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Coritinu tdon of Important Mews.
P^ntu, Jim. 10.
Tho following Is a copy of a Circular
addressed by the thins Monarch*. re*
cetilly assembled at Verona, to their
Envoy* at the European Courts. It was
rigiu’il tor the Austrian Envoys, by
prince Ma'in-nich ; for tlmsii of Russia,
by Count Nfi**ulroJo j ami for those of
Prussia, by Count Bernstorff.
CIRCULAR.
Vf.kona, Dec. 14, 102?.
Sin—You were informed by the do
cuments addressed to you at the time ol
the close of the conferences at Lay bach,
in May 1821, that the assembly of the
Allied Monarch* mid their Cabinets
would be renewed in the course of the
year 1022,and that it would then beta
ken into consideration what term should
be fixed for the measures which, upon
the propositions of the Courts of Naples
and Turin, and with the concurrence of
all the Courts of Italy, had been judged
necessary to consolidate the tranquility
of the Peninsula afler the lamentable e-
venta of the years 1820 and 1821.
“ This assembly has just taken place,
und we are about to make known to you
Ks principal results.
“ According to the convention signed
Navarre on the 21th of July, 1021, the
iupalion of a military line in Piedmont
J corps of auxiliary troops was even-
j 'dixed for the period of a year,
Jeavii. l0 j, e glaumed at the asseni-
'y Ot ,02, whether the situation o.
the coun. v wou |ii [vimit it to cease or
Wjjuld remlw.,( necessary to be prolong-
Plenipotentiaries of the Courts
w uch signed the contention ofNavar-
re, gave themselves tv this exam
ination conjointly w ith the Plenipoten
tiaries ot the King of Sardinia, and it was
acknowiedged that the issistance of a
■> led force was no longer necessary for
ie maintenance of the tranquility of
sell having indicated the term that he
judged it expedient to tix for the gradu
al retreat of the auxiliary troops, the al
lied Sovereigns have acceded to his pro
posals, and it has been resolved by a new
convention (hat the retirement of these
troops from Piedmont should commence
on the Slst of December, of the present
year, and be definitively terminated by
the restoration of the fortress of Alexan
dria on the 30th of.September, 1823.
f “ On the other hand, the King of the
Two Sicilies has declared to the three
Courts which took port in theconvention
signed at Naples on the 18th of October,
that the actual state of his own country
would allow him to propose a diminution
in the number of the auxiliary troops
stationed in different parts of the King
dom. 3’h« Allied Sovereigns did not
hesitate to listen to uns proposition, and
the Army of Occupation in the Kingdom
of the Two Sicilies will be, within the
shortest delay possible, diminished 17,-
000 men.
“Thus has been realized, as far as
th° events have answered to the wishes
of tbc Monarchs, the declaration made at
the time of the close of tho Congress at
Lay bach : “ That fur from wishing tu
prolong, beyond the limits of strict ne
cessity, their intervention in the affairs
of Italy, their Majesties desired most sin
cerely, that the stale of things which
bad imposed upon them that painful du
ty, should terminate as soon as possible,
find never occur again. Thus vanish at
once the false alarms, the hostile inter
pretations, and the sinister predictions
that ignorance and bad faith resounded
throughout Europe, to mislead the opin
ion of the people upon the frank and
loyal intentions of the Monarchs ! No
secret view—no calculation of ambition
or of interest, had part in the resolutions
dictated to then* by an imperious neces
sity in 1821. To resist revolution ; to
prevent the disorders, the crimes, and
the innumerable calamities which it
beckoned upon all Italy; to establish or
der and peace ; to furnish to the legiti
mate governments the support which
they had a right to claim ; such was the
sole object of the thoughts and efforts of
the Monarchs. In proportion as this
object is accomplished, they arc with
drawing, and will withdraw the succour
which a necessity, but too real, could
alone have called for and justified ; hap
py in herns able to abandon to the Prin
ces whom Providence has charged with
if, the care of watching over the securi
ty and tranquility of their people, and
thus depriving malevolence of the last
pretext of which it could avail itself, to
spread doubts upon the independence of
the Sovereigns ofltaly.
“ The object of the Congress of Ve
rona such as a positive engagement had
marked out would have been accom
plished by the resolutions adopted for
the relief of Italy. But the Sovereigns
and the Cabinets assembled, could not
dispense with turning their considera
tion to two weighty complicated subjects,
the developement ol which has constant
ly occupied them since the assembly at
Eaybach.
"An event of major importance broke
out toward* the end of the latter assem
bly. What the revolutionary genius had
begun in the Western Peninsula, what it
tad attempted in Italy, it succeeded in
exictrtitig' at the Eastern extremities of
Europe, At the same period that the
military revolt of Naples and Piedmont
gave way at the approach of a regular
force, the brand of insurrection was hurl
ed into the midst of the Ottoman Empire.
The coincidence of the events could
leave no
idie.it lltart tiie fallowing Urn;
At- o-i it a ntviv nod iqbru tinnjN rmM ('idirficUf'.
analogous, although tinder different pre-lwoiil l bn superlluous to
avenge a^ain I billing to the efforts iif those who are eiin-! To save her national hub-print.
texts, betrayed, too evidently, the com
mon focus from whence it issued. The
persons who directed this movement fl it
tered themselves that they should draw
advantage from it, to sow division in the
councils of the powers, and to neutralize
tho forces which fresh dangers might
calf to other points of Europe. This
hopn was deceived. The monarchs,
determined to repel the principle of re
volt in whatever place or under what
ever form it might show itself, hastened
the. loyalty and benevolence ot their in
tentions upon the despicable calumnies
which are daily reduced by tacts to their
just value. All Europe must at length
acknowledge that the much pursued by
the iUon.it r.hs is equally in harmony,Willi
the independence and strength ot Ga-
vernments. and the rightly understood
interests of the people. They only re
gard as enemies, those who conspire it-
gainst the legitimate authority of the one,
i and impose upon the good faith--of the
spuing against I'-gitiniatc authority, anil to I void la log trampled mi try foreigners,
the. determination of the Sovereigns tot Frame Iwcaine n military nation. Ail tin-
ei-ilsh thqse efforts, “;tin Monarch--,” ill. y Huy j factions which had agitated the country
i* will mIt consider that they have aeeom-
increasing annually, bMh’iA oxinn', n-c *
malignity. Since this trade has beeui i m,
damned by the moral feeling* of u i,
L'lrristendom, it has fallen into the hamt?
of tho most dat ing and hardened Drive;,.
• during the period of the revolution, were
pfistu-d their great work, till they have lie-1 crushed under itm iron sci-ptr.- of the ad hirers. Shielded Irom sear h, by ih
piived llu-m (the revolutionist).) of the arms j venturer, who had succeeded in rep. riling | raaxinn ot public law, n.i < Harts ol it.
repose I the attacks of tlm Holy l’owers in i7r.i j maritime power of England ami Amet
But hi* Ambition was nut satisfied with thi J
with which they- may threaten the
afthe Will-Id."—Are. the.su “arms' i
hji-fd of by Diplomatic Nott-.s, und Ollieialtriumph ; and for ‘20 years nil Lump
In he
to strike it with equal and unanimous re- j other, to drag them into a common abyss,
probation. Invariably occupied with) Hie wishes ol the Monarchs aredirect-
the great object of their common solid
linle they resisted every consideration
which could hove diverted them Irom
their course ; but listening at the same
lime to Ihe voice of theirconscience Si ol
a sacred duty, they pleaded the cause of
humanity, in favor of the victims ol an
enterprize as thoughtless as it was culpa
ble.
The numerous confidential com-
manicatinns, which took place between
the five Courts during that period, one of
the most memorable, of their Alliance,
having placed the questions of the Le
vant upon a basis of unanimity and ac
cord completely satisfactory, their as
sembly at Verona had otily to consecrate,
and confirm these results, ami the Bow
ers in amity with Russia may flatter
themselves that by their joint negocia-
tions they will cause the obstacle* to dis
appear, which have retarded the final
accomplishment of their wishes.
“ Other events entitled to the deep
solictude of the monarch* fixed their
views upon the deplorable situation ol
the Western Peninsula of Europe.
“ Spain has undergone the fate re
served by all countries which have (lie
misfortune to seek for prosperity in ways
that never lead to it. She now runs
round in the fatal circle of her revolution
that misled or perverse men pretended
to represent as a benefit, and even as
the triumph of an enlightened age. All
the Governments have been witnesses*
nf ilia oHurt* which these men have
ed solely towards peace ; but this peace
however firmly established among the.
Powers, cannot spread over society the
plenitude of it* benefits, whilst the fer
mentation w hir.h agitates the public mind
in more than one country, is kept up by
the treacherous suggestions and criminal
attempts of a faction who wish for no
thing but revolutions and subversions :
w hilst the Chiefs and instruments of this
faction, whether they march openly, at
tacking throne* and institutions, or work
in darkness, organizing sinister projects,
preparing conspiracies or poisoning pub
lic opinion, will not cease to torment
the people by the gloomy and false pic
ture of the present, and by chimerical
alarm* relative to the future. The most
Manifesto)** ? Word* have no meaning, nr
Statesmen no sh.rerity, if wo arc to infer
fl-oiu such language a.a this, that nothing is
intended beyond uttering it.— Courier.
,>1x1)1110, .fail. *
expos; d to ntfnwties which but for tin- im
proper Inti-rfemieu of others, would have
The unanimous decision of thu Cortes mi -/.ation issued in 1/
tlin proposal of Mr. Argunlles, which dr..- just ground fur interfering in the, affairs of
serve* to he called div ine, is to put in mo- I-'ranee, it is plain that no inference ran lie
drawn in
in...
lion immediately tni.OOO militia.
(inn Rotta, in his address to Ilia com- j nance the present attac
and, says—abjure all personal hatred— Spnninls have done not
forget all rcurnliucnl—banish every prejti- 1
dice—think only of the noble cause w hich
warms the hearts of us all.
Every soldier who injures a Spaniard
shall die upon tlit spot.
R was the general opinion, at the last
wise measures of the Government will dlltc9i , h at WAR would immediately lake
not prosper, the best combined tune
lioration* will not be crowned with suc-
Ncw-Yoiut. March R.
Late end Interest ing Intelligence from
Europe.
The Packet fiiip Robert Fulton, Captain
lloldrege, arrived yesterday afternoon from
Liverpool, whence he sailed on the morning
of the 05(1i of Jan. Capt. II. lias furnished
us with Liverpool dales of the S till, and
Loudon paper* to Hits evening of the S2d of
(lie same month.
a, can overtake or punish them,
long as the right of common search and
punishment i* withheld, so long may tht
been suffered by Fram e only, and that for a I '* Rln l^ c state cover this detestable
comparatively short petiod. | commerce. Indeed, the partial ret-..
But admitting that the decrer off.nfvrni- traints now imposed upon (Ins tratlic, bv
g ive other pow_ ( rs nj enhancing its profit, and its danger, set ve.
only to whet the cupidity of avarice, und
to augment the sufferings of its v ictims,
i he heart recoils with horror from the
narratives of cruelty and guilt recounted
in (he volumes before me. From two
African rivers, the Bonny and the Cala
bar, both emptying into the Atlantic,
north of'iiie line ; from a very small por
tion of an extensive coast, to the w hole
of which the slave trade has been in-
rcuinstnncp to counte
k on Spain. The
done nothing to injure the
perfect rights either of the French or of li
ny other power whatever-—They have bro
ken no treaties—they have made no attacks
on tho property or institutions of their
neighbors—they have not attempted to se
duce the subjects of the members of Ihe
Holy Alliance from their allegiance—they ,
have issued no decree of fraternization—| terdicted, by the united voice ol hII Eu
they have not promulgated any piinci-1 rope, two hundred and fifty cargoes uf
pie, inconsistent with the tranquility, the human victims have been transported in
j prosperity, and the improvement of socie- j u single year ! Of these, one-third are
'ty. Tin ir single fault is, their having e-\ opposed to have perished in the Mid-
mancipated themselves from a galling nn ^ die Passsee I
■■dinus tyranny. But, for this, limy deserve I ’ ‘
J he mixed commission
place between France and Spain
lowing extract* from the papers,
The fol
in to
ce*s ; confidence in short will not revive prov e that such an event was inevitable,
among men, till these hatchers of odious I’ ■* n "" acknowledged in the London
plots shall be reduced to complete im Courier, that England is pledged to support
‘ , . . 1 ... Portugal in case ol an attack. Portugal was
potency ; and the Monarchs will not
think that they have fulfilled their noble
task, before they have turn from them
the arms which they might turn against
the tranquility of the world.
“ In making known to the Cabinet to
which you are accredited, the informa
(ton and declarations which the present
document contains, you will take care at
the same time to state what the Mon
archs regard as the indispensable condi
tion of the accomplishment of their be
nevolent wishes. To secure to Europe,
the support and protection of every other < , ,,lir ‘* Great Britain und her allies,
> have not, from their first institution,
| down to the present period, pronounced
| more than twenty sentence* of condem
nation on the numerous vessels engaged
in this tratlic. ; and the court established
iit the great slave mart of Cuba, not ouef.
Mr. Speaker: The volumes before
nation, “ H’hen a people, says Valli-I, from
"nod reason, tube up arms to deliver them
selves from oppression, justice and generosi
ty require, that they should be. assisted in the
defence of their liberty."
“ It is plain, therefore, that the conduct
and pretention* of the Holy League, are e-
pially inconsistant with the rights and li
about to form ail alliance offensive amide- the fundamental principles of societv, and
fensive with Spain—and it was of course in- -- - -
ferred that England would make common
cause with the whole Peninsula.
Treaties between England and Spain
berties nf independent nations, and with the I me abound with unquestionable evidence
ed from ] of the deplorable extent to w hich these
just principles of public law, deduced
made to persuade their contemporaries j with the peace which she enjoy* he
that this revolution was the necessary j neath the aigis of treaties, that state ot
and happy fruit of the progress ofeivili-1 clam and stability, without which there
zation, and the mean* by which it was • is no real prosperity for the nations,
eflected and supported, the finest display j they ought to recken upon the sincere
of a generous patriotism. Ifcivilizatiou I and constant support of all Governments,
could have for its end the destruction of j it ia in the name of their chief interests,
society, and if it could be admitted that j it is in Ihe name of the preservation of
the military force might with impunity I social order, and in the name of future
seize the direction of the Empires of! generations, that they claim it. May
which it was only called to maintain the j they ail be impressed with this grand
internal and external peace, certainly truth, that the power placed in their
timvof the relations of friendship with Great
tii-ham, and to the reparation of any injury
which may he done to the subjects of that
country.” Another clausa runs thus: “ C.
The government will propose to the Curti s,
with as short delay as possible, the system
proper to he adopted lor the ultra marine
provifices. as well with respect tothose which
are dissident as those which remain united ;
, , — , , ....... j and the alteration* which arc indispensably
the Spanish revolution would have claims j hands is a sacred deposit, of v\ bich they required in the laws of commerce and navi
to the admiration of ages, and the milita-1 have an account to render both to their
Thu Spanish < lories have acceded to the de
mands of the British Cabinet, relative to the
restoration of vessels and property impro
perly captured in the West Indies. One
clause of a decree, which also goes to per
mit an extended commerce with the Tran*-
\tlantic provinces, says “ 3. The Nation
from henceforth recognize* the sum, greater
or less, of forty millions of reals for the in
demnities which may result from the before j w pj <- t .rtnir>!y accelerat
mentioned adjustment—giving hereby
leplorable
bornble cargoes are smuggled into out
sancuoned by the authority of tho, greatest Sowthern .State*. This evidence con-
philosophers nnd puhlwists. vorce h the f # . » f# r 4l
only law tile Holy Leaguers acknowledge— letters from the cus-
the only prim iple to which they refer. The j "m- io't*e ofiicers ol the U. Slates, the
invasion of Naples exhibited them in their j biithtul though inefiectual agents of oik 1
true character of robbers and plunderers—of I laws for the exclusion of this forbidden,
bandits leagued together to support every j impolitic, and guilty commerce. Their
degrading abuse, and to extinguish ail the | testimony is confirmed, in my own know-
germs of improvement 1 11 1 ; ■
germs of improvement : amt their coniine i , ci | ge , H9 lt he j„ that of an l.ooo-
in regard to Spam proves that they are still i I i. , ...
• j fable colleague ol unite in my eye, (Gen.
as resolute ar, ever in prosecuting their ar-1
}>it try scheme'
execration of mankind.
il-r iri viivm hi i-i . \ . . ,, ,
in defiance: of lh«* nniwrsiil ’/ 0 ^h.it anollici houoraMe ir
But this conduct
their fall. Opiti
, , ions cannot be eradicated by force; and
proof (of tiie sincerity and justice, ol its prin-. present enormities of the Holy Leaguers
tuples; which always incline to the preserve-! w jj| tL , nl ; „
ry revolt of the isle of Leon might serve ^
as a model to reformer*. But truth has
not delayed to resume her rights, and
Spain has furnished, at the expense of
her welfare and her glory, one rnelan-
^■qSM'Sl
ihe internal law* of the moral world.
“ The legitimate power enchained,
and ilself serving as an instrument to
subvert all right* and legal liberties ; all
classes of the population shaken by the
revolutionary commotion ; arbitrariness
and oppression exercised under the
forms of law ; a kingdom surrendered
to every species of convulsion and dis
order; rich colonic*justifying their c-
mancipation by the same maxims upon
which the mother country has founded
her public right, and which she tries in
vain to condemn in another hemisphere;
civil war consuming the last resources
ot the State ;—such is the picture pre
sented by the actual situation of Spain ;
such arc the misfortunes which afflict a
loyal people, and worthy of a better
fate ; such in line is the direct cause of
the well founded disquietude which so !•*"'. important-
many united elements of tumult and con- fBo1 " ,n '“ a ln ,h " '
fusion have necessarily inspired in the
countries immediately contiguous to the
Peninsula. If ever there arose in the
bosom of civilization a power inimical to
conservative principles, inimical espe
cially to those which form the basis of
the European alliance, it is Spain in her
present disorganization.
“ Could the monarchs contemplate
with indifferpnee so many evil* accumu
lated upon a country, and accompanied
with so many dangers to others ? — Hav
ing nothing to consult upon this weighty
question hut their own judgment and con
science, they necessarily asked them
selves, whether in a state of things that
every day threatens to render more cru
ol und more alarming, they were allowed
to remain tranquil spectators, to lend
even by the presence of their represen
tatives the false color of a tacit appro-
billion to the acts of a faction determined
to undertake every thing for the main
tenance of their pernicious power.
Their decision could not be doubled.
f lir-ir envoys have received orders to
quit the Peninsula
“ Whatever may be the consequences
ofthisstep, the monarchs will have prov
ed to Europe that nothing can induce
them to draw back before a determina
tion sanctioned by their intimate con
viction. The more they avow friend
ship to his Most Catholic Majesty, and
interest in the welfare ofa nation, that
has been distinguished by so many vir
tues, and such grandeur in more than
one period of their history, the more
they perceive the necessity of pursuing
the course Ihey have adopted, and which
they know how to abide by.
“ You will be. convinced by the fore-
goingstatement that the principles which
have constantly guided the Monarch* in
Ihe grand questions of order and stabili
ty, to which the events of the present
Hay gave such high importance, have
not beer, falsified in their present recent
ubt upon the identity ol their transactions. Their union, essential!)
'*• iv"). Poe same evil reproducing it-1 founded upon these!pri,.r.p« ; s, far from
* ' 1 ‘ °i. ,on ' to dtfltrent points, and, growing weaker, acquires from time to
people and to posterity, and that they
incur a heavy responsibility in yielding
to errors or listening to counsels, which,
sooner or later will put it out of their
power to save their subjects from the
*'iTe' Monarch;
gladly believe that they shall find every
where in those who are called to exer
cise the supreme authority, under what
ever form it may be, real allies, allic*
not respecting less the spirit and princi
ples, than the letter and positive stipu
lations of the acts which formed in the
present day the basis ot the European
system ; and they (latter themselves
that their words will be regarded as a
new pledge of their firm and invariable
resolution* to conseciate to the safety
of Europe all the means that Providence
lias placed at their disposal.
“ Receive, Sir, the assurance of etc.”
London;, January l i.
The great, the important paper, hig with
the fate of Monarchy and of the world, has
at length appeared. The Declaration of
the Congress at Verona, is a document of
Every one .who
interested in the improvement of so
cial institutions, and in tiie amelioration of
thi- condition of man, most read it again
and again with rivelted attention.—British
Fress.
We have receieved the Paris Papers of
Friday and Saturday, those uf the latter
date by express. We cannot characterise
their contents, a* we have dune for the last
week, by stating that they contain nothing
important, for they emnunmicato a docu
ment of the highest interest at the present
moment—viz. the Circular addressed by the
Sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and Prussia,
to their respective Ministers at the several
European Courts. It i* dated Verona, Dec.
I Uh. nnd may of course, be regarded a*
a snlem declaration of the principles by
which their past policy lias been, and their
future will he, regulated.
It is obvious, however, that this Circular
i* a distinct document from the particular
dispatch which lias been transmitted by tiie
three Allied Sovereigns to their Ministers
at Madrid, and which, besides containing
the order for their rncal, must also have
contained representations nf n less general
character.—In essentials, probably, there
may have been little difference ; nay, it is
not unlikely that in many parts the very
same language has been employed, hut it i>
quite clear, we think, that we have yet to
seethe particular instructions under autho
rity of which the Ambassadors at Madrid
will demand their passports.
Viewing this Circular, however, ns a ge
neral declaration of the principles which the
Sovereigns, in whose name it is issued, 1 are
determined to oppose to revolution, we can
not regard it in any other light than as de
cisive of the ultimate fate of Spain, if no
favorable circumstances arise to render the
last appeal unnecessary. The picture which
is drawn of tiie unhappy condition of that
country, the consequences that are antici
pated to other Slates, if that ennditon be
not altered, and the firm declaration of the
Circular, that “ tvhaltver may be the con
sequences” of the re cal of the Ambassadors,
the Allied Sovereigns “ will know how to
maintain the measures upon which they
have decided,” are, all of them, circum
stances which exclude, the. most distant hope
of compromise. Like the letter of M. de
Villele, the Circular from Verona appears
tn us to leave no middle course.—Either the
Revolutionists of Spain must y ield to the
demands of the European Cabinets, or
those last must enforce what they have de
manded. What, for example can be more
Zation with the Indies, whether hy model
ling those laws on national power, or hv
combining them with the power of other
maralime States hv means of trinities.
Paris, Jan. Iff.—Our Minister at Madrid,
the- Count de Lagarde, is recalled. Tile
courier with this order set uff m Saturday
"‘li^tTrsn .ministry—ijonaon, jnn. x:s.—
Mi Vansittart retires from the Chanccttor-
shi|rofthe Exchequer, and is succeeded hy
the Right Hon. F. Robinson. Mr. Vansit-
lart is to be appointed Chancellor of the Du
chy of Lancaster, in the room of the Right
Hon. Charles Batiiurst, and is to be raised to
ttip peerage.
London, Jan. 2S, P. M.
A government messenger has arrived with
advices from Madrid to the 13th. The
Russian, Austrian and Prussian ambassadors
had received their passports, and were on
more Ilian any thing else to weiik-
the force of those silly prejudices—of that
devoir machinal—which now enables them
to lord it over Ihe fairest portion of Europe.”
SLAVE TRADE.
MR. MERCER’S SPEECH.
House of Representatives Feb. 28.
Mr. Mercer called for the considera
tion of the following resolution :
Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to enter up
on, and to prosecute from time to time,
such negociations with the several mo
rititnc powers of Europe and America. -
he inav J —p^oiciu ru* ine effectual
aboTifion of the African Slave Trade, and
it* ultimate denunciation, as piracy, un
der the Law of Nations, by the consent
of the civilized world.
Mr. Mercer prefaced his motion to
take up this resolution, submitted by him
to the House, on a former day, by staling
that, notwithstanding the advalVced stage
of the session, he laid a claim to the in
dulgence of the House, for a ctrnsidera-
j lion of the resolution which had been
the point of leaving Madrid. The Puns ! j"*l rea >- 1 . on (lie ground that he had for-
pipers say they left it on the next day.
borne to urge its consideration until that
hop don. Jnn. Z2.—In all the dock yards,! pot lion of the public business had been
tile greatest exertions are making to get 1
’lie men pf war ready for sea, and th,- ap
pearance of war, causes a greater ferment
m tn* public funds than its reality would
produce.
Jt 5* hinted that a minister nf England,
laiely deceased, was guilt) of omliezzlc-
lisposed of, which, requiring the co-o
peratiou of the two Houses, could not,
by their new rule, be transacted after
the last evening. He trusted that the
If -use would regard this appeal to their
favor, a* deriving some support from the
uii-nt of the public nloney to. such an extent, j recollection that he had abstained from
that it will he impossible to conceal the al-; , nv participation in debate upon many
fair uvuch longt r. interesting topics which occupied their
is loo.otm strong. attention at an earlier period ol the ses-
Paris, Jnn. 20.— If we may believe a pri- ; - 1011 - L eie it allowable, on a motion
vale letter from Madrid, dated the 9th in- i to lake up a resolution, to enter upon its
stunt, the Spanish government lias issued merits, he wood venture to say, that a
two decrees; by the first, all the ports of j more important question, whether re-
the Spanish colonies in South America w;ill| Ran j be had to the policy, the justice,
henceforth he open to ail nations: hy tht
second, the demands of the English mer- |
chants, respecting the In e>; they have su*-1
tained by the piracies in the Seas, have been
or the humanity of the nation, had not
been presented to the deliberation ol
the House, than that which was involved
inscribed upon the great book of the public ! in the resolution that he now asked the
debt.
Liverpool, Jan. 21.
“ Tbc business in our Cotton Market Iasi
week was considerable. The sales of all
kinds amounted to 19700 hales of which
{,400 were Upland, at t! I--2 to 3 1- i a 3-8,
average over 7 1-4 ; 830 Orleans, average at
3 l-2d; and 300-Sea Islands, at on average nf
12 3-Cd. About 4000 of tin* above w ere ptir-
I louse to consider, nnd to dispose of ac
cording to their wisdom.
The House having agreed to consider
it—
Mr. Mercer proceeded to say, in sub
stance, as follows-. After experiencing
the indulgence fiT the House, I shall n-
void trespassing on their patience, by
chased on speculation, through whom our | confining my argument, in support of
Priees advanced about i-Sdpcr III. This | the resolution, to the narrowest compass,
truck we are not doing so much the sab s; [q, e commerce which this resolution
of the 3 day* ending 21st amounts to B500!. nok| (o rP , 8) ,, y „ combination of
bales only, of w hich 731 w ere Uplands, at!
fi .'(-It to 8ii. Tiie falling off in the demand, 1
is attributed to the canals being frozen over,
which renders the transportation to Man
Chester by wagons, more expensive.
FlU.YCR .1X1) SP.VX.
RIGHT OK INTERFERENCE.
The Edinburgh*" Scotsman," of the Cist
December enters-with great spirit upon the
“ threatened attack on Spain—and on the
! right of independent nations to change and
' modify their constitutions.” The article
thus conclude* : “ It was strenuously con
tended during the era of the French involu
tion, that such internal changes in a neigh
boring comitiy as went to affect the princi
ples oil wjiich all society reals—-Such as the
open avowal of anarchy, atheism amt frn-
'tfu'nizatiorr, as a public creed, gave llm “ vi
cinage,” to nse a plira*e of Mr. Burke's, a
right to ihterfere. That it was a good rea
son for the “ vicinage” adopting such pre
ventative measures as might he required to
hinder the propagation of the contagion can
not he doubted ; but we do not think it
would warrant any direct interference. No
constitution of society which was found' d j
on an anarchical principle, and which did
not respect the right of property, could pos- J
the inora! aud physical power of the
vilized world, had been declared, many
-1 years ago, by a convention of the princi
pal powers of Europe, to be the disgrace
of that continent, aud the scourge and
calamity of Africa.
The Government of the United State*
prohibited it as soon a* it had acquired
constitutional power to do so ; and, by |
a succession of laws, increasing in seve
rity, three years ago denounced it as pi
racy. The report of the committee to
the House of Representative*, which ac
compnnied the hill to this effect, in the
first session of the Sixteenth Congress
borrowing Ihe language of the meraor
hie Congress of Vienna, pronounced tl
trade to he the scourge of Africa, the dis
grace and affliction of both Europe and
America. Vet, the papers lying before
me disclose the melancholy fact, that,
notwithstanding the active and zealous
efforts of Great Britain and America, to
i suppress this iniquitous traffic, seconded,
‘ as those efforts Lad been, by the tn atie?
of the former, with three of the prim i
sihly he permanent. A nuisance of ibis sort,; pal maritime powers of l.urope, ilia Al
if left'to itself, must have speedily abated, rican slav e trade continues tq spread it
But the interferonco of furrteners Impressed
' j ravage? everthui tuucb irjurt <2 conii. eu,
her, now a Minister abroad, (Mr. Mid-
dleton, ol South Carolina,) declined, five
years ago, to be his belief—that not less
than thirteen thousand African negc"e!i
were annually smuggled into the South
ern States. Within a few days past, 4
have been informed, by the highly res
pectable representative of the most re
mote ot those States, (Mr. Johnston, of
Louisiana,) that numerous instances have
more recently occurred ol the illicit in
troduction ol this population, through
{ Gnlvestown, and the adjacent shores in-,
to the territory of Louisiana, li the U.
Suites, amt especially the Southern States
ol this Union, were exposed to the ha
zard of having their settled and saluiar t v
policy baffled by the cupidity of these
daring ndvenlmer* tofore tiie recent
acquisition of P lorida, hoiv greatly is
that hazard augmented by u sea mast,
without inhabitants, of great extent, bor^
dered by numerous islands, indented b.y
many commodious inlets, and immediate
ly opposite to the great slave market of
the \> e*t Indies. To guard a coast like
ttiw, whole squadrons of revenue cutlers
aud armies ot custom-house ulliccrs
would prove ineffectual. An hour or
two, or at most a single night, suffices to
perfect one of these iniquitous enterpri
ses. The unfortunate captives are land
ed, conveyed into the interior, and ‘•no
mention of them more is made.” They
are consigned to hereditary slavery ; and
to the desolation of the country froo.
w hich they have been lorn, is added the-
curse of that which receives them.
Sir, said Mr. M. the U. S. cannot !**
insensible of the danger of inundating,
with new floods of bi n It population, no.
only the extensive and numerous i.-lanJ*
on their southern border, tnit tin it our,
territory. A danger greatly enuain ed
by the rapid increase, in our on n bosom,
of u third cast, midway between tho
s'.ive and tiie white population of the
south, and alike pernicious to the tup
pious* ot both. As 1 advance, said Mr.
M. new views of the malignity of this
growing evil crowd upon my imagination,
and I perceive it to be necessary to re
collect the pledge with which I sat out in
tins argument, i mil but add, that it is
not less the interest of the European co
lonies in the West Indies, thanoiiror.ii
to arrest this cruel, this unnecessai
tratlic. Wherever it has been partial 1 /
suspended, as io the U. States, and tl.'
British W, Indies, this species of label,
festered by better treatment, multiple i
but loo rapidly by its natural resources ,
while in the island of Guadaloupe,
census lately repeated, after a slioit in
terval often year*, afford* the liorribir
result, that ofa population of little more
than one hundred thousand, notwith
standing all (ha accessions from foreign
importation, there has been a declcnsh
of 15,000 souls. A fact, which itv:'-;
sound an audible appeal to the huruani!/
of the hardest heart.
Having °een that the root of all (hr
calamities cannot be eradicated by tl.
j means which have been hitherto cm; bn
! ed, either by others, or ourselves ; tl.
j our own flag ha* disappeared from t!
. African coa.-t, only to guc place to the
,| of other nations, hr whom tin* trade r
alike fothidden: that the occa-ii-oal v)
-el wlin h we despot- li for that de*i,l
j land, cauies with it, under the late i '
Mi'iic lions of our govermneri'. rio auth"'
ty competent to the execution <1 < ■ •
own purpose ; and that no ir.ciisi.i-
an interna! policy, can .-! mid us !.
that share of the general calamity rc
suiting from this tratlic, which tails ;v
coliarly on our own country allow rr •
said Mr. M. to invite the earnest
tenlion of the House to the ri mod» i
. ided by the resolution v. Iiich ! Lav e j ' '
-umed to propose,
Let the Alivcan eJavet ,d ■