CONGR E S S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. v THURSDAY DECEMBER 14.. Continuation, of tht Debate on the fubjiß of ForAgn Coins. Mr. Ha vens thought the report of the , committee was somewhat inconsistent, as it proposed crowns, &c. should pass at their full value at the cudom house, yet expect ed them to depreciate, and by that means get to the bank. Besides, said he, their not be ing a legal tender, will not depreciate them ; for it was not one payment in ten thousand in which it was necefl'ary to make a legal tender : it was seldom, that a creditor was compelled to receive a debt ; creditors were every where ready to receive tV|eir money . generally before their debtors were ready to pay. Banknotes were not alegaltender in sny parts of the United States, yet there 'was no difficulty in pafSng them. If a cre ditor were offered cup-ent money, he would not care any thing about its not being a le gal tender ; but, if n legal tender were re quired, it would be an easy matter to pro ' cure money which was legal for that which was current. The inconvenience which had been complained of, from the deprecia tion of crowns, arose from the alarm which the proclamation on the filbjeft had occa sioned ;but when thatalarm ceased, which it soon would do, crowns would pass as usual. He was warranted in this supposition by the law refpefting eppper coin, which - forbade any copper coin, except cents and half cents, from being circulated, on pain of be ing forfaited, besides ten dollarsas a penalty ; y«, notwithstanding base copper coin was every where in circulation. He refered to another law of a similar nature. It was clear, therefore, that coin would not be ferc cdNnto the mint, except its value was de - preciated, which must be effefted not only oy faying it shall not be a legal tended but by making it penal to offer it in payment. Besides, if it wo,!' 1 have the efjpft to force the foreign, coin into the cuft'om-houfes, it would never get into the mint. The coin eollefted at Boston and other distant ports, did not come to Philadelphia ; but, fnppofe the law fixed the matter so, that such coin should come into the T rea f u, 7 of tfce Unft ed States, it would not be difficult to (hew that it would be impossible for government to put it into the mint to be recoined. He was warranted in this conclusion by the law regulating foreign c<oin. That aft, he said, declared, that all gold and silver coin, except Spanish dollars, and parts thtreof, received by government, should not be re-ifTued-, but sent to the mint to be re-coined ; yet this law had not been complied with. Mr. H. r said, he was on a committee refpefting the mint last year, and he enquired of the Se cretary of the Treasury why this law had not gone into effeft, arid he was given for answer, that the mint was in such a situation that it could not give any security that the coin sent there would be, re-coined in any reasonable time. Indeed, from what he said, he inferred, that government wanted the money so much,thatit could not befparedto go to the mint. To agree to the report, would have the appearance of giving fop port to the mint ; but it would not be i tal ly doing any such thing. This was his idea. But if this coin were to go to the mint, ♦, where be the advantage ? He cou " not fee any. H« believed, therefore, the bed way would be to suspend the operation ' of the aft restraining the circulation of fo reign coin, and leave the mint upon its pre sent footing until something effectual could be done for its support. Mr. Baldwin said, in determining upon the question before them, it was not neceff srjr to examine the principles upon which the mint was eftabliflied. Supposing all j the principles, and the effefts supposed to be . produced right, the only thing was, they \ wereexpefted to have been producedfooner J than it was now found they were. He , could not agree to the motion of the gentle man from Pennfylvani?. He thought they ' should extend the time of withdrawing fo reign coin fro In circulation for a year or two longer. Nor would he have it supposed from the wish, that he was hostile to the ! mint .* he originally voted for it, and was not now convinced it would not prove e- t ■ventually advantageous to the country. To give further time for the maturing of this business, was doing no more than they were obliged frequently to do in other business | under this government. They were scarce ly ?ware how slowly the laws parted over so e*tenfive a country as'' ours. He believed j the law proposed to (top the circulation of certain species of foreign coin had done , some good } but he believed it would have j a bad effeft, if it were to take place the en- t suing summer. He did not believe that the mint establishment had ever before be-n contemplated for so extensive a country as the United States. In molt countries where t njints were established, there was, he said, a t great mercantile center, which afted like the 7 heart in the human body, to circulate the j ( medium of commerce. livthis country the cafe was different. Some parts of the U- nited States, he said, were almost as much connected with other countries at they were with other parts of our own. In Great- t Britain, fnprinltance, when the coin got dc- t based, it was always transmitted to London n to be re-coined and new coin could always be received in its flead. But, said he, we „ must be contented to move more slowly. In some instances, where mints had been es tablished, tfiere was not so much Bank pa- ]. per in circulation as in this country, which had been a mean of retarding our progress. t( He was not, however, for giving up the ob- t . jett, becaule their expectations had been, in some degree, deceived. He did not think [ the mint could ever be supported by foreign n coin alone ; it%vould be necessary. to be sup plied with bullion also. Gentlemen had said the effefts of our coin had not been felt c at all. They had certainly been fell confid- _ y erably, in some parts. Some valuable plate ' ; 'li?d, of late been brought to the mint from > foreign countries, more than perhaps would ] . be brought in futuie. But he hoped fur- c ther time would be given before foreign 7 coin was attempted to be withdrawn from t f circulation. J £ Mr. R. Williams wa3 in favor of post- ' r e poning the operation of the law ; though j r j he could not fee so diftinftly as other gen- j e r tlertien the difference between the report of a . the committee, and tue proposition of the a t gentleman from Virginia. The committee i( . fay French crowm, &c. shall be received for o . revenue, but shall not be a common tender, g [ If the report had rgade them a tender for tl 1 a " payments under the federal government, w , he thought the report would have, been of tl . equal extent with -.the amendment ; as he c< r supposed congress had not the power of fay- w j ing what should, or should not be a tender in pi , the several dates. He thought he was war- c« . ranted in this assertion by the constitution, tl _ in the Bth feftion of the ift article of which tli |. i' was said, " Congress shall have the pow- th _ er to coin money, regulate the value thereof, jei . and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of gi . weights and measures and in v the ioth , feftion of the-fame article, where it speaks fu i of what the individual states shall not do, it w< fays, "no (late shall coin money, emit bills ha , of credit, make any thing but gold and fil- qi . ver coin a tender in payment of debts." cc . From these two pafTages of the constitution, la it was evident, that that the individual flares tic , might make a tender of what coin theypleaf- th ed, provided they did it according to the wl : value fixed upon it by congress. So that as the difficulty would not be so great as had re been imagined, if the law wasnot postponed, pe though he thought it ought to be, as it had th not been fufficiently notified. Another rea- ce son with him for wishing for a postponement ha was, that if farther time were given, the dif- th ferent slates would make their tender laws fie conformable to thofeof the United States afl if not, they would keep up their prcfent laws w< and there would be a clashing betwixt them, th He profefTed himfclf a friend cf the mint wl establishment, as he supposed the principles tit upon which if was founded were laudable ha and proper ; but he was againfl carrying th any law into effeft which should injure the sal people of the United States. ye Mr. Gallatin said no kind of th> aversion to the mint establishment itfelf; he ly vvifhed to fee it well supported with bullion, Tl and of importance to the United States ; ad but he felt some aversion to the expences of an the establishment, without any benefit being ! gr produced from it. So far as this went, the cn gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Otis) cit might apply his obfervatiou to him of " be- be ing an enemy to the mintyet he thought an that gentleman was mistaken in thinking the ftil piefent queflion was so closely connefted in with the existence of the mint. He believ- arj ed if there were means of making the mint rei establishment beneficial, they were not those mi proposed by tkat gentleman. There were it two fubjefts before the committee ; theone bo to suspend the aft altogether, the other to ma leave it to operate on gold coin only. He op believed a single view of the quantity of otl gold coin ifiued from the mint fmceits eftab- lio iifhnient, would shew the latter to be an im- th( proper measure. The whole amount of Ai gold coined it the mint on the 30th of Sep- tra te mber, 1796, was only the value of 149,445 wa dollars. When the laws relative to the fuf- . de< pension of the circulation of Foreign coins alv were pafled, it was on the idea that at the i upi time the provisions were to take effeft, there 1 wo would be a fufficiency of our own coin to ' an( supply its place. It was clear th?.t this wa».i tht not thfe cafe ; and he did not fee how a per-! be son could be charged withenmity tothc mint' wo becaufe*he was dilpofed toallow farther time ' fak for iis opsrationn. It could not be expeft- ' tht ed, Mr. G. said, under prcfent circumltanc- j me es.jthatmuch Foreign coin should be brought fpe to the mint, until it were depreciated ; wo therefore, unless the amendment of his col- ket league went to depreciate it, they could not ero suppose it would go to the mint. He drew ply this conclusion from what had already taken wh place ; for out of 10,000 ounces of gold rei{ which had been received at the mint, not flar more than 1300 were in coin. Except Fo- wo reign coin was, therefore, reduced to the mai value of bullion, it would not go to the its mint, and it would certainly be unjust to re- sam due? it, whilst it remained in the hands of fere the people. In relation to Foreign silver moi coin, a difference of opinion cxifted whether wer the law fhoilld be wholly or partially fuf- thu pended as it related to it. In the firft place No it might be observed, that the proportion filvi which French crowns bore to whole amount and of foreign silver coin in circ Ation was very cou small, and therefore no great advantcge fro; could be derived to the United States from fuel throwing them out of circulation. But, bee said he, suppose all the French crowns in the . the United States, were now in the mint, the and were to be re-coined into dollars, where was would be the advantage ? He did not under- erni stand that the objeft of the mint was merely givi to put a certain impreflion upon money, but was that we might observe a proper controul o- imp ver our circulating medium, so a* to keep the it pure. Suppose the proportion of French wa) crowns to dollars, were as ten to one, would thei not theeffeft be, that nine-tenths of our cir- coit culating medium would (till be in Foreign obfl coin ? Where then would be the advan- wot tage ? If the French crowns were debased, mec there would be some reasons for cal ing them mer in, but not otherwise. It might be said it less would give employment to the mint j but it ? would be employment without advantage, mig which could not be desired. But it had den been shewn by. the gentleman ftom Mary- 'J land, that if the French crowns were in the tive banks, it would be impossible to get them i to the mint, from the expence of tranfpor- jest tation, and the loss which would be occafi- For owed by the absence of the coin from their thti coffers. There was, in his opinion, a havi much easier way of replenishing the mint, wbt without encountering any of the difficulties ban which would attend the forcing out of cir- ton, culation Foreign coin ; it was by rtiaking of t an appropriation of joo,ooo dollars for the aboi late purchase of bullion, nnd this was the biily rom way in which it could he efTedlually dune.- >uld But this was not all; suppose all the Foreign fur- com in circulation re-coined into dollar?, ' rign What would be the effect ? They would rom be exported by our pierchants equally with « Spanish dollars, whereas, whilst the silver oft- remained in croW'n, they were fuffered to igh 1 rcmafh. Mr. G. said he had already obferv en- I ed, he was opposed to the miut only, if no of advantage could be derived from it; and if, the after goinginto the bulinefs as far as possible, tee it was found the eftablifnment could not be for of any use,. it certainly would 1 e better to ler. get rid of it. But whatever his opinion on for this fubjedt might be, it was unconnected •lit, with the present queiton. The of of the committee on the fubjedt of the mint, re 'ne commended an appropriation of money, ly- which was certainly the eheapefl w,ay of ftip •in porting it. When that report came under ar- confederation, question would arise whe )n, ther the establishment was afeful, er whe ch ther it should b'e abandoned. He hoped w- the amendment of his colleague would be re of, jeeted, and that of the gentleman from Vir of ginia agreed to. ith Mr. Otis rose to reply, and that ks such arguments of the gentleman last up, as ,it were at all pertinent to the fubjedt would ills have been more applicable if the original fil- qiieftion relative to the suppression of foreign 1." coin were before the committee. But as the* in, law afledtiHg this coin in adtual opera tes tion, the true question was whether some of if- the inconveniences were not pad remedy, and he whether all theft objections would not occur lat arter any limited period. The law had al- I ad ready operated injuriously upon necessitous •d, perfonswho had been compelled to part with ad their foreign silver at a discount of ten per j ;a- cent. It was now accumulated either in the nt hands of those who had speculated upon if- their neceflities, or of those who had a fuf ,vs ficiency of other kinds of money, ani'could , i ; afFord the expence arid delay, if any, that , if/s would att<tid the re-coinage ; but to suspend n, the law for two years, would enable thqfe , nt who held this coin to return it into circula es tion aran advanced rate, among thofe-who i , .le had already been compelled to fuffer a loss j , lg the inconveniencies would be aggravated, and , he fall upon the fame class of people. Two , years hence, there would be more silver in | of 1 the country, and it would be more remote he jly diffufed with our increafug population. t n, ! The obftruition of circulation would then j I ; affedt a larger portion oi the community, , of and every argument would then apply with ig ! greater force. If it was truethat the French he crowns amounted o(f!y to a tenth part of the ] s) circulating silver ; it wag a good reason for e- beginning with the ftippreffion of those ; ht and although a great part of the coin would he still be foreign, a gradual reformation would t :d in time supplant it altogether—but if this f v- argument was intended to prove that if so- { nt reign coin should not be decried until the r fe mint had coined enough to supply its place; j re it would follow that the mint should be a- t ic bolifhed ; for this could never happen j no ; to man acquainted with the nature of money t le operations could imagine that by this or any ] of other institution a fufficient quantity of bul- f b- lion could be collected to supplant at once j n- the whole foreign coin in actual circulation. { of As to the expence and delay attending the j, p- of the crowns to the mint, it 0 ,5 was true that they would amount to a small j f- ; deduction from their real value ; this mult as always happen ; but tilt's would sals chiefly h le | upon the Wanks into whose vaults the silver t re , would bo colledted from the cuftam-houfes, v :o and this would be rendered inconsiderable to is.; those inflitutions, as large quantities could n r-1 be transported with a fiViall escort, and they jj it! would gladly defray the expence for the c le | fake of having the money pass twice thro' t- thu'r vaults. Mr. Otis denied that this i -" 1 measure would facilitate the exportation of , 3 it specie. He did not believe that our dollars [j ; would be in greater demand for foreign mar- c 1- kets at least for sometime than French )t crowns ; but however that might be, a lup iv ply of specie would always be required, and £ n when required it would be procured for so- 1 d reign markets. If the coin was all of one j. >t standard and denomination, no mifchief r( >- would arise from its exportation The de- a ] le mand would be jaft what it ought to be, and e its place would be always supplied with the fame kind of coin. It was only while a pre- 11 if ference existed in favor of one description of t money, that unnatural 3nd forced means C r were adopted for retaining the money, and - thus obftrudting the free course of trade. e Nor would this diminish the importation of a silver—..The real difference between bullion S it and coined filrer was so trifling iu most y countries, that no reason was to be inferred e from the small importatiohs of bullion, that E n such a decided preference was given to coin S , because it was current in 'this cojwtry—On II the contrary the value of bullion being for :, the most part superior to that of coin, it e was often purchased by the European gov- S •- ernments, and a premium was sometimes Y givea for bringing it to the mints—This t was the true reason why so little had been - imported, but he had 110 apprehension that p the merchants of this country would not al ii ways be glad to receive silver and gold for i their commodities, either as bullion or as Si - coin. The course of trade was not to be 1 obftrudted byobftaclesof this nature—There - would be always a quantity of circulating , medium adequate to the purposes of com -0 merte—And there could never be more or t less than that quantity f«r a lotig period. Si t Mr. Brookes wished the committee B , might rife, in order to give time for eonfi -1 deration. The question for rising was put and nega e tived 47 to 33. 1 Mr. Macon said it seemed to be the oto'- - jedt of the friends of the mint to force the - Foreign coin into the banks, and from r thence into the mint; but they seemed to 3 have loft fight of those parts of the country S< , where there were no banks. There was no s bank, he said, from Alexandria to Charles - ton, which embraced at least one-fifth part r , of the whole Union, yet nothing was said ; about this part of the country. the y- law was pollivhigreat inconveniences - ; would be experienced in tlieAj parts of the ij country, as there are more crowns in'clrcul , j ation thin had been supposed. As to what 3 coin had been issued from the mint, it a i mere trifle-; it was scarcely equal to the r expences of government, in the civil and ) military departments, for fix months. The queition on the amendment propo > fed by Mr. Sitgreaves being put, it was ne , gatived without a division. Mr. N !C«plas's amendment then re turning for Confide: n, i Mr. Varnum thought it would be bed to move to suspend the operation of the fe cofid feihion of, the aft, as he had some doubts as to the propriety of tht exprefiion used in the resolution. "" "> Mr. Nicholas acquiesced; and the ques tion being put, it was carried without a di vilion. The committee then rofc, the House a greed to the amendment, and a bill was or dered to be reported. T.f)t (Ktasette, PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18. Last Saturday night arrived from Ireland Mr. Baxter, of this city, who left Cork on the 28th of October, in the brig Ciiiclima tus, (now at Reedy Island) and informs that 3 days previous to leaving Cork, intel-1 ligence was received of the total defeat of} the Dutch fleet. He Hates, that while the British fleet under Admiral Duncan, were repairing in Yarmouth Roads, (who had left his ilation off the Tcxel for that pur purpofe) a cutter brought hiro advice of the Dutch -"eet being at sea, upon which the Admiral as soon as possible went out, and meeting the Dutch about the 17th of Oct. they were totally defeated—the Dutch Rear and Vice Admirals taken, with eight (hips of the line; the remainder were pursued when intelligence left the fleet. This newsi-- without, doubt true, as, on the day when Mr. Baxter left Cork, it,was confir med by an express from Admiral Duncan, which occv.lioned a royal salute to be fired by all the (hips of war in the Cove. Mr. Baxter has favoured us with papers to the 12th of October, the latest brought by the Cincinnati; they contain no news, nor does our informant mention any intelli gence from the Continent. (Amer. D. A. Extraft of a letter from « Gentleman on his way home from this City, dated Snotv hill, Monday the nth inft. " I have nothing particular to add, only, that as I parted through Dover two men fuf fered sentence of the law, which made a strong impression on my mind—they were nailed by both ears to the pillory, and cut loose, leaving part of those naembers faft to the wood. One of them receired thirty nine lashes, the other, though condemned to the fame ptuiifliment was excused by the Executive from that part of the sentence on supposition that he was unable to bear the lash ; he had been previous to the trial by some means furnifhed with a file with which he cut off his hand cuffs, with the bar where of he knocked down the Jailor and was mak ing his escape, but being obftrudted by an outer gate the Jailor came to himfelf, and in his turn gave the Prifoncr a severe blow on the (itk by throwing an iron wedge at him, whi(ih laid him sprawling, and his life was at firft despaired of—Now my Friend, I feel myfelf mortified that the humpn form should be thus mutilated, but yet I do think that cropping the ears is but a ju!t and natural pupifhment where the offence is such as re quires a mark to he fct on the perpetrator to prevent Similar pradtices. The crime they had committed was the mod atrocious that can be committed by man against man, mur der itfelf not excepted. These Fellows had stolen three Negro Children in Kent County, whilst their Fa ther was out at work, and they were actual ly put on board a VefTel to be carried to Ca rolina. The Father, Mother and Children all born free. *«* " A friend to la-ju: andfreedom 1 ' to morrow. GAZETTE MARINE LIST. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED from Ship Thomas Chalkley, Clark, Surinam Mary, Patten, Havanna Swift Packet, Gribben, Savannah Brig Sally, Waldiou, Curacoa Sch. Mary, Hunt, St.Thomas Commerce, Arnold, Jacqmel President, PeaVfon, Virginia ' Good Intent, Potter, Richmond ' Sloop Dolphin, Dickey, do. ' Hare, Smith, New-York ' Maria, King, do. Mary, L'Hommedieu, do. Margaret, Copes, Virginia Sally, Potter, do. CLEARED ' f o r , Ship Hamburg Packet,Swaine, Canton 1 Molly, Hodge, Liverpool Deborah, \ ar4, St. Domingo 1 Philadelphia, Dove, St. Bartholomew 1 Arab, Donahue, Savannah < Sarah, Jams, Boston , Snow Ceres, Nicolls, AuxCayes 1 Brig Tryphena, Griffin, Corunna < Polly, Wroth, Gonaivts j Ariel, Gardner, , St. Croix i Belfey, Doyle, St. Augustine 1 Sally, Cahender, Teneriffc i Malabar, Da Costa, Petit Guave j Mentor, Pettingale, N. Carolina > Two Brothers, Stodard, G»" . I Venus, Grafton, - ' r o ia Sch. Boston, Clark, ' Ssavannah Hawk, Carhart Francois Pole, Diftjaf' oft' n s» Jtsremie flan Ti Cork T Y> Burrows, Surinam J ar ' e > Conyngham, Havannah I I* \ ."M *• "=• "S Jupiter, Barb,.nk, Ncw-Y.ri r ™r r ;^ AllilU ''' N. Carpli,; I- Polly, V/ilUs, Alexandria it Weymouth, Gutlme, New-York' a John, Lambert, Frederic^ e Sloop Dependence, Carson, H.Tpani,^ I? T vT' Nantucket Stork, Foster Norft)] £ Harmony, E.lwood, <j; tro - The Colnmhia, Lolar, 80 davs from Am l.srdam, is. arrived at Reedy iflaod. The outward bound vessels left Reedy if]. ar;d la 3 Saturday morning. 1 1 New Tori, Dec. 16. • > t Ship Vro-w, Sckcmmelman, Therjirop, 1 „ . Havanna, 14 Manilla, Swine, Isle of May, " Leonora > Brazer, Havannah, _ " g rf ß r S ~'j Antigua, _ -JTheschr. Regulator, from Norfolk to this . port, has put into New-London. ■ r> C Ti n B " rr ' °f the schr - Larhe > from rortde Paix, says that pork commands the , O'ravagant price of 30 dollars—fiour dull s* e >' By this day's Mail. NE,W-YORK, December 16. [Handedfor publication by Capt. M'Dougall. J DEMARARA, OCT. n, J7Q7, TO CAPT. MAIN WARING, Of his Majejy's Jhip Babet. 'I sir, • Wv, the under signed mailers of Ameri can ve.Tels, with much pain, find enifelves under the disagreeable necessity of complain ing of the usage we have received t and con tinue to receive fr6m Lieutenant Mackie, commanding Lis Majeily's sloop George.— Immediately after his arrival in this river, he began to impress our ffamen, some of whom he treated extremely ill, and what has been probably the most unpardonable part of his conduft, he has fandlioned his men undef, hii own eye, to plunder our veffcls and peo ple ; of which, proof fufficient can Be giv en.—From the fchoot.er BetlVy, of Balti more, two thirds of a barrel of beef w: 8 emptied into his boat and carried away j besides several other articles from other vt(- fels, hams, onions, Qlver Ihoe buckles, ra zors, looking glasses, &c. have been taken. Firmly relyingon your goodness, as com manding officer, we have taken the liberty thus to state candidly to you, what wecon fider a grievance—and doubt not, but you will injoin such orders as may appear proper in this cafe. In the mean time, we conlid er ourfelve« solely under your protedion ; and several of us mean still further to claim it 011 the failing of the fleet, which we fond ly hope, will not be denied ns. We are, Sir, yours 1 , John APDougaU, V/illiam Patterfon, John Compton, J. Sm'th, A. Cross. Thi* memorial was presented by John M'Dougal, and William|Patterfon, on board of the Babet ; when orders was given to hoist the signal for the officers of the sloop George, which was immediately complied with ; when the officers belonging to the said (loop George, came upon deck, the captain politely asked them and us below ; and after having them severely reprimanded he ordered them on board, telling them to let lieut. Mackie know, from him, if ke heard any more complaints'of this, that he would, put him under arrest, and fend him to th« admiral in Martinique—and if you have any Americans now on hoard, I deiire you to deliver them up immediately. Then addrefling himfelf to us—Gentle, men I am sorry to hear of any such com plaints—the latter part of your memorial fliall be grantfd with pleasure ; and as ma ny cf you as will be able to get ready to fail with the fleet, will receive your inflec tions outside of the bar. To which we returned our hearty thanks to capt. Mainwaring. BOSTON, Dec. 9. £ Centinel. 1 CAPE-FR/JNCOIS. On the 18th Oct. the Commifton passed a Decree -which revokes and annuls the Decree of the 21ft Dec. loft. By this measure neu~ tral vrffels have liberty to go to or come from Englijh ports, excepting to the ports -which are in a fate of rebellion againjl the Republic as -well tn St. Domingo, as in the -windward JJlands. By the same Decree, there is a Tribu nal hf prize causes ejlalifhed in the town of the Cape, iomposcd of three Judges and a Secretary The Commijfum reserves to itself the power of ratifying or annulling the judgment rendered by the said Tribunal, Polonois, secretary to tf>: Commijpon tin the Cape, gave the above to Capt. Hillman, about a month Jince■ and requejled him to give it publicity. A letter from Cadiz, of at late date, men - lions, that notwithflanding the ht/lile appear ance of the British and Spanijh Jhets, an open tommunication between them was kept up, and that Ad. Majfaredo, with his suite, had dined with Lord St. Vincents, on board the Ville de Paris. BALTIMORE, December 14. The ears of our citizens were last night, about 11 o'clock, forthefirft time this sea son; a (Tailed with the din of Fire! Fire! which broke out in the liable of Mr." La motte, ;n the north western precin&s of the city. Notwithstanding its diflance and the contiguity of the liable to the dwelling, the exertion of the citizens saved every thi'V" but the building which firfl caught, and 11 cow and horse which expired nearly as soon as the alarm was given. The .ire was acci dental, and arose, U pp o f e d, from the negligence of t\Pu i- l 0 w j, o were that night in tbc fe with a candle catching rats. . | .rind as one accident generally accomps- . nies another, we had as high a blaze, a.- i though no fire, in the upper part of market | street. Mr. Glagett's hcufe was endanger j ed by placing a candle in the window, i 1 near the curtains, which were confwr<u ; ' and by throwing them into the fire plfte, ! set the chimney into a blaze. This fliou'd J pperate as a caution, in placing candies a the windows where there are curtains.
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