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• your committee ip, tVie extraordinary imiatton in which farirptacc& prcvc.ns him alone (in exception, to e very fivnilar case) from indemnifying himfeiffor the mcreate of duty, and of other expences attending his coin vation, by an equivalent incrcafe of .price to theeonfume'r. For it appears that fir.ce the year 1799, the duty on sugar ha* been raifeci Irbm 20s. to 275. and contingently to 40 s * P* 1 cwt * ejcppnces of the tfiates are calculated to have riienin many articles 50, and in Others 60 per cent, and the price l has fallen from 695. to 355. 6d. per c wt. the average of the last eight months. As it appear- obvious, from the above Ota emetH, that the duty is heavier than die .anficlo can hear, as us p. fcr.t price, it is fuggetled that it might be expedient, for the relief Os the heme markst, to extend the principle which j -as been adopted on the contingent in cr-afe of duty from 275. to 30s. so from the rnaxiutnof duty then fix ed, on a grof; price of .30s. affording 30s. duty, and 50s. to the planter, the duty (hould be thrown back on a fun ilar (calc, in proportion to the depres sion of the market, till the price ar rives at 60s, grids, leaving 2Os. (the original duty) to government, and 40s. t,o the planter.; or in other words, a reduction of is. of duty on a reduc tiom of.2s. .gross price from the aver ageih ‘u fixed for the impetition of the ne v duty as far as 20s. An increase of. bounty on the ex port has been a-!&o recommended j and your committee are of opinion, that it would afford great relief if given as an accompaniment to me afu res cf re flfriSfion upon neutrals, so as to ren tier the expences on Brittfh and for eign produce equal to the foreign mar ket. A considerable depreciation in the p ice of rum having also taken place, it has been fug gelled, that encourage ment of the consumption of that arti cle would be of conhderabie advan Jage to the planter. Your committee are aware that such encouragement has been given to a certain extent, but if it were found practicable to carry that further, by an incrcafed con futnption in the army and navy, such a measure would, in their opinion, have very beneficial effects ; or a re duflion of duty on rum might afford effedlual relief to the planter, without !ofs to the revenue, which would be indemnified by an encreafed consump tion of that (pitit. Great, however, as the evils of the deereafe of price and increate of char ges, it does not appear to your com ttvktee, “hat they are the original cau fesof the distress of the planter, by applying to which alone, any praftica ble remedy he could be more than partially relieved; but that the main evil, and that to which these are ulti mately to be referred is the very un favorable Date of the foreign market, in which, formerly, the British had nearly a monopoly, but where he can not at present enter into competition with the planters, not only of the neu trals, but of the hostile colonies. The refultofall their enquiries on this moll important part of the fubje&has bro’t before their eyes one grand and pri mary evil, from which all the others are easily to be deduced ; namely, the facility of intercourse between the hostile colonies and Europe, under the American neutral flag, by means of which not only the whole of their produce is carried to a market, but at charger little exceeding those of peace; while a British planter is burthened v/tdj ali the inconvenience, risk and ckjjchc? rcfihkjgefrom a (fate of war. The advantages v/hi'ch ‘the Hostile colonies <ki ive from the relaxation of that principle, which prohibited an)’ trade fiom being carried ■Oll with the enemy’s colonics by neutrals during war,, which the enemy did not permit to those neutrals during peace, may be in part eft.mated by reference to a ftaterosnt ot the imports into Anifterdatn alone, troai the United States of America, in the year 180S, amounting to ,'3,(>S5 hegtheads of coffee, a..d 45,097 hog* | fneads of fugav, conveyed in 211 vefilb, here- I u.-.to-annexed : and to a ftatemer.t alio annexed j of the amount of Weft-India produce, exported I from t!ie United States of America, between the j Ift Qibber, 1905, and-SOth September, 180'J. j 1: point of comparative expence, the advantages or tit? hostile colonies will be further illaftrated !by the evidence cf Mr. Marryat, supported by f.uidactory documents which (how the charges 6ffreight and insurance cn fugarfrem the hos- ( tile colonies throughout the United States otj America, to the ports of Holland and Handers, | and to these of the Mediterranean, tote left by 3s. lid. to the former, and by it’s. Gd. to the i latter, than theft- charges cn British. lugavsto the iame ports. Your committee cannot orr.ii to ft its another important advantage enjoyed by the French co lonies from the fulo of nearly the whole French mercantile marine to neutrals, under the ft'pula tion of each veftel being returned into French ports, in order to be navigated as French (Ups, within twelve mouths after-peace-, and with the enjoyment during war, of the’ fame privileges in the ports of France, as if they were aitaaUy French ; for instance, to import in gar at a dot) of 4s. per cwt. lefts that! the duty iniyoftdti o.i tugar imported inv.eutral vafels. In order to counterbciaics, in Conte degree; t'ae advantages thus enjoyed by the hostile colo nies to the detriment of the British planter, it has been recommended, that a blockade of tin ports of the enemy’s fettlemenh. fnould be re torted to ; such a.meafure,"if it could be tlridllv enforced, would undoubtedly afford relief to or. export trade. But a measure cf more permanent and certain advantage would be the enforcement of those re* llri&ions on the trade between neutrals and enemy's colonies, which were formerly main tained by Great-Britain, and from the relaxa tion from which the enemy's colonies obtained ! indirectly, during the war, all the advantages of peace ; While Our own colonies, with the in-’ tercourfe witli whom, that system of monopoly, which has been essential to the coir tnercial and military navy of this country, is ririrouftv en forced, are deprived of the advantages under which iu former wars they carried their produce to foreign markets, and which in the present war, by means of our decided naval superiority, would have amounted to the exclusive fupi.-ly est the whole of Europe ; and when those extraordina ry measures are taken into consideration which have been adopted to exclude the British cole nisi produce irom the European market, it ap pears to your committee to be a matter of evi dent and imperious necessity, to resort to such a system, as by impeding and reftrifling, and, as fir as poifible, preventing the export of the pro duce of the enemy's colonies from the places or its growth, (hall compel the continent to have recourse to the only source of supply which, in this event, would be open to it. As it may be apprehended that from the adoption of such measures, difficulties might arise in that intercourse from which the Weft- Indies at present derive a Considerable propor tion of fame of their supplies, your committee have thought it their duty to make inquiry into the refource3 in that refpe£l to which recourse might be had in such an event. During the only period which affords an example of’ the fufpeirfion of that fame course the evidence con curs as to the faft of a supply having been ob tained (though not without temporary and oc casioned inconvenience) from a variety of sour ces which may reasonably be relied upon, in case of such necefiity at the present moment, to a j greater amount than the former period. From j the examination of perfotis, who in consequence of their residence in the British North America settlements, or extensive commercial Connexions with them, poiTcfs the best information as to their present and future reforces, there is ground to believe that fome supply of the principal arti cles of lumber might have been obtained from thence immediately, and to expeft that with due encouragement, the quantity of that supply might be encreafed to any extent. The supply of flour which they could at pre fect afford to the Weft India market, would be small and of inferior quality. They appear to be capable of affording a large supply of ft ill ; and what deficiency might exist in other articles of (alt provjfipns might be made up by fupolfes from Europe. Upon the whole, the impression which your committee have received is, that the trade now carried on between the Britifli Welt-Indies and tue United States of America, is very conveni ent and advantageous to the inhabitants of our colonies and one which they could not relinquilh without cffential detriment, unless It were com pelled by other advantages ; but that it is not leffentialto their cxiftonce, or equivalent to the ( I difatlvantages of their situation, in these refpe&s which your committee have already gone thro’ in the present ftatoment. Your committee having briefly dated the dis tvc(fed situation of the Weft-India planter—the causes which have gradually produced his dis tress, which are beyond his reach to remedy, and which mult continue to operate with in ert a (Ted effefi; and having dated such mea sures of relief as have been fuggefled to them, and such as from the best sources of information, appear mod adequate to the end in view, have only to add, that if these remedies are liable to objections and difficulties, there is on the other hand the ftrongelt concurrent testimony and proof, that unless fome speedy and efficient mea sures of relief are adopted, the ruin of a great ‘ number of the planters, and of persons in this country, holding annuities,'and otherwise depen j dent upon those properties for their income, limit inevitably very soon take place, which rniift be followed by the loss of avast capital, advanced on securities in those countries, and by the ti-nlt fatal injury to the commercial mari time, and financial inetrefts of Grcat-Britaia. BALTIMORE, October 5. Whilst piJdlhig politicians in this country are seriously disputing about the right and the wrong of their own sagacious speculations, the pm Lament of Great Britain is setting an exam ple which every real American ought to bring home for his own consideration and imitation, In tifis day s paper we lay before the public a ‘ Report,’of a Committee appointed totakein to consideration the commercial state of the W, India Colonics ;’ a document which every citi zen of the FT. States ought carefully to peruse, and which ought to be flock up in the Counting hoafe of every merchant in this country. This Report demonstrates that the British govern-1 meut feel the growing advantages which the A rr.ericans derive from their intercourse with the Weft-Indies, and tire determined as much as pof uble to prevent them 3 end, in (hort, as soon as they can do it, to cut us off altogether from any trade with thefc islands over which they have control. They are endeavoring, all in their power, to find out means of lupplying their colonies with those articles which they require, from other colonics of theirs on this continent, or from the mother couutry. The Report fa vs, J that fifth can be fuppiied from the Enghfh North American settlements for the supply of the W. ! Indies, asweli as lumber, and even a small flip ! ply of flouV, though of inferior quality ; and j that “what deficiency might exist in articles of , stilt provisions might be made up by supplies . from Europe.” This language, held in an cf :■ ficial document, cannot be misunderstood. The Britifli mean to do without us in every instance they can. They intend that ‘ monopoly,’ ; which their report plainly declares is so effenti’aL ly necessary to the cxiilcnce of the British navy and nation. HALIFAX, (N, S.) August 11. j On 1 uefday lad, a Court Martial was held cn beard the Bellona, for the trial of W. Ware, D. Martin and John Strachan, (lately taken from on board the American frigate’ Chesa peake) charged with having deserted. The charges were fully proved ; but the Court, in consideration of their former good condudt, and the high char-after given them by their officers, I as well as the contrition (hewn by them for their offences, did not sentence them to death, but to receive 500 ladies each. In a petition iince presented to the Comman der in Chief, from the above named deserters, for a mitigation of punishment, Ware dates himfelf to have been born near Pipe-Creek, j. led. County, Maryland—Strachan, at Queen’s Town, Queen Ann’s County, in the fame date ; and Martin, in the Wed-Indies. That they had voluntarily and deliberately entered on board .ne Melampus— that they lament the crime cf desertion, of which they had been guilty ; and again offer their services on board any of his majedy’s ships. They were pardoned. THE SUBSCRIBERS Having entered into partnership under the firm of Bulloch & Glen , And having taken convenient Stores cn Smith s Whan ror tee reception of all kinds of ~ y °duce, offer their iervices to their friendt in the FACTORAGE AMD COMMIS SION BUSINESS, T o which, ai they intend, to be confined, they preraife themselves it will be in their power to give fatisfadion. A. S. BULLOCH, i huMAw GLEN. Sav. Oftober 15 67 Public Intelligencer. SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, October 23, 2807. ■— WE, in common with our brethren, have to request those of our patrons who maybe ner ledled in the delivery of the Intelligencer, to fend to the office for the fame ; the former car rier being sick, and the present one not acquaint ed with the route. ON Tuesday last came on the Ele&ion for County Officers—on an examination of the votes it appeared that the following Genlemeu were elected : Sherif-r JOHN EPPINGER. Surveyor —l. STOUF. - Conner— M. WHITLEY. The following is the state of the Poll .- For Sheriff EPPINGER, 256 SHICK, 194- OATS, 41 For Coroner <, WHITLEY, SJI BROWN, in The * Lou.fville Gazette,’ of the 9th iuft. contains tire following, “ Yefterdav 15 way. gons left this place for Milledgeville with the Treafnry and the Public Records of the State. They were efcci ted by the-troop of horie flora Washington County, who arrived here a few days since for that purpofe.’’ Many of the enraged opponents of the ad. ftuniUration condemned the Prcliderit for the re mote day at which he called Coogrefs. Events, however, have (hewn that had he convened them sooner they would have been unable to proceed on the important bunnefs which occasioned their extraordinary affemblsge. But three weeks will elapse before the day of their meeting ; and, from .present appearances, it is scarcely pos sible, and not in the lead probable, that official information will be received from England at a much earlier period. The Revenge had not ar rived on the 26th of Augufl ; allowing but (hort time for the r.eceffory explanations be tween our ministers and those of England, we may er.pedl this information about the 26th of Odtober. It is also not improbable that the fame vessel that brings it will like wife brirm us the fate of the Treaty. At all events, the views of the Britifli ministry will be soon clearly dis closed, and we (hall then diftinilly fee whether fhey will honestly practice what they prefers ; or whether their recent demenftratfons of amity arc but the cover to new outrages. National Ititdlb'ersetr. o Extras of a letter from Rathbor.e, Hughes and Duncan, dated Liverpool, August 25, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. “ Since our last advices, we haVe had a continuance of unusually favorable weather for the harvest, and we learn from ail parts of the kingdom that the crops are in good quality, abundant in quantity, the principal part already well housed, and a favorable profpcdl for that which is ilill on the ground. The demand for grain and flour has in consequence, become whoi.y fuipended ; the holders-are encreafingly anxious to dispose of their Hocks, and our last quotations must be considered nearly nominal. “ In aihes no alteration has taken place, ar.d we confirm our last quotation. “ During the last week, the demand for cct. ton was very bride, and considerable tales were effedled at the following rates : “ Sea-Ifiand, very fine, 2s. sd. a 2s. 6a.— ; fine 2s. 3d. a 2s. 4d.—middling 2s. Id. a 2s. 2k —ordinary Is. I Id. a 2 1-2—ftainpd Is. 4d. a Is. 9d. ‘ Nevr-Orleans, fine, Is. 6 l-2d—middling tc fair Is. sd. a Is. 6d. “ Upland, fine Is. sd. a Is. Gd.—foir Ic. 3d. a Is. 4d.—-ordinary tc middling Is. Id. a it. 2d. NO NEUTRALS, BUT ALLIES, OR ENEMIES. The people of America will, atljnpth fee, iu the declarations of the Entifl’. miiiffcr at Co penhagen, the situation ir. which hey are now placed— He explicitly declares to the ourt of Den mark— That ic ir. impoffude any longer o diftinguiih between —<x Neutral and an Enemy