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V . Mr.-Baldwin, ; from e,cpmtnUtce
of manufactures, reported- ah' am eod
rnenMo 'the tariff bijfT containing:
Tfral - scctldhs.mbraciDg iroportaBtJ
provisions. ;--..-'.; - ,t-. , ;-.,. , ,,- ;
The amendment, was ordered to lie
. on llic-tabled ifdjV be printed.- i.r.
31r. UaT, iroin ine cpmmittep immr
gard to the Spanish provinces of South
Am erica, reported tffat the comVnittee
hacl according to-prder, presentct! the
resolution to the i President rfthat the
.President assurea yie committee .nat,
ipj common with the House of: Repre
.nfif!v: he felt a !rrent interest in
i the success, of -the provinces; of;.. Spa-.
niSt America vriuvi m.;;uii iy
establish their freedom and indyperid-:
ence :ahd that' hewould 4 take, the re
ft otution intri deliberatj;consideratiirT,
y; 1 self and Mr. Allen, of t Y.)appwnt
;cd'ta wait 6a the Presidenl of thfr IT
' nited States withjheiesolution dedar
7 ' 'ine the feelings fbf this ".Honse-in re-
wdhthe. most.-peneci respecitjorine
V v ' dPstinsuished body,, from ivhih If -had
.emanated -A;
. " - rMri Smith.: fromlhercnmmittee of
"WaVs and, yeanrp ported bill pro
:v 'hibitin: clerks 'ikKTroro y nertakirtj:
r ' contracts which "was tuicefread and
committed.'- " v j ... .
. T1ieiHou8e;)ien" resumed ihe.cihs1
f ' . deration of the.rcport of (he committee
ts pr thewbble nn the l)iIHo fix the com -J
. - pensation 'of the pfficers- of 'the armyi
' ; V. whicb after some debate waordered,
':- V7iQ: be .engrossed for a thirds reading
ivithout a-division. - J Z1:
On motion.qf vIr. Cro well, the sc-
J - -.yeral orders of the day werer poktpon?
i, ,ed,;invorder; to lake up the bill from
x vthe Senate.Tnr the'Telief"orcertain
- purchasers of-public Jands ;:ahil the
house resolved it.elf into a committee
of the whole on the sajd bill.; , 1 ' --'
. ' Some time was spent in commitfee
of the whole on the bill ; in the course,)
; of whichl ;Mf, CpokuirRestecPaitd
' . supported the propqicty of the commit-1
, ' lee's. risinr and jobtainin leave to sit
. aain, it ben obvious;that theIIouse
, " had prematurely entered n the sub
ject', and were, not prepared to act up
V on it. There. were barely aljundred
t.? members in' the House, many being
- ' ' ''-.abienr, attending the argument on the
-great question this dayrargued in the
Supreme Cnurt.lV''; t' ; v
'': Chi motion ot, Mr. Anderson , the.
' committee rose, reported progress, and
'y-S obtained leave 4o sitaaain. , :.
j. i. On motion; of Mr. Culbrcth, the
r ' Ilocse resolved itself jnto a committee
of the whoe onthe tateyof the Union,
to takelnto ' consideration' the bill for
a general' reduction pf the salaries of
4 the, officers oPthe goverjiment. v'
'3Tr. Jivermore, moved to"discharp:e
the cPinmittee of the whole from the
1, . . further, consideration . of the bil I, and
to lay it on the table; but the motion
was 'nejratived, . 63 - to 48., :And . the
. iiouseaoiourneu.; r ;
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FEB. 20
Mr;- SmithV from- the commit fee j)f
"Vays and Alearisi imported a bill fur
ther to amend the- several-acts rela
tive to the Treasury, AV'ar, and Navjr
Departments $ which was. twice read
jf'-ui ' ::,'4i -.and'-. committed. This jnW proposes
ifi ; ito abolish the agency pt. the .Ireasurer
. v ! for the War.and Navy Departments. j
. -. ---line uui iu iia tuiu ijuoiic 111c I'tij
' v of the pfficers of .thearmy:fthenyni
i ted States, w as read - the . third 4ime,
. and passed, by a vote .of 10G to ?j by
. Yeas and. Nays.C And thev bill was
sent to the Senate for:co'ncorrenc v
- C The committee of the wfipl House
, on J the State'of ; the' Uoioh :wasdis
. C. ; charged. f from the: furtherf considera-
'" tion.of the bijl to reduce the salaries,
land fix the the maximum of the com-
'pensation of certain'bfficers and other
? persons empiojeu iu mcxivii ucpari
r ;ments of thecgovjernment; . J VV
V The Houset"then;proceededr to. con
' iider the. said bill, anij .the remainder
.,or the i daj wasspent in the djsTcus-
sion of the many amenuments propos
ed ;to th'evbill, among. wjnch; were the
following: XvVU
. Mr, Silsbee moved ;,to- amend the
'bill by adding 50O dollars to the sala
: ry orthe Commissiohers of theNavy
BoardJ, :sb as jto T leave them,' as they
stand lit nresentVat S500 dollars each.
- ( inis monon .was nej;aiixu. -
Mr. Wood moved to erase what .re-
lates,to the, Commissioner of the rubf
;lic' Buildings so a to;leavebioi in
' ihe'eneral class, whose" Salaries are
). 'i- 1 only-proposed .ip)be7redacc4v2ja;per
?! ; . "cent..? This roqiloDcyai'ireed
Mr. Rpbertson moved to amend the
.Sbill so'as tb'fix'thersalanes ofthe Se-.
f. :v: cretary"6f: the Senateand ,CrcrkT of
vir"- the Hpuse jf Uepresentirtives at SOQO
; 7 - dollaFg eacJi (the same ;is at present.)
t - v Apis rnpwon was uca,ancu.- v -- t
'II .Mr. fvocke moy ea ; to aa a , puu. ,aoi
rs fo the ialarv "of the -First-Cpmn
troHerof Ube Tm
his ; compensation fai it how is fixed)
"'-::- at 3500 dollars7 per annum. ThJs mo-
tion was negativetj., i f A: . f n
d6 otVxeeed 800 d
O MrrfielmoteoUmen
and iinsertj n gin lied thereof J 100,
whicVfnotJdnaVnejafiyp
tionl soa to provide thatv no . salarj.
f.owxedat:06'd,ojlwrs
diirrd.1 and fhaV lib laabAye .W)D.
fJol!ari liotild; beirS'ducetl b'piv .ttiat,:
rTN'niodifiilje
MK Nel on agreed tof-, ; -f)A
: M ri C foWel 1 the a J moved 4o, a d.d
nw; provisitinV toftho. bin.the object
ofvhich jvas io fitthe dailj jmy Jf
the Se na t ors a n d " XI porescn tat ives in
Oonersiat sit didlars, insteafi ,01
i JhrrnTid the allowance f or ravlins:
fences at six (instead'oF right) cloi- 1
lars for every twenfv iites. A : I
; Before J ar(1oa on vthis amendment,
llhe lipase adjnurrrcd. - r V-
WEDNK-SDAV, FE321. v
"''MrBfO-w: Vf Kt. submitted;for
consideration the following resolution:
RrofoVt!i:&tit the"., committee, on the
Jivlicmrv be cV'remr enqoireJnto the -expediency
Vf repealmg th8;h section
of the net of Cpngrrs'?, approved March
6. 1820, entitled " An nc to nnthr.rethc
Peoph'fthe M!ssrun territory toTorm.a
jTfotiHt!'in and S ate 'Government v.anti
forjhe admission of such Srate into the U
r'OO jon an'equrd frrt-nr- Vvxth the origin
Sttp., Tfd to i prrblb't-s'iivery in cfrtain
territories!" said 8h section imposing, a
W ' : , a
I prohibition end rei.trxtn wrrn the num.
idnrtio'o ofislaves in a'j Vbnt territory ced-
led by.France.to the 'Jnitrd Stares, -under
ithe1 name. o-I.,on;Mari; 'which lies iiprthr
Inf. dep-tveVSO mj-v!es north latitude
that act. . rj? - -.a . , '
Tle preliminary qnepfion being: put
" WilUthe Ilons nnw proceed fo
consider hU resolution r' If wafl de
cided in fhe riative. 79 votes to 43;
Soothe rcsnlntion lies on. the table. ;
r The 1 1 S I from the ?enate, amenda
fry of tV charter of the Bank of the
JJn'itcd States, as twice read & com
inrtted )' ' ' ;
M.r erennt. from the judiciary
enmmitteeo uhorn iva referred the
bill from the Senate, to establish an
uniform system of banknYpfcy through
out the United States, reported the
same without amendment : and, on
motion of Mr. Serjeant the bill was
ordered to lie on the table with a view
to. beinc called up hereafter. V -fr.
fjeant- from thesame com
mittee, reported the following resolu
tion (''..' tj: ' ',''
Reiotved :by the Senate and . limine
ifnPeflrcsentativesif the United States
of jimerica in Con gres assembled That
where any State or Spates, hiving com-
plied: with the recorameiKla'in of Con
gress in the resclui""n of ' the 2C- i f Sept.
1789, shall have vkhdrrt Wo, or shjill here-,
after withdraw, e.ither in who's? or in part,
the 'use. r.f: their j-iils f prisoner -eom-.
inrtted oider ihe author? of the United
Slates. tfe' Marsh ;d in sur'V State yr
States, under1 the diiTcrioii f the jude of
the distnet, shall be,' and hereby U autho
rized and reqHiredyto hire a convenient
place to crve ns a tenp rary jHi!an! to
make.the necessary -provision, imtil pro
vision shall be made' by law for that pur
poseand the said marshal shall he al
loyed hjjs reasonable expenses ' incuired
for the Jibove-purposeto !r paid out of
j the Treasury of the United States.
The resolution, having been briefly
explained by.Ir. Sergeant to have be
come necessary by. the recent proceed
ings of t he State pf Ohio, was ordered.
to be engrossed J for
without 'n division.-. .
a tiiira reaaing
, The -House resumed ihe considera
tion of the unfinished business of yes
terdayv,fwhich was .the hi jito reduce
(on an average of 20 per cent.) the sa
laries of the officers of the goyernmerit,
vti t h th e am e n d m e n t prop csed by Mr.
Campbell, the object of .which was1 to
reduce the pajr ofthe members from
eight dollars to six dollars per. diem.
- ,The subject occupied the whole day;
rje Questions which arose, ah 4 the, J
decisions thereon, were as iollow : ,
-Mr. Anderson raoyed to postpone
tlic bill indefinitely. This motion was
negatived, byyeas and nays, 106 to
Mry-ArcKer.of.MdmoVed to amend
the amendmenti so s to repeal the ex
istinff law respecting: the pay of'mem-
be rk of C ongress , L lea V ing th e subject
wholly - open, that , the next ivpngress
ndgh t fix the 7 compensation as they
should ;think- proper. ,ThisX. motion
vW'netive;;;v . : . 'lv
,v; Mr Jtheanrbved to amend ,tlie-
amendment, Solto make the reduction 4
take.enect from the comraehcement jof
the j present ; sessions Berethis
amendmentf 1dispPsed
f Mr t lay' with the expressed :inteh-'
tion. of nuttine the bill and amend-
'ment to sleep,as. one which would, be
productive pflnpthingM)ut4a; useless
consumption of time, moyed to lay the.
bill pn the Atable "tAis Ptioh
was affreed' to'84 to""62' rmMS
ft Sn the hill waalnid on the tablei;
hi&?;d':&
- Mrv Clay then rose to Tiiafce his iexfjdiers ii
report to the Senate and to r the Hone,
respectively,-whether it bcexedienr or
not.tp tnake provision forthe; admissionof
Missouri into tHe Union bn Ihe same footr
ing astlteprjgmaf
execu tion 'of jhe twapf : thfrTJnited Spates,1
within Missouri -1 a1 ;'fnnt;heHer any
teh'e r, aintl ! ;wh at pro vision . adapted to'her
:tuafcondition; ougbobe madebylfw.
tlJOns motion nf
eipressed wisof
j p f -.that cou rse , i asrd ery d ith a tvthe
j committee bri tile pir Ioy$s ihous
consistino' of tvvpntv-three members.
i fcorrespondin'fr'lwitfc the number of
states) should be appointen oy naiior.
1 And to-morrow at twelve o'clock was
! fixed upon as the time for appointing
. me.rfimminee. 1 - v . , ' v "
( 7 The bill making', appropriations for
thesu ppof tof the Navy for the year
1 82tv and the bill authorising the erec-r
tioiu Pf certain light-bouses,- passed
throuah'a "committeejof the whole, and
. some of the former were debated. The
itwb bills were, (however in the end,
' J ' 1 , . 1 :' I' '. v l,:i j!"
ordered to be erikrosged for a Sd read-
f The following meisace was feceiyed
from the President of the U. States. ''
To the Senate and House o f Itepresen
ft f Wives of ttie United Btalf s: :
! The Treaty of mitv, Settlement and
' Limits, between ' the .United States: and
iSpain, signed on the 22d of February,
1S19. having been ratified by the contract -iinff
parties and the ratifiratioHsj baying
,bcen exchenred, it is herewith cfommuni-
cated to Congress, that such legislative
' measures may be taken asihey srjali judge
proper for carrying the same into execu
tion, .v , - i. i. ,: 'info; - V .-.
i f . ; JAMES MONROE.
&JVaM$tony Feb'.??, 1.821. J:
I'- Thet messajrp! was refer reel I; to the
r;conimittee;on Foreign Relations, s
j? The Speaker laid before ihe blouse
; the following letter from the Secretary
'of State: ' .j ' :
To the speaker o f the Hovseof Uepre
iSfniatives of ike United-Smtes.
Department oftate.
22d Feb
; , Sir : I haveL the honor of transmuting here
with a report aipon::eight8 . and fiFeasiires,
prepared in conformity to a resolujioh of the
House of Kepresentatires, of 19th )ecember
1819, . :: J T ' ,. : ii .;
With the highest respect, T am, sir, .your
'very humble and obedient servant jf
JOHN QUINCYs 4UAMS.
The letter 'and report, whVcli Js of
very great volume, were orireatp
lie on the'table and to be prited. J
And the House adjourheMl
FOREIGN NKWk
1 , ' - a "7 .' 1 1
VERY LATE ! FROM ENGLlkD.
Savannah ,
Feb.
19.
TO THE EBITOtt OF THE CH AJIHSTO JffCOtrHIER.l .
By the arrival thisgday at this port?
of the ship Orion, Liverpool dates
have been received to the 2d of Janua
ry. They give! a deplorably picture
ot that market, to ti.ose wnO'Wno nave
shinned lareelv liri C 0 1 1 n n .- !r n n e xe d
I send a copy of a letter of the first,
with quotations : !
' LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1,
"The sock of Cottons in this market: has
iust been taken. nd appears to cniist cf
7,500 bags Sea Islands ; 45.0CU; Uplands ;
17,000 Orleans and Tennessee; 51,000 ifra'
z'fs;. 8,800 WesT-Tndia: ' 11,400 SufatP ;-
2;,000 Bengals ; nd 3,600 other , descrlp
! tions total, 167,300 bar. On the lst Janua
Jry, 18' 9, it was 40 000 bags less;. and the
j supplv tbis year exceeds ithe preceding1 one,
t93.000 bacrs ajtog-ether ar'sintj from the addi-
tional quantity prottucedLjn the United States
and South-Am enca Ther import, from Jhe
Kast-Indies is 50.000 bales short of what it
was last year Tin's week, little has been
done in Cotton, and the sales made in Ameri
can have been at lowerbrices. A' few smalt
iparcels of new Uplindiiof goodqualityi have
j been sold at lud, and but little coak! be dis
nosea 01 at mat nnce vervviitiie is aojnir
in Tobacco ; the stock; here 'is 8,800 hhds. 1
and nXondpn, upwards of 45,00 -little? or
no expectation is entertained ofah early. im
provementjn priceis. The extensive smuggling-
on the coast of Ireland, operates much
against, this articled .. '," ;i ; ?
P.'S -Vrobably to-morrow, good cotton
! will be sold at" 13: a 14 cents. -The decline
here is seldom in proportion to that in Llver-
JpooL",
V; The papers we aVemretv con
tain, tiothihffiof importancerCapt.
)avis informs us that Tie heard .of n
news when he sailed. We have made
the following summary for this paper;
timevwould;no allow usTto go further;.
.C OB b ett has vbee n found guilty in
th .Cpiirt oCKinWcnch of three
Ijbel; Sn eTt housand' pou nds dama
ges were awarded' to the plainttflfl who
was diarge! in .the libels as gruiltv of
forgery ;,and frauds o f ' :
Advices from Spain , state that there
; is some prospect of the decree for the
J prohibition, of nearly :alt foreign-gobds 1
jand.manufactures.being imported into
iust cpuni ry, wiitue .repeaiea, m con
sequence' ofth e 5 cl anjowhicn has
been-raised , agaipst it by- the Spanish
merchants,: v
;. . AH Pacaj has aucceeded In escapine
i - :UU r a. ... 't? t rrS 9
ii uui iiic.iunress in wnicn tie nau snut
.him5e,t:;QptMh1s
it niuiotn up w iii ins treasures, jtllU -ue 1 1 "wjuucuus, -vyic uiiyttun,' i u- i ing1 unoiJ. ' v I f
HhaTtaken reiuffetwith oarto
5clayonia : W. mOmoty Cafecachricri Jw. 4 : .
pteabVHhe
thejr ditferebce$teje:'ikeJy" to be;
amicAblyUdjusted. . ; - 4
k '-AO aresses to. xn e uueen con 1 1 mi pu
ip ue sent irom an pan
of the couh- J
Mr;' Cahhinff has fctiredfromhe
sidencycoP thetBpard foftjonrro!
and ,of. course seceded fro or the M
rtistry. ; It is aid? h ' will fee to thel
pntinentjiivhere he wilr,re5ide;-fpr
some time., but in no piibl ipor official
capacity, t Mr. Peel' is meiptioned asj
Mr'Ganna'sccessbr
A Vienna article of the14thj)f De-
cei
r, states, that as soon as
(fairs of Naples shallJiave been arran
u , in e Aji 1 eo sovereignswi u Lurnineir
attention topain ? ahdnh thesprins:,
anothe Congress vyll lbe held , at wlitcb
jhey' will concett i means for seeu ring
jhe safety of the existing f institutions
in Europer ) " V, .;-:;; -i-'-
j His JlajstyHhe' Emperor of Rus
sia haslssued an . Ukase respecting the
conduct pf the reimerit SemenoffV
-His IMajetyvJn this Ukase, of rather
Order of the Day to the army, after
sh brtly: stating the circumstance w h t clt
he vvholejarray wilt learn witli regret,
says, tnat the . Russian, army )ha hi
therto been as much distinguished ;for
lis nueutV ana-uiscipiine, anu inr us
yaior ; tpar. witn oDeaience an army
f oses air its . honor ; that the troops
know that they have every means to
maKe Known i;neirjust compiamcs, as
there are four annual inspections, at
whi chthe I a vy com ma n d s every on e to
prod u ceany grievance; of which ho
hinks he basTtoJomplain. . : '
The regiment Semenoff was formed
by Peter the Great, accompanied him
in an his campaigns, anu nas oi iaie
years likewise; maintained its.glory,
jespec i ally at Cu I m . Th e individuals
who have So misconducted themselves
are ho longer worthy tp wear the uni
form of the regiment : his Majesty is
therefore under the painful necessity
d f d i sband i ng ji. Tlie siilialtern o,ri (I
privates will7 be distributed among the
regiments' of the line ; the most guilty
will be tried by a court, martial and
rigorously punished ; the staff and su
perior officers, who have not partaken
of the crime, and; endeavored, but in
vain, to restore order, proved that they
clid not understand how t6 treat the
soldiers, and to make themselves obey-
led, they are therefore fo be placed in
ioe regiments or cue line ; put, in con
sideration of their conduct, to retain
the privileges of officers of the Gurjls."
Col. Schwartz wiH be tried by a court
martial, because he did not understand, i
by his conduct, how : to keep the 'regi
ment in 'obedience. A cx)urt martial
has been pidered tp assemble at St.
Petersburg.. ,; ' ': r : - j.
. JThe affairs of Naples are drawing to
a c risi s. Ki ng Ferd i n a n d IV. dn th e i n -,
vitation of the Allied Sovereigns of the
Holy League, has been induced to quit
his ''canituli:6n board an Enslish ship of f
war; to attend a Congress at J-aybacli,
ia Germany; aniljt is said that this
journey is undertaken with the consent
of the-Neapolitan -Parliament. ) 1
A mcetjng; was held at Liverpool the
last ,of December,, for the purpose pf
considering the. propriety
pnety of add res s-
ing" the King Upoo-the present state
of. the country. The Myor stated , ;
that the object of the meeting was to,
take into considerations loyal and du-l
tiful address -to the King Immedi
ately after "this was announced, a genj
tleman addressed the meeting, calling
upon tho assembly to, use tjieir -exerj
tions for a refofm in the present state
of the times Much tumult ensued,
Wh eh the M ay or stated 'that the; m eet-f
i n was dissolved . ' i t not bei nr in the
power of any 4 man to preseVve order
The iron trade of Wales is in ?6
depressed a state, that iron which sold
at 117, a ton the beginningfpf the cur
rehts vear. i5 now SO n at. 8. i ,
FROM FRANCE AND SPAIN.
S-Cr
v.-
Tlie ship Stephania,,Capt. Miles R.
Burke,' arri ved here-last eyn trig Jrpm
Bbrd 6aux7 with a very! valuable and
a cceptabl e cargo. rj- A m'phpassen.
ge rsarp the. H oh J ohn' Forsy t ' pur
e iii inisrer at wie vou rt o i Mail nu .
Theates.frdm Paris are no later than
thpse;
Alb
inn ; but should pu r.
Paris jQurnalaoid, any thirinw
translations. frphihem shall be given
In-. t.oorro'w'G irelin-
debted to Mr.'Forsvth forthe follow-!
ing important information i -
' Mr; Forsyth lea Madridftmthe
adj oiirn men t of tlie 1 Cortes - A mon
the.lastcjts ;"pf ijiat bodyere the es
tablishmentof,Por
first and second : class! according tP
te provisionsora previoas'decree.4;
JTH6sei)f Itfefirstt0
Santander CortinnG
jUlcantiV
in the Peninsnla ; IValnaraiso, AficaJ
jjiraa, AjfpayaOjUii ,a,nania,TAc
9
-'ri,,i
ir;C3-?
cut' rpmntiiiA itKii -
Jo,-Guaimas,Monfe.Re
t lumana; New . RaVP t oni . nA
achaMaaSif W v
st Ja orch .,i X:": IMCo,
Vicrosa 'ReWdpein; n
Rlyadeo
Alfnejrar:LasjAquila3, Devia, Alfo?:
.TCT.! vuta, uratavo, in Te
runt; ahrl HiMtf nf Af.L. ' r
pasua, .MazaUer of thd Mul;itoeV S "
,Hie, ofthe CaHfi)rn&'s. Panto hi
Aranas,Tlacolteper,Trnida(l of Cuba
Ratabano, ; Eafacoa; Miirti - VhtiJ
Toncigue, Sotofde la Aluina. an J
:fuge inmeri, ;and tl4 Antillesnd
iu,du vric. uijasi-i-aiiu naroors fo which
0W?tMMi prefjoilsly, permitted.
Stephaniai is tle bearer of deapafrheg
for government- from lur mimcf....
NOVA SCOTIA.
:s In the Legislature
f '.Knva Sen;,
on the,12th of Januar
r, : Mr. Fraser
moved that the House
10 come tn fU
folio vi ng resolutions, vz :
;;; Whereas, jthe Parliament of Grcal
Britam, in and by an act made and passed
in the 18th yeir df his late MajestvN reign"
entitled. An j Act for the removing of all
dfubs and apprehensions concerning tax
ation bythe-Parliatnent M: Great Britain,
in any Of the Colonies, Provinces, and
Plantations ih, Nofb America, - hare de
clared'that they jwill not Impose anfdutr.
XsiKi or assessment whatever, payable m
any of his Majesty's Colonies, Provinces'
ui - riauicttious, m 4.orxnj America or tbe
West Indies except only such duties as
may be expejdient to impbse for the re
lation of commerce, thel nett prpduer ot
which (futies are to be paid - and applied
as therein directed, ResOivedf tzt no da
ty; tax or assessment, sj i ve . and except
sticiv duties as are in the jibove in-partre-
cited Act excepted, can, since the passing'
ot the.said statute, be imposed japon the
inhabitants of this Pro vtnpe, other than by
the assent of their Representatives in Ge.
neralAsemblyT fer j -
2 Resolved t That a committee be ap
pointed to bring in a bill declaratory o-
the fees payable by; vessels engaged iathe
coasting trade of this Province.
3. Resolved; That a cmmhtee b? ap-'
pointed to prepare an address to hij'e,xcel
Iency the lieutenant Governor, ss at tag tj
him ythe evils endured, fas well vs the .
grievous 'and burthensofie- fees exacted
from. the coasting ' trade pf jhe province:
the reasons which have irlduced the Hjusc
of Assembly to come, to the foregoing re
solutions", and prayinar hii excellency will
give every iaaniy. 10 ineieuueavorsu uw
House in 'affording relief to the ."coasting
trade of the Province. I '",v.
Mr. J. I. Chipman; trusted that be
fore the j house came Jo any decision,
every member j would give the subject
a cal m ' and ' d el iberatef consldeintion.
No person could be mire heartily dis
posed to relieve the l coasting trade
from heavy ' exaction than himself ;
but the nibthercouritry had always
afforded ti this colony the warmest
support andpfotectioii she had bro't
us to our nrfeseht stale of Prosperity
and. comfort, -and helincerely hoped
that the -House j pujkl talje no step
that should occasion lier displeasure.
The course about to ne parsaed,brot
to his memorythe unappy contest m
the revoltedj, colonies which terraina
ted in their separatioif from the parent
stated He did ?;nbt fttribute likein
tentipns tpl the Jionorble ropyer ; W
the senHmehtsTaLvd ye"d on bringing
forward these solution! were somewhat
similar totliose:of tllaf day.-EverJ
thing sought; for, might be obtained
a firm , temperate, au I - resnecful peti
tion to his Majesty ; J)ut if we under
take to deny the authbrity of the com
missiunerspf the customs, acting un
der instructions frpm the Ldrds of w
Treasury guided b act? of Pr
ment, he .would .undertake to p1"
theJworst'pf portseqiiences. tut ge '
tlemenj pause and reflect. He woi
nf fftnt WKrind redress J pUk
ih nrAiPht rAfinliitioris. flS VlOiem
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