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y. ■ AMERICAN ACTS .
■ -*nr eTllu diet* Sririth coleniiil commerce from Ame-
. .. k. . n'aoB />•«».
> -'If may 'be remembered oy onr readers
yMt about two month! since, a committee
-Wthe American congrcst .produced a re
port upon the irade'of America with the
,'West-Indie*, in which the comipittce tor*
• a view of' the 'comparative advantage i
•' that trade with the British fliid Americans
They stated, as far as we ourselves rc
: member, that the value of the articles ex
ipneteit tron* America tor the**»pply irftli
4 Wr»t-lifd»s'l*Sands exceeded thy amount
• of two-million*;, hut that, by the effect"
thd English' navigation' laws, the vliole
this supply- was fetched by British vessels
--•—-that the American vessels; were not at
lowed *to'lduch .alia tVesjt-India island
-and tlntVin Consequence,‘America josther
•"fair proportion df the carryiog trade of her
' own 'produce. That the English were
^prohibited bv law from buying unless they
were "«jlb'*red to carry, and- that thus her
maritime greatness was maintained at the
expense efuther power*, t’mlcr this view
of the circumstances of this trade, the
•'committee recommended at>-r.ct tor intro
during correnpopfling restrictions (as fpras
-respected the West-lmlii'islands) with
the English navigation acts, and almost
promised -the CiiCgrt's* that the necessity
for;provision8'and lumber ■would compel
England-to depart fiom a monopoly intro,
ctocv-f only in the Wore barbarous age of
-nations. ‘‘It is impossible,” say tint com
-mittee, “that the English colonies can sul>-
-sist without lumber, staves and provisions
from America; let Us employ, therefore,
the fair advantage of our Own situation to
induce the government of Great Britain to
-commercial equality.”
Upon this report, therefore, the acts ol
which we arc now speaking have been pas-
■ sod. Their principal enactment* arc two.
By the first, no vessel is to be admitted in-
to an American port which shall come
.'from any port into which an American
vessel would not equally he received. By
^hp second, all vessels, loading in an Ame
rican port, with lumber or provisions (in
a word, with tiny produce or commodities
-for a colonial market,) shill give a bond
that they aie riot proceeding to any island
-or port, from which American commerce
'is excluded. By the effect of both these
prohibitions together, all'cohniial supply
is therefore entirely prohibited, aud our
island can no longer either fetch of 're-
•ceive American produce,
tv There is reason to'apprehend that the
'effect of these lairs upon the English co
doilies will be very serious anil mischiev-
•but, as their-plsntations have always been
•supplied, anu their population'fed, from
the adjacent American coast. Tt is said,
indeed, that, in the short interruption of
•the late war, they procured the same sup-
-,ply from our own'British American -pos-
-sessions, and {hat they may repeat the
•same method. But, in the first place, the
interruption of peace'was too short to. af
ford the duo. proof of the sufficiency of
(this supply; and secondly, that, according
."to the memorials of the colonists them-
-selves, Canada and Halifax are totally in
adequate to this purpose. if this be the
actual state of things, we may expect a
scene of much commercial distress, and
•such an increase upon the price of coloni
al produce as wfll'be felt by all classes.
But whatever may be-the effect of these
acts Of congress, we have clearly no pre
tence to complain of them as an an inju
ry, so long as the congress shall exert on
ly a rightful authority. It is an admitted
principle, that every nation has a right to
deal with whom it' pleases, and how it
pleases; and 90 far as respects their own
- subjects—-to permit or restrain them ac
cording to their own rational views and
interests.- This constitutes the commer
cial liberty of nations, in the same man.
ner at, buying and selling at will, consti.
tutes t(^"trading liberty of individuals—
ilt is th$ part, and the principal’part, of
•of the first of al] civil fightr-the right of
using and enjoying our property. * In such
dealing, indeed,, there may be friendship
or paHiaiity, preference or equality, and.
-upon good irupqnaarrpw Tiews; butsuch
mode, whatever it may be t is but the re-
and though the suffering, or rather the tin
fortunate parties, may lament their own
ill-luck, and the unfriendly selfishness, as
thev term it, of -their Tieighbor, they have
no’ri-ht to regard this self-preference as
an injuryTo them.. Accordingly, as re
spects the question Af right, we have no
remedy but to submit, and to await the
contest of-the two systems of prohibition,
our own navigation laws, Snd-the prohibi
tory acts of congress.
It is impossible, however, not to lament
the further extension of. that prohibitory
-system, which, if it-should become gener
al will repress the maritime .growth of
many rising states and free towns,and will
•deteriorate that condition of general com
fort which we derive from the abundance
and cheapnessof-wrtirfrrof'n-fc'ahd ele
gance. These restrictions will entirely
annihilate th*parrying trade amungst all
» nations, and will thereby pnidaie that
hind of injury to general commerce, which,
' in the restriction of the «ab-divtsion of U-
ibor, would equally result to pirate trade..
They u-iH,*prevent that return lading, in
which, by taking commodities instead of
-ballast, the price uf Ireigbtitself is almost
lived, or, at least, to.reissued in going or
Tctumiiig Many cAtumodit.es.j^ will
,nowbe the/c*ae with »ngar and coffee,) will
te rendered orinecessanly dear; and, in
Hii fame ‘■pfoj'ari
and corffort w«l
word; the extinction
rni&jr the English navi
teral means
d. -In a
'carrying trade
ion law*,-and
that of Utf fetching trade by these acts ol been under the create! terror of the press,
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cpngiess, Will eventually reduce commerce
to the same-condition to which internal
trade would be reduced, by a cunfrdera-
ty amongst all the towns ot-a country not
to have any carriers or middle men—to
buy only of the -first hand—that ;s to say,
to put thege-first bands into stick a condi
tion as to compel them, to sell dear, in or
der to nuke up fur the toss of those facili
ties of which they are so absurdly depriv
ed. ' ‘
Of all the nations in the world, the Ame
ricans are formed to become, eventually,
the equal rivals and competitors of Eng
land: they are of the same rout and trunk
with ourselves; their'eunstitutions are as
good, because made after the experience
uf our own; and it Is absurd to imagine
that their understandings differ more from
us than their bodies and persons. It al
ways appears to us unnatural, as well as
most absurd, to speak with any contempt
of what is our own family—transplanted
only into a remote region. >
\Ve will even say more: we conceive
that the institutions in America, and parti
cularly the practice of government, may
afford many useful lessons to the more an
cient governments of Europe; and that
kings and people may learn, that govern
ors arc made for men, and not men for
governors: that the first consideration,
every where, is the people, anil the com
fort ol the people; that there is no very
close and necessary connexion between
the expensive splendors of.priuces and the
happiness of the country; and that the
Americans are-tree and happy,though their
president hangs the bridle of his horse to
a pale, whilst he enters the congress. Il
America wants something which we may
possess, she, likewise, possesses much of
which ivc arc in want.
Huff tin a Cause dfh>Mp«inr^iev-
qd to bo an article oim (state uf Hanover,"
aud it is said that “t -Hartoveriau-giiv-
ernineht is one of tin ? which has always
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM.
Vienna, Aug. 2.
There has been spread in our city, with
astonishing rapidity, for some days past, a
pamphlet on the subject of manufactures
ancTcommcrce, which excites general in
terest. It was originally printed at Frank
furt, on the Alpine, and is entitled “An
Essay on the Question, How may the na
tions of Germany, shake off the yoke of
England ?” The author says, that it is
impf ssible to deny the- real existence ol
this servitude, as much - longer to remain
blind to its consequences; which, according
to him, are the-approacliing - total destiue-.
tion of our commerce. The same opinion
is expressed in a pamphlet published at
Vienna, entitled, “Is the decay of. the
Manufactures of Austria worthy of tip: at
tention of government ?’* This piece is
attributed to the pen of count Kuesslein
who has already produced several works
uf acknowledged merit
arid everv thing like iblic discussijn ol
its conduct.”. Thrsi lenient in tins let
ter must, on mauy ai ounts,- have been
unpalatable tofliatgoirnment; and 'per
haps it was found mucj mure ensyito make
it the foundation of u complaint against
the Weimarjosrnalisfthan to return a sa
tisfactory answer ?o ii "j-i-
The state of the press in France can
given in a few worl*7\ The last accounts
from Paris sty, the law respecting' the
journals has keen published iu the official
part of fie Moneteur, aid the Bulletin des
Luis, in the following w<nds:
•The jiumals and other\ periodical works,
which treatot political matter kml news, cannot
appear withiut the authority olihe-kii.g, till the
end of the aesaion 1816.” ’■
It is thu3that the legitimUes have deliv
ered Europe: But, if we mistake not, they,
are deslked. tu be tlie' vjctihs of their ow~
tyrany.
FOREIGN EXTRACTS.
Paris, June 20,
It ls : Stated that an optician in Paris has
orders to wake a-kaleidoscope embracing
a variety of precious stones instead o‘
pieces of colored-glass. When finished
it is to-' be sent as a (resent to some foreign
court. -Its price it ftxed at twenty thou
saud francs. >
Paris. June 25.
M. Poletika, tnuassador uf Russia
the United Statis, is .just arrived her
from whence he fill proced to his destina
tion. He was Ibrmcrly ambassador
Russia at Londof.
The atnbassadir of Sweden is shortly
expected near tin court uf France.
NCRWAf AND SWEDEN.
A proposition! has been made to the
diet of Nurway tedemoliih all the fortres
ses of that kingdfm. The works havin'
been constructed as a defence against the
Swedes, it now becomes a national concern
to save the expentes of their useless gar
EUROPE.vr caxriArj&ri’Az. pbess.
THOM TUI DUBLIN' ETUNud WIST-
The press is the terror of depots, and
ive cannot be supprised at their efforts to
extinguish the lights it would spread over
the continent. Alarmed at the pro
gress made by “the apostles of Liberty,”
throughout Germany, the governments of
Austria aud Prussia contemplate now
measures fur the destruction Of the. press;
so much fur the Deliverers!
u Vienna, December 13.
•‘The Prussian counsellor of state, Von Jordon,
who is expected this evening, will probably nuke
a long stay here, as his mission is said to embrace
very important objects. Among other things, it
is stated, that measures will be concerted between
our court and that of Prussia, to check the abuses
and licentiousness of the press, which threatens
Germany with incalculable evils, unless wise and
energetic measures are speedily adopted. In or
der to secure to the nations of Germany the en
joyment of a reasonable liberty bf the press, and
m genera] a high degree of civil and political free
dom, it is necessary, before all things, to oppose
a powerful barrier to the lice use-of the press ana
lawless insubordination which begins to shew it-
self in so many places. By lire apostles of liber
ty, who now preach every where from the house
tops Germany can only be .plunged either int-
the most dreadful anarchy, or the" most frightful
iich would stifle for many
despotism, either of whi
years the seeds ofimprovement in ouc country. 1
In Switzerland, it appears, Austria has
accomplished her object of extinguishing
the press
"Zurich, Dee. 24.
•‘The diplomatic note from the ministers of
France and Austria, which has been transmitted
from the council of Berne; to all the different go
vernments of the Cantons, as well as the observa
tions ot the said eonncil, with respect to tire jour
nals and pamphlets, have been taken into conside
ration by the inferior councils and supreme audio
rides of most of the Cantons. The decision wbicti
has been distinctly come to, by the Swiss govern
ment is. that nothing shall be published in that
iult of the exercise of a'n undoubted right; an P rt ‘. he slightest oflench.orbe.
the I
ers.”
i degree, unpleasant to the great pow-
On the 1st instant, we expressed our
apprehensions that the grand duke of
Weiinar, would be obliged to yield to the
remonstrances, supported, as in every case
they are known to be, by the bayonets ol
the holy alliance. Unfortunately our pre
diction has been verified. The Paris papers
of the 3d oftliis month contain the subjoin
ed paritgrafih:
‘It is asserted in an article from Berlin, dated
Dee. 24, that prince Hardenberg, and the count de
Zichy, have had at Weimar a very important ex-
pbnaiian with the Grand Duke, relative to the
events at Wart berg, and the l icentiousness of the
works primed in the states of his ro> al highness.”
The “very important explanation” is
but too clearly explained by the following:
tPiimar, Dec. 22.
“Instesd of the "Ofpotitiau Paper,” there ap
peared to-day the following printed uoticc:
•*»y an order of the government of the Grand
Duchy, dated tins day, the publication of ‘Me Op.
po-itianpaper* is prohibited till further orders."
“Whether, and when, it will be allowed to ap.
pear again, time must show.”
Thu Weimar paper called “The opposi
tion,” was one of. the most independent,
as writ as the most eloquent, on the con
tinent. Wc are not to wonder then that
-the wrath of the drSpots, the. deliverers of
Europe, should be d irected against the last
light of liberty in the. little' state of Wei-
The. Swedish prinee royal, Oscar, is ap
pointed l»y his father lieutenant-general
the Norwegian army.
Field marshal prince Schwartsenbergh
the commander in chief of the allied ar
mies, on their first entrance into France
tvasdangerously ill at Vienna.
SPANISH AMERICA.
- Madrid, May 8.
“His Catholic majesty having heard the
opinion uf his supreme council of war on
tiie2rth of February last, relative to fo
reigners who make common cause with
the insurgents in Spanish America, has
decreed that every foreigner who shall be
taken with arms in his majesty’s domini
ons of America, shall be treated as a rdbel
and be subject to the same punishment as
natives; having a-due regard to the differ
cut ranks iu which they serve.
Aric la CttAprELLE, June 18.
A Rhinish paper contains what follows;
about, the middle uf Augusta!) that belongs
to the new congress will meet at Aix-la-
Chapelle, and the deliberations will begin
in : the first days of September. To the
project of deliveringFrance of the burden
of maintaining the arriy of occupation, are
joined some other plans to secure tran
quility and peace through all Europe.
. London,June 16.
Accounts front Frankfort state, that the
differences between the king of Bavaria
and the grand duke of Baden are amica
bly sett lid, through the mediation of the
Austrian court.
Private letters "from France and Ireland
represent the heat in these countries as
excessive. The streets and roads^are near
ly deserted in the. middle of the day, at
which time, few persons are seen out of
doors who are not compelled by necessary
.business.
Die freedom of election not admitting
the presence of the militry, they are oblig
ed to evacuate the various county and
borough towns and their immediate vicini
ty, which constitute their present quar
ters. I he troops thus removed will occu
py points at a proper distance, until the
election being over they can constitution
ally resume their former residence.—
Gravesend is thus filled with soldiers from
other parts of Kent. Saturday morning a
troop of the 13th dragoons left Hounslow,
and toek up their quxrters at Hempstead.
‘•It is believed,” says a private letter
fronr Paris, “that the trial of Martinet
and Cantiliun will be carried! before the
court ol assiz,einthe ensuing month. The
last interrogatory of Martinet therw much
light pn. the ortiniis plot of winch the duke
of Wellington was to have been the victim.
Tt appears certain that a late minister of
Bonaparte who lias resided Tor some time
in one of the ports of the Adriatic, was
privy <o this infernal plot, as well as a
ci devant great personage who now resides
in the United States, ‘lliere are,it is said,
such grave circumstances 'in the last dis
closures of Martinet, that it would be im
prudent to commit them to aprirate letter.
Every thing announces that tbs plot was
as vast as it was serious, and at the same
time as base as It is possible to imagine:
for, in order to accomplish the assassina
tion of one mail, conspirator! appear to
have communicated with each other be
tween the two hemispheres.
, From the Mcine,June S.
The purpose' of the approaching con
gress of the sovervijns‘atjJ.i* I» Chapelie,
stems to be pretty wel understood, ‘fhe
Austrian Observer was certainly right in
saying, that. the monarths would meet
finally to decide the question on the eva
cuation of France by the r troops. But
with this measure many tthers are con
nected that respect the further security of
peaco and order in-Europe. For. is .it is
uncertain what may be t>e consequence
of withdrawn^ .the forest troops from
France, colUdcrit.’g the' irritability of peo
ple’s minds,Tfed the tnoticetf^es of party
spirit which is far frtim being quelle®: mid
considering that France is the couuiry
from which all revolutionary opinioashave
issued anti spread over Europe,'the cabin
et* are sensible how necessary it is to keep
a ttuUhful eye 6ver that kingdom, that
the order of things now restored may not
be again troubled,and that the pi inciples ol,
legitimacy which have been confirmed by
the holmailianct, under tlie segis of Alex
ander,maybe supported fur the future.—
The adopting of suitable measures rer the
attainment ot' this important eud, is there
fore, wholly in the sphere of a new Eu
ropean congress, upon whose decisions it
will depend whether, uuder existing cir
cumstances, it may be advisable wholly to
dissolve the army, composed uf troops of
the great powers, which has been hitherto
in France, lor the purpose of maintaining
tranquility, and securing Europe from
new revolutionary storms; or to keep it
for some time longer on foot. - As fur the
contingents of the small powers, it seems
to be already settled that they are to re
turn home. Whatever may serve to con
firm the present political system of Eu
rope, will also be discussed at this con
gress.
Match against time and the alien bill.
The Edingburgh Star contains the follow
ing:—“The most expeditious journey be
tween London and Edingburg ever known
lias just been performed. Ou-Monday last,
after it was ascertained that lord Castle-
reagh meant to introduce a bill into the
house of commons that night, for the pur
pose ol suspending the clause in the Scots
act of parliament of 1695, which declares
that all foreigners holdiog a shwre in the
stock of the bank shall he held and consi-;
dered naturalized subjects of Scotland; a
gentleman received a number of powers ol
attorney from foreigners residing in Lon
don, with directions to proceed express to
Edingburgh to purchase stock. He left
London at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and
reached-this about 12 on Wednesday* hav
ing thus performed the journey in the
space of 42 hours! We understand he was
fortunate enough to effect transfers ot
stock in -favor of his employers before 3
o’clock, after which no transfer could be
available; as the bill introduced by lord
CaSllereagh being-read three times, and
passed the commons ou Monday, would
also pass the fords on Tuesday, aud re
ceive the royal assent on Wednesday.~
No fewer than S8 transfers of bank stock
were made in favor of foreigners on Wed-;
nesday, and about 100 since the 20th ol
April las;; and but for the discovery of
the clause in-the act before the risiug of
parliament, there ts little doubt that se-i
veral thousand such transfers would have
been made before the meeting of the new
parliament.”
INDEPENDENCE of CU1LI.
A medal has been struck at St. Jago, the
capital oi Chili, to commemorate the dec
laration of independence of that state, and
its assuming the power of self-government
as an independent nation.
The device on the principal face of the
coin presents a palm tree erect on the pro
file of a scroll, tvltereon is seen in relief the
word Independence!; above the principal
figure appears in relief, mountains, indica
ting the Cordilleras, and on the summit of
them, the sun in splendor—surrounding
these figures is the folluwjng inscription—
El estado de Chili coxstituido inde
pendent E, ANO DE 18J8.
On the reverse is a Doric column, prdes
tal and capital, surmounted by the figure
of the glubein relief; superior to the globe
is a star with rays descending on the globe
and above a label or scroll on which is in
scribed—I.IBERTAD. On each side of the
column appears a cluster of clouds, uut of
which, issue two human'arms and hands,
the lower arm of each to the elbow, placed
against the column. On the margain, this
motto IUNTOSY. UNIDUS. SEREIS. FELICES
Another medel was struck to commemo
rate the victory at Chacabuco in February
181"; the device was a volacno vomitin;
flames.—Aurora.
i»i9k> Muchidftorliusir.tsstt^.tlija'e, af
ter which the convention adjourned.
■flic “t'pper Branch Convention” met
at Ancaster o.f the SOtli July, and adopted
several measure* in accordance witlrtlie
general plan.—Boston Palladium.
h* “~
The following extract from a letter from
i-ur c irrespnndent at Gloucester, (says the
Boston Daily Advertiser *-f the 7th* inst.)
dated on Wednesday, was-received by
yesterday** stage. The facUit detail* axe
similar to what have been before published.
A report was, in cumulation yesterday,
which it is almost unnecessary to contra;
diet, that the Serpent had been token—
had there been any foundation for the rc-
'port,.we are confident our correspondent'
would have mentioned it. By the follow
ing, it appears that he had not been scene
there since Sunday last:
“Gloucester, August 5th.
“I give you'the particulars of the late*
attack on the Sea Serpent, as far as they
have cotne to my knowledge. On Thurs
day last, about ten o’clock, a3 ab#t man'-,
ned with five men tvasrin piirsH' of him,
I observed him at some- distance making
towards the boat. When he had approach
ed within 8 or 10 feet, a Tiarppon wis
thrown at him from the boat, and seen to
strike him and to rebound back, its it it
had struck against a rock; on which It; iro-
mediatly sunk down, and I saw no motif''
iff him. That part of him which appeared
above water, was quite short, but his wake
in the water was, l should think, 50 or 66
feet. He did not appear, alarmed when
approaching the boat, until struck with
the harpoon,‘when he immediately disap
peared. The periutt from tfie time when
I last saw him,to when he sunk down, was
about 3 minutes.
“I understand he was seen on Sunday, ‘
which I think probable, as the harbour
abounds with bait. and. that doubtless id?
one of the objects of his visit.”
We understand that a number of ‘gen--
tlemen, who intend making an attack
upon the Sea Serpent, should an opportu
nity offer, are now employing an ingenious. ;
mechanic in this town to construct a grap
nel, particularly calculated* for that pur- '
pose.
4
AFFAIRS OF CANADA.
The Provincial Convention of Upper
Canada, met at York, on the Gth July,
They were organized by the election of
Chairman and Secretary, and assumed
the ftame of “the Convention of Frieuds
to Bnquiry.” Mr. Gourlay was invited to
attend the meetings, with the privilege of
speaking and making motion*, but not
of voting. He attended accordingly, and
addressed the Convention. He said that
in consequence of the alarm that had
been excited, as well as the happy appoint
mentsof the Duke of Richmond asgdver
ntir general, and sir Peregrine Maitland.
governor of Upper Canada—he had
been induced to change his original plan
of sending.coinmissioners directly to Eng
land, and should now propose that com
missioners should wait on general Mait
land immediately bn his arrival, and pres
ent an address to him, and au address for
him to forward to the Prince Regent—aud
*
convention, with gredt Unanimity. ’Oth
er resolutions were offered by a Mr. Wash-
bum, and rejected—*nd a.Mr. Kerr offer
ed a protest against some part of the
proceedings.
The convention censured the latter gen
tleman fora change of opinion,'and some
reflections he had.made, in a publication,
on Mr. Gourlay, and vntfed a request to
his constituents to t house another delegate
in faia stead- Mr. jiterr opposed this pro
ceeding, and vindicated his own conduct.
- Thq convention Voted that Branth'con-
venti.onSjShould be held on early., days;
but ’thaf the general" Conveption .should
at^ourh Jo the 4rs{ Monday -in Febuary,
Neiv-York, August 11.
We received yesterday, by tho .schoo
ner Pitt, a Bermuda paper ol the 29th ult.
which states that the schooner Ceres, . 60
days from New-York and generally sup
posed to be lost, had been spoken and sup
plied with water by a vessel from Halifax.
A f« tv days after, the same vessel fell in with
the Ceres again, gave her fifteen gallons,
and left her about 200 miles from laiitl.
They report that the crew had bce'it oblig
ed to drink rum instead of water, and
some of them were in a state of -intoxica-
tion. It is added," the vessel has been
twice seen from the land, but either froth
the strong currents that.run round the isl
and, or th.e incapacity ofithe crew, had not
been able to get in. • «•
Forgeryi—Yesterday morning a check
S importing to be drawn by Messrs. Pott
I‘Kinne, oq.the.-United States’ bank, for
600 dollars, was presented for paynient by
two very obscure persons, who were’ de
tained in the hank till the check was as
certained to be forged- They were then '
taken to the police-office, and after n.
thorough examination, committed to prison
to await their trial. One of the men Said,
he was a seigeanbbelonging to the patriot
ship Cariaso, the other as a German.
Cumberland bank- money, recovered.
The directors of the Cumberland bank,,
have the satisfaction to announce to the-
public,that all the monies, specie as well*
as bills of every description stolen front.
the hank on the night ol the 1st lost. ha*,
this day been recovered.
Joseph Swift, cash : er.
Portland, August 1818.
The following letter from the American
consul at Havre, we received yesterday br-
the ship Rubicon. .. .
“American consulate, Havre, J
_ ■ June 25th, J8I8. V
“Gentlemen—I beg leave, through the
medium of your paper, to inform my fel-
low citizens, that having used in vain
every meaiis in my power to suppress,
the abuses and overcharges of the ship
brokers of this port, who still persist in
demanding 1 franc and 50 centimes per
ton for their services, I have determined to
avail myself of the faculty according to
consuls, of entering, and clearing at the
custom house the vessels of their respec
tive nations. In. consequence, masters of ,
vessels ore invited immediately on their
arrival to apply at my office, where a spe
cial department is established for -the
transaction of their business with the
custom house, as at Lisbon and other
places. I am, respectfully, geutlemdn, '
your obedient servant.-,
• • . “R. G: Beasley,
Cousul of the Uniied 3taU.at the port of Havre
“Atmrt Lang, Turner U Co. A'cvTork.” ..
From the Island of St Domingo Cap-
tain Bird, of the schooner Diana, Who ar
rived this morning, in 18 days from Aux
Cayes, informs us, that Christophe, with
explain to the general the situation.of
the colony,and reque ? t that a new parlia- S'*STb^n^ordere'd' from
ment may be called. - (. a - - ,rolu
These propositions nereadopted by the -
to Port-au-Prince, had returned
to their former station, there being no lon
ger any apprehension of an attack from
Chr"' 1 — -
hristophe, and the force remaining at tho
port being deemed sufficient tor. its protec
tion. • -
Captain Bird also states, that the prize
Slip captured by captain Stafford, of the
privateer brig General San Martin, (ot
which we lately published some account*
still remained at Aux Cayes. The papers,
which had been forwarded to Port-an-
Prince, had not been returned,norhad ariy
decision of tho case been fonned by the
government. - , ,iuk \- ■
•Market, at Au»^iy**, ft r Aniencin
produce, Were good; but oolonml prwiacfw
w«s «carqe>ad bight - • — “ K
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