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M)
to (ho 20th, nt <t r-u-ro pit-
»- - *"""•w n ** -*•?* Tn ^;X"w 11.•
'■m
* V*
h, (nis eoiniliv from the side "i
n’u'Hiis just sufficient to prevent that ng-
e , cssion vvern no doubt to he tli" measure
nfihu lutfc employed by hisMajesty.—
On the stunt! principle it follows o( fours*')
that if the host tic spirit of Prance nml
Spain, or their want of wisdom, lias been
tinder rnte>l hy the British Government,
an,I tlinl in consequence oor »tavhI ,.
ministration in (lie Tayai** has not sufficed
'for the intended purpose, irun-dy. the pre
vention of nettial war, ad-litfiinal tneiins
to he reMirteJ to, and no nugmenl-
ti! nntinmnnt |*ut in motion, more adc*
■ Ooute to the jrr»in«l nml inestimable nh|ecl
of deterring the House ot Bourbon from
J:h«t commencement of u sanguinary war.
There is no truth more pm fort ly undenm-
|il ■ than that a powerful arm it* nineteen
ci Bus out of twenty proves the most eft
cient peace-maker. Mr. (.'mining most
of course lie aware ot’ tins ; inrh*e*l, he
has illustrated his sense of it hy the squail-
ron in the Tagus, «s well as hy Ins verbal
explanation of its intended uses. 1 be
Foreign Secretary and his cellengues have
only ’failed in the uxecutiou ol a policy
which cannot in reason or justice he con
■ demited. If, therefore, the si|uailrim al
ready on the spot he Inn s-niidb u v what
■ virtue there may be in a r. tufnrreinent ;
If i-hips canniiot he applied with admit
uigo, Nt'ti.l u few regiments from Cork and
Plymouth. Garrison Lisbon, and release
the troops of Portugal from their inactive
duty, farther, if Kings Ferdinand and
Charles make war upon our ally with
P'U'Uifpt'-ae rebels, what nrg-imeiit run
they urge whv England and Portugal con-
pintlv should not I'oial'Hte, hy employing
tin- Lila mis of Spain for'he overthrow ol
a ,|siH)i'win , eqtJ’ellv hoNtile to the li'cedom
,‘of’iill three tmtions ? Hut, above every
Uiiay, wo must pre-s iipmi Ministers the
immense moral effect which would he
jW'iihteed instantaneously throughout the
Pcrtilisuln, by the de.lmrk at ion of a single
brigade of Fintflish redcuais on tin* territo
ry of Portugal or of Bpuin In i -adf. 'V e
| sidu flint uii hour's delay may prove fatal.
■ Ci The .Tournal dn Gotntc.erre, of IPth De-
eemtier, before the English news was
known, tints comments on the King ol
Frimre’s speech—
“ As s um us the speech was public,,«
ixnnsuierable fall oticurred in '.lie funds;
this mav have been tlie result id several
dim bill'ill's'll uses, blit the words put into
llu' knurs mouth, must mainly have con
trdiutnd to if. These wonls nfl'onl but
/in ble assurance of general t-eace. H *
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and tu U' l'i'
|.i tin i «ii
h«w4ilii.U’<* iS'ir’i'Ui I
These lines, extrar:
; lit',* as c* "■
i f the eot'ijM'st,
hi. Giiii'inn i ut "
w ith Mr. ( mining,"
al Iiout the <lnolnii-
ili
uili rn 1*1 v to ’ut! (ml
the
com icr w bo is to reel'd our (i-nop# has set
tsurh is the first effects "I
it for Spa n-
('null!
Cadiz is 'll
to occupy
but as a sol
Kielr
i ',!\ p Hit we slilill
iu-1 !i\ the title Af '
if nointof! a near, as
Mil
id i bat
uiitmii*
• nqiiest,
la addition to tlu-e papers,.from which
w c make Copious si lections, we ha* *• been
favored with a copy "f the speech id the idlin',
Baron Dr Damns’ Minister of F<
Relations in the Cl aodicr ol Dcputtia
translation of which "id be found below ;
from which it will be seen that I ranee un
equivocally disavows all pniticipaiu n m
the war between Spain and Portu^ .J. i ml
h ares ptiain to extricate herself from her mi’lt '■ nl •
mb at Havre, which wits considered to to war w m, , cue**, mid lie will wtl-
imdcriiig certain I ho emilitmaui e of inmly b-aie os nm ,,, sy,. *-x p.-ii.. i«.,.
e. I,ad au immediate effect upon « '‘7 jndlm*.-mo, v y.'at Id l
,v , v',,,-r-McetM' iMrtWI, ti’u. (‘'randier,
ii.terfi.re'nci', will som, dtsc.nvsr dm ^ Eaton.llrn-
u is iiiio ii i i r ui l ece-.i-, l, an en uii o r| K ,vi„ r0 |, Mink*, Mau'lelphi need,
Tliis Minister
ol in*'
t no-
lea 11 \
him, I
qieei
peof
market, which reimiincd much depressed,
vi lieu tlie Chelsea eitilcd.
Our London dates, in the French pn-;
pers, are to the Jc'ili December- three <-r
four days later than previously tvci ii eJ.
The kins of Prussia broke his lejmi^
the 15lh ol December.
SPEECH Of Till! HARON 1>E 1'AMAS,
.Minuter <\f I'ni’ i^n tt>hil.ovf, to iht Lhem-
ter of Deputies at 1,'aris. j
“Noble Pekiis -Tho dtsi iK-sion before
de cln
«t list It oiili
hixSt^tliat |)lwit
That portion of the speech w hich relates
to foreign affairs, is inexplicably laconic,
considering tlie deep interest id the actual
relations id France with other powers.—
N ; t a word ol tlie Hast, yvlieti tlie Knglisli
G-iveromeiu is publicly mediating be
tween Greece and Turkey, and will pro-
bnblv not neglect herowti intei-ests. Not
a word of America, whilst French r*mi-
jc-r.-e, abaudoiied by our diplomacy, is
exposed to o thousand vernations on the
OotiHi of Buenos Ayres, and is menaced by
•a ni w blockade of ill if Const of Brazil: it
J g U ot cert said whether the itea'y of oc-
enpation with Spam will lie renewed.-
The only express thing is the reference to
tie troubles in Portugal- “ I will unite
rny cfTbrts, say the authors of this speech,
“ with tiiose of my allies, to living to a
dose, and prevent the consequences ol
.i,„vi»c“ Ana yot itie Iasi phrase
iu the speech, supposes the case that lio
ilor might compel France to display her
warlike virtues. This parade of semi
•items and expressions, is it called fur by
such au lusiguibc.uiit event, as (lie taking
up arms by a hand of deserters seems to
be, if it were not feared tliat that event
might pioduce consequences more inmor
ta.it (nan Internal commotion in Portit
gal.’’
Paris, Dra-la
Madrid, Dec. 4—^Private Correspiih
dime.]— 1 can assure you that the naea
siness of our G ivcrmrieiit is very great
in consequence of the iitvasimi ot Port
t il and it spares no pains to quiet >1
iimb, whose notes daily become more
threatening. To this end the minister of
war has sent the following order to all the
com naoders **,' the frontier provinces :—
“ IS very Portuguese Constitutionalist
jvho may have been made a prisoner of
war on tlie invasion of tin* infiintisti.fi, and
shall enter the Spanish Territory, slidll he
t,-i med will! every kindness, and such
horfotklity shown him ns is due to the
uubjo.us of friendly nations and allies.”
Hut events have become so serious, that
it is not iu tlie power of the Government
itself to stop them ; not only those whiqh
are passing in the interior ol’Portugal,'. hut
even those which are taking place in the
S;.*m*h Territory ; for we luurn today,
ill,u the regitnotu of the Prince lias pas
se 1 the frontiers in a body, with the ex
ception ef its officers. If this bn true, of
which I have no doubt, tlli$ tuny he ron-
siilcrud t»s a rcinfurceinpHt sent by our
ap'istoficals to their brsthren of Portugal.
' The Portuguese CbaYgeD’AfTiiires yes
terday communicated to our Govermuent
the decision of the Portuguese Regency,
not. to recognize M. de Casa Flores as
Spanish Ambassador. To this coniinuni-
■ cation was added-the. reports of the Go-
tenors of t!;c Portuguese Provinces, on
tin- frontiers of Spain, announcing the tn-
vb- .'it of the Portuguese refugees. He
oil leludelhis letter with new eoinplai'nts, I
& by ilemandmg further explanotiotis, but
}n- end of giving them, M. Saimnn in Isis'
repiv vesteriluy evening, observed that its
• tli functions of M. de Casa Flutes had
cvi'seil til Li.-hon, ihosB of ill. Ponte de
J, ni, Piinuguesu Charge D .Ufaires ut
SfLulri'l, were also at tin end, all’ll tlmt
oousequenlly he was under the necessity
of terminating his diplomatic relations
with him.
The latter (M. Ponte de Lima] received
liis despatches hy an extraordinary couri
*r ne A from Lisbon to the French Minister
' git Madrid., iu these despatches lie was
informed that otlieiN would be sent the
next day, (the Qt3th,) but w e learnt yester
day that tlie l>e.urer of them was arrested
at Villa Viciosn by the Portuguese refu-
f ees. Their couteuts are of course un-
, now'll.
The CiBirt returned tills morning from
the paCUrial. Tlie report of the diamia-
, eal of >1. Galmnardo gains crqdit. Count
d’CHIYrtt and M. Zea Bermudez are spok-
<tsti of as BUc-cescors.- Journal d.s DcLuts.
FROM 1IAVRR
CtiAur r, *t« Felt. 2.
Wears ii"l- o <:.,|,,aio Ornion, of
li
dull which 1 nm now about m fulfil.,
“ VVlien tlie French uruiy enterco' intoj
Spain in Ic*’/:]. the English Government j
dettniuded and olituiued Iroin 1’ i.mn', tly
yle.lge doit no Ims’ilify would
led Hguinsr I'oitugal, an
from that time it eonsiiliu
i>d In prior treatie.", to r.
in i nse of invasion.
“When the lata troubles broke out i;j
Portugal, a similar declaration was made |
by England to Spain, nvl enmuiuniriited j
to Frauee, ie, well as in ,il| the great con- j
titietitnl powers, anil it was ugieeil that
jSjHtiu would iiiidertake nothing ogi'iist j
Portugal, nml tlun F.nglit’H slioiilu guar |
antce tliat Portugal would commit no act j
of hostility against Sj >n. 11. 1
“ TVe must ncknow lei'gc that E"g. I'.d
has fulfill'd her engagement, and thui w iih
it common accord, all oilier pow is lime
root inn* 11 to uet at the Mpu nisi t Com t, in
« rirmii"r to furnish no subject ol elun-
plaint to Portugal.
Mcvertlmless, hi the very moment that
this (tl.c (Spanish) Court, give tin; ns.-tir-
mee that tho i.nus taken away from the
fugues would be deli.vere.l to the Portu-
iis-'- Goverutm.'til, and that oideru were
sueil to removo those refugees frmn 'he
trontiers, those bitter lima entered ii
inns info Porto;. 1 nl,and tins sudden nttio k
lion of s point or t wn inti:** Pen
without any profit. Iloweier, thA recall
of the lew tro<'ps that we lime at ?L'"ir'tl
is net without importance, siii'ee ii an
nounces tin* l*f. I u a I *11 - lilioo ol tlie I' re lie 11
Gmeroment to keep npnrt good terms w i.h
Great Britain, end U> smiritiee 10 that po'.v-
! ert’ul micro,-i the mij r. tiwcy of the Spun-
) i-li PrieMs and *d■ oi-.s.,i"I w hi-diw* 1 Intro
j luiliertn saenlieeil eiery thing, ’dim A-
po-lolii'ttls ol’ I'rnm'i*, Sjilin, and Pottle
, i , i gal. must do whnt tliev wdl tber reign
vou, imposesupon me me duty ot .u qfiauit- . ( iv.„t,. a „i, „ n , ,,l They brv"
iug you with ouraetui'l rehmons with lh “ 1 the i-onswL.nou ofislirnug up*.me tr.ui-
' vl,u 'f ,ht< ' r, ' st ' ' ' I 1,lev , m d....bedding a little l.daod ; but they
tieubirly eonneetedwilli Into.'vents. 11 wj|| ,, MII ss0 lido there; mo dvspo-
tlus duty winch 1 am now about 1, jv „ o| -f,., , tjll . lM1 j , v i!l ianish Itolbre tin*
first breath ol* Enel;
holers (iom London, that tluiroga ami
j Valdes are about to depnlt lor Portugal
• (with tbe E"g'lis!i troops. Mina, it ap
pears. will not lb!'.1 n part of the first ex-
pi'tliiiott. Ferdi'iaud has no other me mu*
j of sa* in" Inti: -■■'!’ than tin* * stablislitaent
| of a tegul regimen; he must i/sign ifinti-
self with as goud a grace nn possible either
to give ur to to'itept ;i j'onsmuuon : lie
must sehimtily swear to it, \vlti'' , i will cost
him nothing, end he must'keep his oath,
wiii'li ivoald Ijo Hideh more extrnoriii
ad* line oi i a main stationary.
.W w Times.
Private ed* ires state in confirmation of
the reported paetfic deelarntions ol M • ^
lele, I bill Lord Granville, our nnifiassndnr.
had been most cordially received at an in
terview he had, not only with the minis
ters, but with the King himself, in which
the same lissiiranees as those expressed in
tins ('Initubers wore given to his lordship.
[ London .'/. Chrun.
7?, iP- (T.rndov) ll rckltj Mi .*.»cn,<r'r, of ilid
I lOtli |)i-c. ri'inarks —“ li emigruli'Ui i« to
I take place from t> .ci'Oimtry, we decided;
j |y .d'jert to Caunihi. A.Cana,linn «oon
tie'*,lilies an A iierieali t eveiiiuliUy he
must be one. ('aped l tV‘V*'r w as, and ne
ver will he wot tli keeping. ’ *
New- Orleans papers to the 7.Till ultimo,
cnrilcln intelligviu o Irnm Natrliitorhea of
a Revolution in Texas. On the 10th ult.,
the united forces of .Varay'i/or/u.'! nml %‘bieh
/b. yoii had'•!•■' hived tin' Proviiicc'ofiTpMis
ami Inelependnit of the Cnim.d Slates
of'Mcxii o, atid hoisted a flag in Nueogdo-
encs with ihu words “Liberty nod inde
pendence” on it.
I: is said that a few days previous, six
Indian Chiefs, in that vicinity, held a conn
dil, g., | promised to assist—anti 200 Itiui-
an#, principally Clieroltees, had actually
joined the new party. The n<;w ltcpuli-
lie 1 ad keen clirietened “ Republic mf
bVciluuia”—and their flag consists of a
It is known by j stripe of red ami white, cifibicmatii’al ol'
the union between the red and white men.
Later ncedtintt', received at Natchitoches,
furnishes a treaty (intertill into between
tlie insurgents and twenty three Tribes of
Indian 4 . A National Congress is to ns-
smnble lit Naeogilochcs it ihu Lit Mon-
dm in February-
•X'VUCIL'
SECOND
•a\\\ 1’OYTgTttSS.
•KSSION.
dn:
lias been nceoiMpaiiied by such ciri’tiut
D-m. 20.
rev n'Is relative to
Portugal and the
mitts arrive from
* Cnurii r Franca is.
rh ickK, Kmg, Macon. Mm
lu.igclv Itnggli d, S.ml'iiril, Seymour, Smith nf
S t Tamm ell, 'Van Itiircn, White, WilUy;
W ifiianis. Woodbcriy—25.
The I louse of Repreh^ratlves jwter-
dny acted on lb** Miinufaciuicra Hill in
Oointnittea of fhe whole on the, suite
of ihu Union. Th» proposition of Mr.
ll trnr.y, which went to establish a fourth
oiiriiintitn was agreed to. Horttfl other
propiisitious were made to amend, hut
they 'vvern rejected, nml tlie Committee
then rose lin'd repotted the lull. It is pio-
hiililn that the hill will lie to day ordered
to be engrossed and read a third tune.
f.W. Journal.
The rejection of the Bankrupt Hill hy
si* large a diojulily in the Bennie, hits ex
cited griiei'iii surprise; the expectation
hm ing been not only that no large mtijo
rity wotiul he found against that measure,
hut that it would pass that hotly. It. i
vain to speculate on the causes which,pin-
plo or eomhineil. may have produced the
defeat of this measure. Hut it may he
ivoillt while to observe that it has not yet
been decided that the Bankrupt Laws
which some of the States have establish
ed for themselves, ure unconstitutional
while sin'll laws exist, and are admitted to
he of force and validity ; it is possible this
mav he om* reason why Benntors, even
front some of the commercial States, have
not felt inclined to favor an uniform sys-
tejn of Bankruptcy. A serious division of
opinion also obviously exists us to the
question whether the iiill should he con
fined to merchants and traders, or extend
ed, under certain circumstances, to other
descriptions of persons also. This diver
sity ot sentiment doubtless had its intln-
cnee. in deciding the fate of the. hill. Wa
think the vote so derisive ns to discourage
;di It. pool'a general Bankrupt systom, at
least fur somo time to t ome. lb.
• February 2.
We snit!. in our last, that the Bankrupt
Bill was defeated : arid so it was, in the
universal opinion, ns vei'll as in our Ie i efi
by the r> lemn vote of rejection, in the Se
nate. j]y the process of reconsideration
It to another person,, neither reiiXrin
public service. I
That the Committed lie instructed tni
quire and report, whether or not, any n,,,.'
lion nffhlst exclusive jur’nrtictinn over i,.,.
ritory, persons nml things, has since l) PP| J
granted to the General Government q.
the Constitution of tho United Btates; nill f
if so, to specify, particularly, uacli and <>'.
very portion of such juriadittion, which
ntny have been so granted.
That tl.c Committee he particularly i n .
stnictod to enquire and report, whether
any power has been granted to the Gene,
rul’ Government to violate the right oljiri!
Mite property at its discretion ; and, mure
particularly, to take private property from
the owner, nml give it to another persoov
neither rendering public service. ^
That the Committee />o, also, instructed
to inquire and report, whether the sen-ra|
laws, passed hy the General Government^
for the purpose of Internal Improvement?
do not assert or involve a jurisdiction over
the Territory within this Commonwealth
beyond the gr,tuts to that Government, ape!
cilied in tho Constitution of the U. States,
That tho Committee lie, also, partita.
Inrly instructed to inquire and report,
whether the law, generally called the T«.
rilF law, does not violate the rights of p r ].
vutc property, by taking it from its owner
and giving it to another person, neither
rendering public service.
Tliat the Committee bo particularly
Ot "at uncertainty
'he inti l figeiu-e fnan
rn. :t I'ontl'itiliclorj in
difiiMi'tit source#. Ti
after ns Madrid Correspondent, nnncUli
ces tie ilolent oft ho rebels at J.nmegc
and tin* seutiiern
siihjmn i'(t * acts, stem to confirm this re
port. ():i i **-• other hand, the (ittotidicn-
nt* asserts, ti.*.* u .'ms received intelligence
from Madrid to the fitli inst. in which the
succors of the iiisiii'eton# is represented ms
becoming more and none decisive. Tlie
Loudon Journals, from which extracts
will be found in another part of our pn p«r,
-upport in some degree the version el' the
(looti.lterme. The following is an extract
from the Irnlicnteur of IV.rdentix “ The
rebels are still in Trus os Montes. The
I Miiriptis de Clmvcs and the Viscount de
I (Aiioilnlcgr
IN 3ENA1 E.—Jvx'ivriY 25, 1327.
l'HE FAMILY OF THOMAS JEFFKRSON.
Mr. Hague rose, mid said, he tint! Iicrn request-
ed to "I Hi nt a ntti.io.i, aliitli. 1'iotn iis cliinac- i <>I’tlint vote, however, the bill has been re
fer, ns well us the quarter fom which it came, j snscitiltoil, perhaps only to a brief axis-
w'lab'. he win - ure, ren-i* e tin* (non rcspecjl'ul j tenet', but possibly to n ilitTbrerit destiny .
c.oiiaiiicra'iuo li.an me 3ciiatc. It r. ns a petit 1- reonsi'Rt'ed yesterduv, with the
on from the* i'annly of rticniafi Jnfleisou. ft (lid
not ink for an* pi’cuuiavy relief, nor did it nt-
lenoit to cntist llio ecoecoiis sv ni|irtliii.‘fl of ihe '"7* ,
American People, in lietulf of ilia dniigiilci «f section, winch authorizes others than tra
avowed purpose, which will be probably
CRtried into cfl’ec.t, of striking out thelnli
• auces ns to banish every doubt ns to th«
uinl cn-opi'ratiun uf certain of the Span
sh iiuthorities ontrusteil with tho exccii
ttoil of the orders for disiirming and dis
o«rsiliS the refugees in the interior. . ,,,, , . , r .
‘ B . . r . . ;_. t positions. 1 heir combined forces do not
xceed BOO or a 101)0 men, iufantr) and
arnlry, dr. filed it i to guerillas,w Jiic.h s:, a I
•outturn.' to occupy ti*e kRiio*
. , i .. ..
“ France, who htul most stronpiy inst
I upon |ireittiting tiny hoatilitics on ilic
art of flpiiin ; w ho had tlto lie is t rights to
lie observed ; nuil whose interference
should have given both to Portugal a *'d
Engldi-l the highest us.-uranee ot thetul-
lihocnt of the ciigagomaiiid tuado h\ toe.
anil pillage ivhtitcvcr putts them. About
7'XIO Bponiards, in great part armed wlti.
lances, nti'lcr tlm catumno.' ot Viscount
tb* Villa G.ire'oi, I ai'c jus' turned vVttli
them: Gen. Abrohaa has circclt d n junc
tion at Chares with the Gaplnin-Geuerai
Bptuosh oabinot, cannot remain ft", in ib«
iVrciit Miectutnr of events wliiclv evidence j ,
either a contempt of her corns, I or an in- ll,H ' I’, ro ' |MrH! t,,< ’
ability to follow ,t. Tb*.government hnal 11,0 ™ 1 ll ‘! K"v n.mr nt eagerly ne
been coupclled therefore to e.xpivss its! "I'/'” 1 <hc services ol the brave fo.onrl
lisapprol'iilion by immediately recalling l “"'"'C"*. 1 ;
its umbuusador.
“ 'I'he French Government cannot con-
disposnbl" men of toe i'll 1
Nos. B and 21, ami the
No. 12.
Lgimcnts
dn ,ri irmont
test the right which is given, in (act the; **• 1 wimemcvo by YUin
duty winch is imposed upon England bv a ! 'fi n have turned lines again,and are. I.visk
series of treaties to assist I'oriugal; .1 will j iy purs.i.ol by the peasants to the ntimbe
countetianeo its efiliris to prevent the rc-1 "* "l"'.”' ^ w-lio gave tltein no qimr
ncwal of those acts vvhicii have authorize!
tho measures taken by tlie British Cabi
net—it will spare no effort to arrest a nip-
turn between Bp'iin and Portii^ol—it
hopes to succeed in this effort, nud lots
already iti concert vvitli nil its allies, made
at Madrid, the most positive advances to
secure the ao-operution of the Bpauish
Court.
Nothiug which has transpired previ- \ 1 'J ^I'citcn o against an at.act,,
ous to the late events, nor since, will an-j 1 ,ie Memorttd Bordelais Buys:— A
thorize his Alajcstv’s Government to en- M u,l, ’ r nl ,llt? 1 d 1 . . ,n -»»:i.lii,l, fttv-
lertain any doubt as to tl*ese assurances, 1 that 10,(Ki0 I’m t.igne-c pdasants
<);t their i>art, Ministers tire positive I \ <le- have joined the troo|
teruiimid to uilvise his Majesty to refuse
any assistance to the Spanish Govern
ment, in tin: event of its pun tug, hy its own
fault, that of Portugal under the necessity
of hshiiimug uii offensive attitude.
“ France therefore, cannot be reduced
to the necessity of yielding up tlie advan
tages of peace, but by unforeseen circum
stances—her loyuity und her dignity will
not permit her to maintain acts, both un
just and passionate, cud which have or
lined in contempt of her advice, und in from New-York, wits seized nt Liverpool,
violation .of the promises .-be lias received. | with nil her cargo. During the disclinrg-
“ it is in thus observing the ruU's of! ing of tlie vessel, the Custom llouscOt.i-
j list ice, and respect mg the luith of treaties! cars on looking over oik* hogshead of bark,
and the rights of other jiowers, that Fiance-! discovered only three inches nt hark all
will preserve all her iillvantoges for the I round, (he interior ot tlie hogshead being
support oflier own rights, ami those even: all mliaccq; 11 other hogsheads were
of spaiti, if uajuatiy tittiukod. | founil to be of the same dcucription. It is
“ It is by tho support of the principles rot known w ho committed the Irrtud, tin
of order and legitimacy, that England sin:
reeded vviili victory in live long and tibm-
liy contest which she sustained against
the French revolution ; the same nieces#
will be assured to us if ever we are called
iti our turn to defend tbe same prinuiplcs.”
Paris, Dec. itj.
We are assured that tbe Gbnuilne do
itrnnls, trout which we | tho man whose iiaini* alou ■ would he a so
port to the confidence nml pmtccii.M of every
Atnei lean. It merely rcqncKcil tho sanction of
Congress to an an alignment, by w tlir.h Ihe Cor- j
poratton oftliiiCity havo egreSil to Icntlthiir
nid to i fleet tin object, w tilth, it was believed,
would ncco-r* |>! is Ii the " ivies oeareM. Itie heari
of Aii. J "(Verson, of placing liis only surviving
child in ii state of independence
ll is known to the American People, said Mr.
It tliat dining the last years of liis life, Mr. .lef-
ferson's all'.nrs acre consi.t irntily rmlinvrssscd
This, it Is weJI undersionrl, was not occasioned
any tiling ih.it ci old he .fil'd attributed to
him os u faint. Sonic unforeseen misfortunes—
the gicat depreciation of real rotates—but tt-
boie all. the peculiat s.tualion in winch In* **.m
placed, brought upon him, in his old age, liaise
calamiliis, of wtncli ne have all I,card, and
wtneli we hare all deplored, ft" ictued from
ltic I’residencial chair, ihe idol oftlmpo ly of
wl.icli be had so long been llir efiieieni lieae ntnt
lour:,I hi riS! if during tl.c bitter years ot hi. tile
in possession of the respeci amlconfidcr.ee ofall
’ rlas-c s ill tl:e commuoity . ! fi w as, indeed, re-
ffr.rtled a3 ihp Pairiarcli of Liberty, and hi#
becaihc n shrine to which ils votaries
ttia.lc their anmie.l pi’giiuiagt'* Hence it has.
that, in the exercise of whin Inis been to hnpp.lv
rolled “ n tibeiat though frugal hospitality,”
in-became involved in pecuniary difficulties.—
11 hen placed in that situation, it is know n to
all who now heal me,that heuisdaimd toasl. or
to i, ciive fiom his countiynny (resistance be
yond tin 1 gi int of a Lottery, the whole object of
w hu h w;.s to dispose of his estate at its nppiais-
•d value. To iliose who may t e disposed to ac
cuse us of ingratitude towards Mr. .iefi'erson, it
s propel to say. that he obtained all he desired,
a id, as be in.ret positively nml publicly declar'd.
„;i Umt he would have consented to ven ire.—
Thai he did not attempt to avail himself of a po
pularity without a parallel, to put him:.dl ut
once above his difficulties, proves that lie (lied,
as tie lived, true to tiis prinripl."^. It ,s known
to the pntdic that the lottery g anted liy the
State ot Vn jinia, had not been lirougbt to a eon
elusion, nt the time of Me. Jeffi rsoii s decease,
but it is not so generally known, that he died in the
belief that it would coon be brought to n success
ful termination : nor that, in his will, (which is
now before roe, written w ith Ids own band, but a
few days before bis death,) he made n disiribn
tiem of hi* estate, manifestly founded on this be
lief It is needless for me to stale the causes
which have hitherto delayed the completion of
the lottery ; and it is only necessary for me now
to.say, that an arrangement has been made with
tlie Corporation of (lie lily of Washington, by
which the Jeffi-rson Lottery is to be connected
w im the lotteries established here, ns to accom
plish all the objects which Mr. Jetleison bad in
view 'I bis lias tieen effected thiougli Messrs
Yates St McIntyre, who, with a liberality enti
tled to all praise, have made the most satisfacto
ry arrangements on this subject. The only dif
fi’eulty in the way. arises bom the Charter of
the City of Washington, w hich restricts them
fiom making any lottei v, except such a* distri
butes money priest. Tne object of this petition,
therefore, is to obtain an act of Congress, giv
ing a ti dimity to the < .orpotalion of Was liingtoo,
to connect the .!• Jfeison Lottery with those they
Hie u w auihoiiv.ed by law to establish—an ol -
joet. widen, I trust, will be accomplished nith-
j;t ibjer.tion or difficulty.
Air M tti, n presented the petition of Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, executor of Thomas Jeffer
son. pr»t log f(>r an act of Congress, fot the pur-
poies above meridotietl.
t he petition wn* read t and. on motion of Mr.
Hogue, rt h in d to the Committee on the District
of Columbia.—Xat Jui
| ter. Tltis innv* mertt took place t-poRtn
| rtNiusIy, its soon as these courageous
I country people were hltlffto reckon upon
i the support end protection of troops auit
I from Lialton. .
| P. ti. Whilst tile troops of the regency
i worn mnreiiinf ngnin-t tlie rt.i ••!■> the
| Eogli#li tliw-e.tnlinrkeil n Lisfinrt, i,nrl now
! form tin! tarn, .m ofi Dint capttr.l, wlin.li t#
Hers, xvuii their mvn consent, but not o-
tlieriv ise, to liecotne bankrupts under the
provisions of the law. Thin provision ivas
inserted, to 'coiicilints the t’nvor ol’the a-
grieiiitmal an-.l othe. interests, not incite
.led in the bankrupt system as it exists in
diher countries. Without httvittf* ihise.f-
fieei to any irn|iortan*, extent, however, the
insertion oftiint provision (leienrtinerl se
veral vote# against ihe bill, which would
otherwise hove lie* n infutor of it—e suffi
cient rinmher, it is stippoEcr), to have de-
eided the f teofthe bfii, as it was actfir.li.v
li' tertViitied by the vote of Wedncrday.—
The qitu'siioK now presented,is, ivhotitei
t!.>• !:.'!•! section shall lie expunged ; and.
if it be expmtgod, whtsilior tlto l>ii! sliaili
passas a system of Imnkniptey adapted to
merchants ami nailers only.
The whole country look#, with great
interest, to the result of this great qties
tinnf; it bring morally certain, thr.t,
if it fail now, it fi lls for the present gene
ration. it i*t not consider'd ofi so much
cotiseqnettoe, however great the conse
quence tuny lie, in what manner this ques
tion is decided, as that it should he put
finally to rest.—.Vet. Int.
F E 0R ua n T 3.
The final decision of the fate of the
Bankrupt Bill, in the Hermto, has, it will
be seen, been postponed 10 a flay nml
irour certain, viz : Monday pest, nt. ond
o’clock. Its fate continues doubtful, at
lea#*, in the Senate—ami, should it pass
the Senate, is wholly uncertnin in the II.
of Representatives. Its friends hope
ititieh its adversaries appear mom comi
dent. lb.
strticted to inquire and report, whether/
under tlto* operation* of the said Tariff
law, a portion of tho proceeds of the Ig’ior
of the inhabitants of this f’oinmortW"Hltlt
is not transferred to other ptirts of the f.
nited States, in violation of the two grent
principles upon which tlto Constitution of
the United States is founded, to wit ; j; 0 .
tiernlity and equality ; and, ifsu, to rppnrt.
as far ns practicable, the amount or the
value of such proceeds, thus trunsferrvil.
If the Committee should find all or any
of these unauthorised as.-tmiptions 0 f
power, on tiie part of tho General Govern
ment—then, rlitit the Committee be, also,
instructed to report such rneasnres fur tlie
aifoption of the General Assembly, a# they
shall think, will most effectually tend to
arrest these usurpations ; lo stay the hand
of avarice nm! despotism ; to reinstate the
good people of this Commonwealth in nil
their essential rights mid lilrertiea ; and
the Government thereof in all the rights
granted mid secured to it by the funda
mental laws.
A fter reading hi# resolutions, he remark*
ed, that it would he perceived that the
great object was to look first to our funda
mental laws and then to tlie federal cun-
stitution, and by a comparison of the tivo r
see ito'.v much of our jurisdiction had
been parted with. He said he wished the
investigation to be made by a Committeef
and, that whatever measure should grow
ont of ir, should proceed from them, and
not from hi n. lie desired that gentleman
of all pt- rites might he put upon the Cum-
rriittee, that the enquiry might be trulya
Virginia enquiry ; and that tin* Stale
should prescut mi undivided front in oppo
sition to the General Government. After
a few further remarks to show the injuri
ous operation ol’tiie tariffupuit us, be laid
the resolution* on tlie table, and the Uottsk
ordered them to be printed.
B02£ES5T3CC.
Rcgellcy to
march ngainst the inanre- nt#. the latter
hnve met with a severe check, winch com
polled them to retrograde toward# Spain.
The adib ess in answer to tlie Speech
from the Throne was vend yesterday in
tin* Chamber of Peer#, and after several
Noble Peers hud delivered their senti
ment# up in it, *. as again referred tcv the
commission appointed to draw it up.
Havre, Dec. 27.
The packet ship Cniimln, Copt. Rogers.
12 hogsheads bring shipped to order.
The e in#ignees stand too high to In '#0#-
puclr-d. The Captain affirms lie was ig
norant of their contents.
Loxcox, Doc. lit.
Tlie feeling# of unreuBonuble a .'ur n t, ex
cited hy his Majesty’s Message, are t«st
passing aw ay, and men’# minds begin to
Commerce of. Paris took into corntidern-: examine the bugbear which fri/tjuatinl
tiun yesterday the propriety of sending uu j them. Our predictions are thus ifrlien
Id res# to tbe Ixiyg, setting forth the im-j aliiiii-t funner tli.-r, *ve couhj fairly rutv-
ptirtuncetif the uminUttuuce of pence, and antiripntod. The question i# beginning
.showing tliat wur, and particularly it ma- to lie viewed in it# proper liff-it ; Hot its a
rHiiuo \v nr, would lie most disastrous to i (jucsiiun of war, but a# a me.|#ure Conner.
the maiittfuclures and trade nfl'rance.
A lettyr dated Vienna, Doc. G, suys :—
“ We are assured tliat upon the breaking
up of an extraoi’iliuaiy Cabinet Council,
dispatches oj’high importance were sent
nffsiniulpiiicbiisly to Loudon, Lisbon, uqd
Ala,Irhl. It bus been remarked that the
conferences lietiveert the Infant Don Mi
guel nud the Portuguese Ambassador,
have been very frequent of late.”
Pari#, Dec- 18.
Tbe Chamber of Deputies assembled
yesterduv, but tlie election of the fifth cm.
delate f«r tbe Presidency was not got
ttirotijjli with.
We copy the following from the Courier
Francais—“It i# certain that Minister#
hnve dispatched n Courier m Madrid w ith
orders for the feiftul ijftb'e IN e.-di trqqp#
in that tiiv. The orders J“ : ' relate to
•the corps that ar" at Cadiz mi.I -Saafelona.
The French forces *!•■■«) tviil uu tJugei he
qlllfl snip Lliffp.cn, ur,;tved yestndtt^, ,firjr in tfip.-'in a.# a’Ties and j>rotCC‘*9jji ‘if d
ed and executed iu tins sjntit ol’ peace.-
\V«. yesterday treated with derision the
absurd supposition of hosuhtii!* between
tin# country and France ; and oitr Irilpst
advice# from ParUcimfirtned, if they need
ed eoiifimtatiuri, the opioinis we expres
sed. We I. ‘arn, upon what we r.nnfwlei'
good (lulliiiriiy, tint the French Monarch,
being apprised of the course adopted by
our Government, immediately caused a
courier to be (te-pat'died to Madrid, hear
iug an autograph letter from Inmseltj to
F'-rditiaud, ititiuiHtieg that he was prepar
ed to concur most eordially in the policy
pursued- by England with regard to pot
legal; nud Hint whatever tlie consequen
ce# might ho of persisting in the course
hitherto followed hy Spain, he. Ferdinand,
must meet them on In# uv u i uapimsihilitv.
It is not difficult t'i inmg'itc wluit would
be the-effect ni'suclt n c '■romnioation, it
it i.as been m.-.'le■-Ferdimnd leli to di#
?(!#;#] with En^’-axid, ahe jtriftdfl’es (}f jjj!
Vi’asii i.voton, Feb. 1.
In tbe Senate, yesterday, Mr. Chandler
fcom tbe Cominitteo oil the Militia, report-
-■d a Bill t ) jtrnvide for the imtiont'.l de
fence, hy tho establishment of an uniform
iniltim system throughout the l’. States,
and fi*r tin* discipline thereof. The bill
tor tlie establishment of an Arsenal in the
StHie of Main was ordered to a third re oil
ing. The Biil appropriating annually one
half ot’tho sum of two millions of dollars,
uiiticrto alitliorij'.e.d to be kept in the Trea
sury, to the debt due to the Commission
ers of the Sinking Fund, until that debt
shall he extinguished, was taken up; and,
after dome discussion, wus laid on the ta-
b!ij»
The consideration of the Bankrupt Bill
was roriimed. Mr. Smith, of South Caro
lina, opposed the, hill, lie was replied to
by Mr. Jterneni. Mr. Ihti/ne closed tlie de-
luite with H brief nud eloquent speech in
support of the loll The question was
then taken, on ordering the bill to a third
reading, and decided in the negative, as
follow # ;
Ykas-—Messrs. Bateman, Renton, Kerri n,
Buuligi.y, IM-vncd* Man is m, 1 lay ne, Johuvon
of Ky., Kaiic, Kaight, MiJI 4 , P.utbii.ij kitsbuo,
itf :i3-
V1RGIN1A LEGISI,ATU RFk
House of l>e gates, Monday. Jan. 20.
Mr. (lilts su. i, ne rose to call the atten
tion of the House to several subjects that
appeared to him to he of tlie greatest ur
gency.. He regretted tlint so much of thf
session Ii hi I passed. The propositions he
intended to submit bail been prepared be-
foto tbe meeting of the Legislature and if
bn had been ahlo to take Ins seat, nt the
commencement of the session, he should
have Ftibr.iitted them within An hour af
terwards. But when ho arrived here he
found the house engaged in an interesting
subject, and, tit thru time ho did not think
proper to ob'rmle any thing upon their
attention. The subject lie intended to
hri'.g to tbe consideration rf the house,
was one in which the commonwealth was
interested. It. became tho honour, digni
ty and morals of Virginia to cease to com
plain, if her complaints be well founded
and her consistency required that she
should act. Hut lie wished herto act with
the greatest circumspection ; and present
to the world the w hole of her complaints,
clearly and fully explained. It was not
liis wish that his resolutions should be act
ed on, mi that day, and intimated an in-
tention to call them up on AVedncsilnv,—.
He thought that every ono who had mark
ed the proceedings of the federal govern
ment, must sec that they are, nt variance
with our fundamental laws. He had
(Insight much ot tho course most proper
in bringing the sub ject to the considera
tion ot tbe 1 Inline ; and had enirnltitcd
that reference (night to be made in the first
place to fundamental principles. Such n
re fere n,uc was enjoined by the Bill of
Hight# as a duty. He would refferto them,
uot to abrogate, hut enforce them. He
remarked tlint lie did not propose to go
into the merits of the subject tit that thug ;
nor did he know that it would Int necessa
ry to do so when it was taken tip again,as
it wain mere enquiry. But should it be
necessary, tie would lie prepared to su#-
tain his proposition. He then offered the
following, and moved that it should he
laid on tne table and bn printed ;
liesohnd, That u Committee he appoint
ed to enquire ami report, whether or nut,
the exclusive jutisduTiuii over ail tho ter
ritory, persons and things, within the lim
its of this Commonweuitli, was not #i cur
ed to the Government of this .State by the
Constitution thereof; ami whether pri
vate property, wus or was not, iltyrchv,
secured to the owner, Hgninsl the power
i ftl e Gnvernmunt ; so far, ut least, that
[ 'lie (iovetu-nffiit c(mld not, t ightfi ” -, wd ,• 1
f iTiudc pr.^cimj' fi-cm tijyc civtrcjr, ut.u
CLAIMS ON FRANCE, Sir,
The following Letter from the rfeeretscj
of # iale, and the Kopmt to which il i cier#,
was vest onlay communicated to the limit
of .Representative'. The amour. f
Claims exbeeda fifteen millions of do llarsf ■
Di.:'art.i:ext or State, Jan. 30,1827,
Sir: In obedience to a resolution of
tlie l[on#e ol Representatives of the I“t i
of May, Iffiii, directing the Secretary <n’
■elate to submit to the I louse at the present
session of Congress, a schedule of tint
cl:litn# of American citizens which Imvs
been, or shall, previous to October 1,183,t,
lie filed in this Department, on the Gtfc
vernmenbi of France, Naples, Ilollawf,
und Denmark, tor illegal captures, spaliit-
tions, (•ontiscaiioiis, or any other illegnl
acts, since the year 18Qfi, i n such manner
as to present in a tabular statement, tin*
names of the claimants, tho date ot tlie
act complained of, tlm namo of the vcsoel
wliicli wa# the. subject of the injury, tin!
amount of the loss sustained, find any other
eirctuiistancu essential to the understand
ing ot the general nnrnro of tltd clniuisj
discriminating aw far ns practicable !w-
tween such eases us were, and such as
w ere not subjected to adjtn! cation in ike
Courts of the aforesaid Governments.—
Ihe Secretary has now the honor to re
port a digest prepared accordingly. Ifo
respectfully requests a reference to Hit
explanatory memorandum by which it
is preceded. Tho execution of , tty
work has been delayed hy tho itiatlen-
tinn of claimants to tho punctual trans
mission of their claim to the Departineid
of State hy the time (the 1st of Of.toluT
Inst) specified in tlm resolution of tit#
11 on so. They continued to forward their
claims some time after that day, and up
to within ti few days past. It won hi ad
he safe to assume tliat the digest <:otti[)rUr
bends nil tlm claims comprtberuled in
tlie terms of the resulipion. Others,n«
doubt, exist, which have not, from ucd-
dent, inuuentlou, or other causes, hi'n
transmitted to the Departmeut of Htnte.
All hi’ which is respectfully siihinithA’'
II. CLAV.
Tf)o Hon. the Speaker oftbo
House of Reproscniatives.
The Hortso of RcpresentativcF
SRchnsctts liavi- instrtineil n commitut 18
enquire into tho expediency of sn|i|ihkC
all the caumioit schools in’ifie Plata ww
the Declaration nf linlependenco, theb’ 011
stitutions of the United Buttes and iMiis#)-
I'husetts, and Washington’s Farmittil.- 1 *
dress. . r
I his plan ivc believe origirsatwl in N>' w
Hampshire, and a rn-'fit excellent otic it
Too great care cannot he tnke« to insfritC'
the rising generatioii in u knowledge < t*
their rights nml their duties. The fj'l'jf
of early inipressious nqd of early prkej’
pit's is as generally aiknowlcdgcd frih
and tin* almost sttcreil excellence ul ik'*
in (ti tuncnt# above alluded to, well cai' k
them to the curly and intimate t»rq o u.
tance of every American youth. A g |T “*
-i-'n! ol'tirim is, if not wa. tetl, at least bird -
e<] to poor account, in ui:.,<t scbt'uKi
the pupils reading a# an exercise, sifistraci.
«n-l to them nninierc-tiiig rr»iri|>it«*'0* ,! #
I’lie same eml would he a# **eli aeltit’'’"
hy Iriirisferriiig* their atc-'iili-m to the
lory sad cuiistjiiiti .ns of th* ir nv a ■ ll 1
»a! N'irtion, in ti-e siinpcrt and ecf
■■ !.,( h the* w .!' I'll i-r.te iitl ituk!?*'
paa' ty a«t. ' '.y. Y- Titty]