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Pant 'No— a Lord!—and of nil lords the
_ Jat—a British lord—and of all British lords
the worst, a Scotch one ! Lord Selkirk, wel
known for liis speculations on emigration,turn toi
his partiality to America, has been M some
davs at the seat of government; and it being
known that Mr. Sergeant, one of our represen
tatives, had experienced the most marked cour
tesy and respect by admission into the houses ol
Parliament in London, a motion was made by
general Harrison to the ctlect I mention—and it
was unanimously granted. I wish it had ended
here—but Mr. Hugh Nelson moved an amend
ment to include the South American agents—
and Mr. Forsyth another to admit others—(1 be-
noUSF, OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, Dece.nuler 31.
Mr Edwards offered the following resolutionh
« Resolved, that the president »f the Umt^p=
States be requested to cause to be laid before tins
House information of the number ol states_ which
have ratified the 15th article of the amendments
to the constitution of the United States, prupos-
„,i second session ol the lltli Congress,
list ante. A hill lifid been passed for his relief
the 2d instant in the' House ol llepresenta-
foueign.
cd for Ins relief senti
of Uepresenta- i\mn
—i
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at the opening Kt
P °Mr? Ed wards stated, that bis motion was in-
doubts whether the article retcr-
lieve the averts of the states) but it appearing to | duced by some doubts whether tne ar - J
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although it appeared as such, he perceived, ir
the copies printed fur the use of the members of
the house ; and it was desirable that a tact so im
portant should be placed beyond question.
the house not becoming to iningli
courtesy propositions of such a doubttul nature ;
and general Harrison protesting against Ins mo
tion being embarrassed with matter so irrevlent
-to it—the original morion passed, as 1 have al
ready said, unanimously.
Sunday morning, 11 o'clock.- The frost is so
intense, accompanied by a high wind from iN.sV,
that fire seems to have lost the power of wanning
With a large one in a small room fronting the
south, l am so stiffened with cold that 1 can
scarcely hold the pen.—I doubt whether you can
read the above.
December <17.—The bill providing for the poor
TCinnant of the officers and soldiers and mariners
and marines surviving of the revolutionary war,
has at last got through the house of representa
tives, being passed on Thursday last; and thus
ati act of common honesty, which ought to have
beeu done above thirty years ago, has, lor the
first time, ceased to stare this country, and the
whole world in the face, not only undone but un-
attempted. It would seem that our rulers, en
tranced in the delights of rule and pride ot au-
thority ami luxury, lmd forgotten that this coun
try was once bound down in coionial depeud-
J . ai 11—* it...and that it
The
KlNli LOUIS’ SPEECH,
To the Chamber of Deputies, at the opening
the Session, 5th November.
Gentlemen,—At the opening of the last Ses
sion, 1 spoke to you of the Imp** which I cher
ished from the marriage of the Duke ot Berry.
If Providence has too quickly withdrawn from us
the blessing she granted, we should view in this
bereavement, a pledge of the iuture accomplish
ment of our vows. . , T
The treaty with the Holy See, whicu l men
tioned to you last year, has been concluded. I
have charged my Ministers, in communicating
it to you, to suggest the outline ot a law, neces
sary to <rive the legislative sanction to such points
in it as may require it, so that they may harmo
nize with the Constitution, the laws ot the Ling-
motion was agreed to without opposition. dom, and the rights of the Gallican Church ; that
On motion of Mr. Storrs, it was Kesoiveu, i u u» inheritance of our fathers, which St.
that the committee on the public lands De in- H uig an j a || his successors, have considered e-
structed to enquire into the expediency ot P ro * nua lly as dear and important, as tile happiness
voting by law f.r the introduction, u. o all_pa-1 J f ^ M y ect> .
tents hereafter to be issued lor finds sold oi plant
ed by the United States, of a reservation to the
use iif the United States of all gold and silver
anceatthe feet of Great Britain,
was elevated from that degrading posture by a
number of brave men, who got nothing by it in
the end but the empty name ol Independence, and
an abundance of want; while those 1 oritIgen
tlemen reaped the advantages ol it* and lor such
a number of years swaggered away upon the
strength of it, totally regardless of those by whose
bloud and labor it was obtained, and thinking of
nothing but luxu-y strained to excess and in
trigues for power and political ascendancy over
tlie empire those neglected men had gained.—At
Jength, however, a president conies, who thinks
of the justice due those unfortunate persons, and
recommends a provision to be made for them by
congress—which congress, how dull soever they
may be about thinking upon any project involv
ing an expenditure of money that would run the
risk of dispersing their constituents, are sulh-
ciently alert when stimulated by a hint from the
proper authority. Accordingly a bill is brought
jn, founded on that part of the president’s mes-
■ gil jr e —the thing must be done ; and the consider
ation then is, how to make the most of the mat
ter each in bis own way, during the course ot
discussion, The worthy, gratetul and humane,
by urging forward the measure, and giving its
provisions the greatest possible effect; the elo
quent, or would be so ones, by speechifying on
cavils of their ouwn making—the patriots by
shewing to their constituents the penurious vigil
ance with which they watch their cents—-and the
fashionable grand benevolents, by denying that
any tiling was injustice due to those persons,
and claiming for themselves and constituents all
the merit of pure charity in the deed. Fortu
nately however, the really good upon this occa
sion were also strong—the bill passed : and the
surviving few of our revolutionary heroes, are to
be paid for the short residue ot their lives, a
something to keep them from dying of famine-
general officers and ensigns receiving alike the
splendid provision of twenty dollars per month
—or about half the price of a negro’s hire; but
for the past—for the four and thirty years during
which they have languished in penury—nothing.
General 8t. Clair twenty dollars a month ! and
a little fetch anil carry pup of the court, a sola
tium of S1000 a year!
A circumstance occurred on Wednesday which
will serve to shew the wise men of the land the
real value of the discipline established bv con
stituents over representatives—and what a
chance the country has of wise and virtuous de
cisions in its legislature.—A motion was made
that, with the joint consent of the senate, the
house, when it adjourned on Christinas eve
should adjourn to Monday, the 29tli—of the
whole, some twenty said no, and the question
was so obviously carried in the alhrmative that
the speaker, upon those who were in favor of the
motion rising, pronounced it carried—someone,
however, proposed taking the question by ayes
and noes, and twenty-nine only rose in favor of
so taking it—yet, when the main question came
to be taken, with the certainty that tiieir names
on both sides of the question would be published,
no less than sixty-three appeared in the nega
tive.—This requires no comment—nor shall I at
tempt to give one.
SENATE.
Tuesday, December 30.
The resolution yesterday submitted by Mr.
Tail, to instruct the committee on the militia to
enquire into the expediency of augmenting the
pay of the militia when called into the service of
the United States, was takeu up and agreed to
without opposition.
Fi id ay, January 2.
Mr. Leak offered for consideration the follow
ing resolution : “ Resolved, that the committee
on public lands be instructed to enquire into the
expediency of amending the several laws rela
tive to the sale of public lands.”
Mr. Burrill’s motion, submitted on Wednes
day last, to enquire into the expediency of a-
tueiiding the laws prohibiting the African Slave
mines. , ,, „ , ,
On motion of Mr. Huntingdon, Resolved,
that the committee on post offices and post roads
be instructed to take into consideration the ex
pediency of providing by law to authorize the
governors of states and territories tor toe time
being to receive and transmit, through tiie post
offices, all official communications tree ot pos
tage.”
Friday, January 2.
On motion of Mr. Tallmadge, after a few re
marks, explaining that, witnoilt some such pro
vision, the widow of the lamented Lawrence
would be in a lew months utterly destitute of toe
it was ** Resolved, that the
affairs be instructed to en-
mcatis of support, .v™-- .... approbation, ino narwsiu,
committee on naval atfiurs be liistractcil to .. - sa |j s f ac turv in a large portion ot the Kingdom ;
quire into the expediency of continuing the pen-^ ^| le 'otlier hand, some local calamities, and
sion of half pay to the widow ot Captain James . (fleausl which have visited our vine-
j of their subj ... , •
The harvest of 1816, by its bad quality, has in
a ^reat measure destroyed iny h ;pes. A lie suf-
lev?in's of my people have pressed heavily on my
heart? I have however remarked, that they have
almost uniformly supported them with the most
pious resignation ; and if in some parts of the
country tlie people have beeu seduced into sedi-
tious acts, they have without difficulty been
promptly reduced to order and obedience. 1
felt it inv duty to make great exertions to heal
the distresses of the country, and have made ex
traordinary demands upon the treasury, for tins
purpose. A statement of the requisitions made
will he submitted to you ; and the zeal which
animates you lor the public good, will not loi one
moment permit me to doubt, but that these un
expected disbursiuents will meet your cordial
approbation. The harvest of this year is more
sentiments so well engraven on his heart, add
ifested in his conduct, he is loaded with bc-
ictions from all quarters For myself, woo
but one ruling passion—the happiness of
people; who am only zealous how 1 shall best
cise my authority for their welfare, against
assaults of alt woo would attack it; 1 feel
I am beloved by them, and I feel an addi
tional conviction in my breast, that this consola
tion will never fail me.
^ New-York, December 2 7.—By the arrival of
the brig Hector, captain Smith, from Buenos
Ayres, there have been received in town, seve
ral files of Gazettes of that place, up to October
last. It appears by the official bulletins of the
several armies, that on the 5th of July, General
Belgrauo had liis head quarters at Tucuman, and
that on the 2lsL General Le Madrid, was iu
sight of Tarijar^fliere he had obliged the royal
ists to ret:re, in consequence of the defeats they
had experienced in all the engagements up tj
that date.
Tne armies of Chili, under Generals San Mar-
rin and 0‘Higgins, had obtaiued the like advan
tages, as late as the 2d of July, and they expect
ed soon, to have tint part of the country, entirely
free from the royalists.
The Supreme Director and Congress of the
United Provinces of South America are describ
ed, in said papers, as busily engaged in promot
ing every thing ill their power, and as far as tire
present cireumstances permit, tending to aureli-
.iI'.i 11— tfio fSandltmo iif the lmnr. the instruction
pay
Lawrence, deceased, during her widowhood ; or,
in case of its sooner termination, to his intant
daughter, until she arrives at the age ol twenty-
one years.” , ,
On motion of Mr. Johnson of K. “Resolved,
that the committee of claims be instructed to en
quire into the expediency id providing bv law tor
extending the provisions of an act entitled •* An
act providing for the payment ot claims tor pro
perty lost, captured or destroyed by the enemy
while in tne military service ot the United States,
and fur other purpose-. , .
Mr. Comstock offered for consideration tlie tol-
the plagues (ileaus) ......
yards, call loudly tor my paternal solicitude tor
their wants, which without your kind co-opera
tion, I shall not be able to relieve.
I have ordered to be laid before you, an ex
hibit of the appropriations that will be required
to support the demands ot tlie coming year. II
the charges growing out ot the treaties, and the
deplorable war which they have terminated,
should not permit us to diminish the taxes im
posed at the last session ; yet l have at least
the satisfaction to think, that the system of ec.,-
led,
nomy which I then recommended, will obviate
tl, e necessity of augmenting them, and that a
• Resolved, that it is expe- much gma || e ' appropriation than that of the last
' ' r .e non- w iii be sufficient to meet all the exigencies
lowing resolution :
client to provide by law for placing on the pen-
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orate the Audition of tlie poor, the instruction
of the youth, the encouragement of arts and sci
ences, and *he general improvement of tlie coun
try : which therefore begins to present a new as
pect ; the people daily becoming more devuted
to the cau*e of liberty and independence, iu
proportion to J the knowledge they acquire,
the advantages they experience, and the pi ar
dent, impartial, anil strict justice with which
they are governed.
lna manifesto respecting the privateers, the
Supreme Director of Buenos Ayres complains of
the depredations, they are committing under
the assumed flags of those Provinces, where the
vessels liceuced for that p irpose, are required
previously, to give unquestionable and ample
bonds, strictly to conform ihetnselves to the or
dinances and regulations laid down by the gov
ernment, in conformity with the general usages
of nations.
Several other daily papers have been also re
ceived, abounding with very choice and elegant
discourses, upon tlie most important subjects,
and among them, some addressed to the editor ot
the Baltimore Mercantile Advertiser, in answer
to the misrepresentations made by that paper,
at the suggestion of some of the exiles Iron*
Buenos Ayres ; where no plots or revolutions
have been experinced, qr attempted, since they
were expelled from thence.
uiem iu uiuTiuc uj i » - * year, will oe s
sion list tlie officers ot the army who have been J , preseut
i iv. i ..I . I...:.... «l,n lutn Ul 1 (ifOilt 1.
wounded in battle during tlie late war with Great
Britain.”
Monday, January 5.
Mr. Forsyth, from the committee on our to.
reing relations, reported a bill in addition to t*e
act for the punishment of certain crimes against
the United States, and to repeal the acts therein
mentioned ; and the bill was twice read.
Mr. Holmes of Mass, from the select commit
tee appointed to consider the subject, reported a
bill allowing compensation to the members of the
senate and house of representatives of tlw Unit
ed States. [The bill fixes the compensation at
the rate of lime dollars per diem, and nine col
lars for every twenty miles travelling to and
from congress/) 1 lie bill was twice read and
committed.
Mr. Floyd of Va. from a select committee, re
ported a bill to extend the privilege of franking
to the vaccine agents ot states and territories
which was twice read and committ d.
Mr. Johnson offered for consideration the fol
lowing resolutions : “ Resolved, that the com
mittee on the ,-ubjuct of the militia be instructed
to enquire into the expediency of providing by
law fur organizing the general stall of the militia
of the several states, upon the principle of Me
general stall'of the army of the United States,
as far as practicable.”
“ Resolved, that the committee on the militia
be instructed to enquire into the expediency of
providing by law a system of military discipline
for the militia of the several states and territo-
Mr. Johnson said, it was generally known that
a very great and radical diffeicnce existed be
tween the militia staff and the staff of the army
of the United States ; and lie was anxious to
bring the subject before tl.c committee on the
subject of the militia, that one might be made to
conform to the other as far as practicable. There
was another subject of great importance, in his
opinion, and that was tiie want of some uniform
system of military discipline for the militia of
tiie several states. For, within a very few years
the army of tlie United States had been govern
ed in its discipline by Stcbben, by Duane’s in
fantry and riflemen, by Smith’s infantry, and
now by a late compilation by a court martial,
which applies chiefly to the infantry discipline
In the mean time no regular system bad been a
dopted for the militia, and he thought it was time
we should discharge tne duty imposed upon con
gress By the constitution ot the United States,
by fixing upon a mode of uniform discipline for
tlie militia of tlie several states. The motion was
agreed to.
Wednesday, January 7,
This morning the disclosure of a singular at
tempt to bribe the chairman of the committee of
claims, was made to the house, which occupied
considerable attention. It appeared that a cer
tain col. John Auderson had enclosed in a letter
to the lion. Lewis Williams, chairman of the
committee 500 dollars, intended as a bribe. The
House received this information with a burst ol
indignation, and a motion was made by Mr
Forsyth to issue a warrant for taking into tiie
custody of the sergeaut at arms the said Ander
son. The House was left debating on the proper
Trade, and of taking measures, in concert with
other nations for its entiie abolition, was taken ur,, ----- . ... .
and, after some interesting debate, postponed course to be pursued on this occasion, of which
the resolution to Monday. ‘ | t he congressional annals scarcely furnished an
The Conventions which duty compelled me
to subscribe iu 1815, having eventuated difler-
ently from w hat were then considered as the re
sults, have made a new negociution necessary.
1 have every reason to anticipate that this issue
will be favorable, and that some conditions, to
comply with which would greatly exceed our
ability, will be replaced by others in stricter
consonance with equity, ami which will notexari
from my people a continuance ot those extraordi
nary sacrifices which they have borne with such
patient constancy, that though it cannot in
crease my love, yet gives them new claims to
mv gratitu 'e, and to the esteem of all nations.
I had the pleasure to announce to you during
the last session, that the expenses ot support
ing the army of occupation, having diminished
one fifth part, and the period, 1 trust, is not far
distant, when we may be permitted to hope,
thanks to tlie wisdom and strength of my govern
ment, to the love and confidence of my people,
and the friendship of the Sovreigns, that these
expenses will entirely cease, and that France will
resume among the nations, that rank and dis
tinction to winch she is entitled by the valor of
her citizens, and the noble firmness of their atti
tude, in the midst of the most trying and op
pressive seasons of adversity.
To arrive at this result, 1 stand in more need
than ever of the union of my people around my
throne. Without it, my authority would be im
potent—the mere shadow of government. The
stronger this authority is, the less is the necessity
for exhibitions of its severity.
Thu manner iu which my authority has been
upheld, by the persons invested with power by
our laws, has realised my confidence. Upon the
whole, I have the satisfaction to announce to you
that I do not judge it necessary to continue the
prevotal courts, beyond the time fixed for their
duration in the law by which they were esta
blished.
I have had revised, agreeably to the constitu
tion, a law for levying soldiers. I wish that no
privilege heretofore, enjoyed, may be called in
question; that the spirit and intention of this
constitution, our sure compass, which calls iti-
difterently every Frenchman to rank and pre
ferment, may never prove illusory ; and that
the soldier may never have any other bounds to
his honorable career, than his talents and his
services. If the execution of this salutary law
equired an augmentation in the budget of the
minister of war, you, who are the organ of my
people’s sentiments, will not hesitate'to sanction
these beneficial objects which ensure to France
that independent dignity, without which, a King
and a nation would become a scotf and a bye-
word in the earth.
I have unfolded to you our difficulties, and the
measures required to surmount them. I now, in
concluding, would direct your attention to ob
jects of the most mild character. Thanks to the
peace rendered to tlie Church of France, Reli
ion, that everlasting basis of all felicity, even
on earth, is, I doubt not, about to flourish among
us ; tranquility and confidence are renewed ;
credit lias re-established itself; agriculture, com
merce and industry are in active operation . New
inaster-pieces of art excite our admiration. One
of my children is at ' s rime travelling over a
On the subject of the probable succession tu
the British throne, a Loudon print remarks
Reposing in confidence upon this lair offspring
of the royal house, and looking to her as the
mother of a long and illustrious line of kings, to
maintain the glories of the British throne, but
little attention lias been paid to what must be the .
state oi the succession on tlie contingency of her
premature decease. But now the consideration
is forced on our attention, and tlie prospect is by
no means flattering. Tne sons and daughters of .
our present monarch, are all without lawful issue.
Supposing, then, that a “ barren sceptre” passed
through tiieir hands, “ no child of tlieir’s succeed
ing,” the next claimant of the crown would be
the duke of Gloucester, in the event of his surviv
ing his present royal consort; and after him
would come the descendants of his preseut ma
jesty’s sister, the dutcliess of Brunswick, being
protestant. Of this branch there are two young
scions, whom political storms compelled to seek
shelter under the present stock in England ; and
as without much violence to probability we may
eventually look to them as affording a sovereign
to this realm, it is some consolation to reflect,
that their education has been in a great degree
British. We hope, however, that it will not be
our misfortune to look again beyond our own isU
for a king.
‘ew-Orleans, December 3.—The brig Recov
er, from Liverpool is at the point. The day she
sailed a report prevailed that Algiers bad ordered
our consul to depart, and had formally declared
war against the United States—this was not cre
dited. OIF Madeira, however, the Recover spoke
a Danish vessel which informed that she had been
boarded the day b. fore by an Algerine squadron
of five sail, who were cruizing between .Madeira
and tlie YVestcrn Isles, who enquired particular
ly after American vc::sels, and said they had
captured a number and would take all they could
meet.
Bonaparte.—The ship Cordelia,from Calcutta,
stopt at St. Helena on the 13th of November, at
which time Bonaparte was much out of health,
and liis legs had began to swell.
Capt. Humphreys of the ship Cririe, passed
St. Helena on the 27th of November, and was
boarded by II. B. M. gun-brig Leveret—inform
ed, that Jionaparte kept himself confined to his
room,
ing officer
had been lost on*Tristrain de Cunha, and every
soul perished. ^
Sweden.—It is intimated that France will
probably acknowledge Bernadette and liis mile
heirs as legitimate possessors of the throne
of Sweden. But Russia will settle that as she
pleases.
Netherlands.—Mr. Eustis, our minister at the
court of the king of the Netherlands, having
concluded a treaty on behalf of the United
States, was about to visit Paris. Mr. Appleton
remains at tlie Hague as charge d’affaires.
The colossal statue of Bonaparte, (says a late
French paper,) by Canova, now in the possession
of tlie duke of Wellington, has been erroneously
t »onaparte Kept mmseit coimnea iu
Capt. H. was alsoinformeil by the board-
icers, that one of the British gun-brigs
u Q V»I U1C UUkb Ul »» VlllUglUUy llaa UcCU Cli Ulivoumj
part of the Kingdom, ^nd as the return of the stated as a present to the duke by the prince regent