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THE FRIEND AND’ MONITOR. ~*, , r _ ■ Three dollars per annum.] 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“ i-• -g v ; , * , 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, [Number 25.