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From the Sakm Reristcr i i
, The late arrival from Europe, furniah no
important commercial or. political event,
Ibut increase our expectation. The English
Parliament opened on the 2Ut January, and
his Majesty' Commissioners read a speech
.which congratulates "the nation upon their na
tal affairs but laments the e-remV in Germa
ny, tho' wUhhtghussJKances of the friendly dis
position of Russia. Such supplies are expect
. ed from the Commons as the public exigen-
4;ies demand, and the Lords are reminded how
.jnuch the power of France is extended to en
sure attention to the national safety ." -The
.entire change of the ministry leaves much
t,.anticipte. Mr. Fox, as Minister for
foreign affairs, has had the public testimony
I. P" i . of the popular favor in which he stands. By
jaome It is expected that he will open nego
tiations with France, The foreign ministers
.will be changed. Upon commercial con
cerns nothing has been done which regarded
the great questions between England and the
, ; United States of America. Only American
built ships were declared in the council to be
.within their act of navigation and commerce. ;
'The Dutch,, appear to possess the same dis
position respecting their commercial inter
Course with Great-Britain, which prevails, in
this-country, and the same uncertainty in
,-what manner it shall be extended.- What
; the assurance! from Russia, arejnot explain
ed. The commerce of Russia is oFfeat
importance to Engfand. Of the 1 53r ves-
aels which passed into the Balticin 1805, 4,316
were British, and 166 American Hence the
.Russian commerce is called in Europe, the
.Northern India of the English nation. The
English complain of the frequent success of
the French cruisers in the channel, and the
French papers report' the prizes they have
taken. But the English boast of having'ta-
. ken, above 500 vessels since the commence
mentof the war with France, in 1793. The
. increase of the Commercial spirit of the Eng
lish cannot be better explained than in the
influence upon a Port in Scotland, since the
Ciemorable rebellion of I7v GrtnocW, up.
n the Clyde, at hat time had not more than
1 4000 inhabitants, and did not much increase
till 1 760. In 1 77 1, says a British publication
It had 1 1,000. Though it suffered In the
American war, yet in 1791, it had ) 5,000,
and in 1801, above 17,000, and then was much
crowded, and buildings were increasing. Its
. ata-ia.frura the West-India UrkeU. In
79, iliinpnrted 81,000ewt. of sugar, above
221,000 gallons, of . ruin, and nearly 2,000,
COO weight of cotton. The cotton is for the
tuanufiraires around it. It has a share in
.the ljultic.and Mediterranean tradr, and in
the whale, .fishery, and particularly in the
Iteming fishery. It his success in the mwu
factures of coiduge, (nil tloth, and surh ak
relate to maritime concerns. In 1771, it
employed U.ooO tons of shipping.. In 17 1,
entered I thousand tons, but in 1791, 43
(JOO.jn the foreign trade, and iS.OOOin the
coasting trade.. In 1764, were above 13,000
tons, and in 17 J I, 3 4,000, besides 16,000 coast
wise. ...
TUe last news from India, announced in
the" papers we haw n. was by Mr. Ktr,
yvho has witli him a copy of a very advantage
us treaty with the Porte, lie passed thr'o"
..... Hungary and Moravia, a few days after the
batils of ustetlitz. He was stripped of hit
di"Ptchts iyar II lhvh on the 6th Decern
ter, If three cossack. but the Austrian Ce
peral, Prince . Scbwarticmbarjr, recovered
hein. lie aficrwardt marched several days
Irith the .Russians, who assured Mm their
oss was immense. In December, 8 Russian
vessels, men of war, and transports, passed
Constantinople, from the UUofc Ses, with few
troops" but laden with artillery. . warlike
. . ftorel ind provisions for the Adriatic 11-
aidt. The ruturn of the troops from Na.
pits, wsi not then eipectrd, 8c troops to take
their place had b-en collected, and w re rtaJy
to embark from Scbatopo. Frequent cqn.
fare ncci were then held between the Tur.
kih Court k the Fnish St Hnssian Ambail
aa-Jor at Constantinople. The greatest ex
fa ctatinni were then entertained of the sue
, tess of the allied pwrs, upon the continent.
Dn the 14ih of December, the Emperor
of Runa aUrtsicd Cen Waesmhnriw. Min.
later -of war, upon the subject of the quiet
of bit opital. and lo testimony of the ap.
probation of his conduct in the city, he con.
fsrred tat order of St. Aleiandcr. with as.
anraoces of future favors highly flattering.
The march of the Russian troops upon thtlf
teUira from Moravia, wanhrough the Prvii'.
ian protlnees. But few colomns passed
throwgh-Galicla. Tot Inteotiomof Prussia
are now fully known. , The Xlnj-, by pro
tarn si ion, hat declared, that by a coovm.
tioo wiUt France, he la to nold Ifanovcr till
the peace. The InhaUuntt do not arpeir
tole tmwilhnf to chaag ihtir maiUrtVaa
the French repiUklons have been beary. A
uumeft! Irons Hsmburw jt, that the
fr6cb troop tt Ilsmeln, hurt tost the
I-ltttorate 10,000 crowns a month, tnd the
nd t.n,H,nhrtsH have beta 50,000,0m of
ri.4c41.ra. The debt, whkh Vcht of
ll.nover t extracted, aince It Ut bee
iolhtposae.aleatfti,. Frtacb, wnixti
to 500,000 crowns As early as on the list
of December, the Elector of Bavaria had
taken possession of Augsburg, and his troops
were on their' march -for Lindau, and the
country between the Gler and Lech. The
bavarian Commissioners had reached all
the places assigned to them. The Elector
pf Baden and the Elector of Vvurtemberg
were equally engaged in taking possession of
their new territories. It was not expected
that the divisifias would end with the first
assignations. Frankfort whs uncertain of
its fate, and Nuremberg wns named for the
Elector of Bavaria. From Holland, we leann
that General Vaufreland had "given orders
to put Breda in the best state"of defence.
He was at that place on the 20th of Decem
ber, and the French Emperor declares, in the
order, that he gave this appointment as the
greatest mark of his esteem and confidence.
In Spain, notice is taken of a generous chari
ty to the Widows ajid Orphans of. the men
who suffered in the late Spanish engagement
with the English fleet. The benefactor is
not named, but the donation exceeded 60,000
dollars.
" From congress we have many articles of
hasiness, but the great Commercial Resolu
tion remains as we reported in our last paper.
The account of the measures taken with the
Spaniards is varid in its most important c'u
cumstanees, and the reports of the Indian
discontents north of the Ohio remain unex
plained. From the Rhode Island Republican.
FEDERAL CONSISTENCY.
1 The Federalists say that the most eloquent
speech ever made in the Congress of ths U-
' nited States, u that of Mr. John. Randolph
upon Mr. Gretrtr's resolution for s tusnrn-
' sion of our commercial intercourse " with G.
Britain.
What does Mr. Randolph say in this tlo
quent speech ? !f a right summary of it has
been given, he in the first place tells Con
gress that they have been ten weks in ses
sion, and have done nothing. For this ne
glect of duty he gives tucm a severe repri
mand. He then goe on to infbi m them ihst
if they had been disposed to tlo something, If
was wholly out cf their power; for it was
nonsense to think of lighting England. He
4rpe this fact by his r-'iiMitUpJr!
the mammoth and the h"ale. He thtiilpro
ceeds to tell iherii. that England in her dis
pute with this country is in the right; that
Mr. MadisnnS pamphlet upon the subject i
a wire-drawn sophiktical performatcv ; thin
if we should go to ar with England .nor sti
pend our conimeirial intercourse wifli lir.
it would give France such an advantage r.er
her, that Buonaparte would probably succeed
inhixnieditutrd invasion; and that after lie
had conquered Er.pland, he would conie tnd
conquer us. He concludes this try ktr.
rangue by Raying, that he knew nothing abM t
the siibitcthe it as discussinc This we bt
licve is the truest part of his neech ; ftr evtt y
part of it shews this to have hotn lhe.ca.e.
Leaving for the prtsent the consit'crution f
the nonsensical conttadictir.ns which ibis
speech contain e willexamina it in relation
to tie fire things a hich tl federali.t. hast
aid about 'it, as well as In relation to other
parts ortheir political condurt. t
The federalists say it Is the best 'speech
that ever was marfe In that hotuc. The
speech sa)s that England in interdicting our
trade bstwten the rolopies of her enrnics end
the moihir country, had acted confoimably
to the piinriplea of justice and the law if na
tions. Now it U not very consistent in the
fvdcrafists to bestow sur.h, encomiums upon
ttiii i speeclir whe,n tl ey have read so niuih,
saiasomurh, thought so much, and wrutco
so htuth, to prove that the conduct of the
British in this paiiiculr is unjust, and ion
trary to the law of n.tions ? ' If Mr. Madi
on'a arpimrnts upon this question be tophis
tical, and Mr. Handulph has knoeked them
all over t ino blow, -so are the arj;unents
in the New-Yora. Philadelphia and f.osion
Memorials anplUtical and Mr. Raadt-lph
has iirrcuarily laid tte arguments inMhtse
tncniorials as low at he h. those in Mh Ma.
dison'abook u he tH it. Because If we
were even to admit that the arguments in
these memorial, are more forcible than those
contained In Mr. Madison's pamphlet, it
would atill be evident that if they writ so
phistical m one or these, performances, thet
must to sophistical In all of them .(U the
tmtimtnti expressed In these memorial and
in Mr. Madison's pamphlet are the aame.
Mr. RandolpVs djihhf metaphor of the
mammoth and whale Is evidently one of lis
cirai arguments U opposition to a navy e
af aUishmeat in this country. This ' part of
hia speech the fedc raliss particularly praise'
J ,! w hM same fcdcralisia continual,
f If spoutlnsj abotit the eccesaity of a navy
; A young federalist la Englaad, o)onr.r a.
tothaa UU fall, wrote homm lo k.s friends
lUSt he Waaaahamr la .kU4 C! ,r
1 ' - ..-rsvw nimwil
I "American, because w had not a navy
. umclcnilf atronf protect our commerce
I iroPliaf atlturrs aXtU Briiiaa crui
sers. He said tve ought to have forty ships
of the line, a proportionate numberof frigates
and smaller vessels, and then we should be
respected. Add notwithstanding the fepub.'
licans satisfactorily proved the annual ex
pence of such an arrangement would greatly
exceed the annual amount of the revenue,
and would not be one third strong enough to
protect our extensive commerce against the
piratical depredations of the British navy;
yet the federalists said that it was an excel
lent letter: That it contained verjr oumt lo
gic! and must have been written by a very
Roundhead.' Now Mr. John Randolph has
made a speech, , and told Us it is nonsense to
think of building a navy: And this speech
the federalists say is the best that ever was
madu in Congress. What consistent crea
tures these federalists are.
We will now examine Mr Randolph's speech
in relation to its own merits. We have be
fore given a summary of the positionswbich it
is said to contain. We- will giv another
short one, that the reader may not forget
what those positions arc. He said that Con
gress had been sitting for ten weeks, and had
done nothing; thet they were exceedingly
reprehensible for this criminal neglect of their
duty j that if they had been !iposed fo have
done something, it was wholly out of their
power to have done it, because we were not
able to cope with England ; that there was
nothing at all to be done ; because in our dis
pute with her ourselves -were the aggres
sors; that if we Should train war with her. "it
would probably prove S;:r entire destruction,
and eventually end in the ruin of this country .
What an asstnibljge of. eloquent contradic
tions do we here see. We are first told that
it is nonsense and madnesa to think of going
to war with England, because it is in her
power to crush us t a single blow, and then,
that poor old England lies wholly at our mer
cy. What a poor old creature she must be 1
Now who is not charmed with nuch charming
and such manly logic as this is ; and who is
not delighted with such a delightful creature,
as the dtlijihtfal speaker, of this delightful
speech.
Frtjrn the H'ashinlcn Federalist,
On Wednesday last, the bill prohibiting
the importation of certain articles from Great
Britain and Ireland, posscd the house of re
presentatives. Ayes 9J, noes 32. The bill
i-M gu MUn,cprMrwt i cttr f Xttrcrutxt
next. t , .
r If nny man knows of anv lhinirmre child
ish than the pas.,-gc of thii bit!, we should
be very gUd t. hem- of it. that this may not
taud alone in tfw amihN 0f legislatite non
sense. To go into operation, affrr-the im
portntion of i urll jfooda, the 15th of No,
vcmber; a fortnight tfter the next ineetin-
crcongrts, ifthcy tnvHthe first Monday hi
November, they i H-ablv will. It is shew
mg the teeth, uu at the aame time declaring
thev arc afraid to bijj. . . .
.Mr.ando!ph ..id but a few words. He
oerlarcd it a milk - and water biH ; a doe of
rhitken bmtli tobeadniinisteredeinht rr.cntln
hence ; a b.ll klmost too contemptible lor the
mscussion oi men ol sound minds. If. asid
he, yon would throw the disgrace of it front
Vour shoulders, throw the bill i?nder the
clerk's tah! t It is nothing more or Ies than
graftting a bom.ty Tor perjury ; for nd part cf
it is worth a fm thing, excrpt thatrrlating-to.
Custom-Houie oaths, and we all know what
Custom-! louse oaths ares Jt cannot be cur.
ried int. execution ; you know K ennnot, por
dojrou wi.ttrt houldbe it is intended only
for a show, a bug-bear. The times require
something very different the administration
wants energy. Is. Uie Louae to be whipped
into thi. measure by the underlings of govern,
rttntl Waybill not Gentlemen attend to
the chan ei and present situation of Europe f
Will they continue to go the same unvaried
ound in tbeir politUsJ gec art, heedless t
the ehanyes by 4',ch we ought to be govern,
ed f la not a ergoriatioD nos petMling f
rail, Mr. Speaker, for, tin readme ftf the dis
patches latilr received. ,
Spesktr, , What dispatches ? r
Mr. Randolpli. Those fmtn Mr. Monroe.
Speaker. They are conlider.tial.
Mr. Randolph., I hope they will be read.
Sneaker. Ttey aye, not ia tbt poasesiioa
of the house. , , ., ,
Mr. Randolph. I lope they will te sent
for then. .
: Speaker. , I have statrd to the Rcntltman
that they are not before tat house, and if here
they would not be read. , ;
There w.ahere a loud caUfor tie ques
tion, and Mr. Randolph fwbore.rulnr; apln.
Mfsirs. Cloptott and Newton speka la fa.
tor of the bill.
' Mr. Lyon moved to rtcommlt the WJ1 for
the purpose of grantiaf Us re t the Prtsl.
dent by proclamation, to oVdare it tinttt, pro.
sided difTercacea iih Great-Britain ihotild
U adjusted. , t . ,
Thert crt alovt dotca b fkvotir f the
motion. ,
As li ixiw stands, I reports tbft itttist ta
topped, thouh all tfiapnus ahold Se arran
ped at the moment, botntil'mf terrible Ia
UU to U sure Bot the fact it that Uj
mean to meet the first of November to repeal
it they have inveigled a great number by ur
ging the necessity of unanimity, and promi
sing that particular care suoidd bejaken that
the bill should never be executed, This is
apparent. Well, it answers for a show!
What a spirited and energetic Congress we
ihave! Buy lands twice of Spain, through
fear of offending France ; and pass a bill a
r.gainsr England, the very face of which d.
clares it cannot, and was never intended to
be executed. ,, .
The Political Register is the only federal pa
per that has as yet attempted, to pen sure the
resolution, adopted in the secret silting of
congress : the motjves of Us editor everyone
who knows him, must be convinced are not
patriotic or public-spirited, but arise from a
disappointed vanity and presumption, ihut ne
ver fail to detract from real merit, but which
are absolutely to be pitied in a man who has
no pretention toany abilities whatever.
As these are hisnbtives ar.d his character,
it cannot be supposed that he has said a great
deal fhat calls for notice or reputation what
lie has said, is, in fact, a miserable misre
presentation, which ignorance itself must
have detected. He alledges that 2 millions
of dollars more are to be given for a territory,
that we before purchased for fifteen millions i
and, little as we think of his editorial prowess,
we are pursuaded he knew this wa not true
when he wrote it.
The country, which it is proposed to pur
chase with the two millions of dollars is that
known as East and West Florida, to which
we never had any title : it is true, indeed that
alter we purchased Louisiana from France,
thi boundary between that and the West Flo
n la was disputed by Spain, but we never had
pieferred a claim for what it i now intended
to purchase independent of cluing the dif
ferences with Spain on the subject, a point
of much interest with men almost at heroic
asthc Register editor, there are other very
strong motives forgetting apeactaH-j and c
quitahle title to the Florida--leaving the dis
puted territory out of the question, that pro
posed to be purchased is great r in extent
than the states of Virginia and Pennsylvania
together; it is extrcnuly fertile ; has excel
lent bays and harbors by its possession, our
territory would be com pleat, and we would
not be under, apprehensions from trouble
tome neighbors it ia r.ow possessed by the
..SoaawrdSpeMiaadaW, a 4 to be
the vassals of Trance; if this i true, and
that the Flinch are o much to be dreaded,
let us Bfevent thrtu'. if .;, t. ..
apoweilul establishment m-ar us Pul'ny and
interest, indeed, combine lo make the Flori. '
das an object of importance to us ; and w
trnit the negotiations for the purpose wilt
prove auccessful. .
Aurora,
Irap
erial Parliament.
, ' MH.rritr. ; ..
U. If. L:dellcs rofr, atreeably i0
the police he bad given, tu n,ov trat
ri-rne.rignal irik .of pi-blic rrfrea i
p-hlto ihe rceniori of the Uie Chancellor
ol the EsilKouer ; and after a lew oioio
oblcrva'ioi he onivti' ; ' ...
That an liuinhle aJdref's be prtfented to
htsMajeily, rcquenif : i)1Jt j, Kfa:tT
wnulj be gtacutfly. plcafed to ge
reclioni that ihe icmatns .f the late Hi
Hon. W.lliam Put Ixin eurd at tbe pb!
Iicexpence : and thai at fn i s fi a t evs la I .
reeled in the CoUeaUte Church of St.- rel-
that gtcat and excellent $tefman, si,h
an Inlcilpiioncipreffitf cfibe femirr.enn
of the people, yn L, great and irrepata.
bte a 0 and toalTorhi,MajeQr thlt
ihu lloufo will make goo.. (he eipcntei
attending the famt. . ,
Mi; VOX rvfe, anj'pJia nearly t
followit I do 00, ktutw fi j
ever iof to addref, the Houfe U the pf.
formance s.f any public duty wi.h riHrt
pain than I do at this moment. I ,hit.
fore !.op that 1 Qu experience fomt In,
dutgetict lf, Wore J pet trry ot on
ihiMucflion, I lbould Ihnnly (late iba
rcafona svMcb compel mc to erpoft th
motion now prcpofed by the H00. Cen.
Uemaa unJer 'ihe a!lry, 1 mufl ivosr
ote Trt opcofjtion to shufa sshofe fileod.
Ciip fonitiiulci the delight and happlnefa
of my private life, and J7ttn sehom, f.oce
i a. .'V1'0. fudl ,ul0 i P
table (ball ncrei te separate iutlng the
ftpialnJrr tf ray polukail lift, . Tkt t0t
thertroftmaybtcoftnJert.Uiooriot H.
jeaiidtratifyany.fecnr.giolorivi.ttnrrao.
I7a ef Lutlie amotion, but entorcd br
imofl painful but Imperbut duty. I, Q,
hy been iisgaic J 1st a long cou.f. of op!
pofii.on to U Pi tfon for whom pobUc bi.
ftbecrcoof,ircd, a.d pcLpe'ltmay
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