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ipnt "with the usages of the house, -MmU not
be done until the speaker had taken the
chair. .While he w;u going through the
necessary cervmony of counting the house,
to ascciluin if forty members were present*
the Usher of the Black Rod, who, as-we
havf stated) Was in attendance at the door
during the time of prayers, knocked,"and
fceinj; introduced, summoned the house to
t6.c" house of peers. The motmuvrc has suc-
ceeded to a certain extent. It has prevented
the form*! presentment of the report, and
consequently all possibility of its becom-
ing as such, a subject of parliamentary dis-
cussion.
"The report, as we understand!, states in
substance, that a sum of 19,8001. had been
applied by a late paymaster of the forces to
his own use, and that the fact came to the
knowledge of his colleague, -who did not
gi-oe any direction to the clerks on the sub-
ject. It also states, that the committee had
discovered other and great abuses in the pub
lie money concern, on "which they should
shortly proceed to report. This, according
ta the rumors which were circulated yester-
day in both houses, is supposed to allude to
a further ditco-oery of public plunder, an in-
quiry into which would have involved per-
sonages high jp station and in office.
This, however, we trust, is but a tempora
ry escape from detection and disgrace. Par-
liament must meet again before the 5th of
July, as the whole of the annual acts relat-
ing to the Irish customs expire on that day.
To re-enact these, the legislature miist be
re-assanbled. We should think poorly in-
deed of the virtue of our countrymen, if
some member should not be found in the
next parliament, with spirit and patriotism
enough to seize the first opportunity that
should offer, of making such malversations
the subject of public discussion;
The writs for the general election werfi,^
we under-tand. issued from the crown ofhep'1
this day at noon. The proclamation for
disSQrVtog parliament will appear in this
night's GasSettC,
OF TURKEY.
Government "re in hourly expectation of
the a nival of dispatches from admiral fhick.-
•worth. TbTere is a mystery in his pioceed-
ing* before. Constantinople, which must cJh-
liime inexplicable until they arrive. He
was furnished with ample means of destroy-
ing the town ; his instructions wen.- positive,
sind so full as to suit every possible exigen-
cy, li.vn thv number of minutes during
-which he iv as, to wait f >r an answer to the |
' proposals transmitted to the Divan, was spe- [
cifiud.
EXPECTED ARMISTICE.
No intelligence from the continent has
reached us this morning. It is a prevailing
opinion that an armistice has taken place
between the armies in Poland'.
SPECK OF PEACE.
It was rumored yesterday that a cartel
had arrived from France, and that some pa-
cific proposal, had been made to cur govern-
ment. Stocks in consequence experienced
«t rise. We cannot find out, however, that
any communication has been made from the
French to our government. There was a
rumor too hst night, an unfounded one,"we
believe, of an armistice between Russia and
Fiance.
Accounts from various parts of the conti-
nent agree, that during.the late cessation of
military movements, some negociations for
day, for-Burin, to meet the Hungarian 'di-
et ; nfter which if was supposed lie iSvould
proceed to visit the Austrian Cordons upon
the frontiers. The archduke was expected
to foll»w him in a few days.
The decree for calling out the conscripti-
on of 1808,¦ is executed with uncommon1
rigour and dispatch throughout the different
departments cf France. All attempts to e-
vade.it are punished with unexampled seve-
rity. The lists or registers are all to be
completed before the end of April. The
actual enrollment and march to the frontiers
will not be delayed long after*
If we were to credit the reports from the
continent, received through French chan-
nels, we should be inclined to believe that
the expedition through the Dardanelles had
completely failed ? but when we reflect
on the character of the officer entrusted
with that important affair, and on the know-
ledge we now possess, that he was to waste
but one hour-in'negociation ; and after that
pexiosMffiot successful, to bombard the ca-
pital, we doubt the truth of them all. It is
also well known that he received a conside-
able reinfoicement of ships.
The report of a pacific negociation hav-
ing been opened between Russia and Prus-
sia^on the one part, and France on the o-
ther, can have little foundation in truth, as
on the contrary we find, that new levies of
troops, and nev supplies of arms are daily
sent off to the Russian grand army ;¦,—that
Sweden has taken aj^active part in the war;
and Austria>uij^c'!ed tt».throw her weight
into tku scale'. "•- ^ jf
'fPjLum^n\ing;\6 in,motj^h\tong the naval
ports.4 Ae^pT^ironaj^Javd'Jfci is in moti-
ft*, aj*l tmmeaW'ffy ejtwsffecftto sail ~"
intended. tflrjmprest^h? 'n'VliSirs' v-hh false
opinion*, and,a belief that the counsel for ths
prosecution had .2 ivsufetk.s.;,gij-r/'ient.s w'.iicli
they afterwards We/^.^Mi^caoi1 thought pru-
dent to. retract: 'IMieV- ho-wever, pnly ttuf^ ,:i
pH' t'lrlliemselves Wifii'.bthey BfetrtiteiidM (of
o'lr. r-s. With '-1be'Vt-y'! *ime -view't'heV had
also assented, 'thafeMr. \V"irt¦conceded &. had
given up that ground Which ha at first main-
tained in thi argmimm.
The motiyn at -prcsent-'before. the court,
Mr.. Hay.said, wag $me drrnnn-di.nng the in-
terposition of the C'surt for tie production of
certain papers,or letters, saifl to bo.ii>. pos:-
session of the ('resident of the United Slates.-
It was. admitted vestr.rdiiy, that this was a
motion at the discretion of the court, which'
v»ii to. be. granted 0.1; nut, according, to-the
circmnstanr.es .of the cas#. , That alihoiigj.i,,
tlie court were in the pri; sent instance called'
up 11 by the accused, jet the accused him-
self did not say that^liose pikers were ma-
'«U|fe7 therefore made use of
irefcedented, and particularly
some important ser^iefs jThe 70t7^.and 93d
dm eras ajsjpmbarkdd on b^aard
re
SJ
apy»
fie fleet,
^at oar government
iaftslT
tTto
* place. Both armies have receiv-
e raele reinforcements. The French
______ 1 entered into ; and" in fact they
go so far as to state, that an armistice had
absolutely been concluded ; but this needs
confirmation.
POLITICAL RETROSPECT.
No intelligence of any importance has J
been received from the continent. Paris
papers to the 17th, and Dutch to the 22d
111st, have come to hand ; they contain the
69th bulletin of the French army, dated
St Finckonstfcin on the 4th. It states that
not a shot htid been fired at the advanced
ji.... ¦ 3u v; ihe fifteen preceding days. It
js 'upposed that this suspension of active
ilostilities is connected in some degree with
the ne;'\-ciativiib foi peace, which are said
to currying on at Meinel, as it were in
tin 1 . nee of the king of Prussia and the
en.p'.'ior of Russia, who have been- for some
time at
ed*co^_____________
sre making the most active preparations.
They comma ¦ to' drain the country behind
them of every disposable man, In order to
strengthen themselves for a conflict, tvhich,
should it take place, will be decisive of the
fate of Europe. In the event of the result
of this conflict being against them, they
are putting tiie fortresses they possess on
the Vistula in the most effectual state of
defence, while they continue to push the
sieges of Dantzic and Colberg with increased
activity. The contending powers must now
be able to estimate their ability to do each
other all the mischief intended, and by this
time must be heartily tired of a contest,
calculated to produce ruin and destruction
to all parties engaged in it.
The real state of British affairs at Con-
stantinople is involved in (lie thickest veil of
mystery : no official accounts have been re-
ceived from admiral Duckworth, and the
¦whole of the accounts of the British fleet
tiaving passed out of the straits must be
mere rumour and conjecture.
The Russian emperor Alexander has cer-
tainly reached Meiuel; and his brother, the,
»rch-duke Constantine, Koningsberg. Im-
mediately on their joining the army it was
expected some general movement would take
place. The king -of Prussia was also at
Memel.
The Russian and French armies were not
wore than 35 German miles distant from
each other.
Great hopes were entertained that Aus-
tria would shortly break from the degrading
restraint under which she has been held by
Trance.
The Swedes are said to have taken the
field with considerable force—and already
to have possessed themselves of Rostack,
Prentziaw, and several other places.
The spirited conduct o{ Sweden has not
enly produced the important event of caus-
ing the French ts raise the siege of Stral-
sund, but likewise the complete expulsion
of the French from the whole of Swedish
. Pomerania. The particulars of these e-
vents have been officially announced to our
' government.
The accounts from Vienna are to the 5th.
'There . ^^ ^^
will immediately take possession of 5Linr-
burg. The Dutch (Freath) troops «]fcat
place are Hot numerous—and greatly diss
fled with the concuct of. die French
A great dearth' of provisions is sail
prevail in the republic of the Seven Islands.
Our Dover lettec states, that a heavy
firing took place on the opposite French
coast on Saturday evening, but the cause
was unknown. A circumstance of this
kind always excites considerable interest, as
the French announce their victories and
other important events in this way.
It is the intention of ministers entirely to
abolish the new financial system introduced
by lords Greuville and Henry Petty, and to
revive the old system.
A correspondence has taken place between
Mr. secretary Canning and Mr. Munroe, in
which the former is authorised thus officially
to state the disapprobation of the admiralty,
at the conduct of certain British command-
ers, in having warned some American ships
from entering the port'of Antwerp.
The situation in which the military af-
fairs of the continent stood at our last dates,
renders it pretty certain, that a great and'
decisive battle has taken place ere this.
Report is busy in stating the fact, and num-
bering the loss of the French, in killed
alone, at 30,000 men : but this we do not
credit. Rumor also states, that Jerome Bo-
naparte has been surprised and taken prison-
er by the Prussians.
FEDERAL GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, JVNE 1(5.
Extract of a letter from London, of A^ril 20
1807.
" We hear, that Mr. Jefferson is mad
enough to send back the Treaty, You
would not get one better."
" The Dutch government has granted
Hope, &c. licences to import directly from
this country ! This will ruin your trade to
Holland."
CO" Under the Boston head will be found
late news from Europe. In addition to the ar-
ticles from English papers, the Bo»tonGazette
has the following paragraph s
" A gentleman who came passenger in ship
Thamas, arrived jester-day from Marseilles,
last from Malaga, states, that the American
Consul at the latter place infirmed him of of-
ficial accounts having been received that peace
had actually taken place between the Ottoman
Porte and Russia and England ; that this event
was however not effected until after ,a severe
and destructive battle between the English fsf
Turkish fleets, is which the former were vic-
torious; with the lo.'s of a great many killed &.
wounded, and the blowing up of one of their
largest ships of war."
47* To the attention of our correspon-
dent at Richmond, under date of the 14th
June,we are indebted for the following pro-
ceedings, in anticipation :
TRIAL OF. CGL. BVRR.
Thursday, June 11
Mr. Hay began by stating, he felt a severe
indisposition and compression about his head,
which he was afraid would prevent his doing
that justice to the discussion, which its im-
portance merited—" It was the pleasure of
the Court yesterday, (said Mr. Hay) to re-
commend to the counsel on both sides, not
to deviate from the qucstiin under considera-
tion, or to indulge is unnecessary strictures &
illiberal observations. I am con lent to act in
strict conformity to the pleasure of the court.
All I regre-t is, that the admonition was not
given at an earlier period in the debate. If it
had been given then, those remarks which
necessarily followed oh our part, would have"
been spared ; remarks which as a public pro-
secutor, as a friend to the administration and
a friend to'he country, had a right to have.
made." Mr. Haytheu said before he entered
into the merits of the question, he would re-
mind the court that as col. Burr was situated,
he was not properly before the Court, nc
true bill being found. In opposing the moti-
on which was made on behalf of tlie. .'.ecus-,
ed he wished tha ground on which he stood
to be seen. His oiily object was to keep the
accused and his counsel on legal grounds.
—He had voluntarily and gratutiously of-
fered to procure the very testimony which
they were seeking to obtiitn. He also thought
it somewhat singular, that the gentlemen
who were iciunsgj for jVTV Burr, should'li.v?
chffged those 0:1 t|i« part of the prosecution
conceding the points fur wijicli' they
r
The emperor h^ttl out on the preceding , Q,(i ,;.jli;,;„ded- ?lu« he s.nu was do;>wt,«ss
teiial. The lafign
bytlu-m, wa^ unp^___________
so far as related to that part or tlie der«nce set
up by col.Surr's counsel, who asserted vb'athe
had a legal right to oppose the mititia»of his
country. That the, Sentiments' which they
wished to' impress upon lb1' rotirt and the Sur.
i-.)U! ding apectatoM, were such as he never
could have expected to have heard in this
country from any man or set of men. Th:t
they might have suited tlie temper of the san-
!;-:ii!!:iry'tribunals of Ei unre, in the reign of
the jacobins, or thai of Robespierre 1 but'he
never supposed ihey could meet with the ap-
probation .of the citizens of America. They
might idso have »n improper effect upon the
jury, by exciting their feelings.
Mr. H iy also contended, thai the [grounds
u:ion which the affidavit was made, were, in-
sufficient for the court to grant the motion;
that it would hi extremely improper, upon
such vague suppositionsas those expressed in
Mr. Burr's aiiidavit, to subject the papers of
the government to public inspection. He hop-
ed tlie court would not listen to any motions of
this sort. The. court ought nut to indulge any
speculations on this subj jot. Could the court
say those papers ought to be produced ! He
hoped not. He was certain they never would
sgrpe to such an absurd proposition, particu-
larly on the affidavit of Mr. Burr, which was
extremely vague and Insufficient
Mr. Hay observed, that a greatclsmor was
ex-ted iu N. YorSc by the prosecution against
Ogdeo and Smith, not less than the claim r at
present heard in this city among certain indi-
viduals. That Mr Wickh.im endeavored yes-
terday tomake adifl'errnci; and draw adistinc
tionb. tween this esse and the case of Smith
and Ogden ; but he would ask the court whe-
tber or not the reasoning of Mr. Wickham was
against himself! It is 'equally to be presumed
that the orders cannot assist him. It was not
necessary, therefore, te:it this specification
should have been made, for it is not probable
that these papers would'have been material.
Sir, the gentl -men have hot yielded to our doc-
trine by words ; but their conduct proves that
they have felt us to be correct Mr. Hay ob-
served, he could not help, remarking on the ob-
servation made bf Mr.; VYiddiani; that goneral
Wilkinson had. written letters to other people;
of a different complexion, from those whichhe
had written to the -president. How docs this
appear ? What right had Mr. Wicfcham ,tfi
make such a supposition P Has Mr. Wickliaav
seen the letter to the president J, Has he-seen
other lctters,.froni_gen. \K"dkutSpn pfjSUVfijijnj^
site description,,.sojas to„'ju,sti,f}' his rVnu'.rks ji
No, he certi'uflyliHsii^t.'; and yet ho boldi) as,
sorts, that letters c'oiititmirig different informa-
tion have been addressed to other individuals.
He would not repeat the very strong.anv- very
harsh language by,wluch.(|lie,copiiselp,f Mr.
Burr introditWd this remark. .,lle. iw.qaW say
nothing further about it; altbqireh Jjjp could
not but lament,' that such iancukge sh»d been
used respecting Sucri a chara^terjis gen. Wil
k'mson. Mr. Hayths-i cptumfenjed on the ob-
servations of Mr. Mirtifi^'relative to the justi-
fication of col. Burr, Ijriffrre't-eBisted the militia
of the union. " 1'effected, [said Mr. H.-y,]
sounder doctrine; th\in that which we have
heard from the gentlaiwan ; I expected to have
heard solid argument and legal reasoning from
one of the distinguished talents of the counsel
from Maryland. For the honor 01 that state,
for the honor of the union, I am inclined to
hope, tiiese principles were not learned in Ma-
ryland. 1 had hoped,' that as the gentleman
had come from another state, and had travelled
a great distance in behalf oi his client, and to
illuminate the bar of Virginia by the splendor
of his information, that he would not have ad-
vanced sentiments so opposite to reason, law
and justice ; nor would have advocated a doc-
trine so untenable as that which he has urged.
I never expected, sir, to have witnessed such
sentiments within the walls of this house, or to
be propagated in the hearing of this court. It-
is the duty, sir, of the president to call out the
militia on every occasion, such as that on which
they were called. It was his duty, J say, to
have called out the militia, in order to suppress
the scheme of the accused. It is contended,
as I have observed, by counsel learned, very
learned in the laws of his country, that colonel
Burr had a right to resist the hiilitia.* 1 will
not say, sir, it is trafastin to advance such doc-
trines ; nor will I say it is a misdemeanor ; but
I will say, as I have saul, that they wore ex-
tremely improper, and ought not to be tolerat-
ed; and as, far as I myself were concerned,
such sentiments can never be heard with pa-
tience.
The motion, sir, of col. Burr is that you issue
a subpoena duces, tecum, to the president of the
United States to bring along with him or pro-
duce a certain letter from Gen. W ilkinson, as
likewise the order which was- issued for the
suppressing the plans of, col. Burr. Will you,
sir, sitting here as one of the pillars of the
state, sanction such an application P Will this
court offer.such an insult to the executive of
our government! The motion is an improper
one, the doctrine on which it is grounded is
wrong-, and the inferences which the counsel
have drawn are. wrong. How,, sir, can., this.
court'grant the motion P'I contend, sir, that the
affidavit of col. Bnrr is totally insufficient to
warrant such an application. It is vague and
indefinite as now expressed. I contend, sir,
that it ought to have shewn that the papers
wanted were material to prove the innocence
of; the accusetl;-rand I also contend, sir, that it
isnot probablethese papers are material. How
c:m they lip-material in respect to col. Burr's
icnooence,? It"they are any ways material, it
woukl.be <0 give a contrary bearing. There
is another point, sir, 011 which the court ought
also to be satisfied before tbey. grant this moti-
on, and that is, whether or riot this letter be«.
public document. But, sir, whether it is a
public pageroi-a private one,,! crtnni.>t. decide.
The: court q.ughtj also to. .be satisfied, of
another thing ; that the president has. this
letter—I am inclined to think that he has it
net—Is, the .president the custos Rctirlarum,
of the public ? The gentleman, knows as
w.elt as I, know, that the president of the
Uiiited States is no ketper of papers. The
custody'of.„t,h*'Sgi}>ipers belongs to the se-
y 9?stale." This is his province. How
¦afcscrd' therefore,' *ci:ld jt'hc%> mr^^nor- !
dec to the president, for tile production of j,
papers,that»re Act in>his posses«"i |