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»r TOTOT. V i TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA. C Concluded. J Oft tiie subject of the mode oFcorapensation, l have already stated, \here was, as is generally the case on mere •questions of policy, a diversity of opinion in congress.— 'Some gentlemen foi* whom I entertain the highest res. pedt, considered the mode objectionable”; while my owr own reflections led me to a different conclusion. I had seen congress charged over and over again in the public-pa pers, (the same papers which now condemn the change) with spending their time in idle debate, and protracting the sessions for the degrading purpose of pocketing the six dollars a day. Without admitting the truth of the al legation, it appeared to me desirable, while increasing the compensation, to avoid every thing like temptation of that sort, and to remove even the ground of suclftinwor- thy imputations. This is effectually done by granting an annual sum, which unites interest and duty in expediting the public business. The inadequacy of Compensation and the length of the sessions, requiring the continued absence of a member so long from his domestic con cerns, were the evils against which, it was important to provide. X planter or professional man may, by judi cious arrangements, leave home for a limited time with out great sacrifice, while an absence of six months in each year, would be ruinous to his business. Whether or not the change in the mode of compensation will les sen the duration of the sessions, time alone can deter mine; but such would seem to be its tendency, and 1 think it well worthy of experiment. Should it succeed, the advantages would be two-fold. 1st. The greatest ob Stacie to the continuance in service of such men as-the people may select, would be removed; and 2d. There would be a considerable saving to the nation in the con tingent expences of congress. If by acquiring great skill, and by extraordinary exertions in the transaction of public business, that should be done, and as well done, in three or four months, which has heretofore occupied more than five, the laborer is certainly not the less entitled to the compensation on that account. Suppose a farmer employs a number of reapers at one dollar a day, it be ing distinctly understood that three acres of wheat should be considered a day’s work; and suppose further, that owjng to the skill m reaping they had acquired, and un common industry, they should perform in one day the work assigned for two, would they not be as much-en titled to compensation for six acres, as others who were occupied two days in reaping that quantity? The reap er and the farmer would both be benefitted; the farmer would save one day’s board of the laborer, and his grain would be secured one day earlier. In this case, as in the case of congress, the employers possess the same means of ensuring faithful work, and of punishing delinquents, that they have in whatever manner the laborers are paid. Against the measure I perceive no substanthd objection. The charge of novelty may be urged with equal force against our admirable form of government; and yet I ap prehend, no American patriot is disposed to reject it, be cause it happens to be unlike the other governments of the world. And as to the idea that, for the purpose of sav ing the greatest possible portion, of the annual compensa tion, congress may legislate without due deliberation— that the affairs of the nation may not be properly consi dered, or properly transacted, 1 am pursuaded, experi ence will suew its fallacy. The forms of proceeding will forbid it; the love of fame, which is generally the ruling passion of men desiring public favor, and which with other worthy motives, has heretofore prompted them tp deliver speeches, and to display their talents in the in vestigation of legislative questions, cannot be extinguish ed by any paltry saving, the present compensation could possibly afford. Judging from my acquaintance with the motives of human action, 1 should think, that the measure may fail to effect what is desirable—the curtailment of un necessary debate; but that, it will never produce less dis cussion, than is requisite in the examination of every sub ject. But should tny opinion in this respect be errone ous, should the fears which have been expressed, be real ized, the corrective will always be where it ought to be —in the hands of the people. And moreover are there not at least as strong grounds for the suspicion that a compensation by the day may furnish •temptation for the delay and protraction of the public business? On either hand, as upon odjer propositions in general, it is not difficult to urge plausible arguments or plausible objec tions; but surely it is uncharitable to attribute unworthy motives to the one opinion, or to the other. How the compensation law is uncongenial with our re- iblican institutions, or how it is to “quickly engender, pub hatch and propogate a species of proud, arrogant, and luxuriant Aristocrats; no spurious brood but tiieir own legitimate offspring,” is probably beyond the discovery of all except the sagacious individual who is so eminently qualified for an instructor, and to whom the public are so much indebted for the very modest and unassuming grand-jury instruction. Of this hotchpotch ot caballistic words thrown together without sense or meauing, it may be truly said— “Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, “Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found.” In what respects is a compensation by the year more uncongenial with republicanism than by the day? or why is it more in reference to members of congress, than to judges, heads of departments, and other public servants m general? It does not make the tenure of their appoint ments more permanent, nor diminish their responsibility to the people. You have precisely the same control over them whether they be paid by the day or by the year, and may continue or dismiss them according to your pleasure. Nor are they entitled to the compensation un less they attend to their duties; because the act provides, that for absence there shall be a proportionable deduc tion. If therefore a member does not attend at all, he receives no compensation, and for the time only he does attend, is he compensated. In this respect the provisions yf the act are similar to those of the former law, anil in no respect, is there a difference in principle. Whether the act should commence its operation dur ing the -present congress or on the 4th of March next, was a question of controversy in the legislature, and excited much discussion among the people. The con stitution provides thatt, “the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be as certained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States.” The authority and the duty of determin ing from time to time what is “a compensation for their services,” ate clearly delegated to congress. It was ob vious to the wise framers of the constitution, that what might be a compensation at one time, would not be a compensation under different circumstances, and there fore the whole subject was committed to the discretion of the legislature. I.apprehend it will be admitted by \every candid man; that since the multiplication of banks and the large issues of bank paper, a greater sum has become necessary to defray the expences of a residence in our cities, than formerly. Supposing six dollars a day were a proper compensation When the price of boarding was from six to eight dollars a week, it irresistibly fol lows, that it cannot be a proper compensation now, when boarding has been raised to from twelve.to fifteen dollars a week, with an increase of other expences. If then the increase of compensation be just, I cannot con ceive upon what equitable principle, a future congress would De more entitled to it, than the present. It is not unusual for the members of a legislature to raise their own wages. I believe the legislature of this state did so some years ago; and I imagine there are none now who think "they were raised too high. I am aware that in legislating on such a question, a legislator is liable in a F eculiar degree to the imputation of interested motives. am apprized of the objection, that if the legislature is permitted to increase ks own compensation once, they may finally take all the peopk’smoney; butl would enquire for what purpose was the constitutional provision inserted, if it is neverto be exercised? Of every power granted to congress, that of regulating the pay of the members, ap- pearsto me thefoast dangerous, the least liable to abuse. In the exercise of no other po wer, will the people so naturally misconceive the motives of their public servants, howev er good those motive may be, and however well dispos ed the people themselves; and therefore in no other case is the same caution in legislating, likely to be observed. I think this opinion is sanctioned by past experience.— The love of fame, of popularity may furnish a tempta tion to abstain from the use of the power even when the welfare of the country would be promoted by its ex ercise, but it is very improbable that a majority of any congress wiil ever exercise it imporperly. Nor is the plea admissible, that a power should not be used, because *t ma y be abused. Such a doctrine would witlihold the delegation and the use of any and eveiy power, because any or gpsVriimefMk because the .gfjnfx- titin and-vxefcise df powers arel inseparable. from the ..^avpay of-We'arnrr— - , * _ e - existence of government. Thy truth is, that if the trust ^ind was appro ved by the prcmdeBt. TOeTOy otcon- repoied in congress of fixing their own compensation greftftwas therefore performed, and the application ®F has not been abused; {as I humMy conceive It haS not), money to die objects tor which it wa* appropriated, oe- there is no ground For complaint; and if it ever Should iong% to another department of the government. Ihe be abused, the remedy, as for the abuse of other powers unfortunate delay which has occurred, is explained in « is with‘ the people. In the discussions which Were had correspondence between the pay^naster of thejirmy and upon the subject, it appeared that Some gentietnten felt ■i delicacy in voting Tor the bill unless tire cOTnnte’nce- ment of its operation should be .postponed until after another election, while 'others rely ltig upon the fact, that the amount of pav had ceased to be “ft compensation for their services,” deemed it as much their right and duty, to provide for the present, as for the future. The latter prevailed, and the act was, sent in its present shape, to , the senate. So far as a question of delicacy Was involv ed, it could not be applicable to that branch of the le-, gislature. The senators are elected for six years, and therefore, if the measure had not taken effect until the 4th ol March next, still there would have been the Same grounds for scruples of delicacy; because in either case they must have voted thejr owr, compensation. 1 speak of the senate as a body, and as such they never.can vote upon the pay of congress without ■'Voting it tp them selves; unless indeed the. act should commence sixyears afterwards, or it should provide that each member shall continue to receive the former compensation until after he is re-elected. To pass a 1 w on such a subject to be gin six years thereafter, or to make the compensation of a senator from one state more or less than that of a sena tor from another State, (depending on the period of his election) would be agaiiyft the spirit of the constitution, and an act of absurdity probably without a parallel in the history of legislative proceedings. Had the bill come to the senate with a provision postp * ,ng- its operation un til after another election for-members of the other house. I should as readily and more willingly have voted for it in that form; because of the accidental circumstance that my term of service is about to expire. But believing the compensation just in amount 1 perceived no adequate motive for entering into a controversy with the other branch of the legislat ure, either on that point, or on the question whether the increase of pay should be by the day or in the present mode. Such, fellow-citizens, are the vieWs which have direct ed my judgment on the act changing the compensation of the members of congress. It remains that I should expose the misrepresentations on Other subjects, which have been artfully circulate fi r the purpose of impairing your confidence in those men who had served you fiiith- fully—that I should present the facts and circumstances in their true aspect. * The wages of the soldier, who has fought the battles of his country, are, said to be reduced by congress, while they raised their Own, and while, ow ing to their neglect, the brave defenders of the nation’s rights are still unpaid. I am not surprised tliat such representation should awaken in every patriot bosom the strongest feelings of resentment. Such feelings, un der such circumstances are honorable to human nature. But are the allegations true? and if they be not true, I leave you to determine what should be your feelings to wards the authors of such unfounded assertions. With them I shall have nothing to do, but 1 wiil prove to your satisfaction that their charges are false. On the I2th of December, 1812, an act was passed, raising the pay of the soldiers in the regular army from five dollars to eight dollars a month, “diivinp-the continuance ot the war.”— dollars a month, “during the continuance ot the war. On the 2d of February, 1813, an act was also passed, pro viding tliat “during tue continuance of the present war,” the same increase of wages should be allowed to the mili tia. The acts therefore expired by their own limitation at the conclusion of peace; but a iiberal construction of their intent and meaning awarded the increase of com pensation to the soldier, not to the end of the war only, but until he was discharged from the service calledfor by the war.j" And yet it was never asked why were the wages of soldiers raised, without at tue same time raising the com pensation of the members of congress, and ol the other public functionaries? Congress legislated on the subject at the time, as wise men wiil always do, according to the particular circumstances of the case. So far then from reducing the soldier’s pay, we had raised it; and upon the expiration of the acts of 1812 and 1813, it continued precisely as it was before they were passed. And should the situation of our countiy again call for active military services, it will then be time enough to enquire into the adequacy of the soldier’s com pensation. As yespects the regular troops, it cannot be necessary to recapitulate the various modifications of their emoluments, which were successively made during the war. nor is it to be presumed that any man of ordina ry understanding will imagine, that congress ought to have continued in time of peace the unprecedented pecu niary inducements for enlistments in the army, which the eminent dangers of the county during the continuance of hostilities, rendered wise and politic. When therefore, the treaty of peace was ratified, a law was passed reduc ing the army to a peace establishment of ten thousand men, and leaving the compensation as ifh ad been pre viously fixed for ordinary times. The act which had raised the compensation, having expressly declared that it would expire with the war, and the soldier having en fisted under that provision, there is, on 'vs part, no just ground of complaint; nor, considering the nature of the service at present, or in any other view of the subject with which I am acquainted, has any sufficient reason been disclosed, for increasing it under existing circum stances. As respects the militia, no acts were passed during the last session, except for the purpose of granting them ad ditional benefits. They have been published; and in no respect are they more distinguished, than for the liberali ty of their provisions towards the militia. They provide that the family of every officer and soldier, who, during the late war, shall have lost his life in the Service of . his country, shall be allowed one half the monthly pay to which the deceased woutd have been entitled, for, and during the term of five years; and such officers and sol- diefs as were disabled by wounds or otherwise in the dis charge of their duty, are placed on the list of pensioners in the same manner as the officers and soldiers of the re gular army, at the same time, the rate of pensions was increased from five to eight dollars a month. With com pensation for horses lost in the service—an increase of pay—a pension, and tliat raised from five to eight dollars a month, and provision for the families of the deceased, I submit to your determination, whether there be any foun dation for a charge of illiberality towards the militia.— No, fellow-citizens, had half the zeal been employed in the pursuit of truth, which has been manifested in the employment of unworthy means for the attainment of un worthy purposes, you would never have been told that the present congress were unmindful of the soldier’s rights, or unwilling to reward the soldier’s services.— That the reward has been so long withheld, I sincerely lament, but it is not attributable to neglect on the part of congress. It was their duty, on the estimates furnished by tine department having charge of the subject, to pro. vide the necessary sums for satisfying the claims -gainst the government. The treaty of peace was ratified on the 17tiiof February, 1815, and the 13th congress, according to the provisions of the constitution, was dissolved on the 3d of March following. Great exertions were therefore indispensible to effect the important changes in our sys tem of measures which had been adopted for a state of war, within the period allowed us. To what extent the army should be reduced, was a question of much contro versy between the senate and liouse of representatives, arid it was not finally settled until the last night of the session. Until tliat question was determined, the bill of appropriation could not be passed, because the proper amount which would be wanted, could not be ascertain ed. In such a situation it was hardly to be expected tliat the estimate should be suddenly made, or the amount of militia claims ascertained, with perfect accura cy. The delay, moreover, in reducing the army to the peace establishment, which it appears, the executive could not avoid, necessarily increased the expenditure. The last session commenced on the first Monday in December; and on the 17th or 18th day of the some month, the estimate of the pay-master was laid before the house of representatives by the chairman of the commit tee of ways and means. So promptly did we legislate on .The duchess hite for treaso^ at i*on£june id' .... vlll n -passed Lyons on the same day on her way to p. ***" Twenty-eight persons haye been arrested at Fan* ailed ged conspiracy to assassinate the kin it and - , ^ roily, and afc to be tried. S The princess Charlotte bad nearly recovered from h disoosition. m inyseff, the substance of Which, I will briefly state.— Having understood before my departure from. Washing ton, tliat the militia of Georgia were then unpaid, 1 wrote a note to the bay-master, enquiring why it was so* In reply, I waft informed that “some difficulty and delay had been produced in the payment of the militia ot that state, in consequence of their having been dis charged without being duly mustered,” but that in structions had been (pven to remedy that defect, which would be executed as speedily’ 1 as practicable.— It was also remarked, that there Halil been extreme diffi culty in obtaining funds in sufficient amount to answer the payments of the regular troops and militia of South Carolina and Georgia; the government not having them in either of those states. I was further informed, that to wards paying them, one hundred and fifty eight thousand, three hundred dollars had been already furnished. On receiving'the answer of the pay master I called on the secretary of the treasury. He expressed the very great regret which I am persuaded he sincerely felt For the de lay in discharging the claims of our militia; and detailed the causes of tue difficulty which had occurred in his de partment. While in some states the treasury co Id corn mand fundft beyond its calls for expenditure, in others, they were insufficient to meet the demands against the government; and owing to the deplorable state of the cur rency of the country, the funds in those states where they were n t wanting, could not be transferred to the south, and paid to the public claimants, without subjecting them to loss, 1 stated my conviction that the bills of North Carolina would be cheerfully received, arid enquired Whether they could not-be furnished. He replied, that he would im mediately ascertain; and if it could be done, it should be done. 1 afterwards received the Following note: “Ro bert Brent, pay master of tile army, has the honor of pre senting his respects to Mr. Bibb, and to state to him that he has by mail of to day, (30th April) remitted.one hun dred and twenty thousand dollars to Georgia, to be ap plied to the payment of ^he militia of that state. Under standing that tiie notes of North Carolina would answer for.payments in Georgia; and South Carolina, and not being able to procure funds in those states, one hundred thousand dollars of this remittance is by a draft from the treasurer of the United States on North Carolina, and twenty thousand dollars by a draft on Savahriah.” From this view of the case, it is apparent that the soldier (whose services no man appreciates more highly than I do) Kas not been neglected by congress. That his compensation has been thus long withheld, is owing not to the Want of legislative provision, but to Causes beyond the contrbl of the national representatives. During the war a scheme was devised by the enemy to drain this country of its specie, for the purpose of creating fatal embarrasmerits iu our pecuniary concerns. And although the difficulty in dischurgingthe contracts of the government at present, is to be attributed to the want of an uniform circulating medium, yet in my judgement, the suspension of specie payments on the part of the banks was not only an act of wisdom and sound policy, but probably prevented the most serious evils at a period of great national danger.— That specie payments have not been resumed, is not the fault of congress. Dnrii.g the last session, however, measures were adopted to remedy the evils of the exist- ing currency, and there is ground to hope they will effect a cure, as speedily as the nature of the disease will possi bly permit. Until the remedies are successful in their operation, congress cannot do more than to provide the means of paying the public creditors in such a medium as the country affords. The public funds are derived from the public revenues; and the people in each state can pay those revenues only in such money as is within their reach. To have excluded from the receipts into the treasury, the only currency the people could obtain, indisposition HOUSE OF COMMONS. Londoi*, June 10. ALGERINES. Mr. Brougham Would wish to know from the np> , lord (Castlereagh) whether there had been a treat;° eluded with the-Dey of Algiers, concerning his Eutoc° n ' prisoners. . , *' <5 t Lord Castlereagh said, that there had been an an-*, ment entered into on the subject. “ ‘£ f - Mr. Brougham would wish to know whether he Kj stipulated for all the European powera, and whether were responsible for the pecuniary part of the era- *' ment. Lord Castlereagh said that there was a stipulation f other powers, but that we were not responsible ia*i,J* I -imi-i —' 3 I*" St and to have demanded what tliev could not pay would have presented indeed a most extraordinary spectacle Instead of the Voder solicitude for soldiers’ rights, now the theme of electioneering patriots, we should have been charged, and justly charged, with an act of monstrous folly and oppression. -d liave thus, fellow-citizens, presented to your view a fair and candid exposition of those proceedings which have called forth sucii acrimonious invectives, against your public servants. All I have a right to expect on your part, is a like fair and candid examination ot the facts and cir cumstances which are now disclosed. To the great mass of the people whose object is truth, and whose honest indignation has been roused by the apprehension, that their interests had been sacrificed; I look with confidence for a just decision, i rely upon the maxim that the people will always decide correctly, if correctly informed. Astothe charge ot selfish motives, “of political prostitution,” it is precisely suited to the delicate and disinterested conceptions from whence it sprung, anti wholly unjvorthy of respectful notice. Deplorable indeed is the state of man, if against such foul aspersions, a life of unimpeachable integrity, affords him no protection. It cannot be believed by an intelligent and a charitable people that the present virtuous and enligtened chief magistrate of the United States, and a large majority of the national legislature, composed of men inferior to none in this or any other country, for eminent services, integrity, and patriotism, could have been influenced by such degrading considerations. That I may have erred in judgement, is possible; because, to err is the lot of imperfect man. From the frailties of human nature, neither you nor I, have a right to claim exemption. If therefore you should even determine that I have erred, I would subnut to your serious delibera tion—to your sense of justice, whether a single error justifies die unkind censures which are pronounced cuniary engagement for them. June 12. Price of stock this day at 4 o'clock.—3 per cent. re j 63; omnium 23$3-8; consols foracc. 67 7-8. Cadiz, May 18. “Every house in this city has been newly painted; a. I promenade has been repaired, and a temporary landi-~ I Tilt- roval i place erected fot the queen’s arrival. The royal n iB ; | embarked in a Portuguese line of buttle ship, earn ' March, and are therefore hourly expected. In the If cipal square a magnifiriefit temple has been tree!- , the front of which are the busts of Ferdinand the ser-J and his bride; and on thfe reverse side are those ot infanta Don Carlos and his princess. The flight of ascending tb the temple are supported and surnitoi,^ by lions couchant, in admirable wcrkmansliip; the n -I of justice, conscience, lame and mercy, are now *; the low 1 corners of the temple, and when illuminated will prcdec the most striking aiid splendid effect. May 21. An armed vessel, represented by her commander to b» a privateer from Buenos Ayres, is cruising between i-i i and tweh— leagues to the westward of this port, auilia made se ♦* 1 captures. From .he LeetPs F England J filermtry of June S As a proof of the flourishing state of the slave-trace, q, i the authority of commercial letters just received fron the Havana, we are enabled to state tliat in the month,of November and December last, upwards of fifty T «st- cleared out from the Island of Cuba, for the coast of aJ: rica, in search of cargoes of humau fiesh; and since tV period, on an average six or seven more per month i Z gone to the same destination. Calculating two hunqu m slaves per ship, Cuba may therefore expect an annuuj n pdrtaiitiit df 24,000 slaves!!! It is a fair question to t f '- whether all this enterprise can have originated in a « « heads and pockets of Spaniards? _ Dutch papers,state, that at Eaffer Leipzic fair, Epgiifc s- cotton-- sold 30 low, as to defy all competition fcy the ra ti tive manufacturers. The number of hands out of employ in the once thru, ing town of Birmingham, is greater thin ever -v known Yesterday week a tumultuous and ric,ou< mob of nearly 200 persons, arnua with axes, sav s, spaait Ac. entered the village of Great Ba rdfieid, in the count* of Essex, with the avowed intention to -estroy tiir.is! hr machines, mole ploughs, Ac. They nu.de-their attack at the premises of Mr. Philip Spreer,- w Lo, fortunateiv tor the place wbfere he lived, as . also for the villages' towns on that side of the cotirttry, had spirit and film frv HaCunJ U* l L ‘ , ■; 2 • n\ ’0 of ?i- tion to defend his property, and being assisted b 2J of his neighbors, who were entirely un.rine determined to resist the attacks of the rii.tc j-s, i Waterloo movement got between the rial where the marine was deposited, and da- advance; when, perceiving tire determine . their opponents, they wisely resolved to mak tate retreat. Lord Douglas, on his manor of Amesbury, h- in addition to a reduction of 2t’per cent, iii then that his tenantry may have liberty to destroy the to their entire satifaction. The London Courier, of the 10th June, in its er 1 ; i department,. observes—“We shall soon lay jbefur British people a series of letters of the utmost n. tance. They are of a nature to excite one feeling thro-, out the country of surprise and indignation. We shall select for their publication a period When the stun, tion to the public is not occupied by important busi ness in parliament—for it is our wish that these letters should occupy their undivided attention. outweigh a f As the grand jury have recommended circumspec tion in voting for candidates to the state legislature, it may not be apiiss for the people to enquire” whether any who are soliciting their votes, have given currency to the falsehood, that the present congress had dimin^h- ed the soldiers pay from eight to five dollars a month; and then taken the advantage of it to purcliase the chins of the militia, for less than their real value. against me—whether a single error should whole life of zealous and faithful devotion to the public interests. That mine has been such a life, you, your selves have most kindly acknowledged in the renewed proofs you have so repeatedly afforded me, of your es teem and confidence. To deserve that esteem and con fident c, has been the object of my constant solicitude— by best endeavours. From my public labours, I never have derived pecunia ry profit; nor in that respect, is there any thing in the present compensation to render a continuance in con gress desireable. But to lose your good opinion, would be to lose the richest—the only reward for years of toil in the country’s service. Such an event I should most deeply deplore; but still there would be a source of con solation, which we owe to the bounty of Providence, and which cannot be taken away—the consolation of “a con science void of offeuce.” William \V. Bibb. LATEST FROM BORDEAUX. only New-York, August 3. The ship Laguira, captain Norton, which arrived at this port yesterday, sailed from Bordeaux on the 12th June, and from the riVer on the 13th. Mr. Lee, American consul, and family, came home in the Laguira. There is no political news by this arrival We learn that business was very dull at Bordeaux. The report received several days since, of the new and valuable ship Albanian, of and from this port, for Bor deaux and India, be.’tig ashore in the Gironne, is now confirmed. We are, however, happy to learn that a part of the cargo, and rigging is saved, and hopes were en tertained that the ship would be got off. At the time she struck she had a pilot on board. Bostov, August 2. By the arrival of the ship Susan from Liverpool, ve have been favored with London papers to the 15th of June. The account of the seizure of the British vice email, and three British vessels, at Oian, a place dependent on Algiers, and of tiie crews being sent to \ iers reached England June 10; and was at first bead ed, and caused a great sensation; but when scveiaiu.,ys elapsed without its being confirmed; wiien tiie minlsttn said in parliament that they had no information on the subject; and when it was noticed tliat the whole rested on. the verbal statement of the foreign captains who '.A arrived at Gurthagena; the intelligence was doubt d.— Lord Exmouth’s treaty is likely to undergo a tiiscussioj in parliament. When lord Exmouth made his late treaty with A igieu, he gave the dey to understand that the continuance of his political punier depended on its faithful obstr . There may be a new chance for the substitution of cii is- twn States for the barbary powers. The British annual revenue from lotteries is OiBcia r estimated at 558,2401. The expences of the parliamentary printing du:_j “ present session is about 100,000/. the The bounty on the drawback on loaf sugar in F.n.i is reduced 4s per cwt. on single refined, and 6s on d refined. In London, in an action for damages in the case of is- mg bitten by a ferocious dog, the ptantiff has recovered Bostoit, August 1; By the ship Susan, which arrived at this port yesterday from Liverpool, we have received the papers of that city papers of that city to June 17, and London to the 15th. They furnish no news of any importance. The re-election of Mr. Canning at Liverpool, in opposition to Mr. Leyland, was carried by 1280 votes against 738: The poll was open five days Flour at Liverpool was quoted at 58 to 60s. The ships Courier and Liverpool Packet arrived out from Boston the former in seventeen days, and the latte# in twenty daj s’ passage. ■ 1 * The! amount of revenue to the British government from newspaper stamps in England for the year ending Ja nuary 5, 1816, was 363,414/ }. Ip Scotland 20,281/ 12 10. The amount paid by the. London Courier alone 31,155/15 3 besides thy duty on advertisements. The British stoclft was quoted June 15, 3 per cents aec. 64$ 7-8 3 percent red. 62 7-8 63 omnium 23 24 French fund* June 14,5ner cta. 69 6-100, b«j* share* 11011, *■* Vj i Lokdos, June 11. Three remarkable names are effaced from the list Grand Cross, in the royal Almanack just published, of the present year—the Cardinal Fesche, Coinbocercs, -ni 1 ouche; the former, in all probability, as belongn’ 0 ' the family of Bonaparte; the two latter as regicides. It is remarkable, that Fouche preserves his Graiia Cross oi the Austrian order of St. Stephen. A very extensive scheme of forgery has lately beet executed, by which the bankers in town, and in different parts of England, hare been defrauded to a very great amount. 1 he amount of bills thus fabricated is diff er ently stated, from 50,0001 to 100,000/ and some say double the latter sum; but the extent cannot yet be ascer tained. Old Bailey—Last night, at a late hour, the recorder passed sentence of death upon 32 convicts. June 15. In the report of tiie parliamentary debates of Tuesdav last, Mr. Goulbum is represented to have said, aiiuding to the case of Perrott, that “government had received a despatch from the governor of the Mauritius, referre d to certain proceedings, respecting the registration of slaves, which hail led to an insurrection!” Has the regis tration of slaves produced an insurrection among the ne groes in the Mauritius, MWeU as in Barbailoes? This it is important to ascerdB»Indeed mutiny and insubor dination must be the mffit of this sort of interference, and wisely has tiie parliament postponed the considera tion of the subject till the arrival of Further advices from the West Indies. The two exchequers of Grkat Britain and Ireland are to be consolidated, and in consequence, the posts of chancellor of the Irish exchequer, five lords, and thetvo secretaries of the Irish treasury are to be abolished. B u k it is proposed to appoint a rice treasury for Ireland, who is to have deputy; the saflary of the" former to be 35001 a year, add that of the deputy 1000/. The dutit s of the former Will be active diirthg the recess, and du ring the'sitting of parliament bis presence will be neces sary to communicate local information withrespeet to financial state of Ireland. The king of Bavaria has rejected the advice of m 3 ministers to reduce his army; on the contrary he intends ,to augment it Our private hitters of the 5th fw® ’ i "