Sesidcao.tgeneral knowledge of - the trade and - . , reciprocal mterests of the-contracting parties, the negoeiater ought to be oreeimly acqtainted 'with then' scoveritl kinds of industry & to discover their wants, to calculate their resources, and to weigh with nicety the . state df their financer, and the proportionable interest of money; nay, further, be should be able to ascertain the comparative population end wealth of each country, together "with the-price arid" uality both of first materials, and alsofir the labor - 11:tatowed upon them: for thilliturpolielia should enquire into the operation lektery'nlass of merchants and manufacturers concerned in the trade; should consult their ex- Imitations on each of their several branches: and • collect their hopes and fears on the eff..et of such commercial resolution, on the competition of ri ved nations. A good treaty of commerce, inde pendent ul the art of navigation is pronounced by _gee who well knew the extent and difficulty of We 'abject to be a master piece ofskill. Edens' political remark', 1787, as quoted in Ittrulloch's Commercial dictionary. When in addition to these obstacles, the diffi culties presented by the peculiar nature of our Institutions, the variety of the products of our .Widely extended territory, and the restricted pow. of.the National Government are considered, tae li l likintnittee believe it would be next to impos sible:to select any person as Envoy, who would combine the corifideoce of all plrtions of the Union, and who would ba qualified to cope with the astute politicians of Europe, furnished as they would be with all the minutia of statistics, which their forms of G,ivernment enable them at ill times to obtain, and tht.y fear that however carefully the treaties might be prepared it would be found when too late, that though the appear ance of reciprocity might be preserved, yet the ad vantages of the arrangement would be found on the sidoof the European negheiator. From the recent discussions in Congress it ap pears doubtful whether the rlciprocal Treaties now -existing in relation to navigation have pruv- ed advantakeens, and therefore the Committee copsider it v; ry uncertain if the proposed measure would be beneficial to that portion of their fellow • ,• ettizenti. who are engaged in foreign Commerce; *bile they believe that our internal trade would MA derive any advantages therefrom, but on the 1, contrary, as so large a portion of the expence in ' by the State of Pennsylvania in the con• -, s „.faiiiiktion of her public works, has been for the pose of facilitating the transportation of her • teed and Iron to a goad m .rket, it is not unrea ,Aiikei.kble to infer that any measure which would toitd to increase the foreign competition in those . irticles would prove injurious to her welfare, by • postponing to a still more distant period, the hope of obtaining relief from those financial embarras ments which all regret to ritnesp„ Your Committee are a ware that strong induce ments are held out to the wheat growing states, to sustain the policy of reciprocal treaties, under the idea that large quantities of Grain might then be profitably exported to Europe, and especially to Great Britain. This view appears to your Committee perfectly delusive, or at least much exaggerated, fur the following reasons among °them First—The Corn Laws now in operation there, although somewhat modified in unimportant par ticulars from those of 18:7, still impose a duty in tome cases as high as 60 eta. pr bush. uponW heat, & effectually exclude all foreign grain, unless the price averages $1 98 100 per bushel, at which late the duty is 24 per bushel. The Land hold • ere, who entirely constitute the (louse of lords, .and have a large preponderance in the House of Commons, may possibiy yid! to the pressure (rpm the manufacturing districts, but the strug .gle will be violent and the consequences would be ruinous to ate British agriculturists. Secondly. The supply of foreign grain requir• ed for the consumption of Great Britain is much less than is generally supposed. In the year 1840, when wheat was in great demand, the total im portation for . home consumption was about 19,000,000 Bushels, equal to about 4 weeks sup ply of which, however, only 2,430,000 Bushels were from the United Slates. The total con• sumption of Wheat for the same year was 2.08,• 000.000 Bushels, without including the portion maneamured into starch, &c. so that the whole Ot the Wheat produced at home would not fall Tamil abort of 230,000,000 Bushels. Thirdly, Foreign Wheat when wanted, can be obtained lower at several places on the Euro pean continent, thin in the United States, inde- pendent of the cheaper freight and shorter time required to brine it to Mallet. In the year 18411 the British Government m ide particular enquiries through their c msuls on this subject, and the following statement is extracted from the published report-: Cost per bushel. Fr , ight to England. 15 cents 30 St. Ntersbutgli $1 17 Odessa . 79 Stockholm 90 Dantzig 1 20 - liainburgh 1 05 ,-,Paletmo 1 11 90 ourthly. The Colonial policy of Great Britain TA 4 ' 24 "ritill4event the admission of Wheat, and other prdiWites from the United States upon sorb toultikieje allow a fair competition; for n , ,twith% 4ititdingAlte boasted libera , iht of Sir Robert 'OH`sinew Tariff; the colonial Th u le . 14 atilt pro te#,by discriminating duties of at. least -me half, and in some cases; double, ht..sides the ad. vantages of the monopoly secured by the celebra tee 1N acts, which th nigh mod:tied in lame ilbspects. still constitute the basis of the maritime code of Great Britain. These consideratit;na, and whereof IL ss motne..t such as _the prejudice of Eigland in favor of Wheat Of their own-growth and provisions oft!teir own fattenin4—the increased consumptioa of po• Woes in the manufacturing districts &0., have led your committee fu the conviction th it the benefits to be derived by the Whe4t growing frail the adoption ofnonlinally reciprocal L , cattesov old by no 'mans compensate for the in, .ry that tin portant interests would sustain fun the loss of the home market,—the necessary co to q uenc•: of the destruction of our manufacture-: while the la bor now employed in that branch ofindustry would • be inevitably driven to the cultivation of the soil, sad thereby diminish the demand,at the same time that the supply would be increased. With regard to the southern portion of tho Un- IttO the committee would observe that Cutton,their great staple, is now admitted into all parts ofEu. rope at a very law rate of duty, viz: to Great Brim lain at 70 cents per cwt.—to France at $1.87 per lttO lbs—to Austria 30 cents per cwt.—to Rus:ia 50 cents per cwt., and to B4lgiuin at cents per Cwt; and there is little or no probability of these governments increasing the duties on a raw =starlet, of which the importance to their own population is constantly augmenting,unless indeed ibis experiments now in progress in British India should succeed so tar as to supply the mother imatey. in which case the ceaseless vigilance of aalosial Jealousy would soon interltre to prevent Lee sfaaofeeturers from obtaining from foreign cations as article ethic!' her own dominions could &Mak; Tlra prodeetion of Sugor is confined to a corn palatially small didrict, and the uncertainties of tire drop, and other causes would prevent the plan ters from competing in foreign marke's with the supply from warmer and more available climates, arm if colonial monopolies were not in the way, aid insisted renders them more dependent upon provetioa at home, than almost any branch of Inintsfitctnres. jt would appear then, that the only portion of fat agricultural interest I kely to derive much losairk-from the propos !d arrangerneot, would be the Talmo growing states, and especially Mary. Lad sad. Virtual*. rtis part will sapid* Ow anzi,;ty sikawa upon • ; 1 12 .. 1 '46 I 111 this question .by the re c resematives 01 tbat sec., lion, wf ich has been manirested by the calling of a Cony n ion of tobacco &rowers and the email• thorized interference of Duff Green, but it should be remembered, that all the nations of Europe la bor , under embarasements in their fiscal rel,. tions,—that the ingenoity has been more than ever- exereised to devise some now source of tax ation, and as all others have failed, the British g vernm-ut has been driven to the experiment of an income tax—the most unpopular or all—and nev er before resorted to in time of peace. Under these circumstances your committee cannot be. here that any ot these nations would forego the immense revenue they derive fro.o Tobacco un. less they oatained in return some privileges which however equitable they might uppear,coo Id trot be surrendered w.thout fatal c msequences to one, or all of the great interests of our country. In considering Lhe effect which the proposed mea•mres would probably- , have upon the manu facturing interests of the Unicn, your Committee fear that their remarks , may be attributed to sel fish motives,and are aware that the leading argu ments in favor of a protective policy aro so famil iar to the Board of Trade, and the other citir:ns of western Pennsylvania, as to render it unneces sary to repeat them: they canout, however, in jus. Lice, wholly pass them by, and although they do not flatter themselves with the hope of presenting any new views upon the subject, they would re quest the candid atiention of trio Board to the few übservati ms they offer. From the earliest period of our existence as a nation, the duty of government to protect all the great interests of the country was declared, and ill one roc th , first acts of Congress, s inciioned ty the approval or Washington, the encouragement of manuFacturcs was distmeily ricogn The situation of the U.iitest States .13 the only neutral maritime power, during the wars of the French Revolution, by directing the public atteriti in to the carrying trade ef the world, rendering all oth. er interests fir a time sulpurvient to the cotnrner - cid, to which, however, by the unjustifiable con duct of Ithe belligereut puwere, in issuing paper Blockades the famed Orders in Councils, the [her En & Milan Decrees, &c , was cramped and fet. tered and finally driven from the ocean. The remnant of the capital eitiple3 ed in comme:eo which was saved from loreign aggrossi-n and ra pacity, was compe:led to seek new modes of in vestment, and thence grew up the manuracturcs sf the eastern States, and ail , same persons who were ut one time the mast bitt r in their denim. Mations of protection became its warmest and most able advocates. The tariff of 1816 introdueed ani enacted by southern influence gave fresh i npetus to AMeris can Industry, but it was not until t e passage of the Revenue Bills of 1824 and 1828 that manu factures in general were firmly established, but at that time the leader of the South, having found that all the ten fits of the mea , ure did not enqure to his own section of the Union, became the violent opponent of the policy he had previously labored to establish, and twin that period until the,present the ceaseless energy of southern poli ticians has been din cted to the destruction of the manufactures of the country, and the r‘durt- Cum of the Mechanics there employe° to the con. dition to the pauper labor , is of Europe and Asia, or the degraded slaves upon their own pLinta • tions. The Committee c ,noot for a moment enter tain the belief that this, interest which has thus grown with the growth and strengthened with the strength of the nation can evi r be tamely surren dered to the control of foreivr powers; fur this the true issue presected by t,,e resolution under c ms duration, and that too in the m , st object iooa hi., form, for it provides that the r ciprocal duties so imposed shall in all cases be ad valorem duties, whirrexperience has provcd to be totally insur e. tnt caber for protection, or revenue; ani that the only due mode of preventing the evasion of the legal duties is by subjecting the itaap)rte ; tide Jo a sprcifieduiy. This policy is clearly condemn-A by NlcCuls loch, who although an advocate of flee trade,cor really observes that' it is an abuse and pervertion ",olCommercial Treaties to make them instiu " ments lon rcgslating duties. or prescribing Cus. tom House re4ulations." One of the injunctions of the Father of his Country was that "in peace we should prepare for war." This p eparation surely cannot consist merely in the construe:ion of Ships and Duck yards, nd the erection of Forts an I Batteries, hut to be in any degree eff ctual, must embrace the means of procuring, from our own resou ces, and withm our a.en borders, a speedy unfail rig sups ply of r Clothing, Ammunition, Cordage, and all ih3 o'Aier reqoisites :or th , t equi?inent of a Na• vy and Army, and these supplies can never be procured when needed, lithe establishments requi red for their production are suffered to fall into decay, and the artisans employed in them driven to other avocations. $ 1 32, 1 09 1 01 1 31 On the general impedance of fostering the ri. ; sing manufactures of our country it is not deem• ed necessary to enlarge Too policy undevia tingly pursu :d by all nations haf been to import nothing from abroad that could be produced at home, and however the political theorists of the day may dilate upon the Utopian advantages of i tree trade, nu European government has ever' acted upon ihis principle, nor ever will. It is true that as co:nmerce changes her course, a trade which was for nerly prohibited may in sonic de gree be thrown open, arid as the progress of lab ir saving inachi:iery may enable the Briti.h artisan to compete with the hand labor of other nations, the duties on some branches of manufacture rosy ; be reduced, but still, through every variation of : policy, or change of administration, ADEQUATE PaOTECTION TOE ME EYDLISTRY may be traced as the leading principle of the legislation of all civil ize.d governments, and if the United States were to desert this p dicy, it would be to surrender the g re a t interests of the nelson helpless and unpro tected to the mrcy of EuropeaMcapital and labor. The Co nmittee comdder the proposition of in tanational Tariffs equal'y exceptionabla on the nvre ground of Revenue, as by (heir adoption the control over the national finaneci would be to a great extent 10,4” d with foreign powers whose i:dercsts must in all cases ha widely diti,rent from oar own, and may st.m.-times be directly ad. verse. The frequer t alternations of commerce, even a deficient harvesi,--the dise.,very of some new raw material—or the further application of machinery, may entirely derange the relations existing between ourselves arid other nations, and thzreby tender a dissolution or modification of such a reciprocal treaty a necessary measure of preservation. Although your Committee believe the propos sod arrangemmt would conflict with that provis ion of ilia Constitution which confers upon the House of Representatives the exclusive power to originate Revenue Bills, they do not consider themselves qualified lo express a derided opinion involving more acquaintance with constitutional law than they possess. As the period for the dissolution of Congress is so near as to prevent the decision of this question at the present session, your committee do not think it necessary to make any appeal to that body, but would recommend the adoption of the following resolutions, and beg leave to be dischara ged fro:n the further consideration of the subject THOS. BAKRWELL, GEORGE OGDEN, J. FREEMAN, }Committee %V. HARKER, R. W. POINDEXTER, J Resolved, Thal it is the deliberate opinion of the Board of Trade, that the alteration in the Revenue Laws, which the adoption of the joint resolutions recently offered by the Hon Mr Merrick in the Senate of the United States would effuct,woulif be highly injurious to the Domestic Indust.ty of the Union, and esre. cially detrimental to the weir° of Pennsylvania. Resoked, That the friends of American Agri culture and Manufactures be reqoested to take MEM this matter into considerati .4 and adopt such means of presenti••g our opinions to the next Cots gross as they deem mast adsis.ble. Ile olved, That all the newspapers of the city - friendly to the cause iifNational Industry, be re quested to publish the report and resolutions. TWENTY-SEVENTH U. S. CONGRIN.S. After the presentation of petitions, Mr. Evans from the finance commit.ee, report ed the House bill, making appropriation for the payment of Navy pension, the bill providingfor the fulfilment of Indian treat— ies. and the fortification bill. Mr. Evans then reminded the Senate that but one week now remains of the session.— Hence, it would be obvious that there was but little time for the despatch of the mass of important" business before them. Ile therefore offered a resolution providing that on and after Monday, the Senate shall meet at 10 u'clork, A. M. The resolution was laid over. Mr. Benton offered a resolution, which also lies over, calling for the remainder of despatches to the Secretary of State from Mr, Webster. Mr Bayard moved to take up his resolii.. tions to expunge the 'expunging resolu tions.' but the motion failed. The Senate then took up the bill to a. mend the Bankrupt act so as to exclude vo• luntary applicants, and to make it necessa ry for a debtor to receive tlie assent of a majority of his creditors, before taking the benefit of the act, Mr. Berrien took the floor and made a long speech against the total repeal of the act. HorsE (Jr REPRESENTATIVES After divers things of no interest had been disposed tf, Mr. Campbell, of S.C., moved to take up the bill to repeal the second sec tion of the act providing for the apportion ment of representatives. The section re ferred to, provides that all representatives shall be elected on tt e district sys:etn, and Mr. Campbell's bill proposes to repeal the section so far as it relates to the nexC p on • press. The bill was taken up, and Mr. Camp bell made an explamitory set speech there. on. It was about as interesting as a dis sertation on vulgar fractions. Mr. Fillmore followed and moved the previous. question. Mr. 'Forney moved to 14y the bill on the table. The nmion failed by a vote of yeas 71; nays 116. The motion for the previous question. Was then secontled,after which the bill was rejected by a vote of yeas 90; nays 91. Mr. Steenrod moved a reconsiderati in of the vo:e. The motion failed; yeas 93;nays 100. The bill to regulate the taking of testi mony in cases of contested elections, was next taken up,and passed by a vote of yeas 105, nays 82. It is precisely the same as t h,! hill o f list sessio n , which was sent to the President, but which was not acted (w— -on by him for want of time. It provides that no member shall take his seat one, FS he shall have been elected on the District system. The House then went into committee of the whole, and took up the Civil and Dip. loniatie appropriation bill fur the current year. Mr. Merriwether mowed to strike out the item of $l5OO for the salary of Secretary of the President to sign Land Pa'ents. A debate on this inoti n was pending when this was closed. Last evening the harbor bill was debated in committee at some length. Many ludi crous amendments were offered. Mr. Holmes moved to insert 'five millions of dollars for a canal acrooss the Isthmus of Darien. Mr. Roosevelt moved further to amend by inserting $lOO,OOO for elearing Out Hell Gate in the East river, New York: These are f,tir specimens. Finally, the bill was reported to the House, iind by a large vote rejected. A motion f reconsideration is pending. Last evening, the motion of Mr. Barton to recommit the naval appropriation bill with instructions to strike out the item for the Africaleguadron, was rejected. The bill was then returned to the House. From Havanna.—The New Orleans Bulletin has dates from Haianna to the 7th instant. The Noticiso informs its readers that the arrival of the Prince de Joihvile may be daily looked for from Rio do Janeiro in the the de Marseilles, accompanied by the steam frigate Gomer, which are to proceed to various points of the United States to make arrangement! for the re ception of the contemplated French line of mail steamers. • The papers contain dates from Guate. ,rala to the 17th December. The ac counts confirm the previous rumor that the State of Costa Rica had at last con sented to the federal Union of the other States of Central America, to which she was invited in October last. The princi ples of the new federal government f)rm e4by Guatemalh, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Uosta Rica, are declared to he those which shall best tend to the gene eral defence from extraneous assaults, and also secure the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property within. An eminent physician has recently dis covered that the night mare, in nine cases out of ten, is produced 'from owing a bill to a newspaper man.' Noah Sinclair, a young man died a few days since at Meredith, New _Hampshire, a raving maniac, after attending Miller's meetings. The Legislature of Delaware are about to make defaulting a criminal offence. At present Os only a breach of contract. Front the Balthei,re Bun SECOND -eawton: WASHINGTON, February 24, 1843 SENATE. - • • Feiß PRBBIDBNT,' " • JAMES - BUCHANAN ) Subject to therdects'on of a National Convention. DAILY MORNING POST. TES. PHILLIPS 4. W. H. SMITH, Iek,IXORS AND PROPRIETORS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1843 • See First Page. Canal Transpol tation. As the business seasoa on our public works will soon commence, we think it well to remind flour Merchants and wes tern shippers that by the late reduction of tolls made by the board of Canal Commis sioners, that the State now teceives but 27 cents and 8 mills toll on a barrel of flour from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. This re duction will enable the transporters to carti iy it for 87 : i cts. per barrel, and at the sam time have more than a libiTal compensation for their investment/ and la boor. Under this arrangement it is fair for us to look with confidence for the greater portion, if not the entire flour trade of he /vest, to seek an eastern mArket thro' the channel of our public works. As was shown by a statement published in our paper some time since, the tolls on every article of merchandize have been suf freently r..duced to give the Pennsylvania improvements the preference over every other route of transportation. On the ar— ticle of Coffee, a reduction of nearly one half has been madr; the toll at the present reduced rates being but 23 cents 7 mills per 100 punt's, on the main line of the improvements. The charge for transport ing this article should not exceed 50 cts. per 100 lbs. from either Baltimore or Phil adelphia to Pittsburgh. As Coffee is an article of immense tonnage to the west, and the National Transportation Line propo ses to carry from Baltimore or Phi!adel phia to Wheeling via the Southern route for 70 cts. pet 100 lbs , the board of Canal Commissioners, with commendable zeal fur the interests of our public works, has reduced the tolls so as to enable the Penn sylvania Transporters , to deliver it at Wheeling at GO cis. per 100 lbs. This fart shows to shippers the decided advan• Cage to be gained in. p itronizing the Penn sylvania improvements, and the certainty that no other route can convey goods with the same despatch, wil', we think, convince all, that On it interests in every p int of view,wi:l be served by employing our route . The National road transportation is but little better than what gamblers would call a system of "bluffing off." If the statements of then agents are true, they cannot carry goods and save themselves at the prices for which they ate now offering,• but they expect to divert the trade from the Pennsylvania route, and then they can arrange the prices to suit themselves. We think Our brethren of the press in the west, would sr the the public interest in their several neighborhoods by noticing this matter, and giving publeity to the facts above stated. The Dead. The Troy Budget of the 18th gives the following list of persons killed and wound ed by the landslide which occurred in that city on the day previous. The list is in complete, hot it contains all thit had been discovred up to 2 o'clock of the day of pub lication: Ann Wilber, aged 23 years, Adneri,:an; Thomas Kelley, aged 40 years, Ireland, \V, stmeath co:Elizs KAlloyle,aged 30 yr's, Ireland, Queens co; John Caldwell, aged 4 years, Troy; Margaret Granan, 30 years Ireland, Kings co; Jane Brazell, aged 4 years, Ireland, Kent co; David Day, jr., a. ged 4 years, Troy; Infant of D. E. Day, a. ged 8 week's, Troy; Jane Sanford, aged 23 years, Troy; Elizabeth Kelly, ag•d 30 yr's, Ireland, Westmeath co; James Brazell, a ged 2 years, Troy; William Graner, aged 10 weeks, Troy; Catharine Brazell, aged 26 years, Ireland, Kings cn; Michael Dunn, aged 25 years, Ireland, Queens co. The following persons were taken out a live:— A chill ul Z. P. Birdsall, Jane McCollum, Mrs. Gardner; two children, names not ass certained; James Burnett and wife; Mrs. Dunn, leg broken; John Clark, but not ea• pected to survive; Maria Denniker; Mrs. David D. Day and two children, one in the mother's arm; Mrs. Caldwell and two chit.. dren escaped through the chimney. One. of Mr. Birdsall's and another child dad not been found. From Port an Prince. The brig William Nelson, says the Pia ton Times, arrived yesterday morninglrom Port au Prince, bringing dates to tilt 2d inst., which port she left on the 3d. cou• ri'r arrived four days prior to her sai:ing from Aux Cayes, with the information that the liberal party had revolted and liken up arms against President Boyer, And that there was•every indication of a re/elution. Great consternation was catued in Port au Prince by the announceme , and busi ness was in a great measure speeded. Several vessels which h just arrived a ~~~ - MMll4l' - tiffa could not lila cargoes and 'bad nut • entered at the Custom Lioue, -although the law of that cou ntry renders it imperative for them to do so within 24 hours after they arrive. Hopes are entertained that the rebellion will be quelled, and that business will soon go on as usual. The London Morning Post, of the 3d inst., speaking of the Oregon Questigp and Linn, says, "as to Mr. Linn him. , elf, however, if lie be the individual who dis tinguished himself, some time ago by his eccentricities at a boarding house in Lon' don, the prevailing idea is, that the gen— tleman is not in a state of mind to ensure success tohia legislative movement." 'lt's all yery fine,' but who let,;‘the A German, while intoxicated, was run over by the train of cars near Cumberland, Maryland, on the 16th, and died next day. Foreign Items. The "interesting situation" of the Queen is the principal topic of the London newE. papers. The extensive range of buildings, occu pied by Messrs. Clayton and Gladstone, Messrs. Acland & Co., and other parties, in Brown Street, Norfolk street, and Essex street, Manchester, was destroyed by Ere, on the 28th ult. The daritag.! done is esti mated at fifty thousand pounds, which is said to be covered by insurance. That Rev, and notorious plot under, Sir Harcourt Lees, announces in Sawader's News Letter, that he has °iu•ell founded reasons fu► believing" that the, shot by which Sir R. Peel's private Secretary lost his life, "was not intended fur Mr. Drum. mond but for the Premier." Sir J. Cockbui n, M. P., who ac !identaliy broke a blood vessel, and whose life was endangered in consequence, is now stated to be conva'escent. The Elegant town mansion of the Earl of Ifillsborpugh in Upper Grosvenor street, London, was, with its contents tota!ly con sumed by fire on the 2Sth ult. Loss ten thousand pounds. It is stated that the Pustage Convention la , tween France and England has been sign. ed and exchanged in London. Mi. West, the Queen's State Coachman, died on the 3d inst. The Count , ss of Mayo, has succeedea the Countess of Sheffield, as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. Lord Melbourne, who has been danger ously ill, has recovered, and will in a short tinie be able to resume hie attention to pub lic business. Alessrs. Parker, Shore & Co., Bankers of Manchester have stopped payment. Their habilities are stated to be six hendred thousand poun'is sterling. The Anti-Corn Law League have been holding meetings, collecting subsctiptions, and enforcing their Vic we, during the last month, in almost evcry large town through• out the kingdom. The new and beauti ul steamship Either nia, is co•r•pleted and will take her place in the Ruyal Mail line early in the Spring. The marriage of the Crown Prince of Hanover, it is now determined, will take place in the third week of February.. The Belgian Minister of War has deci ded that lectures on scientific subjects shall be delivered for the staff officers of the re— giments of infantry and cavalry. According to a Russian Journal, there were not less than thirty-one vessels lost in the Black Sea, duri-g the month of No• vember and the first for night of December. Tire Duke of Burcieugh, it is said, has acquired a territory in the British American colonies, and is, about to send thither as many of his tenants in Liddesdale as will go. It is stated, that the British Queen steam er was so much clamiged 3 in her last voy• ace, that it will cast a considerable sum to repair her. In rase the Chambers will not grant a sum sufficient to repair her, the Ministry intend selling her in her present state. rpo th e Fl utt erame, the Judees of the Court of Genera I Quarter Sevions oft he Peace, in and for the coun— ty of Aileghenp The !militia., of J, H. C trless 4- Cu„ of the 2d Ward Pittsburgh, in laid county. respectfully shoyyeth:— Ti i i t t he Is will provided with house r inn and other yonyenicticea for the accommodation of strangers and travellers, at :he house now occupied by him as a tavern; and bests Jetirous to continue In that busineys he prays your honors to grant hint a license to keep an Inn or house of Pliilic Etityrt ainreent.. And lie will pray, ttc. J. K. CARLESS & Co. M The indersigned, c i , izens of the 2d Ward nig-- burgh, reqv!ci fatly rer ify, that Jail. Carlos if Co., the above tinned applicant, is a gentleman ofgood repute for liomsly arid temperance, and is well provided with home Nom and convenience. for the accommodation Ind lodgint of strong, rs and travelers, and that said tavern is necessary for the accommodation of the public. John Birmingham, Eci w Upstill, Geo Whitfield, James Burns, Jag M'Creery, Henry Manson, John M' Williams, A 11 , m Brown, T D Rhuc:es, John Fox, JAmes Adams, C ITO the h - morable, the Judges of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in and for t h e County of Allegheny. The petition of Francis G Shirck, of Pitt town ship, in the county aftireaaid, humbly showeth, that your petitioner bath provided himself with materials fn the accommodation of travelers and others, at his dwelling house, Ft the township and county afore said, and prays that your Honors will be pleased to grant him a license to keep a public horse of enter taionv•nt. And your petitioner, as in duty boomd will pray FRANCIS G:SEIIRCK We the subscribers., citizens of said township, do certify that the above w•titioner is of good repute for honesty and tempi - duce, and is well provided with house room and conveniences for the accommoda— tion and lndging of strausers and travelers, and that said tavern is necessary Jacob Bye,ly, Thomas Daft, Wm. fluffier George L Reid, Jim A ndregg Jacob Tomer, Uenry Stimple, Win. Aiken, James Wilkinson, Yost Ruth, D White, C. Darragh, Thos. Haffey. feb Sta, Jonn feb 28,1843. The Bostonians talk of erecting a monu ment to the memory of Corn. Hull. auttion Salto. g-IN Tuesday next, at TO o'olock, I will sell a IL/large and ex] ensive apsortment of rry Goode: —Cons. prising., Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassinetta, Calicoes, Bonnet Silks, Shawls, Hdk'fs, Brown and Bleached Shirtidgs, :Aiwal Cotton, g c. , At 2 o'clock, P. 111 BoxesComposh lon CLIO*, Codfish, and a variety of Household Furniture feb 27—ltd • __As o 4 r- ......---. - FOR ST LOUIS, RURLINUTON, ,L.„ 0 1., ... GALENA and DIMCIIDS. vei ,: • • aez , -- -t• The light, draught steamer CICERO, T C MAY Master, wilt leave for the above and aft Inter- mediate ports on Monde) the Eili,March. For freight or passage apply on board, or to fell 27 J A MES M A V, agt. MOLASSES 300 BBLS.N. 0. .410LASSES;jaat rec'd per steam boat Little Ben, and for Fate h 7 J. W. BURFIRIDGE 4. Co. tab 27 Water et. between Wood 4- Smithfield. PROPOS4LS WILL he received at the office of the City Water Works until the 10th of March, fur supplying the Work= with Coal fur one year, to commence on the first of April next. ROBERT 510 0RE.Se?‘• Pittshurgh,Jan. 24th.,1843-3td. Cheap for Cash. UNION COTTON F.IICTORE . Prices Reduced. Short Reel Yarn. Long Real Yarn. . No 5 at 16 - cts. per lb. 500 at 9 clatter ds., 6 nt 16} ditto 600 at 8 ditto 7 at 17 ditto 700 at 7 ditto 8 at 17* ditto 800 at 6 ditto 9 at 18 ditto 900 at 5 ditto 10 at 193 ditto 1000 at 4 ditto II at 19 ditto 12 at 19} ditto 11 at 20 ditto 14 at 20} ditto 15 at 21 ditto •16 at 22 ditto 17 at 23 ditto 18 at 24 ditto 19 at '25 ditto 26 at 26 ditto 0;y- Orders promptly art Painter' , , Logan rk Kennedy fell 27: 110 the Honorable, the Judges of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Petra r ier all - fir the county of A llegheny. 'The petition of Peter lvwy, of RITSR Townbhip, in saii: comity, respectfully sheweth, That he is well provided with house room and other r onveniences for the it , commfgla firm