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the House, Hull be empowered to nuke the ucceifary com. rail. , Wulrjfcay, May 1J» The Clerk proceeded in reading the bill refperting tonnage. A motion was mace to insert in the bill a clause, impofiiijj a duty of 5 o cent* on all vessels not built within the United States, which may become the propci ty of citizens thereof. This was carried. This bill will commence its operation on, the 15111 of June. Mr. Fitzjimons , from the committee pointed for that purpose, picfcured a bill tQ regulate the collection of the import. 7 bur [elay, May 28. The tonnage bill with its amendments was read and agteed to, and ordered to be en g rolled. Mr. Gerry moved, that a committee be appointed to take into confidcration the Itate of unappropriated lands, and fd report mca fdies for promoting the falc thereof. Friday, May 29. The bill for laying a dury on tonnage waß rdad a third time, and parted the House. The bill to regulate the collection of the import was read a feconrt time, and edmmat ted to at committee of the whole. Monday, June I. Mr. Lear, (the Prefidertt’s Secretary) pre ferred at the bar of the Houle the art preferib ing the time and manner of taking the «ath of office required by the Couftitmion, ap proved and figoed by the President. Mr BcnfOu gave notice that he intended to move for a resolution to this effect— i hat Congress will enrncltly recommend to the Legislature of Rhorie-liland to call a con vention of the people of, that fiate, in order to adopt the Constitution. He hid no other view jn bringing of this forward, than that the United States ihould know certainly and speedily whether the Hate cf Rhode-Ifland, intended to become a mem ber of the Union. It might be said, that that state bad already given its ultimatum, but he could inform the House, that the go vernor of Rbode-Illand bad communicated information to the late Congress, that theCW f itution had been submitted to the dccuion vs the several towns in that date, and there appeared to be a majority opposed to it. That Congress had taken no notice of this communication, as it was considered an im proper and oocoiiftitution.il prude of detet urinhig on die meiits of the Constitution, Mr. Baldwin, fiem tbc committee of compensation, reported, tljat the President fliould be allowed 20,c0b dollars per annum, comprehending the allowance for his secre tary, clerks, Sec. andcxclufive of the expence •f his equipage, servants, and some other ohjerts to be provided for and defrayed from the public Treasury. That the Vice-President Ihould be allowed tfooo dollars per annum, and the Senators and Reprefeutatives fix dollars per day during their artual attendance in Congress, and for the expence of travelling to and from the feat of government, fix dollars for every twenty miles. On motion of Mr. Smith, (S. C.) a com mittee was appointed to bring in a bill.for the cfUbliftmient of a fyftcm of bankrupt laws, throughout the United States, Tttefdav, June 2. The House went into a committee of the vhole, on the bill to regulate the coUedron of the import. , Mr. Trumbull in the Chair. The clause refperting the crtablifhment of ports of entry and delivery being still under confiderafion, the committee proceeded to fill tip the blank with the following names, which it was refulved ihould be ports of en v v and delivery, viz In the date cf New- Hampibivc, Portsmouth ; in the date of Mas sachusetts, Burton, Newbury-Port, Salem, Plymouth, New Bedford, Sherburne (itlmd cf Nantucket) Portland (in Calco Bay) Glou cester, Marblehead and Diabton *, besides these, tbc committee have it in con tttinpUtion to ertablilh itveral other ports in the it etc of M ill'.ichufetts, but the determi naaioit i'u tltofe was J, In the date of Conneflicut, New-London, New-Haven, and Norwalk; it is also in tended to eltablilh a port of entry on Connec ticut river, whrth will probably be Saybfcdk. In the state of Ncw-Yoik, the city of New-York, and the port of Sagg harbour. In the state of New-jersey, Perth Am boy, Salerr, and Egg harbour. in the state of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Ip the date of Delaware, Wilmington. The committee theu rose. On motion of Mr. Lawrence, the House direrted the committee appointed foform the bill for the regulation of the collcrtion of the import, to prepare also a biffor bill* preferih fug the mode of regifteiing and clearing out veifels, afeertaining their tonnage, and re gulating the coarting trade, pilots and light houses. Adjourned. . (Jo be continued.) LON DON, April 14 —25. LETTERS received in town yerterday morning from Vienna, elated March . 29, make mention of a courier having »i riv ed theiS’thc preceding dayfrom Constantino ple, who alighted at the hotel of the French Ainbartador; "he is said to have brought over tures of peace from the Ottoman Pone, and dc/ires to know the true dfpofitmn of the! Emperor on that head The last accoun s from Sweden fay, that’ the officers, who were taken up on account of refuting to flight in Finland, and entering into a confederacy with Rufiia, were now on their trials at Stockholm, and several others at Gbttenburgbj 1 foY not repelling the entry of the Danes. It is exjrerted some of the former would fuffer death, as an example, though the ringleaders have escaped to Rus sia. ' . We are sorry to hear from Bologne, that there his lately been committed in that city a moll attrocions and cruel murder. There was in Bologne a beautiful young daDcer and her husband ; wi hiti these few days an Itali-. an, who arrived there by the Florence coach, waited unfneduiely on the beautiful dancer, aud aftei a minute’s conversation, plunged his rtiletto in her breast Whilrt (he wasex piriug, he attempted to blow’his own brains out, but his hand trembling, he frartured his Ikull in a mod horrid manner, arid after lingering some hour*-, ibis silicide and mur derer, died in the moll excruciating tortures. The applications from the Englilh Roman Cathoticks, to take off the double land tax, aud some other buitheus under which they la bour, have been renewed ; and last Monday Lord Petre, Sir Harry Englefield, and Mr, Farmer, had an interview with the Mibifter on the occaiion. 7 *. we learn fiffim f opcirliagen, that Benzen ftietna has declared that it was out of love to his country that he intended to burn the Ruf fian fleet, but docs nor fay where he got the I 2,0( o rix dollars employed for the purpose. Letters from Pcttitlourgh mention, that the Engluh officers in the Ruffian navy have ex perienced very litre encouragement, and most of them speak of returning home. The Porte, finding the disadvantages of want of lpecie, have irtued or ers'for the s coinage of all the fiver that can be found. This order has been ieligioully carried mro execution, as will appear by the following’ items. The Greek nation is taxed to the •amount of 5000 okas, each oka about three lhilliugs of our money. The Armenians mull furnifh 4-000, the Jews 3000, and the Mu ieimen 20,000. Goldsmiths are prohi bited from exercising their employment, and any person fceu wearing gold or silver orna ments are to be ft ripped of them on the spot. It is expertedthat government will, by those means, be able to ratfe thirtv-fix millions of pialteis. It is alio in contemplation to re coin the whole coinage, by which govern ment expert to gain 1 6 per cent The peo ple are very turbulent, they set fire to, and burnt the Grand Vizir’s Hotel; whfcre the greutet part of the state papers and foreign archive* are deposited, a loss which it irre parable. A furious mob also attacked the houle of Mr, Anllif, the Engljil) Ambafia r, who clcaped with hi* life, and that with difficulty, The people are exafperbttd at the declaration of war, and the lofa’of l)o I zukow. I* out* EngliiU vciltli arrived tl>er p the beginning of February, laden with am munition, which the ministry immediately purchased for ready money. The Grand Vizir is now afiembling his troops in the neigbourhood of Orfova, and will, as soon as the season permits, crpfsthe Danube. His intention, it is confidently said, . is again so invade the Bannat, and to repair the errors of the last campaign. He hat declared, that hewilldeflroy his bridge over the Danube when he has crofted it, and thus take away all hopes of a retreat. Victory or death must then await the Ottoman army, Thursday arrived the mail from France. The government of Polaud has written to Prince Potemkin, who commands in the Ruffian service, that as a fubjeft of the re public, it did not become him to allow any Ruffian troops to quarter in his territories cf S/mila and Ukraine. . . . The armistice agreed on last year between the Emperor and the Turks expired the 15th, inst. but there*was no talk of its being renewed. The EfnperorTs tranfpOrting large quanti- * ties of artillery towards Seralin. It is strongly reported by the mail of yes terday, tliat the Empress is determined to pass a Ruffian army in the Pdlifh Ukraine* and if ucceffary, to ftatjon it there,. All hopes of peace between their Imperial. Majesties and the Porte, are entirely di/Hpat— ed ; every thing anncftiu'cei a bloody cam paign, from the preparations that are making by each of the contending powers. The Turk is alTembling his forces; and the city of Constantinople, as well as all its. environs, swarm with troops, who are con tinually .joining the armies of the Grand Vizir, and of the Pacha de Romelle; nevertheless, our letters fay, that among that iintnenfe • multitude, there arc very few cavalry. The Emperor of Germany, on the other hand, is very diligent. .His army aflembled in the Banriiat, to opphfe that ot the Grand Vizir, will consist of 48 battalions, and of the fame number of fquadions, besides Hollars. The corps of Trince Hohenlohe, and Prince Saxe- Cobourg, are already on their march, thefirlt from Transylvania, the Second from Molda via, intending..to penetrate into Waliachia, in order to aft in concert with the Ruffians. The Venetians have met with a great loss at the Ifte of Corfu. , Thearfcnal accidental ly, it is supposed, took fire on the i2rh of March, which communicated to the powder magazine; a terrible explosion then took place, by which a fleet of gallies was almost entirely destroyed, together with all the (tores, add the wall that surrounded the ar senal. The number of lives loft was 160, besides the ptifoners, and a multitude of wounded. * * A treaty of Sextuple alliance are confirmed. The refpeftivc Ambaftadors of France, Vi enna,. St. Peterfburgh, Spain, Copenhagen, and Naples, who are appointed to negociate this treaty, have received their final instruc tions, and are on the concluflouof this grand affair. .. , . Our readers yviil readily perceive that this'' measure forebodes further war, which is strengthened in appearances by the prepara-* tidii^makingjn every .quarter of Europe. The Turks are hkewife firmly resolved to proceed, and havb absolutely lefufed all pro positions for peace—their preparations are' immense—all their forces both by laud and' sea are in motion. The Emperor is entirely recovered, and' preparing for the field—his camp equipage' has'been'al! difpatchsd from Vicuna. There is not ,any particular news either* from Sweden, Denmark or Russia. Extras of a Utter, from Paris, Match ig, “ The Prince of Nassau set off for Madrid' on the charged, it is thought, with foinc' - commission from the Empress ro the King of Spain, he being the only Monarch whole me diation Russia has not rejefted,' The expe-: ditioo of the Prince of Na&ui is extraordi nary ; for in less than forty dav S i, e will have paid his court to five Sovereigns. He flopped three days at Warsaw, five at Vienna, feveu. here, in eight days he wfll.be at Madrid/ .and 1 htuks on returning to PetefiWgh before the Bth of May. It j* thought that the King of Spain, who, when prince of Aft uri »», had a great regaid for him, will appoint him a I.inntnant-Geueral, two of kisCaders, C'amp- MaKhals, ryifyd to that rank. He will Bnjvjft Wi th* * 4
