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.!> ¡. EXTRACT From Observations on the Roman Catholic Question. BY THE RIGHT HP". LORD KENYOX. (Continued from our last.) The 13th of Charles I I. requires the sacra- ment to he laken before admission to offices; the 251 h excludes Dissenters from corpora lions; the 30th excludes Romanists from par- liament and offices of trust and the 5ih of Queen Anne, being on the onioll of England and Scot [lie respective churches in each as f undamental points of the union, and declares the laws, then in force for (lie pre- servation of the church, to "be immutable to the principles therefore deducibie trom these laws, and applicable to the character of the coronation oath, it may be well (o attend. These laws, excepting that of Elizabeth con cerning uniformity, were all in'contemplation of what had happened in the great rebellion or of the prohable etfeds, of the accession of James the lid. of what had occurred in his reign. As far as the policy and necessity of these laws arose from the claimant to the throne being a Roman Catholic, they do not now apply but it is net unworthy considera- tion, whether, although there is now no po- claitiiitit to the tlit-oiie, the principles which made such claimant dangerous are not dangerous in themselves. If the attachment to a popish claimant was on account of his reli- gion, (and it would be absurd to doubt it, nor is it any reflection oil the Romanists 10 believe it, for if sincere Roman Catholics they must feel such attachment), it cannot be doubted, that they, who profess these principles. would desire, by lawful means, to obtain for them selves such advantage as they hoped Tor through hiiii and how should they ontain il ? The laws of the land have required the King to be of llie Established Church ;hut, suppos- ing all olller privileges were extended L) the Romanists, it surely cannot enter into the mind of man to doubt, that they would seek this last important one, that the King should I)c a Iloiniii Cittliolic And, be it remember- ed, that it 'isI i) parliament only that the trial ■would be made. Who can doubt, then, of the extreme hazard to which the laws would be put in such a case Who can doubt tl, differ ence between a king papistically inclined, with a parliament including many Roman Catho- lics, and a protestant parliament and protes- tant counsellors. The priueiples which the dif- ferent aels of parliament and seulement at the revolution have established are these: viz. that the union of goverument, ecclesiastical and civil, is essential to the peace and happi- ness of England; that to secure such object the king must be protestant, and in commu- nion with the Church of England; and that any means leading, in probability, to the crea- tioni of a power disposed to shake the security of the church establishment must be resisted. Such were the solid principles established at the revolution-, and recognized by the act of Queen Anne, on the union with Scotland and "whatever relaxations have taken place since liave alwavabeeti admitted with a view to such principles, whether it can he justly maintained or not, that they always have sufficiently kept within them. The present most conciliatory relaxation of the principle, by the annual act of indemnity, shews the necessity of preserving the latter of the law: and the anxious wish which prevails to preserve in as light and mild a degree as possible, and not to exert it to its extent without a compulsive necessity, should completely reconcile us to the existing system, known as it is to be beneficial by long practice, and should operate strongly against the adiiiis. sion ot untried theories, holding forth, indeed, more extensive good, but fraught, for any thing their abettors can prove by the same solid test of experiment, with practical mis- chief. It must be remembered how extremely im- portant it is to maintain these principles how essential to the perpetuity of our constitution. The alteration in the coronation-oath at the time of ttie union with Scotland; the princi- IJles established at the revolution and the de- claration in the act of union, that the laws then existing for the preservation of the church were fundamental and unalterable should not be forgottens nor that it is on the grollndof being the protectors of a government essenti- ally protestant, and ou those alone, that the H ouse of Brunswick possess the Crown of this united Kingdom. And it is indeed to be won- dered at,that any professing himself attached that succession can wish to alter laws which to his duty as well as interest, it may most justly be said, to uphold. It the day of trial should ever arrive, and the motives influencing those who profess popery are called into action either by a domestic or foreign callse,-the safety of the throne and constitution will de- pend entirely on the strong ascendancy of the protestant subjects. If the principle of protes- tant union in clinycli and state were abandoned, which I insist the grafting of power, legislative or military, to the Romanists would essenti- ally destroy, it is impossible to see on what it is that any title to the throne would remain to the family of the House of Brunswick. Let those who doubt on the admissibility of the Romanists to power, seriously consider this. A consideration, and a most important one, arises as to the nature and extent of the settle- ment at the revolution in which the points of general toleration, as connected with a church- establishment, and the constitution of the go Ternment generally, were most fully contem- t, ein- plated and a more important question can hardly be brought forward, than whether the principles of establishment and toleration, as then fixed on the settlement of the crown, can retain their character, as the principles of the constitution, if the arguments advanced for the Roman Catholic claims be admitted, it should he recollected, that Roman Catholics, were, at that time, excluded from parliament, by the 30th of Charles II. and that all the ap prehensions then entertained, which arose from passing, or just passed, events, were on ac- count of a supposed attachment to Popery, on the part of the sovereign. At such a time, the feelings of parliament and the nation being so strong against the Roman Catholics, it will scaicely be argued, that any reservation, with a view to allow future favours towards them, was intended. It cannot therefore, be a stretch of assumption to contend, that, as the guards which were imposed applied to the king alone, such guards, accompanied by the consideration of the principles on which they were slated to be applied, must leave it to be concluded, hat the non-admission of Roman Catholics ill parliament was deemed to have been secured •• and it should not be forgotten, that, in these times, the apprehensions which were enter- tawed of Popery were raised by its actual principles. The great men who lived in that dark age, as it is now wished to be considered, thought that principles tended to produce cor- respondent actioils; and it was because by the actions of papists that the danger of their principles was established, that the necessary guards were provided. It is a device of the ad- vocates for the Homan Catholics to state, that religion was not the great object at the revo- lution though every thing shows I hat the es- tablishment of the Protestant religion was so and, though ail I he dangers to the liberties of the country, in truth, sprang from attempts made to violate the laws, in different instances, for the of promoting Popery. The de- claration of indulgence of James II. it i most curious to observe, brings forward all the mo- tives and arguments on which the concessions to the Roman Catholics are now urged: liberty of conscience, the great to trade, the benefit to the state from the admissibility of all persons to stations of trust, the removal of all discontents by not ielting religions dif- ferences be auy obstacle to their preferment in any way, are among the strongest motives offered in its favour but the nation then hap- pily saw, thai, however insinuating and plau- sible, such sounds and words mighl he "only delusions it then felt the value of religious principles, and considered, that a es- tablishment alone, fenced by due safeguards, could preserve the liberties of England nay, even the liherties of those very persons who were clamourously against it. It is observable, too, thatexclllsion from power was connected ivitli ic to.et-at Ioti-act; and that, the declara lion of King William, when Prince of Orange, to King James, through Fagel, the Minister at the Hague, stated the necessity, on princi- ple, of guarding an established church by the security of tests; that withoutil the establish- ment could not be considered secure; and the practice was universal. ■{To'be continued.)
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MISCELLANEOUS. There are upwards of 120 French Officers now oil patrole at Abergavenny, and about 30 more are expected. They behave remarkably well, and are treated with the greatest civility by the inhabitants. t, A young lady of rank and high coi-idHioiv iu he warmth of her dancing heart, thus ad- dressed her partner, at the Lord Mayor's Ball.—" God bless you take care and don't tread upon my muslin gown, for you see that. l Itave nolhiiig under it Selling ii IVife.A well-dressed woman was sold 011 Mondav, with a halter round her neck, to a decent looking man, who gave 8 shillings for the Lady, and paid the salesman 7 shillings. An immense crowd witnessed the scene. The- woman declared it was the happiest momenta of her life, and the purchaser said that lie would not take ten pounds for his bargain Bel ween eleven and twelve o'clock on Thurs- day night, Mr. Nadin, assisted by a picqnel of Military, took into custody (and seized the papers of) Thirty-seven persons, unlawfully assembled at a public tiotise, in Ailco(it's-laiiev Manchester, and lodged them in the New Bay- ley prison. They were examined on Friday before the Magistrate, on which it appear- ed, by their own confession, that they came- from different Townships, circuit of alleasl eight or ten miles. — The Magistrates. remanded them for a furthcrexaminationon. Salurday. BelUngham.—The following case we find in a collection of select trials, purchased at the Hoxhllrgh sale John Bellingham was in- dicted /it the Old Bailey, on the 131b Feb, 1692, on two endictmenls, for forging Balik Notes and Exchequer Bills. He was convicted and he confessed, that from the age of 13 he had perpetrated almost every species of vil- lainy. He could not remember olte half of Ihe robberies he had committed. In one case- he had killed the person robbed at Brixton Causeway, for this also he had been con- demned but escaped from the Mnrshalsea.— He was executed at Tyburn, Oil the 27ili of: October, 17 09." The Burr knot apple is cultivated in West- moreland, and is easily propagated, thai every, fruit grower raises lliem himself. Thie branch, is cut oft a little below Ihe burr knot, and set;, clilici- ill March or October. The month ofs" October is the preferable season, if care is taken that the frost in winter does not force the settings out of the ground,^ Burr culIings produce only small dwarf trees. If sta:;d«.f(iis. are wanted, they should hc- grafted, oiv frejti vigorous stocks, as other standard: apple trees. are. The fruit is generally ripe in October,, and isa middle-sized apple it grown 011 a young thriving Iree, eil her dwarf or standard- r in shape, and are on the side exposed to the sun. The pulp is free and mellow, the tasfe- tart, but not two, sliarl) it bakes-veil, aud will keep till Nlard. Thereare also thespence- apple, IlIe old Dugiish codling, and the Car- lisle codling, which all have burr-knots, and, may be raised in the same manner. Tuesday last, the village of Claveriug, Es-, sex, was delugedwith the greatest flood ever witnessed by the oldest inhabitant, owing tQ the heavy rains which fell on that day and the preceding evening; many of the inhabitants sustained considerable damage from the vio- lence of the current, which carried every thing before it, pigs, fowls, ducks, corn, &c. • every house, not on an elevated situation w"«. 3 to 4 feet under water, most of the timber belong-ing to Mr. Bush, the principal timber- merchant, was washed down the stream three. miles towards Maunder.—Thfgreatest sufferer was Dr. Brooks, who had most of the stock, of his shop entirely carried away; but the chief cause of regret is the loss ot the hand- some bridge, erected at a great expence about four years since, in the centre of the towil, which was a great ornament to the place. )■
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AGRICULTURE. To the Editor of the jYorth ffales Gazette. ■ LLANRWST. ALL the tenants in his district have already increased the value of their farms very consi- derably, by improvements, and by bringing waste ground into cultivation: but there is still a good deal of waste on most of their farms, which will require the industry of many years fully to improve. Most of the larger farms consist of what was formerly two farms is an immense improvement in every point of view. On a small farm of 20 or 60 acres, one plough of four small horses is more than enough; so that the uniting of small farnis- which lie contiguous, may be justly consider- ed as a wise plan, and as lending greatly to the advantage of the country. '1 11 y Within these last 20 years, the art of farm- I ing is much improved amongst us. It is onlv a few years since the farmers began to clean their land by sowing turnips and grass seeds. Since lhat period there has been a great spirit of industry and improvement. The be- ginning of our seed-time here is very various, owing to the spring snow lying long near the bottom of the hills. Generally we begin to sow oats about the middle of April. The be- ginning of harvest is here also various. Com- iriouly it begins about the first or second week of September, and is finished about the first of November, and all the corn got in. It is the practice of a few to have meal by them, that they -may be prepared against a bad crop. Experience has taught them this precaution, because the harvests here are often precarious, and the corn suffers either by wind, or by the winter coming oil before they are fully ri- pened. Among the disadvantages to sheep, this dis- trict is exposed, may 'be reckoned a long con- tinuance of snow in the spring, by which the operations of husbandry are interrupted, and the seed-time retarded; and on this account is but seldom so well ripened as that in the low country. The winters here are often in- terrtipte(I in their operations by storms, while those to the southward of the hills can plough and cart. Besides they frequently suffer very considerably in severe winters and springs, hy he los-s of sheep and lambs. The cross roads being often rendered inlpassibfe even for horses by tli-c siiow, may be reckoned another disad- vantage under which this country labours. About 50 years ago it was common for up wards of 20 young people belonging to the parishes to go a begging in the winter.season^ for want or elnllloyment and support; nherc- as at present the farmers find it very difficult to procure either at home or from a dis- tance, a sufficiency of young people to serve them.
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To the Editor of the.IV'oi-lh /Vales Gazette. Quod Deus vult, prius dementat. There shall be no more a prince in the land of Egypt." Thus says Ezekiel, chap. xxx. v. 13. This may appear extraordinary to the apprehension of many persons, who have read in antient history of that Empire having had many pu- tent monarchs who exercised their govern- ment there, but they were not of the antienl race of the Egyptian kings. eclneblls was the last king of Egypt, yyho being just sealed on his throne, after violent struggles, and many conflicts, was opposed by a Mendesian, wilh a force consisting of 100,000 men he was of a jealous, suspicious disposition, and disregarded the advice of an able general Agi- who obtruded to his notice many expe- dients to extricate himself. At length fiuding el el that the resources of his own iiii d were -,ot adeqnate to his situation, he had recourse to his friend's counst I, who at length defeated his competitor, and took him prisoner. Some time afterwards, the Sidonia is and Phoenicia ans entered into a league with him, in opposi- tion to the King of Persia, who had an im- mense army, and powerful fleet, which sailing up the Nile, landed in the midst of the coun- try. This led to a battle, which was fought with great obstinacy but at last the Egyp- tians gave way, having lost a great number of men, and were utterly broken and dispersed. The loss of this battle was the ruin of Egypt. Nirtanebus very imprudently left his advanta- geous post, and entrenchments, and retired lor the defence of his capital Memphis tillS occa- sioned his auxiliaries to abandon her, and join. his enemies, with the earliest submission.— When Neclanebus saw this, he was driven I despair, and taking what treasure he could carry away with him he fled from his palace of Memphis, into Ethiopia, and never returned. Thus was the accomplishment of the prophet of Ezek iel evinced, there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt.' We may hereby he assured, that when a nation or people, can be so iniquitous, as to shake off their dep-tll- ance upon the Almighty, their loyalty to their sovereign, and the proper observance of the laws of that government, under which they subsist, that they will be visited with Divine wrath,and made direfulexamplesof vengeance, minds of the peeple of France were enstrang- ed from their lawful monarch by a set of infi- del Philosophers, who in their writings denied their belief of a future state, and poisoned the The minds of the people so, that they were led into all the enormities which the history of the French Revolution has narrated in pages of blood to the notice of future ages. Their Po- pish religion had infused into their minds a belief, that their priests could absolve theiu. from all offences. These .dbsolulioners quickly formed an alliance wilh the Philosophers, and both being fralernised together, there were no atrocities which they scrupled to cotiiiiiit.- And this would be the miserable condition of any nation or people, who should suffer them to hold the reins of government. May God forhid, that Britons should ever be subject to their dominion I Ruthin. CLERICUS.
. BETTWS.
BETTWS. On the lands belonging to this district only have trees been hitherto raised. No plantations have till of late been made and even that to no great extent, nor improvements indeed of any kind, owing to illvill"iblc ohslrudioIlS.- Considering the great quantity of waste land, fit only for bearing trees, the neglect of cul- tivating them is much to be regretted. Tree: of all kinds tend greatly lo beautify a country and prove eventually highly useful and profit- able. Ash, plane, pine, common fir, oak, willow,larch, are the kind of trees which are principally produced. Thc larch is only of late introduced; and it seems to thrive bet- ter, and advance faster than any other tree.— It is attended with this singular advantage too I that it thrives also in any soil, and in any situ- ation. The spirit of industry seems at last to he rousing. Improvements of every kind are progressive in their nature, and require lillle and encouragement to brin; them to any de- gree of perfection. They are on their pro. gress III the mountains; and be who shall ac- celerate it, well deserves to be accounted by his country, a public benefactor. The state of the roads is only tolerable; there are few turnpikes, and the opinion of the country seems in general to be against them. The num. ber of farms in the paish is diminishing. I 1 he introduction of turnips, and sown gras- ses, promises to be of infinite advantage, as proper food for cattle is scarce, both in winter and spring. The regularity of con dud of the people, must in part he ascribed to their po verty and depression: for the situation of the small tenantry in this neighbourhood is very far from being comfortable. Few of them have any capital toheginlhe world with and fewer have any inclination to adopt the mo- dern improvements in husbandry. Jtuie, 1312. ABERLESINO.
ANECDOTES.
ANECDOTES. From Notes to the Rev. C. Colloids Hypocrisy. A SATIRE. Origin and Progress of Patriotism, as understood in times. PoI)tii;ix-ity, my dear friend," says Sir R. Walpole, in a confidential letter, is nothing more than Ihe step-ladder for ambition to reach the summit of place and preferment.— We have all our prices, and if it he asked why 1 continue so long in opposition to the Court, my answer is, because they did not come up to mine. There is scarcely a member whose price I do not know, to a single sixpence'; and whose very soul i could not purchase at the first oITer. A staunch opposition to IheCouit on two or three questions, gels an aspiring Commoner a name; haif a dozen impudent unmeaning -speeches, tiie admiration; and a treasonable pamphlet the souls of the people. Patriotic barbers toast him in ale-houses; pub- spirited shoemakers harangue for him in the' streets: and free-horn chairmen and house- keepers sing forth his praises in every night- ccllar wlIllin the hllls of modality. lremcm- ber I never thought my point completely caïried, WI they clapped me into the Tower. I looked upon myself then a made man and the event fully justified my expressions." This is an extract from a very "long letter, address- ed by Sir Robert, lo it. Coade, Esq. of Lyme Regis. Estimate of relative Proportion by Force of Habit. I remember once I went to see a Giant he was very near eight feet high, well made, healthy and active. I was much surprised on observing that children were less struck with his appearance than grown persons. On mentioning this to the Giant, he said he had rei)i,irked same,and he also added, that those who were the tallest invariably received the greatest gratification on seeing him. The reason of this puzzled me for some time.— At last I began to reflect that children, and persons of short sUnture, are constantly in the habit of looking up at other people, and there- fore, it costs them no great exertion, to look up a little higher at a Giant; but tall men, who are in thehahit of louking downllpon all other persons, are beyond measureastonished, on seeing any one whose very superior stature obliges them to look up. Chinese Logic in reference to Mcdical-J\Ien. My late uncle, Sir G. Staunton, related lo we a curious anecdote uf old Kien Long, Em- peror of China, He was inquiring of Sir G, the manner in which physicians were paid in England. When, after some difficulty, his Majesty was made lo comprehend the system, he cxclaimcd-" Is any man well in England, t li "It call, ii 't,d to be ill" Now I will inform you, eaid he, how I manage my physicians.— i have four, to whom the care of lilY health is committed a certain weekly salary is allow- ed them; but the moment i am ill, thai salary stops, till I um welt again. J necd not inlorm you my illnesses are usually short." Dcdd's attempt, to bribe the Chancellor with ■€■3,000 for his-nomination to tiie Rectory of Si Georges, Hanover square, is well known. to Geneva, where he wet his pllpillh Earl of Chesterlieid. One circum- stance attached to his forgery oil the Earl for jfe4,200 is not generally known. Notwith- standing" the previous execution of the Per- mits, it is probable that his Majesty would have listened to the powerful solicitations that were made in favour of Dod.i. But what i am about to relate, I have reason to Ibilik true,and it is thought produced in the royal breast au inflexible determination not to exer- cise the The Ear! had advanced very considerable sums of money, from time to time, to Dodd, for the sole use and benefit of an unfortunate young woman, the object of his Lordship's youthful gallantry. An in- terview between the Principals was effectually prevented by the Almoner for a great length of time. At Instil took place accidentally.— It then came ont, i hat she had been kept by Dodd, in a state approaching- to starvation,— y"hiie he had applied the money to such osten- tatious largesses as were better suited to his ambitious and worldly views and flesig-ns. THe king-, 1 have heard, was not ignorant of this. A facetious French Abbe I ml engaged a box atthe Opera, from which (after being sealed) he was rudely turned out bv r. certain Mares- chal of France. He brought his action in a court-of honour, and pleaded his own cause; he began thus, It is nol of Mareschal Tu- renne, who look so many towns of Suffrein who took so many ships; or of Crcbillon, who took Minorca, that I have to complain but it is of that Mareschal who look my box at the Opera, ai.d never took any thing else in the whole course of his life." Excerptafrom BrislerTs (of A(ic, York) lle- sources of the Brilish EflljJžre." How far we are in this country practical believers in the national bankruptcy of Britain may be from this fact, thilt there is no individual in the Union who would not as readily purchase a Bill drawn on the British government, as he would one drawn on the federal government. Whereas, so entire is our faith in the insolvency of Napoleon's trea sury, that no lull drawn thereon could find a single purchaser within the whole circumfe- rence of the United Slates. Some few months since, a French <roveru- ment T)ill of on!y one thousand dollars in value was offered for sale in New York, and could not be disposed of at any price. The English traders laughed at the tender of a French money-bill to them; the Americans doubted the paper of his imperial and royal majesty; and at length it was declined by a respectable Swiss merchant, who said he could not afford to buy it., because the French government were not in the habit of paying their bills." The man who hawked about this bill for sale was tin ally obliged to transmit it at his own risque to France, where of course it was never paid. He knew that it was in vain to apply to the French merchants in New York, to: j they were too well acquainted with the cus- toms of their government respecting money matters. The few French mercantile houses that had even ventured to purchase hills drawn upon the government of the Great Nation had long since been ruined there being very rare- ly any instances of such bills, when bought by merchants in the United States, having ever been paid." Speaking of the consequences to America of the wished for subjugation of Britain, the au- thor says Without now dwelling upon Iheinevitible result to these United Stales from the military visitation of Napoleon, subsequent to his con- quest of Britain, one of the minor evils imme- diately incident to this country from such an event, would be the instantaneous culling away all supply of British manufactures. The ruin of Britain would be accompanied with the annihilation of her commerce and manufac tures, and the United Slates have not now, neither can they have for many years to come, a sufficient capital or a sufficiently reasonable rate of to enable them to manu- facture many even of the prime necessaries of ii C, such as woollen clothiug, a vast variety of arl iclbS in hardware, and many other com- modities. Where then could they get a supply of these necessary articles? From the Euro- pean continent ? No. that is too much des- troyed by the ravages of long: continued war- fare Io be able, for a long time to come to supply even itself with manufactured goods. Add to which the continent of Europe never can become extensively employed in manu- factures, because it has not a sufficient quan- tity of coal mines at command. it surely requires no argument to prove, that a nation whose fuel grows above ground can never push its manufactures to any great extent. The immediate restdt then of the destruction of Britain to the United Slates would be, the de- priving a large body of the American people of many of the necessaries and more of the conveniences of life. How much this would tend to breed discontent amongst our cilixens and effectually diminish our population, it is needless to consider." The effects of French and Madisonian poli- tics upon the United States are thus described It is enough for the present to examine the effects of the restrictive energies of France and the UnitedStates upon thisconntry amount- ed in imports and exports to 216,000,000 of dollars; in 1808, it fell dow:, to 70,000,000; in !809, it rose fo 140,000,000 in 1810, its nominal amount was 160,000,000. To all who are acquainted with even the elements of poli- tical economy, it need not be remarked how much the agriculture and the manufactures of the country must have suffered from the dimi- nution of its commerce, since these three great branches of productive industry invariably rise or fall together. The rude produce of the country is now, in the beginning of the year 1SJI, lying in unsaleahle heaps in the barns of the farmer, or the warehouses of the mer- chant, while an almost universal bankruptcy is pervading the whole mercantile class through- out the Union. This general calamity has arisen f rom a combinat ion of causes, allllnit- ing thsir efforts to produce an accumulation of individual and national evil upon these United States. First, Bonaparte has, within the la5t three years, actually plundered America of property to the amount of at ieast 50,000,000 of dollars: not a single ectit (of which will ever be restored. Secondly.—The American government, by their embargo, imposed on the 22d of December, 1807, threw the United States out. oftheaccusiosned channels of com- merce, and enable Britain lo find out new and more advantageous sources of trade; conse- quently, when lhe embarg-o was raied in the spring of 1809, the market for American com- modities was not half so extensive as it had been before we adopted the French system wherefore, the shipments of our merchants to Britain and her dependencies, during the year 1809 —1810,have averaged a loss of 50,000,000 of dollars, owing to our produce being no longer saleable fit those markets which had formerly been the sources of our greatest pro tits- Our cotion had been forestalled by thai of fli-azil iiid of the East-Indies; our lumber by that of Canada; our jish by that of New- foundland alltl so oil through the most of our traffic. Thirdly, Our merchants, eager to re- trieve the loss of time, markets, and properly- occasioned to them by iiiejoiilt efforts of Bo- naparte and the cabinet at Washington, have overtraded the remnant of their capital in en- deavouring to force new markets for the re ception of their commodities. Added 10 all this, the American government, taking advan- tage of the calamities which, in conjunction with Ilie executive of France, it had brought upon its own merchants, gave the death blow to the commercial credit, and widened the bankruptcy of the country, by its envenomed denunciations agaiustlhe Hank oj the United States, which was accused of being a monied institution, of having part ef its stock held by foreigners, of facilitating the operations of commerce, < sustaining and augmenting the credit of the country; and of many other crimes, all equally anti-republican. In con- sequence of the non renewal of the charier of the Bank, a very large mass of circulating credit is lost to our merchants and to I he coun- try at large. And this is the precise moment, when our farmers cannot sell their produce, and when our merchants are ali ruined, which o iir govei uors and legislators have seized for the purpose of congratulating the good citi- zens of these United States on the growing prosperity of their manuflldur es; as it the manufactures of a country always flourished in direct proportion to the stagnation of its agriculture, the destruction ot its commercial capital, and the annihilation of its national credit!"