Permanent enrolled, &c. 570,416 08

Temporary do.

18,817 44

Licensed, under 20 tons,

coasting Do.

47,502 26 do. cod fishery .11,031 34

Of the enrolled and licensed vessels

there were employed

In the coasting trade whale fishery

523,556 20

cod fishery

686 31 65,044 92

589,287 52

58,533 60 1,260,751 61

| Columbia, or Arragonta, Don Simeon Metcalf, commander, sailing under the flag of the Artigan go589,287 52 vernment. That he had in his possession a commis. sion under the hand and seal of Jose Artigas, governor of the Oriental republic, as a captain in the naval service of the said government. That there was a commission signed by Artigas on board the Arragonta: That, after the detention of the French schooner, the Arragonta was carried into Sierra Leone by the British squadron, and there discharged: That, after the capture of the Antelope, the Columbia was wrecked on the coast of Brazil, and her commission and papers lost. It further appeared, in evidence, that it was the practice of Artigas to furnish his commanders with copies of commis sions and general instructions to govern their conduct; that these copies were generally furnished to prize masters, endorsed by the commander. Such a copy was found in the posssesion of the defendBy a letter from the adjutant general dated the ant, accompanied by the usual instructions of the 30th Dec. last, the number of soldiers enlisted dur-Artigan government: That the French schooner, ing the year 1820, is estimated at three thousand which was detained one night, was bound to a port two hundred and eleven. The amount is made from of an enemy of the government of Artigas, having the returns of the three first quarters and an esti-on board munitions of war; that upon the detention mate of the last. of the said schooner, the defendant, Smith, made a formal protest against the act of the commandant, Metcalf,

As above

The recruiting service-1820.

[We have heard much of desertions during the year, and seen a calculation of an enormous amount Lost to the United States thereby, in bounties, clothing, &c. and it would gratify a rightful curiosity to have a statement of these things laid before us, just now.]

The evidence also ascertained that the defendant always acted within the limits and authority of the personal commission, and the copy of the commis. sion of the Arragonta, which were found in his The amount of warrants drawn and monies ex-possession when he was taken. It also appeared, pended for bounties and premiums and other expenses of recruiting, is given at 866,390 23, and the balance of the funds appropriated to this service is stated at $58,867 80.

Law case-Piracy.

that Smith was born in the United States, but had been for three or four years past an officer in the patriot service, appointed to different vessels sailing under the flag of Artigas.

The Antelope, under the command of the defendant, was afterwards taken off the Florida coast by the United States cutter Dallas, and brought into

Before the district court of the U. S. at Savannah-the port of Savannah.
December, 1820.

Three several indictments for piracy, under the act of congress of 1819, were preferred against the defendant, John Smith, and returned by the grand jury.

The case of the defendant was considered, as if all the indictments were before the jury.

The counsel for the defendant classed the cases under two heads-1st, The detention of the French schooner-2d, The capture of the Spanish and Portuguese vessels.

Under the first class-it was urged, 1st, That the detention of the French vessel was authorized by the commission, as the evidence ascertaned that The first indictment charges that the defendant, this vessel was bound to an enemy's port, having on on the high seas, sailing in a certain vessel, called board munitions of war. That for any excess of the Columbia or Arragonta, with force and arms did this authority, the defendant is answerable to his piratically and feloniously break and enter a cer-own government, criminaliter, and to persons ag tain schooner, name unknown, property of sub-grieved, civiliter, in damages. That this act, being jects of the king of France; that the said defend-done under a commission, cannot be piracy. 2d, ant did make an assault upon the mariners of the That admitting the act to have been unlawful and said schooner, put them in bodily fear, and did vio- piratical, the defendant having made a formal prolehtly, feloniously, and piratically steal, take, and test against it, and thus declaimed the act, cannot Carry away one four inch hawser, value twenty dol-be made answerable. lars; and one deck awning, of the value of five dol. lars, of the goods and chattles of persons unknown. The second indictment is the same as the first; but the piracy charged is the taking of the brig Antelope or General Ramirez, and the apparel and tackle, of the value of $3,000, alleged to be the property of certain subjects of the king of Spain, to the jurors unknown.

Under the second class-1st, That the defendant, Smith, is a regular commissioned officer of an inde pendent government, at war with Spain and Portugal, and therefore authorized to make captures. 2d, That the fact of his nativity cannot alter the rights derived under that commission, so far as they are essential to the defendant on these indictments; for, 1st, that expatriation is a natural right, which The third indictment-The piracy charged is the society cannot justly restrain, and which is not imtaking of the ship or vessel, name unknown, being paired by the failure on the part of this governthe property of subjects of the king of Portugal, ment to prescribe the mode in which it shall be exto the jurors unknown, and her apparel of the va-ercised; that in the absence of such regulations, a lue of $1,000. compliance with the municipal regulations of a fo

It appeared, in evidence, that the defendant act-reign country and the acquirement of the rights of ed as first officer of the patriot armed vessel the citizenship there, is an expatriation as to this coun

try: and, 2uly, That if the defendant is still to be considered as a citizen of the United States, and that it was therefore unlawful for him to take a commission to war against a nation with whom the United States are at peace, still such an act does not amount to piracy, because the penalty of it is prescribed by the act which renders it unlawful -3d, That if all those points are against the defendant, still if he acted bona fide, that is, within the scope of his commission, the acts imputed to him cannot amount to piracy.

The court, in charging the jury, considered the several points argued by the defendant's counsel, and in relation to the first act, the detention of the French schooner, recognized the principle contended for, that this detention was authorized as the vessel had on board munitions of war and was bound to the port of an enemy-if the act were unlawful, the court said, that the defendant, by his protest, had disclaimed that act and relieved himself from any consequences which might ensue; that to every individual who was about to commit a crime there was a locus penitenta, and that when such

a repentant disposition appeared, no punishment
would be inflicted. In relation to the commission
of the defendant, from the Artigan government,
and the commission of the Columbia, or Arra-
gonta, the court said that so long as the defend-
ant acted within the limits of these commissions,
in good faith, even if the papers were not in fact
genuine, he could not be found guilty of piracy.
That the proof of their genuineness was, under
the authority of adjudged cases, sufficient at least
to repel the charges of felonious intent, which is
indispensable to constitute piracy-that so long as
the defendant kept these as the rule of his con--
duct, and did not transcend the authority given by
them, he was not guilty of any piratical act. The
fact of the nativity of the defendant does not alter
the case, for if it be unlawful in a citizen of the
United States to hold such a commission as that in
the possession of the defendant, a commission to
war against a nation at peace with the United states,
the act which makes this unlawful, prescribes the
particular penalty. It cannot be piracy.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

Public Lands-sold.

We have a great volume of tables, transmitted to the house of representatives on the 4th Decem 'ber, 1820, in pursuance of a resolution passed on the 13th day of May, shewing the quantity of land I sold under the act of April 24, 1820, with copies of the monthly returns from the land offices, lists of the names of the purchasers, the quantity of land sold to each, and the sum per acre for which the same was sold.

The following brief abstract, which we have modelled in our own way, contains, we believe, all that can be considered of general interest in this ponderous volume.

Table, shewing the amount of lands sold under the act of April, 1820, from the 1st of July to the 30th Sept. 1820-also the sums received in the three first quarters of the year 1820. All at private sale unless otherwise stated.

Totals-private sales,
public sales,

No sales in September. Of the whole amount received $26,156 63 was in stock. In slightly looking over the list of purchasers, and the quantity of land sold to each, it is pleasing to observe that small tracts, and most probably to actual settlers, have chiefly been disposed of. The common rate is §1 25 per acre, according to the late law, but some particular parcels brought a higher price we notice one sale at 87 061 per acre.

Foreign Articles.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

for the first time, I am desirous that you should hear my voice.

"The circumstances are serious.

"Look at home, look around you, every thing speaks to you of your dangers, your wants and your

duties.

During the queen's trial a certain person named Powell, was brought to the bar of the house of lords to answer for his conduct in having sent a witness 'named Rastelli to Italy, immediately after he had "You have acquired a firm and legitimate libertestified against the queen. He pretended it was done to satisfy the people of Italy that the witnesses love for my people; and from my experience of ty-it is founded upon laws emanating from my were not mobbed in England, as was reported in the times in which we live. With these laws it dethat country. The excuse was accepted, though the proceeding was considered improper, by the pends upon yourselves to ensure the tranquility, lords-as well it might be, for the queen's counsel the glory and the happiness of our common country; intended to have examined the witness It appeared you have the will, and know how, to manifest it by that this Powell was one of the agents employed you choice. Liberty is only preserved by wisdom and fidelity. Exclude from the noble functions of in the Milan commission, and during his examination Mr. Brougham asked if he might be permitted of discord, the propagators of unjust distrust against deputies the authors of disturbances, the partizans to ask the witness who was his client or employer in the case against the queen; when cries of no, no, ask you why you repulse them, show them France, my government, my family and myself-and if they resounded from all parts of the house -The lord chancellor objected to Mr. Brougham's question. restored since, approaching at length the moment so overwhelmed five years ago, so miraculously Mr. B. insisted that he had a right to know who of receiving the price of so many sacrifices, of were the parties in the case-who was acting seeing her imposts diminished, and all the public against his illustrious client." But the lord chan- charges alleviated. Tell them that it is not when cellor again decided against him. every thing flourishes, when every thing prospers, when every thing increases in our country, that you will put to the hazard of their ridiculous reveries, or deliver up to their perverse designs, your arts, your industry, the harvest of your fields, the lives of your children, the peace of your families, that felicity, in fine, which is envied by all the people of the earth.

The London Times states that the prosecutions for perjury against Cuchi, Sacchi, and Majocci, are to proceed.

The Jews settled at Edinburg, lately commenced holding the feast of abernacles, for the first time in Scotland, in a temporary building near the Pleasance.

Newspapers in England.-It appears from a state. ment in "The Observer," a weekly paper printed in London, that the sale of that paper from November 14, 1819, to November 5, 1820, was nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and twenty-four copies, exclusive of four supple: mentary sheets, making an average of upwards of eighteen thousand papers each publication. The amount paid to the revenue for stamps for the Observer was 12,4901. independent of the excise upon 1873 reams of paper, at three pence each pound weight, and the duty of three shillings and six pence upon every advertisement, making a total sum contributed to the revenue by the Observer" journal, in one year, of fifteen thousand pound sterling, or sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty dollars and that only for fifty-two publications.

The Irish laborer. An Irish laborer being told that the price of bread had lowered, exclaimed, "This is the first time I ever rejoiced at the fail of my best friend."

selves to your suffrages, sincere and zealous friends "From all quarters, a crowd of citizens offer themof the charter, equally devoted to the throne, and to the country, equally the enemies of despotism deputies, to consolidate with me that order, withand of anarchy. Choose from amongst them your out which no country can exist, and I will consolidate with them these liberties which have always had for their asylum the throne of my ancestors, and which I have twice restored to you.

"The world expects from you superior lessons, and you owe them to it so much the more, as you have rendered them necessary. In offering to nations the spectacle of that liberty in which they take so high an interest, you have given to them the right of demanding from you on account of those snares into which they may be drawn-teach them, therefore, to avoid the thorns with which your path has been strewed, and show them that it is not upon ruins and wrecks, but upon justice Paupers. It appears from a document introduced and respect far the laws, that free institutions are into the British house of commons by gen. Gas-founded and consolidated. coyne, that 14,000 persons were supported by pa rish rates in the town of Liverpool, to pay which there were about 20,000 individuals. Of the last number, 7000 were unable to pay the whole of their annual rates; so that the 14,000 paupers might be said to be supported by 13,000 persons. The whole population of Liverpool is 110,000. The petition attributes the loss of their trade to the circumstance of the great number of paupers.

FRANCE.

Proclamation of the king.

"It is thus that, marching at the head of civilization, France, in the midst of the agitations which surround her, may remain calm and confident united with the king, her prosperity is beyond attack-the spirit of faction can alone compromise it--but if it ventures to manifest itself, it will be repressed within the walls of the chambers by the patriotism of the peers and deputies, and out of the chambers by the vigilance of magistrates, the firmness of all those who are armed to protect and maintain the public peace, and above all, by my

"Louis, by the grace of God, king of France and determined will.

Navarre.

"Frenchmen!-you have recently given me testi"To all to whom these presents may come, greet-monies of your noble and generous sentimentsing: you have participated in the consolations which "Frenchmen-at the moment when the law which Providence has sent to me and my family--let this guarantees to your suffrages an entire indepen-pledge of perpetuity, which Heaven gives to France, dence, and which secures to your interests a juster be also the happy pledge of the union of all men representation, is about to be carried into effect who are sincerely attached to the institutions which

I have given you, and with them to the order, the
peace and the happiness of the country.
"Given at the chateau of the Thuilleries, the 25th
of October, in the year of grace, 1820, and of
our reign the twenty-sixth.
(Signed)
"By the king.

"LOUIS.

17,405,000,000 reals. A sinking fund is provided -the interest is at the rate of 5 per cent, per ann. The organization of the military force occupies much attention, and all persons are invited to commanicate their ideas on the subject. Among the decrees passed is one for a general oblivion of political offences, extending to all parts of the do"The president of the council of ministers. minion wherein the new order of things has been "RICHELIEU." (Signed) recognized-which has been sanctioned by the Ecclesiastical establishment.—It is calculated that king. The suppression of the monastic institutions there are at present in France 2849 curates, 22,244 appears to have been a serious job, and there is a temporary curates, 5301 vicars, 1492 regular priests long decree on this subject: the present monk s and 873 almoners of colleges and hospitals. The are to receive pensions, but the property of their number of priests regularly officiating, including orders is to be given up for the services of the those who do not receive pay from the treasury, state, and no new convents are to be founded or new amounts to 36,185-1361 French priests died in vows received-and especial encouragement is the year 1819; and in the same year 1401 ordina- held out to those who will secularize themselves. tions. There are 106 female congregations, pos- It is reported that the king would not sign this decree until most closely pressed, on account of his sessing altogether 1721 establishments, which contain 11,752 sisters. It is estimated that these charita- "religious scruples"-but there are ample provible women administer relief to nearly 60,000 sick sions for public worship. There is a project to persons, and gratuitously instruct 63,000 poor chil-build a handsome facet of small vessels, for the protection of commerce, &c. The monasteries in Spain were sometime since Curious fact in Botany.- Letters from Provence, mention the total failure of the olive plantations estimated at 2,146, the nummeries at 1,023, and the in that partof France. It has, indeed, been re-regular and secular clergy at 250,000; 45 bishops marked, that, for upwards of half a century, the and 8 archbishops. The aggregate revenue and olives have shown a tendency to emigrate. The receipts of the whole amounted to an enormous soil of Provence now appears to be entirely ruined, sum. and no hope is entertained there of the future cultivation of olives. For the last fifty years none of the young shoots have risen to above five or six feet high. It is the same in the adjacent countries, which have all suffered more or less from the cold of late years. Two fifths af these plants have been cut down to the very roots: and three years will scarcely suffice to enable them to attain matusity. The olives of Marseilles and Var were some time ago in excellent condition; but all have perished.

dren.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,

Was well on the 25th Sept.-"but surly," say the
English accounts.

NETHERLANDS.

It is stated that in the amount of debt above gi. ven, is included $2,000,000 dollars owing to Great Britain.

From the N. Y. Mercantils Advertiser. With a

view that our readers may have an idea of the great wealth and resources which revert to the national treasury of Spain, in consequence of the important act of the cortes, abolishing monastic and other orders that were considered pernicious to the welfare of the state and people, we insert the following translation from a Cadiz paper of the property that belonged to such institutions, and which are now appropriated to the extinguishment of the public debt. The abovementioned regulaBrussels Nov. 10. The following official notice tion extends to all the immense possessions of the has been published at Lille, and in the departments Spanish monarchy in the four quarters of the globe. of the north:-"All travellers intending to go to Statement of the property, estates and funds apthe Austrian dominions, are informed that it is ne-propriated for the extinguishment of the national cessary that the object and destination of their journey shall be clearly stated in the passports which they are to receive. With respect to the travelling merchants' clerks, their passports must 2d. The property belonging to vacant benefices, state, besides the firm of the houses for which they and such as shall become vacant, and of the chap. travel, the species of commerce in which they areters of the military orders. engaged."

SPAIN.

debt

1st. The property belonging to the temporalities of the jesuits.

4th. The half of the public lands. 5th. The estates of the late duchess of Alva, and others, that may revert to the nation.

6th. The valley of Alcadia, belonging to the prince of peace.

3d. The royal domains, or property belonging to the crown, which are not necessary for the mainThe National Gazette gives us a highly interest-tenance of the august personages of his majesty ing summary of the contents of a file of Madrid and their royal highnesses, papers which the editor has received, but we can. not afford room for more than the substance of his summary. It appears that the work of regeneration goes on without interruption-that the cortes advance step by step, and do nothing hastily, though they act firmly, and hence we have great hopes that Spain will become a nation of Max, not the paradise of nobles, monks and nuns. The king is every where received with good will, and at least presents the image of a patriotic chicf-his health is daily reported to the cortes. Much intelligence is displayed in political economy and the science of afree government-the public credit engages much attention of the cortes, who are opposed to loans, but at present compelled to resort to them. The total debt paying interest, is 6,814,000,000 reals, and the debt not paying interest amounts to

7th. The property and estates of the suppressed monastic institutions, and of other livings that are sequestered.

8th, the property belonging to the inquisition. 9th. The royal factories of cloth at Guadalajara, and Briluga, of crystal and glass at San Ildefonso, and of silks at Talavera.

10th. The public edifices in Madrid that are not considered necessary.

*See the article on moneys in the first page of this sheet.

Corn law of Spain
Ferdinand the 7th, by the grace of God and the
constitution of the Spanish monarchy, king of
Spain,

To all whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye that the cortes have received, and we
have approved the following: The cortes, after
having carefully observed all the formalities pre-
scribed by the constitution, have decreed as follow:
Art. 1. The importation of wheat, barley, rye,
Indian corn, millet, oats, and all other grains, as
well as foreign flour, is hereby prohibited in all the
ports of the peninsula, of the adjacent islands,
meantime that the fanega of wheat, the price
whereof is taken as the regulator of all the grains,
does not exceed $4 and the quintal of flour $6.
Art. 2. The price of the wheat and of the flour
must be understood to be that of the average
prices of all the principal maritime markets of the
peninsula.

to the soldiers, pledged to defend the liberties o the kingdom. It was believed that the island of Sicily would soon unite in the common cause. It is probable that foreign intrigue has caused all the difficulty. The British would gladly have Sicily under their "protection," and appoint a satrap to rule this delicious island.

POLAND.

This kingdom, as it stands connected with Rus. sia, is officially stated to contain 3,408,000 inhabitants. There is a report of some late disturbances in the diet. The Russian yoke cannot sit easy on the neck of Poland.

TURKEY.

By advices from Corfu, dated Oct. 12th, the interesting information is received that the emigrants from Parga, whose treatment, notwithstanding the small and obscure spot they occupied, had excited the sympathy of the whole civilized world, have received from Ishmael Pacha, of Janina, a formal

Art. 3. This regulation shall continue and en-invitation to return to their native country. They dure until the cortes, at their next session in 1821, shall direct otherwise.

are offered, in the name of the sultan, full security and protection; and, upon certain conditions, the restoration of all their property. They are understood to be waiting the result of the deputation they have sent to Constantinople, before taking their final determination. Ali Pacha, their old ene

Art. 4. This regulation shall not apply to any grain which may have previously arrived in the ports of the peninsula or of the adjacent islands, or which may be there on the receipt of this. Art. 5. The Baleares islands are, in the judg-my, still holds out against the Turkish power in the ment of the government, excepted from these regulations during their present unhappy situation; but no grain whatever shall be admissible from them into any of the ports of the peninsula hereby restricted.

Art. 6. The Canary islands are also excepted under the same restrictions.

Art. 7. The inland trade of all the provinces, as well as the exportation of all kinds of grain from the ports shall be absolutely free.

Art. 8. The importation of grain into the Baleares and the Canaries, must be understood without prejudice to the actual duties. Wherefore, we command all our tribunals, justices, chief governors, and all other authorities, civil as well as military and ecclesiastic, of whatever nature or dignity, that they observe and cause this decree to be strictly observed and executed in all its provisions; and that it be printed, published, and circulated. Signed by the king-Royal Palace, Sept. 6, 1820.

PORTUGAL.

fortress, which is situated in the lake of Janina. His fall, however, is considered inevitable. He fires continually on the city, two thirds of which is in ruins.

AFRICA.

The Gazette de France announces that the young French traveller, nephew of count Mollien, has succeeded in reaching Tombuctoo from Senegal. His family had received a letter from him, announcing his arrival in that city.

SOUTH AMERICA.

It appears that Bolivar and Morillo have really agreed to an armistice for six months-that the latter has resigned the command to general Latorre and arrived at Porto Cavello, where he was fitting out a vessel to carry him to Spain. A squadron consisting of 3 frigates, 1 brig of 22 guns and a ketch of 16, with 3 transports, with 15,000 stand of arms, and clothing and provisions for the royal forces, arrived at Laguira a short time ago. The editor of the Aurora gives us to understand, that, in It is expected that the first act of the cortes, this arrangement, Morillo has consulted his persowhen it assembles, will be to abolish the inquisition.nal safety; and considers that the power of Spain in The duke of Wellington has lately exhibited at an entertainment, the superb service of plate pre- We learn further, that the armistice was not to sented to him by the king of Portugal, of which go into effect with respect to the vessels of war of there is a long description in the English papers: either party, in the West India seas, until 30 days The length of the plateau is upwards of 30 feet, from the date of its conclusion, and 60 days are althe breadth 34 feet, and its weight enormous.lowed to vessels on the European coast. It is stiAmong other devices is a griffin, "with the thunder pulated that if any troops should arrive from Spain of Jupiter under his feet, denoting the irresistible prow.during the six months, they shall be landed at Poress of the Portuguese nation!"

The liberation of this country has set the press to work-there are six or seven liberal papers published in Lisbon alone; others in Oporto, &c. in all of which men and measures appear to be freely examined.

THE TWO SICILIES.

the "Colombian" republic is forever extinguished.

to Rico, and no other place, and shall remain inactive during the period of the armistice. The ports of Maracaibo and Carthagena, are to be left open and free to the use of the patriots, during the same period. A division of Bolivar's army, remained near Calaboza, about 70 miles from Caraccas. Af ter the signing of the armistice, generals Bolivar This regenerated people are marching onward and Morillo, met on the lines, and dined together. uccessfully-much after the manner and even in It is to be hoped that this armistice will lead to the the forms of things in Spain. They appear deter-pacification of Venezuela, &c. and stop the scenes mined to resist to the utmost,the talked of invasion of desolation and havoc which have so long afflicted by the Austrian troops, and to contest every inch of ground, for which considerable preparations have been made. The princesses, with their own hands, have decorated stands of colors presented

a country in which the people ought to be prosperous and happy. Morillo, as the servant of Spain, has certainly displayed great talents in maintaining his ground, but he was a barbarian-a savage. The pa