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Foreign. NEW-YOKK, MAY 6. J LATEST FHOM LIVERPOOL The April packet ship Amity, capt. WaxweH arrived on Saturday morning from Liverpool, having 1 ft that port on the 4th of the mOnti). ? Capt. M. haw furnished us with -pa- 1 pers to the 3d inclusive. The King of F rance recently been visited with a severe attack of the gout in the stomach ; but ha* so far received his health as to he eua- ; bled to trausact the usual business of state. A Madrid article says : ? Every day there come forth from the dun geons of the Inquisition, soldiers and citizens, whom public opinion and' gratitude replace at the head of the government and the tribunals. We are astonished that a handful of sub altern tyrants have had so long the power of persecuting the men whom all Spain revere. Before the 3atv? Revolution, Span ish Exchequer Bills f Vales tleales J were at a discount of 86 j>er cent, and even could not he negotiated at this rate ; but immediately after the Constitution was proclaimed, they rose to 72. . Executions in England, are be- . coming more and more frequent, foi murder, robbery, etc. The 15th of April has finally been assigned for the trial of the Ca fo-street conspirators. St. Thomas Lawrence, KnfeM. ' ha* beon elected- President of the Rr>ya4 Academy, in the room of Ihe late Benjamin West, Esq. The decorative plumes of feathers Osed at the funeral of the late Presi dent' of the Royal Academy, are said to,be worth at least four thou sand guineas. The venerftbte representative from Dublin, tbe Right Hon. 11. Grattan, lias recovered from his late severe , illness* and Was about to embark for England to attend life Parliamen tary duty . in the ensuing campaign. We find no additional information from F ranee. The Sj orning Chroni cle, however, an opposition paper, states that the situation of ?anceat this moment, is truly alarming , and that numerous arrests have takfen^ place at Paris, The Minerve, edit ed by Evereste du Moulin, concludes a paragraph, as follows ; ?> Let us be on our guard ! The Censure is pre paring its jcissars; the gaolers are opening their dungeons : let us has ten? but not despair ! It is not yet twenty days, sirtce in a neighboring . country, tbe Inquisition, the Jesuits, despotism,, torture, and scaffolds were in permanent force. They are destroyed* Liberty has ftcovered its empire beyond the Pyrenees, it has gone to sleep in France ; but its sacrftl fire is not extinct It will be ? ' ' 1 ? iT. ' Liverpool Markets, April 1, Thfc very heavy ai rivals of- cotton, this week, have tended much to de presn the market,arid prices nay ?;ain be considered a shade lower, lie sales of the week by private contract, have been about 5000 bags, of whic h, 2000 bags Upland at il 1-2 tol? i-4d} 880 Orleans, at 12 to t ld; 80 /rennessee at 11 1-4; 450 ?5ea Islands, at is 9d to 8s 4*1, and a few bags of Choice at 8s 6d,? Ou Thursday, of 800 ba?* Heals land, offered by auctiou, only 48 Were disposed of at an average re duction of about Id. per lb, there ma i nder beitog withdrawn. ' \ fcllAULfeSFON* MAY 15k LATE FJlOM HAVANA. [ Extract of a Utter. ] "may 2*-^A vessel arrived here yesterday ? in days from I'orunna, and Drought us the Manifesto of the King, to peoplfe, approving the < < mst Uii tioti, Ac. a copy of which I enclose to; on.? You cannot imagine the extravagant manifestations of joy evinced upon (lie occasion ? troops ail parading* |>roces*ions crowding the *?ivet*, aim! Illuminations, in areat [ Translated f \>r the Courier."^ From the " JHgrio HLvtraardinary of the Constitutional Government of the Havana," May 1. May the Constitution, ami the King who has sworn to it, live for a thousand ages ! Worthy Inhabitants of the Ha vana ! Long live the Constitution, and the King who has sworn to it. While the Gazettes Extraordina ry of Corunna, containing the De crees of our Constitutional King, are iu the Press, we hasten to dis charge our duty to the public, and gratify our true attachiueut to the couutry to which we belong. Noth ing remains now for us to do, hut to prove that an enlightened people, justly (entitled to that appellation, will on every occasion preserve order, and thankfully praise tlie Supreme Arbiter of the destinies of nations. Let us humWy thank the Lord, for having thus completed tire happiness i of the whole Spanish monarchy ; and let us in all our ao{s, ami even in the roidst of our general jov, ex claim, Long Live our CONSTI TUTE AL KING ? LougLive the (INSTITUTION !? and let it be evet the Motto of ^ the Havana, ?k Love and Respect for the Consti tution j and for Public Order " Ldng live the Constitution ! CAG1GAL. SPAIN? OFFICAL ARTICLE. Manifestation of the Kingy to the Nation, i Spaniards . ? When your heroic efforts succeeded in rescuing me from *he captivity in which the most un heard of perfidy had placed roe, rwfcy thing I saw and heard, led me into the belief that ttm nation actual I ly wiMied for the restoration of her ancient Ibrra t>f government ? And under this persuasion, 1 thought it my duty to conform to what appeared to be the almost general wish of a ?magnanimous people ; which, after having triumphed over the Vnemy, seemed to apprehend the worst ca-~ tamity of *11*, civil discord. Still it had not escaped my observation, that from the rapid progress ^f civi lization in Europe, arid the Univer sal diffusion of (knowledge through all classes, down to tire humblest in society, together with the frequent communication existing With all the otiier nations of the earth, the aston ishing achievements of Hie present generation, must have largely con tributed to inspire ideas and wishes unknown to our ancestors, and wliich must necessarily and inevitably pro duce certain effects. Nor could 1 but perceive, that there was * neces sity to adapt the political indnions to such elements, in order ^produce a suitable harmony between the laws and the people, whence arise the stability and order of feociety. But whilst I was meditating ma turely, and with the solicitude of my paternal heart, on the changes in our fundamental laws which seemed most conformable to the national character, and better adapted to the present situation of the several com ponent parts of the Spanish mon archy; as also, more analagoua to the organization which should be es tablished in an enlightened nation, you have gjiven me to understand that (t is your anxiovis wish that the Constitution) which in IBIS was pro claimed in Cadiz, amidst the noise of war* when you were combating/ in a manner to astonish the world, for the liberty of your country, should be estab&iihed. I have listened to^rtiur voice like an affectionate fatffer, and have con descended to do that which my chil dren consider conductive to tlieif hap piness. 1 have sworn to that Cod stitution which you were sighing for, and 1 shall always be its most sttenu- < ous supporter* Measures are alrea dy taken for the immediate convoca tion of the Cortes; When they meet* it will be a Sincere happiness to me, to Join your "representatives in the grfkt work tif prompting the national prosperity. ^ Spaniards ! Your glory is the on ly . ambition of my heart The ar dent wish of mir soul, is to see yort alt united round ray throne, peacea ble find happy. Place then all con fide nee in youtKing, whose language to you W (1^ t?ue effusion i?f those sentiments inspired hy the circum stances in which you are placed, and hy the sense of those high duties im posed ujhui him hy Providence. ? Your own welfare will hereafter de pend upon yourselves. Beware of the -seduction, of the fallacious ap pearances of an imaginary good, which frequently deprives us ol that which is real, ami within our reach. Suppress those violent passions which often sonvert into enemies those wlio ought to be looked upon as brethren : having actually the same religion, language and customs. Kepel the perfidious insinuations art fully thrown out hy your euemies/? Let us take the Constitutional road, in which I will lead the way, and lej us give to Europe an example of /"wisdom, order ar.d perfect modera tion, in a crisis, which, in other na tions, lias always caused many tears and misfortunes ; and thereby let us cause the Spanish name 10 be ad< mired/ at the same time that we will found, for centuries to come, our own felicity and glory. Royal Palace, Madrid, 10th' March, 1820. , (Signed) FERDINAND. Other letters from Havanna, by, the arrivals yesterday, state, that 1 both government and people were so completely Htgaged in the business ?f rejoicing, that vessels had been waiting for six or eight days, with out being able to enter at the custom house." Domestic . WASHINGTON, MAY 4. The termination of the present I session of Congress is fixed, by the I joint vote of the two Houses of Con I gress to take place on Monday week,; I the 15th inst. ~ I/*4 ' mXy ff. I . The J\Tew Tariff Rejected . ? The I lull to increase the duties on ccrtain I imported articles, whs yesterday re I jected in the Senate, after three hours' I debate. Though the particular mo I tion by Which the bill was lost, was I carried by a single vote only, we have I reason to believe that the majority I would have beeu greater, had the I question been a direct one bpon the I merits of the bill. Several gentle men, Wt understand, one or two of I them from the North, who voted I against postponing 4he bill, Would I have voted against its enactment; I either in the shape in Which it pas I sed the House of lifepresen&atives, or I as it was proposed to be ipodified by I the committee of the Senate. The Debate which will M pttb I lished, Will disclose the views of I those \Vlu> opposed, as well afe of I those who advocated, the additional duties. It may not % be improper, however/ in the m&n time, to state, I that the opponents of the hill avowed I bo hostility to the manufacturing in I terest? all agreed as to the policy of I affording a due protection to domes*' I tic manufactures $ the difference of I opinion Was as to the degree of fed I courage,? ent which is necessary; I The leading motive avowed by those I who opposed the hill was the belief, I that the high duties proposed, would I have the effect of excluding foreign I fa bricks to such an % extent as to oe* I press materially, if not destroy en I tirely, the commerce and the naviga 1 tion of the country; aiid consequently I criple our naval sttfenglh, annihilate I the, revenue from imposts, and render I internal taxes necessary for the sup I port oft the* government. These I opinions, St is triie, were met with I great force and ability, by the friends I of the bill ; but they prevailed. It I appears to tt? that a system less in I discriminate, embracing a smaller I augmentation of duties, would have I deceived the sanction of botli Houses. I > MAY 0. Duties on. Sate $ at Auction poet* I ported,? After having been once re - I jected, theh re- considered, amended, I and passed, the bill for laying Duties I onr certaiiv Sales at Auction of for* I eign g<*ods has been again re-?oiisid? r ered, iu the llouse of ilepresenta* ti\cs, ami postponed to the uexi s?s sion of Congress. Thus, all the parts of the system, reported by the committee of Manu factures, lmve been aKfccted, or, whit is tantamount, postponed to the next session. It is not, however, those who are op|K)sed to affording. futher encouragement to manufactures^*** will I>e seen by the proceedings uv the next page, that have defeated the Auction Duty Bill. It had passed the House of Kepresntatives, and iias been reconsidered and postponed, at the suggestion of those who at first supported it, on the ground that, un connected with the Tariff bill, its op eration would have been unimportant to the manufacturing interest, and partial in other views. The bill for authorising a T^onn has passed through the committee of the w hole in the House of Repre sentatives ? the amount proposed be ing three millions of dollars. may EDITORS' COflKBSPOXDfcNCE. St. Louis, Afia. Tcr. I 3th jffirily 1 8 CO. lam sorry to say,, that unpleas ant news retched us last evening from Fort Crawford, on Rock Isl jandy 2.80 or 70 miles above this. From a gentleman directly from that post, I am informed, - that tw o men, a sergeant, a drummer, of Major Jllarston's company, 5ih infantry, were shot within a very short dis* ?ance of the fort, scalped, and mang led in & most shocking manner, ami the general impression is, that this deed was perpetrated by a small par ty of those vile ami detestable Win* ebagoes. ? JVat. Int. It is probable that Dewitt Clin ton is re-elected Governor of the state of No\y-Yorty by a majority variously estimated at from ono to two thousand votes. / . MAY .10. , Our relations with Spain . ? The following; Message was yesterday transmitted to lioth houses of Con gress by the President of the United States : To the Senate and House qf Re/ire*enta? tive 9 of the United States. f communicate to Congress a cor* respondence which has taken place between the Secretary of State and the envoy Extraordinary and Minis* ter Plenipotentiary of Hid Catholic Majesty feince the message of the 27th March last, respecting the treaty wh jcli was concluded between the United States, on the 88d February, r After the failure of hid Catholic Majesty for so long a time to ratify the treaty, it was Expected that this Minister would have brought with him the ratification, or that he wotild have been authorized to givo an or der for the delivery of the territory ceded by it to the U. States* It ap peaity however, that the treaty id still unratified, and that the Minister has no authohty to surrender the ter ritory; "the object of his mission has been, to jnake complaints, and to demand explanations, respecting an imputed system of hostility, oft the part of citizens of the U. States, a* gainftt the subjects and doihinions of Spaing and an unfriendly policy in their Government, and ttt obtain new ' stipulations, against these alledged injuries* as the condition on which the treaty should be ratified* Unexpected as such complaint* and such a demand, were, under existing circumstances,!! was thought, proper, without compromising the government as to the course to be pur sued, to meet them promptly, and to give the explanations that were de shed, on every subject, tilth the ut most candor* The result has pro* ved, what was sufficiently welt known before, that the Charge of a systematic hostility, being adopted and pursued by citizen! of the U. States, ajpinst the dominions and subjects 4r Spaiu, is utterly desti tute of foundation, and their govern* ipent, in alt it* branches, has main* tained, with the utmost rigor, that neutrality, in the civil war between r^pain and her colonies, wjiich they were, the first to declare. No force n<l been collected, nor incursions made, froiA within the United States