wilmington gazette * . • - 4 published wr.ekltv3y allmalfd jt.1ll ltuk«*r>ay may 6 j8o6 no 4bt voluita x to 500,000 crowns as early as on the jlst of december the klector of bavaria had taken possession of augsburg and his troops were on their march for lindau and the country between the glcr and lech the bavarian commissioners had reached all the places assigned t«i them the lllector pf daden and the elector of wurtcmberg were equally engaged in taking possession of their new territories it was not expected that the divisii.n would end with the first assignations frankfort was uncertain of its fate and nuremberg wus named for the elector of uavaiia from holland we leurn that general vaufrelnnd had given ordera to put ureda in ilie beat stale of defence he wan at thut place on tne 201i1 of decem ber and the french emperor declares in the j order that he trave tbib appointment as the j greatest niavk of hit esteem and confidence j in spain n>tire is taken ofa generous cha:i i ty to the widow and orphans of the men who snfl'ert-d in the lute sp.niisli rngagermnt with the english fleet the benefactor i not named but the donation exceeded 60,ooo dollars mean to meet the first of november to repeal it they have inveigled a great number by ur ging the necessity of unanimity and promi sing that particular care sljoulii be taken that the bill should never be executed this is apparent well it answers lor a show 1 what a spirited and energetic confess we hive ! lluy land twice of spain through fear of offending france and pass a bill a gainst england the very face of which de clares it cannot and was never intended to be executed the political register is the only federal pa per 1 1 it has as yet attempted to cci.kurr the resolution adopted in thy seen 1 , silling of congress the motives of its editor everyone wn knows bin must be convinced are not patriotic or public-spit itt-rl but arise iioni a disappointed vanity and presumption that ne ver fail to detract from rent merit but which lire absolutely to he pitied in a inan who has no pietention toany abilities whatever as these are his motives ai.rj hit character it cannot be supposed that he h;ts said a great deal that calls for notice or reputation what he has said is in fact a miserable misre presentation whidi ignorance itself must have delected he alledges that 2 millions ol dollars more art to be yiven for a territory that we belbra purchased for fifteen millions ; and little as we think or his editoriaj prowess we are pursuaded he knew ihis wa not mie when he wrote it from congress we have many articles ot business but the great commercial resolu tion remains a we reported in our last paper the account of tie measures taken with the spaniards is vuri*d in its most important tii climstances and the reports of the indian discontents north of the ohio remain unex plained from the rhode island republican federal consistency tlie federalists say that the most eloquent speech ever made in the congress of \\\± u niteil status is that of mr john randolph upon mr gregg's resolution for a suspen sion of our commercial intercourse with g britain what does mr randolph say in this tlo qiirnl speech ? f a right summary ot it lias been given he in the fir^t phre tells con gress thai they lu:\u been ten we^ks in ses sion and have done nothing for this ne glec <■! duly he gives liicm ii severe repri mand he then on to infoi in th ni that if they bad been disputed to io something it was wholly nut of their power for it vas nonsense to think ol lighting england lit proves this fact bv his giuwiii n\t.u\a)tfs f 1 , the mammoth and the hale he thentp#o ceeds to tell them that eiiglund in her lib putew'nh tins country is in the rijciit tlia mr madison's pamphlet upnn the subject is a wire-drawn anphiktica'l performar.ee i thai if we should o to war with lngluixl or mi pend our commercial intercburse wifii her it would give france such an advantage ovei her that cllohaparte would probably succeed in his meditated invasion and that after he had conquered enfrlandi he would ronie hnd conquer us he concludes this jiirj hat rangue by saying thai he kurw nothing ub-^i t the subject he v.as discus»ing this we bt lii\eis the truest part of his speech for every part of it shews this to have l^n the case leaving for the present thu consideration c f the nonsensical contradictions which iiiis the country which it is proposed to pur chase with the two millions of dollar is that known as east mid west florida to which we fit ver had any title : it is true indeed that after we purchased louisiana from francei i lie boundary between that and the west mo ri la v.as disputed by spain»but we nexerhud preferred •> claim for what it i now intended lo purchase independent of cl iiu the dif lcreiu-.es iih spain on the bubjuct d point ot much interest with mtn almost as heroic aside register editor there arc other v t ry strong motives forgetting apeacenl [» and j qu.table title to the fl6rida leaving ihe dis puted territory out ol'tht question i.;;i lrro posed t be purchased is great r in ejtti at than the states of virginia an penns-yh mia together it is extremely fertili ; has excel lent hays and harbors by its possession our territory would be compleat ami we would qot he under apprehensions from trouble some neighbors — it is now possessed by th npui»ur<u and 1,1 ir b|imiiaiklr me 4 to br the vassal of france i if ihii is t»o aw t!'..,t the lvincli are so nine to he dreaded let us prevent them if we can fronj making rt powerful estubluhmen ij^r us polity and interest indeed combine to make ihe kiori dus an object of importance to us ; und \ f e trust the negotiations for the purpoie will prove buccessfah aurora imperial parliament mowse of cojlfjfok's -.„. 3 r mh prrr mr h l . kelk-s rol agreeably to the notice he h:u givyn u a,ow hat rume fignnl n.a.k uf public rrf r i-a bo paid to iheree-nory of he late ciuncellor ot the exchequer j and alter a itw more obfervjtiqns he njoved that an humble aitdrcfs be prefenwd o humajeity rcqueflir.g thai fiia maitfty would be gran ufly pleafed to g,vc du rectiom tliat the remain 0 | the ! 3 te kt hon vv.lliatn put ba inwrird at tbe pub lie expence ; and that 3 monutn.nt be c rccled in the collegiate church ot st pg tcr's weftminirtcr 10 the memrry of lhat great and excellent siatcfman with an mlcriptioncxpreffiveofilic lentiir.enm ot the people „„ f grtat a j i rrcpara , ble a lofs ; and to afturc his majehy ihat this houlo will make goo<t the txpe-icei attending ihe fame m foxrofe and fpok nearly n follows : •• i do not know f r , that i ever rofe to ddrcfs the houle in the per formance vi any public duiy with more pain than i do at this moment i ihere fore hope ihat 1 fhall experience fome in dulgence if before 1 give my vote on th.s qucil.on i lbuuld houly late ih.s reafons which compel me to oppofe the motion now propofed by the hon g»n • leman under ihe gallery 1 m now ote in oppofition to thofe whofe friend hup constitutes the delight and happinefs of my private life and from whom ince affairs have taken fuch a turn it is pro bable i lhall never be feparated purina tho remainder of my political life the vox therefore may be confujercl as one not gi ven to gratify any^clingsoi pri va.e animo i'y or of public ambition but cxtorcd by a moll painful but imperious duty i j r have bain engaged in a lon k courfe of on pofnton to the pcrfun for whom public ho nors are now clai.rcd i inay f ay that t have been con f.dcrcd and perhaps it may be called an honor as his rival but \ d sers he said we ought to have forty ship of thelme.a proportionate numberof frigates and smaller vessels and then we should be respected and notwithstanding the repub licans satisfactorily proved the annual ex penctf of such an arrangement would greatly exceed the annual amount of the revenue and would not be one third strong enough to protect our extensive commerce against ilie piratical depredations of the british navy ; yet the federalists said that it was an excel lent letter : that it contained very s^imd lo gic and must have been written by a very sound head now mr john randolph has maue aspeech and told us it is nonsense to think of building a navy : and this speech ! the federalists say is tlie best that ever was , made in congrestt what consistent crea j tures these federalists ace we will now examine mr randolph's speech in relation to its own merits we have be fore given j summary of the positions which it is said to contain we will give another i short one that the reader may not forget i what those positions are he said that con j gresi had been sitting for ten weeks and had done nothing that they were exceedingly reprehensible for tliis criminal nrgket of their duty ; tliut if they had been disposed to have done something it was wholly out of their power to have done it because we were not a!>le to cope with england j that there wni nothing at all to be done ; because in our dis pute with her ourselves were the aggre fcors that if we should go to war with her it would probal ly prove (> r entire destruction and even ually end in the ruin of this country w in an assemblage of eloquent contradic tions do we here see we are first to!j that it is nonsense an madnera to think of going to war with england because it is in her power to crush us at a single blow and then that poor old england lie wholly at our mer cy what a poor old creature she must be 1 now who is not charmed with such charming and such manly lo^ic asthis is ; and who i not delighted with buch a delightful creature as the delightfsj speakers ot this delightful speech from the washington federalist on wednesday last the hill prohibiting the importation ot'cert.tin art ides ffom great britain anil ireland pus t d the house of re presentatives ayes 9j noes 35 the bill s-to nuiulo cper.iti«n the 1mb t navcnilxir next if any man know of any thing more child ish than thu pas>,»ge of tliis bill we should je very gl to liehr nf it hat this mtty not laiit ulone in t!w aiinahi of legislative i.i,n sense to go into operation at'tt-r the hn portation of our.fnll goods the ijih of no vembtr a fortnight uftw the next mteiing ofcongres if tlu-ymvist the first monday m november .■» tlvey pi 1 ablv will it is shew j int the teejh an i at the same time declaring thev art afraid to bite mr randolph aaid but a few words he der.ta.rcd it a milk and water bill ; a do«e of chicken broth tob administered irht rr.omhs hence ; a b)ll lmost too contbihjvlible if.rthe | discussion of i>ien of sound minds if id i he you would throw the dhgraee of it front ', youl sboulderi throw the bill under the i curk's table i it is nothing more or le-s than i jr iftting a bounty for perjury ; for no par 1 , of it is worth a furthing except that rrliiting to custorn-houie oaths and we nil know what ; custom-house oaths are jt cannot be car ried mil execution ; you know it ennnot nor do you wi^li it should be ; it is intended only | fora show abug-beaj the times require lomething very different 1 the adniinistration : wants energy is the liouse to be whipped into this measure by the underlines of govern ment i why v.ill not rjentkinen attend to the change and present situation of kurope ? will they continue to go the same unvaried ound in their political go-cart heedless of the changes by v hich we ought to he govern ' eel la not a negeeiatiofc now pen<ling i rail mr speaker for the reading of thu dis patches latily received speaker what dispatches ? i mr randolph those from mr monroe 1 speaker they are confidential mr randolph i hope they will be rend speaker they are not in i\k possession of the house from the saum register the late arrivals from europe furnish no important commercial or political events but increase our expectations the english parliament opened on the 21st january and his majesty's commissioners read a speech which congratulates the nation upon their na tal affairs but laments the events in germa ny tho'withhighassuianccsof the friendly dis position ofttusiia such supplies are expect ed from the commons as the public exigen cies demand and the lords are reminded how much the power of france is extended 10 en sure attention to the national safety the entire change of the ministry leaves much to anticipate mr fox as minister lor foreign affairs has had the public testimony of the popular favor in wiiich he stands uy aome it is expected that he will open nego ciationswith france the foreign ministers will be changed upon commercial con duns nothing has been done which regarded thu great questions between kugland and the united states of america only american built ships were declared in the council to be within their act of navigation and commerce the duich appear to possess the iame dis position respecting their commercial inter course with ureat-britain which prevails in this country and the same uncertainty in what manner it shall ba extended what the assurance from russia are flat explain ed the commerce of russia is of great importance to england of the it s37 ves ■ aels which passed intothe bilticit 1804 4,3 1<j were british and 166 american hence the russian commerce is called in burope the northern india of the english nation the english complain of the frequent success of the french cruisers in the channel and the french papers report the prizes they have taken but the english boast of having ta ken above 500 vessels since the commence ment of the war with france in 1793 the increase of the commercial spirit of the en-g lish cannot be better explained than in the influence upon a port in scotland since the memorable rebellion of 1745 jrtnock up wi the clyde at th:it time had not more than 4000 inhabitants aitd did not much increase till 1760 in 177 tafia british publication it had 11,000 though it suffered in the american war yet in 1791 it had 15,000 and in 1801 above 17,000 and then was much crowded and buildings were increasing its . etaple is from the wett-indui market in if9 1 itiinpnrted 81,000 cwt of sugar above 221,000 gallons of ruin and nearly 3,000 ooo wiiglit of cotton the cotton is for the pjanu/actures acound it it has a share in the ii-.iltic.and mediterranean trade and in the whale fishery ami particularly in the hewing fishery it has tuccess in rite tmim faetures of coulee sail cloth and such a relate to ninrltirhe concerns in 177 1 it employed 14,000 tons of shipping in 171.1 entered i -} thousand ions but in 1791 43 ooo.jn tint foreign trade and 1 5 you in the coasting trade in 1 784 were above 1.5.000 tons and in 1.'.>1 3 t,oop besides 16)000 coast wise the last hews from india announced in the papers we ham m-n was by mr k«r fl\\0 has witii him i cony of a very advantage pus treaty with the porte lie passed thr'o jlungary and moravia a few days after tha bittl of usterlitz lie was stripped of his d:*palch tyar u lit !■. on the 6th decein lier by three cossarks but the austrian ce ntral prince sehwaflietnbarg recovered lie afterwards marclied several days with th russians who assured him their loss was immense in december 3 russiaij vessels men of war and transports passed constantinople from tin ulaofcsea with few froops but laden with ailillery warlike ttores and provisions for the adriatic lil fcnds the ruturn of the troops from na ples was not then expected 6c troops to take iheir place had b-cn collected and wiv ready to embark from sebastopol frequent con ferences were then lieid between the tur kish court sc she fnrlish 8c r<is«ian ambas sadors at constantinople the greatest ix p«ctat'u>n wen then entertained of the suc cess of the allied power upon the continent on the 94th of december the emperor of run addressed cen wae.smitmnv min ister of war upon the subject ol the quiet of his capital und in unimonv of thr ip drobaiion of liis conduct in the city he con ferred the order of st alexander with as aurances of future favors highly flattering the march of the ruhim troop upon their mturofrom moravia wat through the frus sian provinces hut few columns passed through gaticia the intentions of prussia are now fully known the king by pro clamaiiun has declared that by a conven lion with france he is to hold hanover till the peace the inhabitants do not appear to be unwilling to change their masters as the french requisition have been heavy \ statement from hamburg says that the french troop at hameln have cost the electorate 90,000 crowns a month and the swpences of the principalities of galenhur and l.rubtnhngen have been 20,000,000 of nx dollars the debts which the city of hanover bai contracted since it has been w the pojstssum fc f the french amounted spee<:hconlain*,\\e willcxuniin it in relation to thf fine things which the federalists ha\t said about it as well as in relation to other parts of their political conduct the federalist my it is the best speech that ever was mask in that house 1 tlie speech says that kngland in interdicting our trade between tin rolonieaof her enemies and the mother country had acted conformably to the principles of justice and tlie law of na tions n'ow is it not very consistent in i be federalists to bestow such encomiums upon tills speech when they have read so much saig so much thought so much and written so hiutfl to prove that the conduct of the british in this particular is unjust and con trary to the law of nations if mr madi son's argmncntq upon hi question be sophii lir.al and mr randolph has knocked lliein all over atone blow so are the arguments in the new-york philadetphia and boston memorials soplutical and mr randolph has necessarily bid the arguments in tlii.se memorials as low as be bmthofec in mk ma dison's book as he calls it because if we were even to admit that the arguments in these memorials are more forcible than those contained in mr madison's pamphlet it would stui be evident that if they were so phiitir.alinone of these performances they must be sophistical in all of them ; for the sentiments expressed in tliese memorials and in mr madison's pamphlet are the same mr randolph's duihing metaphor of the mammoth and whale is evidently one of his cogent arguments in opposition to a navy e stablishment in this country this part of his speech the federalists particularly praise yet we hear these same federalists continual ly spouting about the necessity of a navy a young federalist in england nolonrer a go than last fall wrote home to his friends that he was ashamed to acknowledge himself an american because we had not a navy sufficiently strong to protect our commerce from the illegal euur«;s of the british crui mr randolph i hope they will be sent for then speaker i have slated to the gentleman that they are not before the house and if here they would not be read there was here a loud call for the ques tion ami mr randolph forbore rising again messrs cloptou and newton spoke in fa vor of the bill mr lyon moved 1o recommit the bill for the purpose of granting leave to the presi dent by proclamation to declare it until pro vided differences with great-britain should be adjusted there were about a doien in favour of the motion as it now stands importation must be stopped though all disputes should be arran ged at the moment something terrible in this to be sure bot the fact is that th»y