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v SOUTHERN v »'jm RECORDER. VOL. I. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1821. No. 51. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (on Tuesdays) BY S. GRANTLAJYD R. M. ORME, AT THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE, OR FOUn DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE TEAR. (TP Advertisement* conspicuously insertc JM tiic customary rates. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. IN THE SENATE. Wednesday, January 10. Mr. Lloyd submitted for considerati on ttic following resolution : lit solved. That the committee on the Pub lic La-sls be instructed to enquire into tim justice and expediency of granting lamj for the purpose of education within the limits of the old states, corresponding with the ap propriations which have been made for the same objects within the limits of the new states. The bill making a partial appropriati on for the support of the Military Estab lishment for the year 1820, was consi dered as in committee of the whole, and ordered, with a small amendment, to be read a third time to-morrow. Thursday, January II. Mr. Smith, from the committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the Bankrupt Bill, reported the same with out amendment. The resolution submitted yjptenlay lay Mr. Lloyd was considered and agreed to. The bill to continue the act establish ing Trading Houses with the Indians, was, on motion of Mr. Holmes, of Miss, taken up, and having beeu considered in committee of the whole, was postponed to Monday. BELIEF TO LAND PURCHASERS. The Senate then, agreeably to the or der of the day, took up, in committee of the whole, the hill for the relief of pur chasers of public lands prior to the 1st day of July, 1820. Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, chairman of tbs committee on the public lands, deli vered his views at large in favor of the passage of the bill Mr. Edwards, of Illinois, followed, and io a speech of considerable length, sup- f orted the same side of the question.— : The debate will be given hereafter.] The bill was then laid on the table un til to-morrow. The bill making a partial appropriati on for the military service for the year 1021, was read the third time and pas sed, (with a small amendment requiring the concurrence of the other House ;) and The Senate adjourned. Friday, January 12. The President communicated to the Senate a Report of the Secretary of the Navy, made in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st of May last, re quiring the Secretary of the Nary to cause to be revised the rules, regulati ons, and instructions for the naval ser vice j which report was ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker, of Geo. from the commit tee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the petition of Samuel Tucker, accom panied by a hill for his relief; which were read. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. The Senate took up the bill reported by the committee on finance, to amend tfce act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States, (propo sing penal enactments against violations of their trust by officers of the bank or Its branches ; and authorizing the np pointment of two officers to sign the notes of the bank, instead of the Presi dent and Cashier.) Mr. Sanford laid before the Senate, ;n A speech ofsonio length, tlie views which operated on the committee on tinauce in recommending this bill ; the reasons in favor of its provisions, and those which induced the committee not to recommend the other two objects petitioned for by thd^ank. Mr. Roberts moved to amend the bill by adding thereto the following sections : Sec. S. Be it further enacted, That the hills or notes of the offices of Discount and ‘Deposit of the said bank, excepting those of the office in the District of Columbia, on- finally made payable, or which shall ha\c become payable on demand, shall he receiv able in all payments to the United States, imly in the states and territories in which they are made payable, and in the states and territories in which no Office ot Discount .and Deposit shall be established; any (lung in the fourteenth section of the act incorpo rating the subscribers to the bank of the U. States to the contrary notwithstanding. provided, That all notes of the denomination of five dollars, issued either by the bank or any of its offices of Discount and Deposit, made payable on demand, shall be receivable at the bank or any of its offices. And pro vided further, That it shall not lie lawful for the directors of the said bank to establish more than one office of Discount and Depo sit in any state, without the consent ol the legislature thereof first had and obtained. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That so much rectors of the said corporation shall cause a listol tho stockholders of the said hank, to gether with their places of residence, to he <cpt in tile banking house, at Philadelphia, open to the inspection of any and every stockholder of said bank, who may apply for the same within hours of business, for at least ninety days previous to every annual electi on ot directors ; and no person who may be entitled to vote ataoy election for directors ot said bank, as attorney, proxy, or agent, lor any other person, copartnership, or bo dy politic,shall, as such, give a greater num ber than —— votes, under any pretence whatsoever; and no letter of proxy shall be of any force or effect longer than years, or until it shall have been revoked. Sjec. 6. Be it farther enacted, That, when ever the said corporation assent to the pro visions of this act, and certify such assent to the Secretary of the Treasury Department, by writing, only authenticated, this act shall be of full force and effect and not otherwise. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, Jan. 8. Mr. Trimble submitted the following resolution for consideration : Resolved, That tho Secretary of tho Trea sury be instructed to inform this House, when and why (lie Agency of the Treasury of the United States for the War and Navy Departments was first established, and whe ther the same, may not be discontinued with out detriment to the public service. . This resolve lies on the table one day of course. The resolutions moved by Mr. IVil liams, of North-Carolina, calling for in formation of the amount of money neces sary to complete the contracts which have been made for the increase of the navy and for building fortifications, were taken up and agreed to. Tuesday, Jan. &. The House on motion of Mr. Trimble, proceeded to the consideration of the resolution yesterday offered by him, cal ling on the Secretary of tlm Treasury for certain information, and i^eed there to. Mr. Archer of Va. moved that the House do now proceed to the consider;! lion of his proposition for instructing (he Judiciary committee to enquire into the present condition of Missouri, and repor whether any, and if any, what legislative measures may be necessary in reference thereto. The question on now taking it up was decided by Yeas and Nays—Yeas CG, Nays 73. So the House refused to take it up. Mr. Archer then gave notice that he should renew this motion daily until the House should agree to consider the sub ject. The House then again resolved itself into a committee ofthe whose, Mr. Whit man in the chair, on the bill to reduce the Military Peace Establishment of the United States. Mr. Williams, in an address of about two hours, concluded a speech which he yesterday commenced, in favor of a re duction of the Army even greater than that proposed by the bill now under con sideration. Mr. A. Smith of Virginia, then rose, and moved the following as an amend ment to (substitute for) the bill under consideration : Be it enacted, tfc. That, from and after the first day of may next, the Military Peace Establishment of the United States shall consist of six thousand non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, in such pro portions of artillery, light artillery, infantry, and riflemen, as the President ofthe United Slates shall direct. And be it further enacted, That the corps of artillery shall consist of one colonel com mandant, four lieutenant cokmcis, four ma jors, forty captains, eighty lieutenants, and eighty second lieutenants, divided into four battalions, each to consist of ten companies. And be it further enacted, That the regi ment of light artillery shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenent colonel, one major, ten captains, ten lieutenants, ten second lieu tenants, divided into two battalions, each to consist of five companies. And It it farther enacted, That the regi- menlof riflemen shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, ten cap tains, ten lieutenants, ton second lieutenants, divided into two battalions, each of live companies. And be it further enacted, That the corps of infantry shall consis t of eight colonels, eight lieutenant colonels, eight majors, eighty cap tains, eighty lirsf lieutenants, eighty second lieutenants,divided into eight regiments, each to consist of ten companies. And be it further enacted, That there shall tie retained in service three brigadier gene rals, each of whom shall tie allowed an aid- de-camp, to be taken from the subalterns of the line. ■ And be it further enacted, That there shall be a department of order and inspection, to consist of one adjutant and inspector gene ral, who shall have the pay. rank, and emo luments of a colonel of cavalry, as heretofore established, and of three assistant adjutants and inspectors general. And be it further enacted, That the quar ter-master’s department shall consist of a quarter-master general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general, two deputy quarter-masters general, and sixteen assistant deputv quarter-masters general.- two military store-keepers. The subsistence department shall consist of a commissary eneral with as many assistants as the ser vice pay require, to bo taken from the subal terns of tho line. Tile medical departmeht shall consist of one surgeon general, one a- pothecary general, twenty-five surgeons, and twenty-four assistant surgeons, the latter to ' ave the pay and emoluments heretofore al lowed to surgeons’ mates. And be it further marl'd, That the corps of engineers shall be retained iti serviep, and consist of one colonel, one assistant engineer, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, six cap tains, six lieutenants, and six second lieuten ants ; that one half of the officers ofthe corps of ordnance, and one half of the topograplii- at engineers and their assistants, shall be re tained in service. And he it further enacted, That there shall lie appointed a judge advocate general, who shall have the pay, rank, and emoluments of a colonel of infantry', who shall keep an of fice in the city of Washington ; and, in addi tion to the duties which may lie assigned to him by the President of the United Slates, lie shall keep a record of all trials by general courts martial, and report the decisions, an abridgement of which shall he published from time to time, as the President shall direct. And be it further enacted, That all officers ofthe army, whose continuance in service is not provided for by this act, shall lie discharg ‘ fr Sec. 4. Be it further ena e , ,' a | qq 10 paymaster's department shall consist of ■*» l^-ter generalb and nineteen pay- tained in the 11th section of the act incoi po- rating the subscribers thereto, as provldesthat no director of the said bank or any ol its <>t- ficcs of Discount and Deposit, shalLnold ins office more than three years out of four in succession, be, and the same is hereby re pealed, , Sec. J. Be if further enacted, That the dj- masters, The purchasing department shad consist of a commissary general of purcha ses, with a salary of two thousand dollars per annum: and one assistant commissary ge neral ofpurchases, whose compensation shall not exceed two and a’tndf per centum on the public monies disbursed by him, nor the sura of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and ed from the service of the Unit ed States; and that, to each commissioned officer who shall lie discharged by virtue of this act, there shall lie paid, in addition to the. pay and e- inoluments to which he shall be entitled at the time of his discharge, three months’ pay. On motion of Mr. Cuthbert, the com mittee then rose. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, trans mitting a statement shewing the expen ditures cf moneys appropriated fur the contingent expenses of the military Es tablishment for the year 1820. The letter was ordered to be printed ; and tbe blouse adjourned. Wednesday, January 10, Mr. Williams from the committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of the offi cers and volunteers engaged in the late campaign against the Seminolie Indians, made a report recommending that the same do not pass ; which report was re ferred to tho committee of the whole Mr. Storrs, from the committee on Roads and Canals, reported the follow ing bill: Be it enacted, fyc. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby au thorised to convey to any state or states which shall provide by law for the laying out and completio *-ofany canal or canals, with in such btate or states, such parts of the pub lie lands of the United States which shall be occupied by the route of any such canal or canals,and the necessary towing paths, ditch es, aqueducts, locks, culverts, feeders, dams wasteiveirs, or other works connected there with : Provided, that the plan or plans of every such canal, and the works connected therewith, with its route, and an estimate fc survey of such lands through which the same shall pass, shall, before the construction of the same through such lands shall he com menced, lie laid before the President of the United States for his approbation, and rio conveyance of any such lands shall he made until such proposed canal or canals he entire ly completed and navigable for boats. Mr. Archer, of Va. then moved that the House proceed to the consideration of the resolution moved by him, direct ing the Judiciary committee to report certain facts with regard to the present condition of Missouri, and their opinion of what legislative measures may be ne cessary in regard thereto. An^the question being taken by yeas and nays, on proceeding to the consi deration thereof, it was decided in the negative—Yeas 05, Nays 85. .So the House refused now to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. On motion of Mr. Cobb, it was Resolved, That the-, committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to enquire into the ex pediency of making an appropriation for making an experiment of a machine, (a in del whereof is now in the office ofthe com missioners of the Navy Board,) for raising ships of warfrom the water and placing them under cover for repair or protection. The House then having again resolv ed itself into a committee of the whole on the. bill for reducing the Military Peace Establishment— Mr. Cuthbert delivered his sentiments iu opposition to the hill, and Mr. Fisher in favor of it; Mr. Srni.h, of Maryland, made some explanatory remarks; arid Mr. Baldwin spoke at large against the bill. When The committee rose, and the House, adjourned. Thursday, January 11 Mr. Southard, from the committee on Indian Affairs, reported a hill to conti nue in force for a further lime the act establishing Trading Houses with the Indian tribes ; which was twice read unc! committed. On motion of Mr. Whitman, it was Resolved,That a committee be appointed to enquire into tho expediency of reviving and continuing in force for a limited time, so much of an act, the prov isions of winch parity expired on the 1st of November, 1319, entitled “ An act regulating tin*, currency within tho United Slatesof ilic gold coinsof Great. Britain, France, Portugal, and lipafti end the crowns of France, and 5 franc piec vs," as relates to the gold coins of those countries. . Mr. Cobb submitted for consideration the following resolutions ; Resolved, That the committee on Naval prdicncy of limiting by law the number of able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, to lie annually employed in the service of the United States; and also the expediency of reducing the number now in actual service. Resolved, That the committee on Revolu tionary Pensions be instructed to enquire in to the expediency of reducing the pensions now allowed, under the aets of Congress, to eertain persons engaged iu the lund and na val service of the United States, on conti nental establishment, during the Revolution ary war ; so that hereafter the pension al lowed to each officer shall be twelve dollars per month, and to the privates five dollars per month. The first of these resolution* was a- greed to without a division. The second met with great olqection ; in consequence of which Mr. Cobb mo dified it so as to make the enquiry gene ral, by erasing the words in italic. On the resolution, thus modified, there were ayes 63, noes 69. So the resoluti on was not agreed to. Mr. Archer, of Va. rose and said that, is, by the notice given yesterday,* by a gentleman from Massachusetts, the con dition was realized upon which alone, recording to his former declaration, he should not repeat that call until after Monday next, the day named by the gen tleman from Massachusetts for calling up his resolution. From the National Advocate. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. The National Intelligencer of Monday contains a portion of the correspondence called fur by Congress, between the Execu tive of thr United States and the maritime pcnVers of Europe, in relation to the African Slava Trade. The note of Mr. Adams, which accompanied the communication of tho papers, furnishes the following state ment : “ With the exception of a note'from tbe late Spanish Minister Onis, communicating a copy of tho Treaty between Spain U Great Britain on this subject, the only government of Europe with whom there has been such L'orrespondeuce is that of Great Britain—and these papers contain uN that has passed be tween them, on the subject, iu writing.— Since the arrival of Mr. Canning, various in formal conferences between him and the se cretary of state have been held, in which the proposals on the part of Great Britain have been fuf * This reference Is to n notice, yesterday giv eri by Mr. Emtis, that on Monday next lie should move for the consideration of his reso- lution for the admission of Missouri into the Union, conditionally Hint she expunge from her constitution the clause concerning tree people of color. THE UNITED STATES BANK. The outline of a debate of a very in teresting character will be fbtind in our paper of this day. Strong constitutional doubts are very gi s rally entertained, as to the right of Congress to incorpo rate any associations to exercise powers beyond the district of Columbia ; they have, however, incorporated an im mense Bank, anti its pressure is felt in various parts ofthe United States. This, however, does not seem sufficient for some gentlemen ; they are for making the United States Bank absorb or at least have a controlling power over all other Banking Institutions in the Union. There is a disposition in all associations of men to increase their own power, and Con gress are by no means an exception to the rule. They seem inclined on every occasion to encroach upon the sovereign ty of the States. This is their beset ting sin, and it behoves the People, and the State .Governments, to be watchful „n this subject. Let us for one moment inquire at what tidie, and under wlint circumstances it is, that Congress are considering the propri ety of enlarging the powers and increas ing the influence cf the U. Stales Bank. In this city we have lately been publicly told, that the President of the Bank, Mr. Clieves, has already secured a sufficient number of proxies to cuable him to put in, and to put oat, of the Direction, whomsoever he pleases. Having this power, lie is the Board of Directors, and at all times and upon all occasions, com mands its vote. The United States B has more than twenty Branches ; the Directors, the Cashiers, the. k.c. of all those Branches, are appointed by the Board of Directors of Philadelphia, who are themselves declared to lie selected ned elected by the contfidiug influence ofthe President ofthe Bank. Thus is the well-being of thousands, the interest and accommodation of the government, and under particular cir cumstances, the existence of the nation, made dependent on the w him, the cap- i ice, the ambitioA or any other feeling or passion of an individual ; yet u.e Con gress engaged in discussing one proposi tion after another, tending to increase the power and influence of this individ ual. It is not necessary to animadvert upon such a state of things ; a mere state ment of facts is sufficient to awaken pub lic attention and excite watchfulness in the people and constituted authorities ol tbe country.—Phitad. Press. fully discussed, without effecting a re moval ol' the objections upon which the pre sident had, in the first instance, found him self under the necessity of declining them.— They have not yet terminated, nor have any written communications passed on the sub ject, with the exception of the. notefrom Mr. Canning, and tho answer to it herewith sub mitted, both of a date subsequent to that of the resolution ofthe House.’ The note of the Chevalier de Onis in a characteristic contrivance of diplomacy.— He traces the share which Spain lias had in the African slave, trade, entirely to her Hu manity and Piety. “ By t;he introduction of this system,” he says, “ the negroes far from suffering additional ills, or being subjected While in a state of slavery, to a more painful life than when possessed of freedom in their own country, obtained the inestimable ad vantage ofthe knowledge of tiic true God, and of ill the benefits attendant on civilizati on.” This odious sophistry and misrepre sentation is of an antiunt date, nnd was tlio’t, long before the repetition of it in this way by the Chevalier de Onis, to bo completely ex ploded. We. may wonder that any one vvouid now hazard it on any occasion, much less in an official note addressed to an en lightened government. The hardihood of the writer degenerates into burlesque, when ho proceeds to relate the motives which in duced his sovereign Ferdinand VII, to form, in 1818, the treaty with Great Britain, stipu lating that Spain wholly renounced the slave traffic from the month of May, 1820. “ His majesty,' (it seems,] discovered that the number of the natives agd free negroes had prodigiously increased under the nrm*| regimen of the government, and the humane treatment of the Spanish slave owners*—that the white population had also greatly in creased—that the climate is not so noxious to them us it was before the lands were clear ed—and, finally, that the advantages result ing to tho inhabitants of Africa, in being transported to cultivated countries, are no the Report ofthe African Institution above mentioned. The letter of our Secretary of State, of the 2d November IBIS, to Messrs. Gallatin and Rush, which concludes the proportion of the communication*, at yet published in tbe Intelligencer, presents In detail the rea sons of the American Executive for avoid ing the arrangement proposed by Lord Cas- tlereagb. Among those reasons are the fol lowing, which we ahall quote as stated in tha litter. “ The admission of a right in the officers of foreign shine of war to enter and Search the vessels of the United State* in time ef peaee, under any circumstances whatever, would meet with unjversai repugnance in the public opinion of this country—that there would be no prospect of a ratification, by advice and consent of the Senate, to any sti pulation of that nature—that the search by foreign officers, even in the time of war, is so obnoxious to the feelings and recollecti ons of this country, that nothing could re concile them •« extension of it, however qualified or restricted, to a time of peace-— and, that it would be viewed in a still mure aggravated light, if, as in the treaty with the Netherlands, connected with a formal admis sion that even vessels under convoy of ships uf wur of their own nation, shall be liable to search by the ships of war of another.” We detest the slave traffic as much as Mr, WiJbcrforce himself, and would as readily concur in any national sacrifice eubscivicnt to its real abolition; but we do not believe that thu plan here stnted, is meant primarily for that end, or that it would or could be effect ually applied. We «lo not hesitate, therefore, to express a wish, that those consideration* against the concurrence of the American go vernment, which we have quoted, rqtnniu in equal reality and force as when so emphati- longer so decided and exclusive, since Eng land mid tile United states have engaged i( the noble undertaking of civilizing them in their native country !’’ How mnchjyore ofthe sublime and beau tiful there is In all this, than iu the tenor of tiie reasons assigned at the Congress of Vi euim u 131-1, by Count Labrador, tbe Span ish plenipotentiary, for the refusal of Eerdi naud’s Cabinet to accede to any plan of abo lilion at that period. The Chevalier de Onis warily forgot that Ilia master received four hundred thousand pounds sterling as the eon Treaty with Great Britain Affairs be instructed to enquire into theexr FnANKFORT, (Ken.) Doc. 21. The following amendment lias been made by the Senate, to the supplemental bill to the. Bank ofthe Commonwealth of Kentucky : Provided, The salaries of any of the officers of said branch banks, which be allowed under the provisions of thii t, or the net to which this is a supple ment, shall not commence until the branch of which tlipy are officers, shall have commenced banking—and Provided also, t lint tbe board of directors of nay of the Branch Banks, shall not allow their cashier move Ilian $ 8C0 per an num, nor their clerks more than $ GOO per nnn. A bill has passed the House of Repre sentatives leasing the Feniienliary to Jo el Scott of Scott county, for the term of seven years—on the condition, that he is to establish a Woollen Manufactory, suffi cient to give employment to fifty persons. The convicts are contemplated to be em ployed in this business ; and for the purpose of promoting enterprise, the Legislature have appropriated four thou sand dollars. aideraliouTor the Treaty We need not add Hint tile island of Cuba has since continually' served as the great entre pot of tile trade, and that it yet remains lor tiie new Spanish government to attempt the correction or diminution of die evil fc sii The letter published nex( in order to that of Mr. de Onis, is one f rom Mr. Rusii, dat ed London, February 8, 1818. After sug gesting that “ the American legislators led Hie way in tbe. transccniiant moral reform,” lie mentions that it is “ jt triumph which as little tiie courts us the public uf Europe seem willing in any shape to acknowledge.— America is oven placed in fault. In ids Speech on tiie Spanish Treaty, delivered in tiie House of Commons on tho Ulh instant, Lord Castlereagh observed, that it was in ruin fur Britain alone Iu shut tiie door of her colonies against tiie slave trade—for that uu- b-»s there was a concert of exclusion, the o- ther islands of the West Indies, and the south ern provinces of the United States would be come the asylum and depot of it.” • Tiie Southern provinces of the U. States! language used in Parliament by a British Prime Minister iu 1818! This is worse than the ease of lung Charles, the father of the present Ferdinand VII of Spain, who always styled the American Ministers successively at Ids court “the Ministers of the Colonies. Mr. Rush has been at pains t-> infuse a little knowledge into tbe mind of Lord Castle- reagh, respecting the nature of our laws and Union, and out share iu the enterprise of abolition. Then follows die correspondence between Mr. Kush and his Loidslnp, and Al;'. Adams and Mr. Kush, in relation to the proposition ofthe English cabinet, that the U. States should consent to u mutual right of search in tnc African seas, with a view to the more ef fectual suppression of the slave traffic. We Imd already seen the substance ofthe cor respondence in tiie thirteenth Report of the. Afrieah Institution in Loudon, and are well satisfied with the conduct,of tile American Executive in declining the proposition.— Lord Castlereagh, according to Mr. Rush's second letter to Mr. Adams (April 1ft, 1818, said that “’Great Britain had lately pressed France upon the subject of tiie mutual search between them and that there was no doubt oflhe everftual agreement of France.” But Lord Castlereagh, whs, to say the. least, far too sanguine on this point. France perunipto- rily refused at tiie Congress of Aix la Chap- elie, and has not yet been prevailed upon to acquiesce. Great Britain succeeded so far, only, we believe with Spain and the Nether lands. The other continental powers inani cully alledged by Mr. Adam*. The fdliowing at e the latest cf tho of ficial documents on this subject, which have been communicated to Congress. Extract of a Utter from Mr. Hush to the Secretary of Slate, dated London, A'ov. 10,1819. “ On the 7th of this month I received a note from Lord Castlereagh, request ing that 1 would call upon him at his house on the 9th. 1 wailed upon him at the time appointed. ' “ Ilia object, he stated, was to say to me, that the government of Great Britain had lost none of its unxiety to see pro duced among nations, nance universal and effective co-operation than had yet hqeA witnessed, for the total abofitiou of the slave trade. It was still carried on, he observed, to an extent that was afflicting. Iu some respects, us the evidence col lected by the African Institution and from other sources, would show, tbe voyages were marked by more than all their original outrages upon humanity. It was the intention of the Prince Regent again to invite the Uuited Stales to nego- ciate upon the subject, in the hope, not withstanding what hud heretofore passed, that some practicable mode might stilt be adopted by which they could consent to become a party to tbe association for finally extirpating the traflic. That I was aware of the addresses which had been presented to his Koyui Highness by hotli Houses of Parliament ut tbe close of the last session, for the renewal of uegociations with the governments both of the Untied States and France, to effect uate this most desirable end. That it was his Lordship’s design to euclose to me, at au early day, copies of these ad dresses, as a foundation upon which to build iu tiie new endeavour which this government was now prepared to make. In doing so, his object, however, merely would he, that of bespeaking my inter position towards making known to the . President the measures contemplated ; since it was intended that all further negociution should be carried on at Washington. This he thought indispen sable alter the past failure, u3 it could not be supposed that I was prepared with any new authority or instructions to resume i^upon this side of the water. That the new minister, Mr. Canning, who, his lordship now informed me, was to sail as early in theSHining as practica ble, ^yould accordingly have the whola subject ingtharge, and be prepared fo cuter upon it oti his arrival, under ar dent hopes for an auspicious termination of his labours. 1 replied that 1 would, in the same spirit as before, make known the communication to my government, i adverted again to the obstacles which the constitution of the Uuited States in terposed to the project ; and also to the peculiar and extreme caution with which the momentous question of search min gled with it would he looked at through out every part of the country. I said, that these reasons superadded themselves to that derived from the failure of the at tempt already made here, to give great propriety, as it struck me, to a change of the scene of negociution. That if anf thing could be done, it could be done on ly, or at all events, be done best, at Washington. That the President, 1 was sure, continued to possess all his origin al sensibility to the importance of the subject, and would entertain any propo sals, differently modified, that were sub mitted with the same anxious dispositions fested an incurable distrust of her motives, I as ever, for a favourable result to theiff and proposed schemes of their own, which, | objects. though tending as directly and more surely I 'f he conversation went off by >e- to the same end, ware steadily ^ected on | ferencc 0B rt to th , Koly League, her side. It would be well for taosf aiMng ( J .. _ v_ * us upon who:; attention the suhjeat may be J reanara-d, that, as the government cf