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rr-Tr:c'.T 1 1 Lr.r.ei.'!? ee's c
. of water acrvs, f j;.'i'fL!c, r
jnLteil ; bet it ry veil be jiev
mc!'..3 txrcncctf ldir- r i
: cud cf a cirul li.u l.s.n.'nd tu
Ty rvr J rir.'.j.Li t a a tards '-rf r
' j te rtiS'y ki
e !. hulut to
St tsc!. I
L..tbetx-,
, a w ould other-!
wise b iHCtsvirjrf oujht to be ti .countered. """"1
It has f,rrcrii.f beta assumed, and pcrhsps
lightly admitted, that canals should, be nude on a
perfect IrrtL T las axiom would not be rpettion
rd, if the transportation txh way were of equal
burden, if the ditarke or the frequent y ol good
feeding streams were such as easily and constantly
tf s 'pHr, widiout d.iner if excess, the incessant
sv-.-c of water ly absorp'li, leakage, and' evapor
a1' , en J if tlie waters to be connected were en
? level t but Li a ca Eie the present
,U may be cnteruined. The difference
!-'.. upward cf .fire hundred feet, all the
v ' icU can prudently be obtained by an in-
( I j is so mucn savca in c
I i ; i 1 in all hwr. i probability, the trans-
t nf cc"tiriemo c : .,r, will be c f;o much
rr;-uttt b-Tvkn from the I:.:-. rcr..
the ita, ti.ut a cufrcr.t f' " t: ;
to be d til red t!;un avoided, t.. :c:;
ia some .i ;,rce counters-, t V ec'.'.crrtti i-'t .
Tlut inexhaustible strc . r.i of 11.; ; U ..ten which
Haws out of Lake Erlcwl.h 11::' v..: : .u . i.c t
to end :.rier the t-r.al, isa stu-. ; t r. ; u- : .:i tot ?
It exclusive!?, until auxlll.nr s .. . '.ls c, a la d -v a
- . . ...
from other rescrvoiis equally pure. , .oru it J
proper in this caw to remark, tbatUUt.. , -He
there should ever be a considerable variation Li de
t
t
f f
d
.all bi(Jt
ii more
s it will,
'Ulr, short
that k-r.rV
i an lr :
( )rrn ;d, :.
tisli., t .
their pn);xr Uce l.eie. r.
c f a i "e ; j l 1 1 trt a oi'.r ! ' '
. -dfT '. i.tl; M Vr.', L' t -
. ,i 1. r. . . ' tr it I ! 3 l i
-re i i . n I' .t v-- Ve
.u "r w! i "a (: wsfJi ruy il .1
:-rninrvbowever,
tbat duTicc!ty to be aurtuC.tnted, it i bei-etetj that
none wid lemsun, which cannot be ia a cowoderable
degree aroided, by bendinj c;casionaMy to the
touibwarJ,and rciurnbg round the northern point
of the hill, till the cnl i brouglit ofisL to
Rome. Ita cicTtion thete bore the MobwifWiH
be forty-seven feet, or lers by one foot for CTery
two mile thit it my be lengthened. Io a word, if,
on due examlnaiion, a t!.lr tf this sort should be
lbund pracliciUo, Listead of depriirintj tle xxwaitry
hUit3iifs. ther will train a treat additioi from the
candt and as to the navigation sine'y considered.
there can be no doubt but it roast in that way be su
perior to a wavinj course, ascending and descending
by lock ; for not to mention the expense w construct
ing k keeping them in repair, the time spent, & tolls
paid in pas-unj them, must considerably enhance
the freight of good. Eut if there be no lockage,
and the toll be no more than i needful to icep the
caual in repair, it will amount to bo lkile, as Tiot to
merit notice In a calculation of freight .. Rejecting
it. there f-ire, end allow in sr two horses and three
efwl.it
.tnw!
n -1 i i -n.ufi r.til nrJ blf the T ue
iaa'tbumaa prUMlit'' af.4 at M (H.ur
... . . . , - r .. t
w: I r.nuviy im umcai,"'j i s vi.
Tl i. rrtnrfl rrorr rue "i perlir.ps i
u.i.eCun k 1ae effected? i r ifa apau.d -a-propruted,
and aecuved on a kUJ Ind. tt will j
c'liccted ia time, and tbe freir tie sum u a then
erwiUbe the, period The Commiiilcoen bare
o doubt, but that good bargains for the pu'ul.c ra- y
fee made with those thrown whose lind the Cr.l
shall pas, and tbey have great picture i. :
that jenarou ffcra bro iredy been roada by
many roprietoi, tho aocepunce of which must
necearilf be aV-rred fo tbe mora er.t, when i the
business aseunanjfw more aulht ul form, shall be
committed suDtrintendaaU du'r cuthorieedto
l.Vry cf en:
pr.t t" X" 1
a ru
twa a J
in-jrj o.
lht it w
trir:
of water, rrery drop cf which is needed by ha io-J treatCnough has been aaid to show that oac-
rr.n to luKe a
r;'.e a d.;j, t.;
in tlownwari, 1
which is r '
t of fifty tons burthen twenty
$certamrr withH hoimd,.and
pensc at five t'. . . on thelacV
1 -j.the rctv j load a ; .It,- or,
a reducl - the ' e one
..itranspoucJtcni:.!.. f fif
t per ton, per i 11-; :ak
.rs, it will cost tiiree c cars t
a I'.:1.2 to Hudson's river, I ; -
surfacQ of Niagara River, at the tnoulh of Aon-j fa.,.we I. :
'wanto. No supposible fall f rabor mcliij of dollars, ti..j tear,
enow, evest if both were t tike place at the same j then in round .nun;
rmtwts tha rrcat : briltl a ton from L
'lakes, coeld raise, in any con-iderable drnree, U.ctr ; m uuie more man one u auiiw j a. .
extended surface. Indeed, we knovr Irora eipc- frti-ht oa Luke OiiUilo, l.Vxten C.vt ;;ot;-;
!ricnce, -that a greater tU2erer.ce of elevation at the ' Lewistown.. . WiU-o'-t cr.ici .: lr.' o calcul-tions
mouth of Lake Erie, id occasioned by a change cft which every person cana'j r.iake for l..rns( :., to
wind, than by any Yamtion of teutons. Admuiirig, ' enumerate the bulky articles wl.kh will derive t -
7 however,' considerable rise of water no. matter; from such facility cf tran-portr.'.': ;n,it m?y.l jr
J fm whatcsiiM. at tha aourca of Niaeara river.! per tn this place to recur .i to the comrr.cru.J
- ' , tj
1 it Citnrwifftddcnly, from the narrowness and shoal
ness of . channel, produce a correspondent rise
, -at th foot of the Black Rock rapid; and the ele-
Valion there muit, in the nature of things, exceed
? that wldch Is occasioned by it fifteen miles lower
down ; especially as the river, including the two
' channels round Grand inland,1 has, for the greater
r part of the war. nearly three Umes the breadth which
. K has above. I f, however, it were only a deep bay,
A tolerable good navijuuon up and down . t wV
Lawrence already exists, but the cheapest r i iX
which tramportaiLn L..3 been pel formed y. Uh: 1 the
last ten years between Kingston and Montreal,, ac
cording w the best ir.form-;ioB the Commis'-li..-.ers
have been abJt to obtain, Is one iL'l.r per hundred
ascending and half as much descending the rivet.
Butadmi;un(r the frcil.t could be so reduced as to
'th water Messed forward bvthe .wind, would belbe on a level wiih that between Albany and New-
"pilcd so to a considerable height buW instead of i York, admitting also tiuthc transportatioo across
r that, the river.hcreV witfi a treadth fuilv double to! Lake Ontario could" be performed as cheaply as
what it has at Black Rock, precipitate Itself over ithrough the proposed canal, and even admitting
the first ledge,in its headlong course to the cauract,?tnat tn nslc oa that JLake, ana ot course tn pre
ao that an increase of height ia insUntly counter- hnium of insurance, were not! dnj, still i: would , Col
' acted by the increased rapidity with which it rolls
over the rock. ; 'V ', -' - - --- , :
1 In all events, t would be ftdv isalile o 'tise this
vritei exclusively for a great part of the way,' even
i if the country afforded other resources ; and to thit
- eKect there must be tome descent in the canaL:
' What the precise amounfof that descent ahouid
. t be in every mile, tha commissioners presume dq
f'to aay. They do notpretctid to umcnt-know
ledge on the aobject, and with all proper deference,
they refer ittoa practical engineer.? t-i; t
j Nevertheless, like other men possessed of cora-
' won discernment, they perceive not only that' the
1" quantity of water which runs in a given tlmey must
be pronortionatt! to tno rapuuiv with wuich, ana the
aperture through which it passes, but also that the
' rapidity itself will depend, not merely or the tie
low, that transportation from the head of Lake On-
taiio to Montreal, would cost as much as .from the
mouth of Tanewanto to New-York, leaving a pre
ference to the latter of the cost of land carnage from
Chippeway to Queenstown. ; Moreover Jiature has
given, oincr trangs Demg equaja .a ocuaea preierr
ence to the port ot few-York. - 1 here are, gene-
r.dly speaV,r?;..x weeks of navigauon from .Albany
in the pringvAtfore veiseli caa safely .leave Morr
treal to desceod tfcw river bt. Lawrence, and as ma
if more intha svitumn after the mouth of that tv-
er is dosed.-' - '!'' ' .' ' .' '-'-' ' f .(";- j
The navigation from New-York is seldom eb
structcdf so that produce deposited there, can be
sent to market during five months, in which at
Montreal it lies a dead weight on the hands of the
owner. This arcamstance teot especial tmpor-
elivity but also otf the mass, because, in a deep and tance in regard to wheat and flouf, which can be
Vide channel, the friction tn dst be less than in one ' sent from New-York', so Us to be sold in the south
that is narrow and shoal. - It will depend also on ! of Europe, before those articles can be brought
. ' iTT .A a.-, .tM1 Imam T) -lt Ma aw(KAWil tn tA nwrti w
. . anotner circumstance, whose effect, that T single
cause remaining the same, will, vary according to
such of the preceding; circumstances as may be
; : connected with : rr '
. 1 Admitting, for instance,'a stream fobe deep- and
wide in descending an inclined plane,' its ; velocity
At "Will be accelerated 4 But if the inclination ' be upt
-1 great, tnd the channel shoal and narrow, the friction
- may so counteract the descent as to retard the vp
'' locity.X From these considerations it is evident, that
the sum" of descent must depend primarily on the
r ijuanmy of water required., ; This in navigation as
f r ccndin and descending by locks, must be greater
than when carried along a plain.. It must also be
k ' greater in a loose than in, a ; stilt soiL Moreoviv
t ' thequantum of descent required, must, after the
V. needful supply of water is ascertained, depend on
i the lt-flKth. the width, the depth, and finally on the
course of the canal, whether, direct, "or serpentine.
,4rAnd beie the-same common sense presents another
v' s important coroideraikHv ;Th amount of rapidity
" ,s Which may wifh safety be hazarded, wrill depend on
V the texture' of the substance' through which the
' current passes, a No navigable velocity can injure a
fi roclt of granite, but gentle current, will 'sweep If
i the sub3taDtx,of.bog,jneadoWtln like' manner,
- , bunks which resinwhen the course is-direct,' may
.l r be eateft away, and the current itself be retarded, uf
r: propelled alontr a tortuous course. . 1 no commis
sioners cannot, therefore, too often repeat, that their
report must be accepted as suggestion proceeding
from V sunerficiaf view, and not as .conclusions
; founded 00 aulBcieRt and. scicnUnft invesdgation
After this prtliminary caution, they assume . hypo- j
Kk tiietically, that a eanaj were run to such nanner ; as
" that the average descent were six Jncbes in every
ii jwk.,:v.'.i:,jii.' ' ' -'.". 'V. :
' . Casting an eye on the Map it, will be seen- that
. f the first dHliculty 1 in . the. course will - b to
' cross the Genesee, at an elevation of twenty-six feet
. above its surface. But unless .the Canal be low
ered down, to. that river, the expense of an aqueduct
cannot be avoided, because from the'upper falls,
Vhic.h are too high, there is little descent to the low
v ;er falls and if, from any cause it bo advisable to
' .cross it by an aqueduct, the addition . cf fev( feet in
; ;UO nlill Will t nus ! lliui.ll mvi nVT' ...ikv sajjviiw.
i i.InrW?ed, censiderine the swell of the "river itrfresh-
iti. es, un ielc ration short of twenty, feet would scarcply
.'S 'leave sufflbknt space tmder 4he arch. The . next
- dUScuhy will be, in .crossing the nwuih'-of Seneca
'7. Lake by an aqueduct eiKhty-threeT.feet high ; ,biit
.".this'also, ifa. convenient place can ,b ' fcqndt will
i H not be impprfeht, because a moderate: aperture will
; sufiice to voij the equable stream from that Lake. ,..
r i j ' ! The third diSkaky is at the mouth of Ccyuga,
. s where the elevation, is one nunureu anu imriy leei.
; tpven this might be encountered without any unu
sual hartinood, if the hills approacnea eacn otncr(
from the- Baltic, or gathered in the country :
Whereas if shipped from Montreal in the month of
May, they cannot reach Spain or Portugal until af
ter supplies are received from , Dantzic, and bu; a
lKntume bclore the harvest, which is eavly in
Thus it is evident, that the canal Will, if properly
effected, turn to the United States the commerce
of the upper Lakes. ' Moreover a aide cut of five or
six miles, would, by means of locks, connect u with
Lake Ontario in the liatbour of the Oenesee ; and
in hkQ manner, a connection would be established
with the Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, from' the heads
of which, the short portage by good roads to New-(own-.
and -to Oswego,' opens a communication
through ,the .Susquehannah to the Chesapeake.
Nor is it improbable, that by running upon the west
side of the Cavuga, means may be found to establish
a water communication with; the Susquehannah,!
from the great bend of which; a good and Uiort road
may be made to the Delaware.-w ' - -" y ' s :
. I bus .a variety 01 markets tnay be opened, to SU-
mulatc and reward the' induttty of those who are
now, or majv b? hcrfljaftcr,'- settled along the " Great
Lakes, whose shores," exclusive of Lake "Superior,
are upwards of two thousand miles,' surrounded at-w
conveiueittuisuuicebymoretlianfif m eight cubic yards j to" estimate the
of land. 9 U ."-..' it. t ? "''.? L pense of a mound over the Cavun Ilr. m i
4. a o me qucsuon, wiw.;wui tn,proposea- vanai
cost, it is not possible to. answer with any thing like
precision.-. Indeed preliminary points are to be ad
justed, and,of these .the first is, whether it is to be
made toi -sloops or barges. I he expence ot the
formei will, it is believed, be at least double that of)
the latter. Another quesuon, whetliePU It to be
carried along an inclined plane, or by line' ascend
ing and descending, must be decided by a compari
son of tlv expense; and of the-utiUty each way. In
general, however, it spay be satisfactory td the Ho
nourable the Senate and Assembly, to- receive the
information,' which the Commissioners feel no he
sitation in giving, that as far ai they have been able
to extend their mcjtuty, there is no part ot the civi
lized world, in which an object ' of such great mag
nitude can be compassed at so small an expense.
Generally speaking, the Course is through a tract of
country,, the excavation- whereof 'will be-easy, and
there a at convenient distances from tbe spots where
it may be wanted!, a sufficiency of freestone as well
as of limestone," with., a' superabundance, of fuel.
The subsistence of men also, andof cattle, will beJ
abundant and cbeapt u The wages of the former are,
as is well known high, but measures may cettainly
bt devised, to obtain the labour fore great srpublic
work, more cheaply," than is practicable tn private
operations, on. a smuU scale. " But the Commission
ers beg leave to observe, that no suppbsablo expense
can bear n 1 undue proportion to . the value 'of the
work. 1 hus were it, bv.eiving loose to tancy, ex
tended to fifty millions oi" dollars, even that enor
curate estimate of tha expense cari a J et U made.
Tegive some 'general nouon, however, 11 may dc
assumed, that in common cases labourers ouglit to
dig and remove to a reasonable distance, eight culic
yards per day. i The excavation my therefore be
set at the eighth cf a dollar p r cu'.ic yard, an are
rage breadih of fitceo yards, lidc.'.li cf one yard,
which by means of the rooun 1 oa each side, wul be
sufficient for four and a hal tofiyefeet of water,
giving for each yard in Kngth, fifteen rubic y rc.s,
nay therefore be taken at two uoars, a:sa ne irnie
atthree thousand five hundred and twtr 'y dollar,
but allowing for the obstructions of trees and roots,
not less than four thousand dollars.1 TJ.i ; ives for
three hundred miles, one million , twj t urn rri
thousand dollars. The excavation needful, til:i..fl:
a column of water fifteen Vnrds wide, and two yard
deep, with sufficient descent from the Tanewanto,
through the middle te-p, ,will at the same rate,
cost two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Thus,
to tneat in round nutnb; . , the Ctn-l alone xniiht
cost a million and a half, dra-va through a favoura
ble soil, lying convttiicr.'.;, without the opposition ;
of rocks or. other iirpe'limeists. ; Many of these,
however, must be expected, and will perhaps dou-
le that sum. Another gre.it expense Is tint ot
locks and aqueducts. It is said that the former
will ccot at the rate cf one thousand djllats per foot
cf ascent for a vessel of fifty tens; this Is believed
ta te a low estimate. At any rate, in a Canal like
the prestnt, there must be a double set, one'Jkr the
s fending and one for the descending navigation.
Even then it is to be feared that there Will be much
.. a a rar-. . 1 a
ing taken at two thousand dollars per foot, for three
hundred and torty tcet 01 descent - anu ascent Be
tween Lr.ke Erie and Rome; will" cost six hundred
and efhty tliotisand dollars,; should that waving
course be deemed advisable, trom Kome to
Hudson's River, a deKent of three hundred and
eighty feet, will call for en additian of seven hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars. If then the locks
be jiut at a million and a half, it is the lowest rate
whr,h can prudently be supposed. It would, in
deed, le safer to set them irt two millions. '.' There
will still remain for aqueducts, embankments and
mounds, a considerable expenditure, which cannot
at present be ascertained. To estimate the expense
of aqueducts, it may be adviseable to put the cubic
yard of masonry at two dollars, and consider, the
aqueduct as a solid mass. ' It is true, that not more,
perhaps, -than one third of the materials ' required
for a solid mass, will be Used, but the workmanship
en those materials will ba " much more costly ; -ma
ny of the stones must be hewn, and many - clamped
together with, iron j moreover, the expense when
such buildings are .raised to a great- height, is pro
portionately greater ;than when nearer the earth.
An aqueduct over the Genesee Jmay," perhaps, be
one huadred and fifty yards long ; but to avoid mis
takes, it will be more ' adviseable to suppose two
hundred. . I he height above, mentioned is twenty
sik feet ; but 'as well to obviate mistakes, as for
convenience of calculation, it may be taken at ten
yards, and in order to preserve the full bre'ad;h of
the Canal, the aqueduct. may be considered aS tweti-'
t$ yards wide. Thus we have a result of forty
thousand cubic yards of masonry, whicht two dol
lars, will require an expenditure of eighty thousand
dollars. A remark which will not escape the most
cursory, observer is, that a single set of locks, to
ascend and descend five and twenty . feet, will cost
faftr thousand dollars, at the lowest estimation : and
"on the - system ot level canals, the descent in this
case is sixty nve ieet.; axcepungtne ucnesce,no
considerable aqueduct will be qeedful, because the
streamsTrom the lakes being equable, small arches
may be turned Over them,. and the canal be carried
along a mound of earth.; The expense of such
mound must depend on the convenience of obtain
ing materials,, - Where hills of sufficient elevation
in the neighbourhood, give the advantage of run-
ning along wooden rail ways, or where the transpor
tation may be by boats along the canal itseir, a
mound will cost but litde, compared to that which
is raised solely by the labour of men and cattle. '' All
estimates, therefore which are not founded on exact
local knowledge, must bevaeue and uncertain.
Assuming,- however, as basis, the price of, one
s ex
hun.
dred and thirty feet high, and sixty feet wide' the
wiui an inciinauon ot nve and torty degrceiin
the descent of the side, we ' hare at the ;base, one
nunureu ana ninety feet, eivine a mean wftlth r
one hundred and.twenty five, which,, maldplied by
who nuuuica ana tnirry, is sixteen thou
aand two hundred and fiuj feet, or in round num
bers, one thousand tight hundred Bduare yards.
These, at the eighth of a doljar each, will cost for
every cubic yard of the mound In length, two hun
dred and twenty five dollars. : Allowing.
two thousand yards instead of a mile, o as to com-
r " iw vidiBo m an arcn two hundred
feet long, with a span of fifty feet over, the stream,
and for other.'.cdnUngencies, the 'whole cost might
be four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, perhaps
half a million.- , . --i
under the impressicn resulting from these ob-
ttir.g their feeble pro;.,: -
T . C . M 1U!J I'.Mjr j t .
i c . -bt is at stake. Itmuur-tt
I cf a j Acri fund f jr rpeev
r c' jeciirm, there is or. k ,
'Jdticatthe contemp'.atrd ti t. , ,
.jn.-.!t should alwjj,on crc. -
tMs sort, be rccoMeclcd, that tha re
f r grant ta hd.viJu ds b Europe, jr.-. c
here. . Tew of o :r fcHow-uiiEen lde t- : ;
neyt!ia:ithcy wa:it ' of the many il.
find facility in obtaiaLr.g U. But the puhllc c. n ;.
d.ly, ata Lirin'.eiest.cin'tnaijd any feavnJ.!e
Moreover, suca Ure ex pm at cm can f
economicailff m'!e under public authors r, d . n
to care andylr;l!aTice of any corr.pary. .
It remains, Uiertfjre, tJ deterccme, ; t :' -
canal should ba tlie cot cf this s'-fe, cr t,i
union.. If the stats were not bound ly tl.r :.
band, with bcr, sister, states she rr.tjl t f 1
compensation from.lbote who 0'.vnt!es :
the great hike fif the perruiation toctt t'.i- (
at their expence. Or l.tr sute..u.n r '7 :
it still rnore advisable, to mike the eanr.1 at I
eipencc, a.id IjI-c fr the use of t; :.. .
raising or. loweiin j the impost cs cirtu--'
mlU dlres, lr her own cvani.-e." JTl.ii
be the bet'er course, if the U.te kvoo ' lone.
fortunstelj for'the lace ar.d happiaes cf a", ;
not the cae.4 .We are connected by a bo w, a
U the prayers of goocT men ro UvcMT.Vy
will be indissoluble l,t becomes proper, t!r
to reJrt for the solution cf the present c-jr ,
prbciies of distributive justice. Tlut wi.i- i. ;
cms itself ii the trite adage, that those who -cipato
ia the benefit should contiibute to i: :
pence,' " -f, 1 :
. The Ccmmissioneri prerame r.ct ta go c e
further. The offers cf iacuvidua! already
to, shew their conviction cf that c 'uty I t v :
the state is called on fo her shire. . TLe '
as well as justice of the national Lcgisl. ,
no doubt, lead to the'exerase on their p?rt. I
dent munificence i but tlie propcrtiun, tlie 1
tions, the compact, in short, must be the r
treaty. - Whether the honour jhle Senate 1
sembly will take steps towards a ncgociTii:
what these step may be, It is in thcirlid
determine. .,'.,. :'
. All which is humbly submitted","'
' ' OVEUNEUR MORRIS, 1
STEPHEN VAN RENSSEtAEr,,
f
WIT I I AM KriRTII.
' 'DE WITT CLINTON,
4 . THOMAS EDDY, .
' .TETER.B. POSTER;
SIMEON DEW ITT. .
A'rtf-Tar, tt6ruar9,-S.- .
r 1'
Me come
Thenolsy bcraid of k Uiay world.'.
I ' but the vallev ?o be crteod is not much if any Itcnded to fifty millions of dollars, even that enor-
crvauons, u is ocueveOjUiat one million of dollars
would provide for every thing of this .sort, so as W
bring the canal to a reservoir nei HnJn.:
a ii"
ver, without locks, foe four million ftM,uW
descent there, ot from three to four hundred feet
&'! ? aT- i "-"fp"1"?5 wther milUoni or
if it should be deemed more advisable to transport
by rai -ways, the water used for macliinarv. Tm
probably yiehU rent wflicieut to keep the canal in
portant, perhaps, thannir oth? n.. .i H :
tnl be support fffhej Zi the
Vji, nS.'ytls :Xm iAt Ji ."' A t"' '
Vmk Iim&m Paptu wiAt IXtk Martk,tttved at oaan,
aylA U atmi ttte$t ilM A? Jrcaa Xtt
larcA 1-Yesterday hi Roval U juifM the Kegcnt he'.i
a eourtat Orltoa Houac, when ir. Pi aXHST, Die Mk- ,
rican Minitter, took teave, prtrunn to laa ikparura ion
.this -countryj GtuMt 1 ;wv - .
Mr. PaaoavAL. in the Hoaso of Coitiroofis, March 1,
nformed Uot Mr. Pi nxatav.the AncricM Minuter. hid
taken hi tear : of tbe ItegenV previous to hi return to
tbe United Statea that The acgociatlonoa the point in
discussion (tlie riht-of search, impreasmedf f acanwn,
wd tb Ordev in Council) had been bnifl, off hat Air.
p. wouia leave nchre'ftes atiatrs to carry ca v ui-
ml correspondence, betweeia the two mulon nd that
Mr. Poatcit would carry out to "America imimdiatciyi
propoai'.tonV wbich h1 thought the American govera-
ment vould not refuse t adept' " j . w x . - (
Ms.? Pi k he xs return ia not to cotiseQtK'tce of art . ;
untnenaiv reauit ol the nezotiatian between Hie two conn-
tviesf He leaves Cnur t. dH Jfair to carry un dipls-'
mwvc correspondence 1 and.r. 1tef proceeds unroe-.
diately to Ajriitriea, eut minister. ' Vfc repeat, thit"
whentrer the French decree are: YO!iJtd inTBod dkh.
we will repeal our orders, and not before. Mr. Pjnkn v'
now Know tnoae Uecrtea are not 6na JU repealed; a&a
Mr. Smtih; ihe American" Sedretary, in a. letter to Gca.'
Tmrcou.' baa rxnlicitt iWlret th t)i irtres weT
n rcpeaico -?tne jr.tn only, and end vat tit toeamrt,
ha undergone' an altenakin,', ;t ;5 " ' :.''iv .' 1"..
H.ofC.JMar. Mr. Whitbread rose to' aak aacxplaia- .
tioirof tiiereplv mad by the Chancellor of the JExcUcqua
to a question of hi, respecting the negocintion with Amer.
ica Heundemood the right hon. tltlemaif that tfl
diKUaiiina between tha two countries had not broken off
but he had understood out doors from good authority,
that ee diaeussiona . were now dc"fdmy and .tlv'tt.,
charge d'alloir was nAl instructed to continue Ihe distuv '
aiona wWhh respect to tba corresnondenee, Uie Minister
might av.cll publish h, ioruf they did not, the Amei jcW
Kovenunent would, lonjr before, the arrival of Mr-Toster
Mr. Perceval arud he tnust have been misunil ; ' ' ! r
the gmleman, if isthoughh had (aid that tlc C- i"0
&i allalrs Would continue thet uiacuasion.?, TU'w f.
certauilytrjot the province- of " a charge tk affair!, apa
therefore those dlrctnaiona were teraunated in this coun- j
tiy iirtiWcu to. M&.Piikney' taking ii audience ofleayt j
Theihscuisiona were not. kowewrielaaFdi and tlse awn-
ister who Was-going to.America would Uvke ovet proposi
tion which he conceived to be eoj it led to a farourabk K
eeption in Amerhaa. - lie doubted the outdoor inforfflttWl
the-gentleman had received,' . . V; ; - t
Mr.' Whitbread said hia information wa derived cu ;
iuttously from thrAmerican Muuslerhihiself' "
,1orci 1L ' Tlie atate ofdi liealeh.of.hU.MpjestJ U'
'ost sstatfactory. . ", . .,' v ".r. -.'.--? '2.
v t..'V.'.. :. '- -. . v -. -. . ; '-f v .
'""htnc iaerce..The Paris' Menlteur, of March 1st,
repeat, lAe lha Frenck Decreet or repealed wi reiptd t ,
America, betauae America is taking meaaurerto C'l" ner
Hagtobe rcspecUdiand beo.-ui&eht refuse to aahnutto
the British order in council 1 but tlx-y are not repeaJed vrith. ;
reapect to those neutral who will tppse those order. It '
adds Every fiig- whicii .a iucbie and puulhutimous na
tion Suffer to be inaultcd and tent;tiomui2ed, can BO Ion
(rer on that account.be weogniied a neutralit become
English. The Berlin. and MiUnUecrc will forever ,
main the futxtameniai law of. Franco, because they.ariw
from the nature cf things and w-lken Eagland reaumel
her paper bhekade the Decree cf Uerlin.aadIila ritt:
be established in their full force. -. :.. ; Jt
; l'Jt( -.-if r " r ?rf.: I
.JVeiKi Cure.r-tn the brig Xlatrldt, pt Durd,
Iiabon, catue paaaengra.capt Malram anH creWaT tbe ,
brig Sumner, of UrrentOD1om Liverpool for tisbon,
laden with wheat and r apt Vowei ami crew, of the Bnf
tndeavor, fiom laetfon Jur Maxbkhead, with lt, anJlOtt
merino aheep. 1 he above niwtioned veaiel were cap"
turednduokly tho FrchtfiigMea.Hwpme,''
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