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THE FRIEND AND’ MONITOR.
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Volume I.j
Fulton the First.
\ efierday was a very auspicious
day for the United States. The j
experiment of moving the new vef- !
sel of war by means of fleam, has
been made in a fuccessful and high
ly iatisfatlory manner.
At ten o’clock fn the morning,
the Fulton was propelled, by her
own tleam and machinery, from
her moorings, at the wharf, near
the Brookiin ferry, on the east fide
of the city. Henry Rutgers, Sami.
L. Mitchell, Thomas Morris, and
Oliver Wolcutt, Efqrs- the com
missioners of the Navy Department
to superintend her conftru&ion,
were on board. Mr. Brown the
naval confiruftor, Mr. Stondinger,
the engineer, (the fuccefforto Mr.
Fulton) and Capt. Smith, the in
fpe&or, were also in the vessel. A
number ol fcientific and distin
guished gentlemen gave their atten
dance. The wharves were crowd
ed with citizens, anxious to know
the result.
She proceeded majefticaliy into
the river, though a fiitF breeze
from the south blew diredly ahead.
She stemmed the current with per
fect ease, as the tide ran a (Irong
ebb. She failed by the forts and
saluted them with her 32 pound
guns. Her speed was equal to the
molt sanguine expectation. She ex
hibited a novel and sublime fpetta
cle to an admiring people. The
intention of the commiflioners be
i ing foiely to try her enginery, no
use was made ol her fails.
It is now ascertained, by aflual
experiment, that this grand inven
tion, in war, and in the arts, will
raiie all the hopes of its war me ft
Jriends. Our enemy may trem
ble at the tremendous power thus
arrayed against them. Every har-
bor in the U. S. has now the means
of protecting itfelf against a {Long
er maratime force. All the ports
of the weaker European nations
may, henceforward, secure them
feives against the attack of their
foes, how formidable soever at sea.
Alter navigating the bay, and
receiving a visit from the officers of
the French Ihip of war, lying at
her anchors, the fleam frigate came
to near the Povvles-hook ferry, a
- 2 o’clock, without having ex
perienced a single unpleasant oc
currence.
!he only saddening object of
thought was, that the incomparable
inventor could not be present, to
witness this noble triumph of his
genius and (kill.
National Advocate, 2 d funs.
It is reported, (fays the Norfolk
Herald) that Gen. Scott has ob
tained a furlough for the purpose
of visiting France.—ln that great
military country, the General will
have a fine opportunity of perfedt
)tng himfelf in the science of war,
and extending his sphere of know
ledge, by the effect of practical de
monstration ; while his personal
appearance and accomplilhents, &
the fame of his achievements, wall
rnfure him a diltinguifhed reception ;
PUBLISHED (weekly) BY JOHN K. M. CHARLTON.
WASHINGTQNj (Geo.) FRIDAY, JUNE’ 30, 18 15.
among that polite and gallant peo
ple.
THE CONTRAST. 1
As Louisiana and Massachusetts
are the extremes of the Union, it
may not be improper to make fome
obi'ervations on their conduct du
rign the last year. And here we
fee,
Louisiana—supporting the union.
Massachusetts dissolving the
union.
Louisiana—supporting the coun
try 1 .
Massachusetts—supporting the
enemy.
Louisiana—with no, regular or
ganized militia, chafing fifteen
thousand of the belt troops on
earth from fier shores in a few days.
Mafiachufetts—with an hundred
thousand mihua at command, fuf
fering 1500 Britiih troops to take
and hold poffeflion of an important
part of her territory for one year,
without any molestation.
What a difference in pictures! !
Green Mountain Farmer.
It appears by the Patriot of yes
terday, that Barrataria has again
become a place for iinuggiing, and
that prompt and efticatious measures
have been adopted tor bringing the
cuiprits to condign punishment.
Baltimore paper 2 sth ult.
The Bolton federalilts, in order
to maintain their prepon Jerancy in
the Massachusetts legillature at clieir
late election, have chosen ITHR
-I'Y SIX members to represent the
town of Bolton m their house of
representatives, while the city of
New-York lends only eleven to the
home of affejnbly of that state, and
the city or Balumore only two to
the Maryland house of delegates.
It may truly befaid, that the ivlali'a
chufetts house of reprefeaatives
bears a strong resemblance to the
French council of 500, with this
exception, that it is much more nu
merous.
Mechanics Gazette.
foreign ‘ne\vs“
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BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
House of Lords, April 13.
Propositions from France. —The
duke of Norfolk begged leave to
ask of the noble earl (Liverpool)
whether any propofitiorts or com
munication had been made to the
government of this country from
the government at present existing
in France ; and if such propositions
or communications had been made,
he wilhed to . ask what had been
done iq consequence. ■ ‘
The earl of Liverpool had no
objection to answer the question of
the noble duke, so far as to fay, that
a communication had been made
from the government at present ex
isting in France to the government
of this country, and that it had been
tranknitted to Vienna.
The duke of Norfolk asked whe
ther the noble earl could state any
thing. refpe&ing the nature of the
comtnunicafion.
The car! of Liverpool.. All the
VIRTUE, LIBERTY, AND SCIENCE.
answer he could at present give,
was that such a communication
had been made from France, and i
that it had been transmitted to Vi- 1
enna.
The marquis of Douglass ex
pressed his hope that the noble earl j
would take an early opportunity of
making fome communication to the
house refpeCfing the nature of these
propositions, as it appeared very
material that the house Ihould be ‘
acquainted with their nature and
import.
The earl of Liverpool repeated
what he had laid before, that he
willingly communicated the fad,
that propositions or communications
had been made, and tranfrpitted to
Vienna; but the noble marquis
would fee that it would be impro
per in him, under the present cir
cumstances, to. state the nature of
the communications. As fooa as
circumstances would permit,’ the
noble marquis might be allured that
the proper communications would
be made to the house.
House of Lords, April 17.
1 ram action sej Congress.
The marquis Weliefly thought
that an expolition of the .whole ar
rangements at Vienna ought to be
laid before the house, without leav
ing it to particular members to ex
tract information by motions for
papers relative to particular branch
es. I'his was now ablolutely ne
cessary, when we are perhaps on
the eve ot anew war, and of being
obliged to submit to all the facri
fices and burthens with which the
war must be attended. His lord
(hip then ailuded to the situation
which this government had affirm
ed m tiie arrangements, particular
ly with, refpedc to Saxony. We
had in that case, he find, taken the
judgment fijat, and pronounced Sen
tence on the head ot a venerable,
legitimate sovereign ot an ancient
family, of whom, whatever might
have been his errors, it might be
fajd, that few had adopted a more
wife and beneficent system of go
vernment than he had done with
regard to his own fubjeds.
AMERICAN IREATY.
The earl of Liverpool moved an
addrels to the prince regent approv
ing of the treaty of peace conclud
ed with America: which, after
fome observations from lord Stan
hope, was put and carried.
House of Commons , April 2!.
New Treaty of the Allied Sovereigns’
Mr. Whitbread could not but
suppose that the treaty, put forth,
as having been signed at Vienna,
on the 25th March, was a forgery
—for if not, it must have been act
ually signed at the time when the
noble Lord (Caftlereagh) declared
in that house that the queiiion of
peace or war was wholly undecid
ed.
Lord Caftlereagh admitted, -that
a treaty had been signed at Vienna
on the day mentioned, and that the .
one published, fome instances ex
cepted, contained its fubft^tnee. —It
had not however been ratified by all
the allied powers, and therefore
[dpayable half’ yeartv.
could not be submitted to the
house.
Mr. Whitbread wished those who
opposed all argument on such do
cuments, to read the one in ques
tion.
Lord Caftlereagh could not per
ceive upon what principle the hon
orable gentleman could imagine
himfelf entitled to enter on a pre
mature difeuffion, and to endeavor
to throw our calumnies, in violation
of the orders of the houle —(Hear J
Hear ! J
Mr. Whitbread maintained his
right to approve or disapprove of
such a treaty; and declared that it
was quite impossible to speak of the
proceedings of the Congress in
terms of calumny. ( Hear! hear! )
Had the treaty been ratified by
England, and what were the alledg
ed inaccuracies ?
Lord Caftlereagh fuid that the
inaccuracies alluded to were sub
stantial, ones, and that the prince
regent had ratified the treaty, with
an explanation of one of the arti
cles.
Mr. Whitbread asked whether
the noble lord intended to involve
the country in a war, and then to
ask the house to (Lengthen the
hands of government ? He was
sure the house would not consent to
vote supplies on the principle of the
treaty; but he was not sure that,
once engaged in a war, even under
that fooiifh treaty, that fupplie3
could be refufed.
Lord Caftlereagh cbferved that
parliament had fanclioned precau
tionary measures, and for any o
thers, ministers rested on their own
responsibility. Ministers were al
ways competent to acivife the crown
to war, if they thought it proper,
fubjett to their responlibiiity.
Lord Milton asked whether this
treaty was in the hands of ministers
before the 7th April, tfie day on
which the noble lord had obtained
the address ?
Lord Caftlereagh replied in the
affirmative, and added that he was
prepared to contend that there was
nothing at all inconsistent between
the terms of the address and the
treaty.
Mr. Whitbread. Does the no
ble ford mean to fay that if a mo
tion be now made he will produce
the treaty ?
Lord Caftlereagh anfvvered that
he should be prepared on Monday
to give the gentleman a diftintt
anfwer*.
Mr. Whitbread observed that on
Monday he should make the mo
tion.
Lord Caftlereagh. The honor
able member does not quite ap
prove of my condct, and I am not
sorry for it, because there is no
thing I am so much afraid of as his
praise. - .
Mr. Whitbread. The fear ex
pj'efl'ed by the noble lord is quite
as unfounded as my prafe would
have been if I had ever bellowed it;
for the"daft is that he never receiv
ed a feinti’h of praise from me du
ring the whole courfeof his politi
cal life,
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