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^to fPguUtc the *5? hre r pointed o?t, and ne aatho carrec* mean* - wTB eceasnry; the report JVbf. Journal. ? ; *TK Oi m VltlTKD IUT2lf Miirch 31, 1<&. , Ji, from the coaDnittee on corn iest*, to *rhom ?4N referred the memo* al uf the merchant*, ship-owners ami facturers bf the city oi Baltimore, the fo)IowSjg^ Ueportx memorialist* atute: ?'That. Great w having lately opened the trnde of oi-tb-Ameritfan ana YVcst-Ihdib colu hiKMnuch tuat not only aw .almost wdl attklcsudmittod. but the tmde of those co. lotvfes U accessible to tdl parts of the world, qft far more favorable term* than those now ~ ?nio,?td by merch ?ntaof the United States,". ??Tney, therefore, submit the propriety of aboibping the discriminating duties of 94 wuw Vw ton, on Bri ish colonial vessel;, ?|id of ten per cent. Additional, on the du oi on thetr cargoes and of admitting Bri tish vessels froro "wlutever port*, oo the a.\'mc urms 4* the vespcW of the mo-.t tuvor ed nation." ctr> reference to which the committee re n?.\rk, that, by the existing law* of the United State#, a duty of fifty cent* per ton, a# a tonnage duty, and fifty cent* per ton At light money, la imposed 00 all foreign v?. syU entering the jjo* is of the United StAtes, with an addition of ten per centum on the amouJtt of duth* on the cargoes of all *uch x esscis aa belong to foreign |?owcr* who do nbfqdmlt the vessels of the Uuitcd State* into their port* on the imnc term* a* their own venae's; that a convention ?* now in o-r'.-.tium between the United State* and fii'eat Britain, whereby the datic* on the \ ?y>?cl* and cargoes of the respective parties fi*? u* regard* the commerce between the >' f^hltcd St .tev uii'l tUc territories of CJreat Bt-fin, in l".u?j>c, are equalised; l>nt that the provivon* of this reinvention do unt ex tend M the British colonial possessions lit >" America; in consequence of which, British !fc%vvs*cjjp arriving in ttic United Sf.tes fWm tt?n^? colonies, |> n thj discriminating duties l.cfflfc nu'iitioned, am mating on the veaw', t 1 <>nd dollar per t. n of it.i admeasurement; whil^Vcv.cK belonging to the United States pay only 3:x cents per top, 0:1 entering our omi |>ott?; but th't lhe?e vc*?eK entering British colonial ports, arc tuhjt^t to a coun tervailing duty <if four siuUhiKS am' three f^!in e< sterling, per ton, c|>i.dlo^l cents, ?elng the d'dTcicncc in fat or of American over British ve*?el.s, from tlie colonics, en tering the port* of the Un.U: I :tLilrs . nrarflBOT?/r,i \;,e governntcai of the United StaUs to HUiiril, oil t!ir principle of a just re ciptotity; bn; although much discussion has btcn had on the sotjje. t, and many laws have boon e.i"< ted in n-irrcwi! to it, hv both parties, the desired result ha* not yet b< M'l f|CC04lll'!lsilCd. By All acini congress, of Maivh 3d, IfilS, the tli*criin:n itir.g I'litics on vosacls and mer chundtK7 Aeie proiVorelVfo' lie repealed ui f ,"-?y foreign nation ja'hieli should, on It* part, "rPctproeatc the same provision* of law tow^rtls the United'iitote*. Hy the convention of 1HI5 and tUl* whs done between the United States find the ?orritorien of (#1 eat Britain, in Kurope: and a reciprocal liberty of Ammcrce waac?.tal> H*hcd between tliem, for the period of ten years from the last mentioued date. This { ?jjrothiccd no adequate retaxMiou k?*h ayatem in rctMtion t? her w?lo 1 which veasrlsof the United State* I to be ? xcludt?l; in c?Hisc(pien?.e, a " of M&reaper.t, on the part of Mtatea, rave. r?*e to the passing *B April, 1818, hy which the XJnited Statea were clor^d to u ariring from a port or place lish territory, to which vessel* itlxeiuiof the United State* were .In May, )820, the act of April, 1818, wa< attended, aoastocmlmtce, and exclude from tlia porta of the United State*, Bri tipla vte??cl* arriving in port* from lower Ca nada* Nova Scotia, New-Brunswick, New &tumiland, and all port* under the dominion r i Grtat Britain, in the West Indie*, and ou tk* continent of America, which, from ***** occa*ionallv opened, were not tAwderotia* included in the act of April, 101* otr botadftti ?otto enable the government ?rf ihe link ed iluttee* w??i?tciit III iti principle*, n-id Mwiy* ready to verify k% profession*, to meet ilifl overtnrra of any foreign nations on rqaal term** inhfay, 1622, aa act wm paa authorising the President, nu satlifac f fTkhnct t>rint5 given to him that the colonial uort* ware opened to the ?f the United Mtatos, to issue hin Oft, declaring the porta of the let opened to Brkish vessels em In fcbafc trade. hi consequenec of an set of Parlia ot June 24th, 182a, admitting vea he linked Htatea into certain enu poeta tm the BritUh colonics still law of coagrem was passed, March by whin the ports of the United re wwrt for vessels arriving M the add enumerated British from all others which were, or TnMH be, opened thereafter, to the vessels of the United Jkateej end the President wm authorised to ?m?ltae the dutite on surh British imii Md their cornea, m proof Mm e*ten to kin* ttuk no other, or high mull |yi iMtrthiitfiOt Imported tel CM#? United Btatas ? M???W to an pectatk*?s that 1 to ditcuMiens tf not to dUaatlsfoctlon, bp t?m the mitlti tnpied tn It, It may be useful hrifffy to advert i?." . ? - ,-v ? Oil the part of th* American government, k b alleged that a just reciprocity docs not exist, iiMimuch as the duues on American vessels and their cargoes, arriving ti Brittlth colonial port*, ?rc required to be disehaig ed by (ui immediate prompt paymoib tad frequently at a great sacrifice, to acquire the metni of doing It, while a credit it giv en for the duties payable on BritUsli vessels and their car$oc?, arriving in the United Stales from tie colonies, of six and nine months^ that IxihU, with sureties, aro re quired rqr the lauding el the return cargo tn a specified port in the United Htates which are occasionally ol>$uin?d with treat difficulty, by the owners or masters of the smaller Amcrlcen vnsels engaged in the irtdej tUnt an e^pprtlmty of 2 percent. It unposcdon the return cargo, which cannot he counterv tiled In the United Htates: that vessels arriving nt n bad m:?rkt t, have, nt uioev, not been allowed tu seek a better, unless by douMe payment of duties; while British vessels froro tiic We^t Indie*, seek ing a favorable sale hir their cat goes, may run along tlio whole coast nf the United States, from New Orleans to l?ast ports that onerous and heavy duties ami colonial f* e?, are exacted, amounting, aa It in stated, in w>;n?* instances) on small lumber-loaded ves sels to the value df the cargo?the latter of which is cnrro?>orated, in a degree by Mr. Iloxkiskon, in Ills speech inl'arnftirteni, in Mart It, of the Inst yeAr, in Which' lie I mentions the liability to abuse, andvrxatioti, 'if the practices in th is partio-lac; u?d Hates that, |n many instances the fees Alone, which are exacted upon a ship and cargo, amount to much more than all the public duties; and that im|Hirtant discriminating duty is Impo sed, in the We?t ludia market, on'theilour, the lu'cud stuff*. nod the lumncr of the I'iuted States, over tluit which is ptud on the ?anu* Aitieles when received from C-i inula. Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; and which, amounting in mnny instances to a full freight, give* a decisive advantage to importations frum the latter. /V nd although it is to l>c a<.linittedt that tonteof these regulation*arc of a character' so municipal as not to be legitimate objects of complaint. In reference to an internation al intercourse; yet they nevertheless do, in tact, contravene that just reciprocity on which it was to he presumed It would lie the desire of l>oth panics to place the trade be tween them. While the British government, on its i?tiit, ?-'intends as it is understood, that it is justified in nquiri ig an abrogation of the dis criminating dutl ??, In cdnte^hcnce of its Ua\ ing partially. -.pened its colonial ports f >r tiie unportuti n of a limited number ef articles from the Umtcd States and that H liib a fivht lo lt? ??^.wiiiKiiiiiMl^Allhml that ot admittur;, free of duty, the produce of Uk colonics however remotely situated, while it imposes an ioip<>st on articles of the suuie description l'it?ui other countries; but ?dlowmg .tome plauhibilitv to this reasoning, .t is to be recollected, that the qu??sti.-<n at issue, bet wen ttie two countries, is not to .ouch one nf aijstraet right, as of equality and reciprocity in entering into a coiumer* cial arrangeme.it intcmtul to promote the niutirtl advantage ef tn<h partie*. The foregoing presents n brief synopsis of the measures which have been naoptcd since the yeitr 1H1>, by the United Htates and Great Britain, relative to the trade with the British colonic-., and of Uic present state 1 of it. i The recommendation of the memorialists now i?: that the discriminating duties still imposed onIh-itixh vessels and merchandise from those colonies should be immediately altolisUcd; .mil tlut Hi iti-.lv vewcU, coming from whcncesoet er thev may, and with wliatNCvirlOMloct, should be admitted Into the portsof the United States, on the same terms as the vessel* end cargoes of tlte roost favored uation*. 't'he effect of which, tlvc committee be lieve, would be, summarily, to yield to fireat Britain all *hc crndd ask, witnout any equivalent accommodation being granted on her part. For, to admit British vessels in- < ditcriminatrly iuto the ports of the United j States with their cargoes* from whenccso ever arriving, or of whatsoever composed, on the same terms as our own vessels or those of the most favored nations, which would be the same thing* while she allows the adp, mission of American vessels Into her porta only partially, for certain prescribed arti cles, and thos* limited to the growth, pro duce or manufacture of the United Mates, and to a manifest disadvantage, when com pared with the like and the principal articles which she wanta, when from elsewhere inv ported Into the colonial port*, would oper ate aa a surrender of the principle of equali ty, and a withdraws* from tne < tmtrol of the gmvernment of the United Htates, of the means it possesses of leading to a better ami more desirable, because more equal, state of intercourse between the two coun tries. Front this View of the subject, and a cur sory reference to the numema acts which have been passed in relation to It, during tlte last ten years, both by the United States, imd by Great Britain, evidence will at once be furnished of the complexity of the inter ests connected with it, of the difficulty sat isfactorily to arrange them, and especially of the hi efficacy of isolated legislation for the attainment of this international object; and also affording, as the oommtttee cannot but believe, a strong grand of preference for aa arrangement being effected, if pcfteftl eable, by a convention between the two lust an.f jlffK.ral basis, which, when agreed to, would be pennn nent and unalterable for the term of its du ration, rather than to rely en detached, In dependent substantive T"*tr el legislation, Which, however wffl the U?fo4 Mate* bjr an set of Sis? against vcttMte trf the Unksd! winter* And go im extremely 1 iStltSe^c CS3&J!JS!P ^ iSJJSST. which construction know admitted, metiby the British. authoritk*th?in*clvts. to h%ve Vrem oil time vttwi. which mlfthl be extended, end? from the committee h?vin* ?*mw to believe that m ?djuMmert of the commercial intercourse betwecifrtto United Mates end the British colonial puewmtons ; forme one of the special end prominent ob jects Which b?ve been cowmhted to the minUtcr of the United States ut the court ot London; that * cor responding desire to aur .raage-fc en a satisfoetory footing appears to en 1st en the pert of the British government, end that the negotiator* respecting it ere expected to come to e definite Imuo before the next soAsion of cmRrmi the committee, although folly agr^lng with the memorisl taUlnfhe with to cidtivntu and extend the trade in question, which they trout may be done to the mutual advantage ot the parties concerned in it, ore Ktill unanimously of i opinion that it U nut expedient, at this time, | to legislate on the subject, and ?therefore, naked to be discharged from the further con sideration of the memorial, i Which is retpmfully submitted. To the preceding Ucfiort? a* think U right to add the fiiivivinr extract. Colonial Trade.?The New York Enquir er, a few days ago, speaking of the new or der In council, putting an end to our com merce with (he British .West Indies after the first of -Decern!**', observed,, thnt ' " During the last septal of congress Mb Lloyd, of Massachusetts, Introduced a bill into congress, the subject of which was to place the British tonnage in our ports on the name footing which she had placed ours on in her ports." Subsequently n correspondent of tlyd pa per, has furnished the following corrections of the statement of the editor.*? " The bill alluded to was not introduced by Mr; Lloyd, twit by (Sen. Smith, and it was supported by what U called, in court lan guage, "the factious opposition" in the sen ate. It wap opposed by Mr. Lloyd, and by the friend* of t(W cabinet, and, with two or threo exceptions, by thtn> only. A motion to lay the bill upon the table was made by (itn. Harrison, of Ohio, and carried by ayes and nays as follows:? Jtyr*?Burton, Denton, Boullgny, Chan dler, Edwards, Harrison, Holmes, John ?*n? ofjUxtWann, Kant, Lloyd, Marks, Noble, ReedMRobino, Kuggles, Bunford?1* * -A'av#?Berrien, brunch. Chafe, Dicker son, Harper, King, ?C Alabama, Macon, Rowan, Smith, TaseweM, Van Buren, White, Williams, Woodbury?11. . So for from Mr. Lloyd's supporting the JuteiwitR. i if i.ljpn^ ?vntCU^lv.g1Wwily t against the feeautre. Mr. Tsxewclt, ofvlr gml.i, openly ca'd Hint the cabinet wereop I:osed to anecrnary and proper a:t of Icgis ation, because tliey wished to have the eclat of ar.coinnli<dt:4g the same object by i negotlntlon nnd diplomatic address. Whatever the motive might have been, it is certain the defeat of a measure which would have prevented ll?e present unfortun ate state of our commercial intcroourac with the British colonics, was carried mainly by the immediate friends and supporters of the adminhtration. "-.Iipttpn Stauimait,.. \ [rao* ? The Hritish onlei^frt council rceeivcd by I the lute arrivals will not surprise any of our readers who arc acquainted with the CO* louhtf trade, and move particularly the net of parliament, wanted In the sosslotf .of 1*26. Indeed* tu? JMfprke If, in the first nlaee,. that si?ch an order did long before; and in lit ?OtljL that It docs not immedintcly close ttt^VRlMl colonial port* to vessels of the United States, Instead of keeping them open until December next.? We fear, in fact, we know, that the nature of thi? trade, nod the immediate point in dispute )? nut properly understood by the A meriean people. In the celebrated act of I' M, Great Britain departed entirely from her old colonial policy?a policy consolidat ed by tlte laws and Uilfn of two- centuries ?a policy established to increase the trade of the mother country and exclude that of ?11 other*?a policy, me abrogation of wlrfch emancipated the trade of the British pos sesions in the western hemisphere from a bondage of many generations and gave it to foreigners?the advantage of which to al-1 most exclusively enjoyed by the Unfcad Htates. It waa a concession we know made voluntarily, but was, nevertheless, entirely against h<rt-s?lf, and has been the subject of much loufl and vehement complaint by the party in Rngiand opposed to the free trade system of the present administration. This act went into operation in January last and admitted into all the British colonies on very I moderate duties, (shout halt the amount of those imposed here upon British mannfac tares) the manufactured articles of all coun tries whatever, that would admit British colonial vessels npon the footing of the mast favored nations. 'i*hto at once opened the ports of Canada, Nova Hoot la. New Bruns wick, the British West India, Booth Ame rican and African possessions to American cotton and woollen goods, ?imtture, car riages, tin and iron ware*, fee. 6cc. Yet this woidd not procure admission for Brittohl vessels on fair terms. But was the letter of the act adhered to In consequence and Ame rican vessels excluded from colonial ports?! No?the governors supposing that the refu sal wae the oAhpring of prejudice, or mto nMMliaoldn. which due reflection would get the better of, continued to admit Amerl M^^Ben the eld terms.H tirHta??iS35 wfiiwil urom, A IIUIC PRfW w ^rw,W ?ej*1 S?35?X3T ha*opened > . t A.? ittioti of fur issued. Tho cflfect of th& ?U _ to h% that tho British would hsriniis c? tomers to foremen to the cxteaSof ftur ? "?? -i . s ?? .*.?< a^v- ' Ooietuof dl to sh for the dci 331 Constantinople ww repreaentod to bo to a ate of great fermentation**) tho 3d August. The London GMmtttcitkit more money win lost and won within eine yw?ln thedif forcnt gaming hbuaefcin that metropolis Uion throe tome* tue yearly revenue ot the whole United States would amount to. "> f*v . I The kin* of Franco ha* granted kit ?*? out.tor to the nomination of our townsman, Mr. lame* Fcnimorc Coooper, to the post of Consul from the Unkod^Ute* ait hyena. InLeedf tho wotdlen and worsted eUUTIm *Sne*s continued to Improve. Rice* considerably advanced, Ashes hare advanced 2s per parcel. . JohnCi. Blddlc, Esq. of Philadelphia, aged 33 years, died atParis on the 30th August. The Danish government have ratified the treaty between Denmark and the United States, which was concluded at Washington on the 26th.of April Lost. (kit paper contains n full account of the Greek deputies. They *tate they hove in their hana* the sum of ?12,950 in favor of government. Among the Items are the fol lowing:?-Remitted to America for contract* ing for two frigates ?1*5,000. Services of Gen. Lullcmund (for 13 months) 4li,000i for a person who nuide a voyage to America ?400. A Ms Ifewrfog has* according to the 1 London Globe, realised the sum, of ?10*000 . by the Greek eauao. Notwithstanding the different plucking* the poor Greeks have met with, It give* us pleasure to state that their cause seems rath er more promising. If any rdiance-lsto be placed on the following accounts, It appears they have defeated the Ottoman* lately. Tho Italian Journal contfdaa the following article, dated Ancona* August 13:?" Let ters direct from Napoli di Romania give minute details of an important batMc fought near ancient Laconla, In the country of the Mainotes, in which the Tnrco-Rgyptian* lost serveral thousand men, beside*, all their bsuRuce and artillery, which fell Into the hands of the Greeks. It was added that Ibrahim Pacha was forced to flee, in order to avoid being taken prisoner, and was indebted' for his escape to the swiftness of hi* horc. The Greeks likewise suffered great loaa,aud General Nlkita* was among the slain.?The English Colonel Gordon commanded a divi sion of the Gceek troops." The Augthurgh (iaxtlte contain* the fol lowing intelligence dated Syra, July 29:? 44 Of the Turkish fleet which formed two di visions one sailed for Soda. The other took troops to Mityiopo and ttcin, and attacked sail, nn lvcd under the conjrnand ofscehtur* On the 37th an action "took place, In which the Greeka surcccdcd in setting Are to a large vessel of the enemy. The action con tinued on the following ?lay, but the result wa* not known-at Hjrra. Ibrahim, with <000 men, ho* had three actions to au?taln against the Greeks, and having been defeat ed in all of them, retreated hastily toCalama ta. All his troops in Greece are said not to amount to more Uuui fliOO'ufflON men, so that the Greeks have resolved to assume the onfcnaivc. In coMeuueace, 4000 Homellots have marched to join the other corps tiuit aro in campaign. Atlicns defends herself bravely against the troops cncampcd under | her walls." Letters from Constantinople state that St it ford ('ami'mp, in order to quiet the dis content! of the Turkish government, hn de clared to the Divan thatLord Cochrane wm mo longer n British subject, and that if he wan taken prisoner against the Porte the English oabinet would in* demand him. A. commercial am! navigation treaty has been entered Into between France and Brosll, II was received in the principal manufactu ring towns with great joy. M. Mitdrki hare arrived at Paris on a mis sion from the Colombian government. He had several communications with the minis ter of foreign affairs. The Emperor of Hussia was to have been crowned on the 5th Sept. at Mnsoow. An Algerine tqaodron of 13 vessels, Is cruising on the western coast of Italy, cap* turing vessels under the Roman flag. His holiness the pope has applied to France for a naval force, to old him. Mr. Canning has left London for Paris. The Journal des Debats says,, that an English squadron is in Mediterranean pre paring to take the Islands of Majorca, Miner va, and Ivica, should the negotiations for ( them st Madrid fail* 1 Hpain continues in an unsettled state, ami I the resignation of the duke ttel Infantadohas j not added to the tranquility. I The Ailgemeine '/eftung to the 7th Sep tember says, a captain, who arrived at Tri este on the 31st ult. in 38 days from Homos, states, that thc'Turfcish and OrecK fleets were still cruising off that island,. In sight of eachother. This account comes down about fourteen days later than that received through the Prrueh papers. - It is also said that the Turks had been defeated at Athens, contra ry to what has been asserted; but the news of the defeat requires confirm at ion. A man Is to he triad In Paris at the court of assises who pretends to be descended from the ancient kings of Denmark. Ills name la tthihamel, and he presents a long genealogi cal lUt to prove his case. This hopeful off spring of Canute and Hamlet is accused of forgery! Grttk Bttmm Shift*?The _ Irresistible, two ef the vessels formfog a UOII n wn VMMIMI ?? and p in iimtn Tltfiiiiliii<tigiii1 men tre annually m for the pur|k>se of At the f navy; but tne reeuiter Is n*t en generally known aa K ought |o be. Those who are so fortunate a* to escftpi the. ? feSSSSBSS disapiralntment to ourselves; if the publlca *;.sru^&SA* tkm of It may be the meaas c* safinr the llvea or property of any ofosur fellow-ciutcw? our wish will be accomplished) this Is bur Idle obje&ti did thou ' were >, pay very low, and reports against navy flowing In upon us from all skle*, iculurly from their own officers. The liufce returned who were In Carthageua, and witnessed the treatment we received, to publish our grlev* .**? * were aU furnished with provisional waj tpbe conCrmed bjj an ?ti(PTMrHf?^K_1_ gr?rco^~s^ss' rapid promotion* fee. >nd we **rfi ?> sanguine in our expectation*. On our arri val there we were soma what disappointed with the appearance of things ships with out crews, or the possSbttity of procuring them, pa the navy Nitlrawv^MI I -tj-JI . consequenre was, that In the couree of tea. months, six of the young men embarked for their native country lit disgust. The re* maiader, however, were determined to nee* we* v?vr4; tf;fhcm'& &i? sals? was too great to authorise their ouiuiag Ct without It frtir trial. We flattered ourselves that things might not be as bad as were rep resented. We were willing to ascrlbc the reports of the officer* to Interested motive* and hoped that orders from Bogota ipight better the prospects and confirm our war runts. We watted several months, but those orders never eame. By that time #e were folly satisfied that therfe was no prospect of going to sea. Regarded with jealousy by the native, treated With no respcct.snd un able to obtain vhe poor pittance due us?all that we received for upward* of live months pay wan the paltry sum ofjkfS 2J, Which amount wu for rattona. . This, of course, wo* iusuftielefit to support u?? and compelled us to go 111 debt to such of e^ countrymen as were there, and witling to assist us. Wc denpaired of receiving any kind of justice, and concluded that we could not dot better l then return to our native country, which wc resolved unanimously to da Mt the me m time, eight out of sixteen of our brother offi cers fell victims to the climate; Of the eight then remaining, five have just returned In the brig Bunker HU1; so that of twenty two who ejnfceifccd in tfc*jfrric* a few months ago, right are dcocTsed, and but three left at Carthagctw on the 8th August last, one of whom jjg? then sick with the If the treatment above cited has not been sufficient to damp Our ardour, the unfeeling nesa displayed by the officer* of government towards the aide and dying of oer bftthcr theirffiscasc, such ae refwdngthem a decent burial, and selling their clothe* and valua bles to the seamen, the surviving warranted officers not being allowed to take charge of, or even bid for the same, whltibtkey, the seamen, were told would be < part payment of tlfeir < sldered bjr every fcell throw a damp on our i cause, but to create* m the Vresteof Uteserrtyomc towards the*e persona _ But wo fnrbeartodweQ onsadUtfreeehle a sntyeet. This is. a. plain unv*rnUh?d ac count of our experleeeflu the Colombian navy and In laying k befcre the public, con sider ire are doing no mote thaa'ae*drily* and sleerely hope k may deter ejher ynueg men from entering lnt? the affine unthankful v InplOT m6m? A* an dijectef publie fc??fllmei, k fa jK^ thy^our' pefcef* i/wrmy ''The following The IhtditM <i urrtful compliments to the honour of hie eei Thursday next at Hk of (lerem, on Thursday iMxt at 10todtuner,| tube previously engaged tn 2L."l '?wrfvaniMt jj v * ? f* '