y. and John C. Deyereaux, Benjamin
Walker ana Jeremiah Van RtruTdaer as
Ccnim.‘ffio!xrs; but the motion was nega
tived, after force obje&ions bv Mr. In£*
ham, and replication by Mr. Grosvenor.
On motion of Mr. Webfttr, Porerrou'la
in N. H. was added, and John Goddard*
Nalb. A. Haven, and Natb. Gilman nac**>
ed as Comm ; ffiorers.
On motion of Mr. Kilboum, Pittsburg
was llriken out, Chilicothc in Ohio added,
and Sami. Findley, Thomas James. anA
Wlll. M'Failand nairted as Commiffionw
ers.
Mr. Lewis then made a motion, thg ob<
jest of which was to eftahliftithe Principal ,
, Bi 11k at tlx city of Walhington, in thtc
” DiftriA. .
This motion was oppoled by Mr.. Fiifc
of N. Y. who said that the committee of
Wayjs and Means had fixfd on Philadel*
pliia, in preference to New-York and oth
er places, to be the lent of the Principal
Bank, as being a place of greater fecurity’
and greater and as being more cent
tral to the commercial tranfacUons and
wealth of the country, &c.
Mr. Lewis said he had no doubt that
the gentleman from New-York preferred
Philadelphia to this place, as lie had al
ready given luffirient evidence of his can
dor in thatrtfpe'ft. The Military School*
tix National Bank, and every inflitutica
of a national charafter bad been cmtem
plated to be fixed at this pU ce by thoj
who located, the feat of goyei nmein
&c* and “so tixy ought to be, &c. Be*
sides, there might be many gemlem
who would vote for 5 Rink to lje eftablifh*
ed at this place, who would on conftitntion
al giouiids be to its eftabliffiuxnt
dfewhere. He therefore hoped his md*
tion would be Igreed to. -
Mr. Lowis’s motion was negatived, aw
bout 30 members 6nly rising in favor of it
On motion of Mr. Fisk of N. Y. an a
mendment wjas adopred, authorifing th©
Philadelpliia Commissioners, % in case 3*l
millions ffiould not be fubforibed and tew
turned to them within the time ,allowed,
tc open the books at Philadelphia until
the whole ffiould be fubfcrilxd.
Mr. Gallon of N, C. tlxn fold, be for©
the committee proceeded further in the bill,
he will ted to propose a material amend*
mtnt to it, and, with a view to afer-ram
wlxther the House were rtifpqfed to ht'.rrt
him in support of his motion at this laMf
hour of the day, he moved fliat the cortw
ir.ittee now rife. ♦
This motion was negatived; and
Mr. Gallon proceeded, in a fpuich of*
conlidcrable ability, and more than an hotfp
in length, to lay before the commjw ts
hi* views in relation to this bill. He pro-*
feffed himfelf anxious for the eftofrHlhntenfc.
of a National Bat k, syhich he had alwayrf
favored when opportunity offered. Buttis
-was hi?, decided tonviftion, lie said, thatr
a bill iftce that s>n the table, would not artL’
fiver the pnrpofes of the nation r*r of tlxf
govemmeftt. Y'hk view of tlx fuljjeft he*
foppofod by various to different
features ot the bill, r-tid particularly to thipr
mode of fubfcriptioh in flock of tlx U. .
States; the operation of ail which hi con
tended Would be to throw into circulation
a quantity of paper, founded not on a spe
cie capital, but on tix credit of the
U. S. Stock, &c. which would therefore
be of no greater value than any other pa*
per tyhich the United States Ihould mak©’
receivable in taxes, though milch more txr ’
pensive to tl.e’United States ,|han Treafu
rv Notes or bills of credit would be, &c<.
&c* Iq, support of this idea, Mr. G. ad-”
duced many tiluftrations, from writers on
this fubjeitt, from our own hiftory,and lipna
analogy . He • jedled alio to the propoa
ed appointmeut of a part of tbe din fu-rer
by the'PreGdent, to. tlx large- portion of
the flock to be held by tlx United Stater*.
See. tie wound, up his argument on thefo 1 ’
arfd other points by obfaying, that as'ln*
was frandiy in principle to the eftablilfr
ment ofa National Bark, be Ihoiild not
ccufuler liimfi-lt-as duing his ditty, if, while
he dilojiproved of this plan, be did not of
fer another ns a iubflituk to it, instead
of a bank of u nominal capital ol fitly iit-
I lions, he would ejlablifli a bank whoft cap- “
ital Ihould net, at farthtft, excOrd twenty
Fie confidm-d itaslv n- mi i,:*a
t, its lltccefe that frit gocretr