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* \ 1«o!«' :i council ui mii'i^lcrs which lulled till midnight. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on ♦ a*' 27th xvas numerously attended in rouse qucuceof the extraordinary degree ot interest excited hy recent occurrences. The Chamber was proceeding to the disc ission ol the law relative to the National Guard, when Gen. La fayette entered and was received with nniver- Chamber ns follows; “ In a neighboring nation it is the custom when a ci';zt*n retire* from a distinguished ol- lice, for him to come to his fellow citizens, and explain the cause, ami i am sure the chamber will grant me tlie same favor. I always have considered that the post of commander in chief of the National Guards of Fraece was incom patible with a constitutional monarchy, excepi und'r circumstances of the most absolute ne cessity. It was this conviction that led me elective privilege is lobe civjoyed V/ persons paymg a certain rate ofjiixatiuo, by the Mem bers of the Institute, Licentiates in various branches of the sciences, naval and military officers, who have retired on pensions of not loss than twelve hundred irancs per annum, and other persons who are enumerated. Ehe object of the framers ot this project of law seems to have been to extend the right of vo ting in the greatest possible degree to the two classes who alone ought to exercise it, viz. those who contribute towards the support ol sal appla jse, upwards of uuo hundred mem bers going up to him shaking his band, 'I he — .. General then went to the President, and. alter .the Government, and who have, therefore, a short conversation with him, addressed the a just right t«> a voico in "rr , r-"6 what they pnv, and those, who by education and their connections in life, are likely to choose representatives of talent and integrity. There cannot, xve think be a more correct principle Court. Upon taking his seat, and disposing of some business, the Judge pulled a newspaper out of his pocket, stated what it was. and ask ed with apparent emofioo, who was its editor, addressing himself. as Mr. Lawless thought, particularly to the District Attorney, or to the bar generally. Mr Lawless replied, that the editor xva* Stephen W. Foreman. The Judge asked Mr. Lawless if he would swear to the fact as to the editor lie said he would, and was accordingly sworn Describing the arti cle, Judge Peck (dictated a rule upon the edi tor, to show cdusa why he published it The ••«!«--■*•«» served upon the editor and Mr Law less volunteered as counsel for him, he being the author of the article, aud considering it his duty-io defend thft editor, Mr. Lawless urg ed the editor by no means to give up the au than that upon which the French E notion Law thor. lie appeared in Courv the day after the is founded. As far as the first class are con cerned, it does not t ake from persons of landed properly I he right of voting t f > which they are justly entitled, because in France the owners of landed property pay taxes to the Govern ment; hut it admits to the exercise of a great •-'S.5 of in 1790, when three million of National Guard* j constitutional privilege, a numerous c.ass ol w shed to elect me their commander, at the F« persons who arc entirely excluded to this- deration hy 14 000 Deputies, to apply to the country from the right of voting lor Members constituent assembly, and urge them to issue a decree in opposition to this desire. Such still was rnv opinion when the lieutenant general of the kingdom, who has since become our K ng, wished me to accept the same appointment, —_a i c— n M.,.nj.ii K/-.nn,i t,, -i-f-pii! o. but al ways retaining the intention ot laying it down, as soon as I was satisfied that it was no longer necessary for me to retain it, earlier if peace remained unbroken, but at a later period had War ensued. The declared opinion of the Chamber has hastened the period, and out of respect for it I have waited till the law was submitted to the other brandies of the State. If is merely a matter of date , but I should be deeply hurt if any one im -gined—ami n > one. who Isas been acquainted xvi*h me during the last fifty four ye- rs of my life, can believe that rnv conduct has been dictated by my personal feeling. I will go further and say, that tbiso pinion of the chamber has off -rded mo an op portunity The high authority with which 1 was invested has given umbrage which you, gentlemen, must have heard of; and this um brage. has even been.felt in cert;.in diplomatic circles. Tiie cause is now at an end, ana i have now no other honor than that of being one of your colleagues. One word more, gen tlemen I should not have given in my re-eg nation, which the King has accepted with -d j for the good of the Union, and secure what he that goodness he has ever shown towards me. hnsaln adv achi-'ved f-.r us—obeying the ac- before the crisis we have now happily got over was at an end. At this time my conscieutiou- lovc of public order is siHisfied, but I cannot I with the Liberator's d of Parliament. DE ATH OF BOLIVAR ! 1! The J .maica Gourant, «.f 6ihJan. contains the following official announcement ol the ni'Siman lb,tivar the Liberator ot.fcoule America. 13y Do:; Juan Francisco Martin, Prefect ol the Department ,&c. Cif :zen» of Magdclena: Penetrated with fhe greatest grief, l am o- venvhelmcd with sorrow. The Father ot our country is no more! The public calamities anil 'he ingratitude of his enemies, have brought lorn to art untimely grave on (he ITtii inst- al 1 P M His end has be* n hastened by his he roio sacrifices for liis country, and the tears of his friends attest the sincerity of their grief tor the loss of a hero, whoso name must be forever embalmed in ihe hearts of his countrymen. C : ‘izens,—Th - Liberator has been devoted to v u to the latest period of bis exist-nee. Hear his voice and respect his decrees, which should wc violate, the national ruin must be the infaildde result and the independence of O'-*!' liit.'I 1 >» il! t!.t/ ♦ !>o Korc. it’lm g:1 VI! libi'i t v. Citizens,—Th -Li! erafor has left us forever. We must be unanim us, and go hand in hand their lodging well Satisfied Willi their reeep tion by their “great fiat in'r/' as -.bey always call the chief Magistrate of this Nation " order was issued, and defend^ the editor on all grounds which suggested themselves to his tnind; on the ground of tho-perfecviruth of the article, and of t he absence on its face of all in tension to commit a contempt. In demonstra ting the truth ot the article, he recurred to the published opinion of the Judge, to all that the article contained, and pursued the same course of argument, with a few exceptions, as far as his humble abilities would permit, which had been taken by the honorable Manager who had opened this case. Reproduced all the autho rities which he could take upon the occasion. u> show that the publication of "A Citizen,” was not a contempt Mr Lawless, iouniJ juage recK about to make the rule absolute for an attachment upon the editor. Considering that the Judge ap peared to point ;it him as the author of the ar ticle, inasmuch a* the rights of his clients were involved in the case, ho changed his views of the course which the editor ought to pursue, and assented to the giving up of his own name as the author. Mr. Foreman was then dis charged from the rule, ami a rul.; was made on Mr. Lawless, to show- cause why an attach ment should not issue against him, and why he should not be suspended Irom practice in that Court for having written the article as set forth in the attachment. When the counsel of Mr. Lawlers attempted to demonstrate the intrin sic truth of the article of “A Citizen,” they were stopped hy the Judge, and told that he had decided and disposed of that question, and that it was not open for further argument.— They then proceeded lu discuss the question of pure la xv, on the merits of the case. Their arguments and authorities on that point were overruled by the Judge, who ordered the ar ticle to ho read to him, paragraph by pa*-a INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS. At a meeting of the citizens of Boston, in favor of th • abolition of Imprisonment Ur Debt, held at Fanquil Hall on Tuesday, Fe bruary 1st, and by adjournment on Thursday 3d, and on Monday 7th mat. the following re solutions, after a full discussion passed unani mously : Resolved, Thaf all men are born free and e qual, and have certain inalienable rights, ot which the possessionable liberty, is and should he the most sacred that the restriction or inva sion of that right, except fur crimes proved on trial of our Peers, is repugnant to the princi ples of the Constitution, and stain on the char, acter of a Free People. Resolved, That xve hold the honest insol vent Debtor has committed no crime, and that to punish his misfortunes hy imprisonment is therefore unjust; that the operation of the present system is to increase pauperism, de stroy moral character, produce idle and disso lute habits in tlie Debtor, prostrate bis self-res pect and render him a useless member of so ciety. Resolved That in the opinion of this meet ing, Imprisonment for Debt countenances llie the worst passions of nature multiplies crimes, breaks down the distinction bet we n vice and ( — _ nrtoo. and fliA akkiim^ion pl.ltial musl > n??d \\ irgate oi New llanipfiuire ; Mnclrfy The following history of (he origin of the law for organizing Ihe Supreme Court of the U Stales, will bo interesting to many ot our readers at the present moment. The very first order passed hy the Se nate, on 7lh of April, the. 1781), was in these words. Ordered, That Messrs. Ellsworth, Paterson, Maclay, Strong, Lee, Bassett, Few an t Win gate, be a committee to bring in a hill tor or ganizing the Judiciary cf the U. Slates And on the 13<h of the same month, Mr. Carroll and Mr Izard were joined, making one from each state. Oo the 12th of June, Mr. Lee reported •* a bill to estalish the Judicial Courts of the Unit ed States. This bill was debated on the 22d, 23 J, 26th, 29:li and 30th of that month, ami on the 1st*, 2d, 4th and 6th of July; on the 7th * it proceeded !o a third reading, and was considered upon the 8th, 9th JOth and 11th; on the 13;h the hill wa* re-comnntted; and on the 17th the engrossed hill passed to a 3rd read ing, ayes 14, nay- 6. Those-who voted in the affirmative, wore Messrs. Bassett and Read of Delaware ; Car rol and Henry .of Maryland ; Dalton and S rongrf Massachusetts ; EHswcrthand John son of Conned cot ; Elmer and Pat 6rson of N w J rsnv ; Few and Gunn of G orgia ; Mor ris of Pennsylvania, aud Izard of S Carolina. Those who voted in the negative were Messrs Lae and Grason of Virginia ; L ingdon Unjust principle—that many innocent persons should be punished lest a few vicious should escape. Resolved, That the abolition of (he laws on Imprisonment for D- bt would grately benefit the poor and laboring classes of our citizens, by retideriug it necessary for them to obtain Pennsylvania, and Cutler of South Carolina. The bill was sen: to the House, where it was considered and debated many days ; it docs not appear by the Journal, what propositions there were to amend it, or whether there were any; nor does it appear that there xvas in divi sion even on its final passage. The hill wish speedy payment from thopr employers,and thus ! signed by President Washington on the 24;U diminish the a nonet ot petty credits, and pre- J of Sep. and has been the undisputed law ot vent much loss to the poor, and those who deal j the land until the recent attempt to reform it, with them. j by persons whose motives and reasoning are Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting j best understood by themselves. much of the emigration from this State may j - be justly charged to our laws, authorizing Im-1 John Floyd was. on Saturday last, u nan im prisonment for Debt, inasmuch as many nidus- j nusly re-elected by the Legislature, Governor triou-i but unfortunate Citizens have been com- i of the State of Virginia fi>r the ensuing year; polled bv their operation, to retire to "•(States! anil Peter V. Daniel, Wyndhaji Robertson, whose laws are more consistent with human-1 and Guy R. C. Allen, were, on the sarnie day, ity and sound policy. j elected Executive Councillors, under the New tnai G svernmant, in order to liberate us from graph,J>y Mr. Bates the District' Attorney, and anarcbv, and our conduct will corresnom say the same of my conscientious love ot li berty. Wo must all recollect the progamme announced at the Hotel do Vdle—a popular fhrune, supported hy republican instil utio. It was accepted, but we have nil all put the same construction upon it ; it has not always been interpreted by (lie councils of the K.ng in ihe same sense in which it was understood by me; xv ho am more impatient than others that it should he realized; and whatever may have been my personal independence in al! situ ation-. I ..ourself at the nrcsent.moment nmn at Dir case in discussing my opinions wish y>»u For the res<. th re are points upon which we shall ahvavs be in accord we shall ever b-; u i - ed against our enemies whether at home or from abroad. I still think, that in t lie measures taken in the revolution ot J .ly, w«* not only dm that which xve verity bt'diev^d xxa for the best, but that we did all that xvas possible to In ♦lono, l am the more convinced o! this, sincy i hay*; become intimately acquainted xvith the personage xve have placed on the throne I) throxving off my uniform, I have noi change* my motto, “Liberty, Public Order. Besides how many b gal means xve have of expressing our thoughts; and of making our wishes .knoxvri, for os there is the Tribune of this Chamln r, and for every citizen there is the pres?, which has rendered the country so many services; and then there is the peaceable mode of pe tit ions Having thus yielded i > my desire <d laying all my sentiments before you, I trust 1 shall *t il' and ever retain your esteem urn friendship.” The Monitor contains an address tr m nis Majesty Louis Philip to ihe National Guards, in which, after expressing his regret at the re tirement of General Lafayette, he not-fics the appointment of Count L'-hnu, as commander in-chief of t he National Guwrds, in his stead. * The last account* from Pan^ represents the state of things in Pans in a in*.re favorab!-- • glit. The mobs tiad dispersed, aud the pub he funds had ri*en very materially. Paris Dec. 30—Ministers no longer dis setnble that they mean to take a high tone m future xvith all paities opposed to them, and to stand or fall by that determination If they remain true to themselves, there is little dan ger of the latter alternative There may, and will be much noiae; but of another revolution there is not at present any ground for nppre tension. ITALY. The report of an m*urrection In Rome seem - to be confirmed. A letter from Genoa ways, that a courier *rr‘Ved from R >me, announced that the inhab tants of that city were up in arms calling for a const du> ion. The wh.-le o! It.. |y is ■ o the eve of an insurrection—Courier fronds. The French papers meflfion a report which prevails a* Rome, that the majority o* th* cur- dinals appear decided to vote cardin 4 F Mch Archbishop of Lyons, and uncle of N .pojeoix. to the papal chair. SWEDEN. Letters have been rcce>vp<! in the city et ling that disturbances have broken out in JVdand Our information is from a very re •pectablc qmrt r, but we know not Ihe degree of authority to which the statement is entitled —London, J<tn 4 JV1 Chron. ;ros. Remain firmly united together, a. d *wear on hi* gr.»x r e to fob !..xv up the dictates xvhirh his inspired mind laid down for ti e go <1 This country, and hy this mean*, xvill ve h nor his memory, and dis charge a he ,vv h !>t of gratitude. JUAN DE FRANCISCO DE MARTIN. C-irthagfiiH, 1) c. 21 1C30 DC SSE^STXC. Loa’dow, Dec. 31. French Electron Law.—The no w election Law in France, although it may fail to please th** universal suffrage-gentlemen, is, we think, suf ficiently liberal and extensive to satisfy i rery tcasonable man. By this project, the number of Eh ctora is doubled, se that, of the entire population, about one person n every hundred ludjifty will have (be right cf voting. The From the UUoi blind American. F > < -T-iJ | M /I’Ll F niBD40U.L!L’XTTi /\r JUDGE PECK AU the material facts here •-'ated xve re ad nutted hy ihe counsel for tin: Judge, as fully oruved by other xvifnesses It should be kpt in mind that the publication of “A Cn.izen” was made in the vacation, four month* after h decision of the ca*e in the District C- urr. I'ue o[ inio:» of Judge P ck, to xvhom ‘ A Ci t:zen” replied, was published by the sanction oi Judge Peck The proceedings lor the al- ’eg» d contempt took place, at the next sitting ot the Court in April. Luke Edward L»xv!ess, E*q. having been called and sworn gave a historical narrative of itie proceedings, so far as related to tbec-.-e ot S. tdurd, mine L) i ~t ri»*t Court oft bo Unit *'d S .ties, tor (he S ate of Missouri, under the “ • * * Cnfigress ol !822, ( n iidiitg the claimants a; bold in 1X11**01111 and Ark.m-as to iustituie proceedings to trv the validity ot* their claims, ind in r- lalion to the circumstances which had n*d to hi* commitrn* nt and suspension by that Court He testified, in substance, that in the case ofSoulard’s heir* agaii.st the U States tie had, as counsel for the pi.untiff, argued it oil a general demurrer It was ; bought by ome of the profession, xviiom lie consulted, that it would he well to have his argument printed; and it »va* accordingly printed Th-- demurrer was sub*cquemly withdrawn; and the District Attorney tiled his answer to the petition of (lie claimants. While taking * 1 * the deposition of one of the former Lieutenant Go vernors of Louisiana, Judge Peck mentioned that he bad read or had caused to tic read to hirri, the argument ol r Lawless, a copy ol which that g- nileni in said he h id sent to turn before that time. When the Court again sat, Judge Peck directed an issue to try the ques tion, whether such a concession as that n * ;< which the plaintiffs claimed too land* m ques tion had ever been mad./ It was toui.u ihat it had been niado, sUt !i a* it was set form to he in the petition of the claimants. Tl e cause then came on upon i;s merits und the proofs. Mr. Lixviess again argued it very much at length. This was in the spri; g of 1825 The Court took the case under ad visemcn;. and re served it fi r future decision. Mr. La>vless was not present when the decision xvas made. But Judge Peck postponed m.tkiag up the re cord lor taking an appeal until the counsel re turned the record made up, the appeal ta ken, and the appeal bond given,—Tins was in D.'C^mher, 1825. In Maich following, about ,^ie 30th, be &;nv in (he Republican, published at St. L uu,s * !,n article headed, 4 Judg< Pock,” and fiounn Jt to purport to be an argument in jus.iHcation ot v ‘bc » ! ecree of th«- District Court entered in the case vf Soulwrd's lioira Mgam*t the U States. It appeared to him to contain a great many errors, in fact ,»nd it. doctnm- It appeared to him to be catcobned injuriously to affect In- opinion upon that and a variety of similar claims, in which he xvas concerned as counsel. Mr Law|e*s then wrote the article signed “A Cit'Zen,” which was ilu-n published in the Mi* s uii: Advocate and Sr. Louis E qmrer oi the. 8lb oi Apr.I, in the sum** xe;<r. Shortly after ihai the District C’*iurt sai hy special adj .urn mem. He attended ami took iii.3 place in proceeded to examine and comment upon each paragraph as it xva* read. The manner «>f the Judgo in treating the subject was exceedingly vehement; bo xvas more impassioned than bo bad ever seen him In ins observations he permitted himself to use expressions which Mr. Lawless considered offensive to him as a uj:in and a gentleman The xvitness felt himself irritated by them, and perhaps his countenance exhibited evi dences of that irritation. He xvas apprehen sive that he might betray his feelings by some expr -ssion or gesture, and thought it be-t to leave the Court. Hej therefore a*krd hi* friend, Air. lieyef, n he thought it would be a contempt for h rn to leave the Court while fhe Judge was speaking: Mr. Geyer thought that no contempt could be inferred from hi* leaving the Court He rose up and left the Court, and xvent to the Circml Court for the county of St. Louis, then sitting, before xvhich, it so happen ed, that a case, in xvhich he xvas employed as leading counsel, xvas about to be tried It was tne case ol some slaves, who had su d Peter Choieau, for the recovery of their freedom Hn was counsellor the defendant. Wiiilothis trial xvas proceeding, he was informed by the deputy Marshal the rule of an attachment a jr mist him bad been made absolute by Judge Peek; and lie xvas, therelore, obliged to leav< U>e Circuit Court, conducted by the deputv Marshal he xvas informed by Judge P- ck that be had a rig! t to demand that interrogatories should he propounded to him, as he under stood tii-n, for the purpose of enabling him to purge himselt of the alleged contempt. To this the witness replied, that he did not require any interrogatories to be propounded be should not answer them. An order was then made out for his commitment to prison for txventy four hours, anil for his suspension from practice in that Court fir eighteen months A copy of the order was put info the hands of die deputy Marshal, and t he xvitness xvas conducted to »he Jail of the county of St Louis, b>rk> d up in sx room xvherc common fe Ions had been imprisoned, as lie was inform ed and believed. Mr SnilardamlMr Rec tor accompanied him. and were locke.d up in the room xvith him After witness had been there sometime he called for the Jailor, and requested him to show him the order of com mitment, xvhich he did. After he had exam ined iv he determined to petition the Circuit Court for a xvrit of habeas corpus in order to apply for a release, on grounds which he thought ho had discovered in the order itself. Ti- ( -Judge of that Court granted the writ, and decided to di-charg-e him from prison, on the ground that no seal was affixed to the signa ture ot the Judge. He, xvas accordingly dig. rhafged and heard no more from Judge Peck. Ap orib-r xv is made out to suspend him firm practice for eighteen months, and he was not restored until a expired hy limitation. Resolved, That in the opinion of the meet ing. ImprisouineDt for Dubt should be wholly alndi* bed. Resolved, That our Senators and Represen tatives be requested strenuously to urge the passage ol an act, by ihis Legislature, abolish ing Imprisonment for Debt. A:te*t: II. G OTIS, Chairman. E Hailey, Samuel Ellis, Secretaries-. Constitution. It is said that the G tv Banks (Boston) have decided to rec- ivo the Spanish coins, in com mon circulation as small change, on and alter the 15th inst at the following rates ; Spanish quarters at 24 cents—Pistereens 17—half do. 8—Ninepence 11—Fourpence half-penny 5.— We beliex’c that for a longtime past our Banks have been aware that the above Spanish coins were not xvorth more than * lie above prices, and have refused to receive them except for necessary change. Some tour or five years ency of au expression ol an opinion hy that { ;, K°- *; ie ^* e ' v York Bankers declined receiving body, concerning the conduct of Georgia xvith j t * ,e 'Pisterceu tor more than 1» cents ; >bis at regard to the Indians and the Supreme Court ; once •‘educed their xalue in m.iriief, and the of the United States have prepared an elabo-! immediate consequence xvas, to precipitate rate report, with the following Resolutions, | *hc rn on otner cities Boslou for a time xx^is in- which were made the order of the day for the j ,|liL fided iy dh that a-vnivard coin, till the Bmk- Ilth inst ' ers - lorc reduced them to a proper lev*-!, much j n thn ; against tho will of sundry knowing ones,” A committee, of the Massachusetts Legis lature, appointed to enquire into the expedi- C'nmrr, ruin'faith. <jfi JUa.ssarh’uepttv year ot our Lord oijh thousand eight hundred j "ho drove a pretty sort of a trafic txveen N. and thirty cue. 3 York and Boston by buying them up 17 (hero, “Resolved, By the Senate and Hou-e of Rep-! J,ml sending them Imre for 20 cents. On this resentatives, that the federal constitution (be I emergency, these intruding depreciated ’Sjtani. laws of the United Siatee made in pursuance j o!as took french leave of Boston, and xve loam thereof, and all treaties made under the au thority ot the United States, are the supreme » A letter from Washington, of the 8th inst. to the editor ot the Philadelphia Inquirer, con tains ’he following inform ;Mon —Iut. “Tim delegation of Mci.oiuonie Chiefs from Green Bay, paid a vis.t to the President this morning Stnce their arrival here, a treaty has been negotiated xvifli them, hy which they hare agreed- to-e-- da a large tract of their ter ritory in he Lake Huron country for the ac commodation and settlement ot the New York Indian*, and to receive twenty thousand dollar* :n cpiTipeusation.for their ceded lands. Gr;z ziv B-.-ar, their head chief, remark iMe for the dignify ot i-is deportment, and for hi* fine »n«i intelligent count nance, made a speech to the Presid nt on the subject at the mterview this morning, in the presence <tf a number ot g*>; tlemen A reply followed The c dumet rieadship was liter Hy s/i-uk -d OIL ir.e «,cc;. sion; and tho chiefs and squa ws returned tp are uoxv more carresscd in the Canadas, iloxv long it xvill take th m to find them out, xve law of the i.uiJ ; and the Judges in "every | know m>l - nnd cure not « as ion ? as thl 7 ‘ ,0 fetatc are hound thereby, any thing m the con- ! the place of better here VYe should stitution or laws of any State to Ihe contrary i liko lo ,ose ; g ,lt of ’ the Spanish tribe, '.otivithstandiMg. (and see them replaced by the eagle aud caj* il Resolved, That (be Judicial Poxver of the jLiberty. Co/. Cent. United States extends lo aii cases in Jaw and ! ■ ■ ■ t-quity, arising under their authority ; and that o S ate can rightfully enjoin upon its execu- FROM A NEXV YORK PAPER. _ . - kCCU " j A pamphlet Ixas l>cen published in England live officers to disregard or resist by lorce any j taking a view of the impracticability ofrediev- process or mandate xvhich may be served upon them in such ca*es in due form of law, by authority of the Courts of the UniUd States. “ Resolved. That it is the duty of the Presi dent oi the United States to take care that the constitution, the I txxs of the United States, and the treaties made under their authority, are faithfully executed any thing in the consti tution, laxv or acts of any State to the contrary notxvithstanding. mg the people by parliamentary reform xvith xvhich xve agree entirely We find the follow ing extract from the Morning Chronicle of the 7th Dec. and our readers xvill perceive that xve have already expres*ed similar opinions. “Reform (says the writer) is at present sought by txvo desses : the middle—nr, as Mr. Beni ham would say, the inferior seel ion of tho Aristocracy—and by the laborers or those who have neither The motives xvhich influ-. J cnee both classes in seeking if are partly aim* ^ iesove^, i hat the Senators and Repre* jl ar a r.d partly dissimilar Bdh of them ima* ^cmatives o. the State ot Massachusetts in j gmo that the measure of retrenchment which a. le present, and tho next Congress he, and j reformed Parliament xvould adopt., would have a t ley hereby are requested aud instructed toj powerful influence in lightening the pressure use all the means m their power to preserve j of the burdens by xvhich they nre weighed inviolate the public lairti ol the country, and | down; and each class anxious that it slfould to sustain the rightful authority of the govern- j | mve a greater direct influence over the elec- ment of the United States in all its depart- { i ons . We should be most unwilling to throw ments. ” Resolved, That his Excellency the Gover discredit upon any reasonable expectations; but nothing can be more mischievous than nor be, and he hereby is requested to transmit | the formation of hopes in the public mind that mitted to the Legislatures of the same for their c< nsideration ; and also to the Senators and Representatives of the State in this and the Ali which is respectfully sub mitted. “ A. II. EVERETT. u Chairman of the Committee.” Mr. Barbour resigned his seat in the Legis- a.ure ot Virginia, on the I6th inst. “in obe dience to the declaration xvhich he has made fi'st and last, that he xvould not hold his place a moment after ascertaining that ho did not hold it hy the xn ill of a majority of the const itu- tionat Voters of Orange. Tiie labors of the committee ol Privileges and Elections xvere not concluded, but the investigation liad pro ceeded so far as to convince Mr. Barbour that tiie final result xvould probably he adverse; satisfied ol xvhich, he proceeded to fulfil the pledge he had repeatedly given.” Population of North Carolina. Whites, 472433 Slaves, • 246 462 Free colored, * 19 575 Total, In 1820, increase. 738,470 638,829 99,641 I pendilure that it is p ^sibleto adopt, so long as faith is kept with the public creditor, are either deceived themselves, or are endeavor ing for no good purpose to deceive others Up- on xvhat are the great retrenchment^, of wbicfi )ve hear so much *to be made? Of fifty mii!« ions of revenue nine and twenty millions go to pay the interest of the debt; and this sum must be paid till R.-volution ar.d not Reform is at woik; till the title deeds of Netherby and the bonds ot Mr. Rothschild are involved in one common blaze. The taik that one hears about pensions is absolutely ridiculous; not that wo think that one third of these pensions should ever have been granted, or that (lie system xvhich admitted of such misapplication of tho public money should be utterly abolished; hut supposing that all pensions and useless placet xvere lorthxvith put doxvn, and taxes repealed to the amount of 1700 000, or 800,000 a year expended upon them, it xvould not make a difference of one shilling a year to each indi vidual in the country.” Bread and Butter—We learn that one ot the loading cottoq factories of Nexv Eng** laud, divided seventeen per cent. the year just passed. This makes capitalists smack their lips. When the rich do so xvell, is their any harm in increaseing the comforts of the poor by reducing the duty on sugar?