ed by neutrals, were admitted into the ports of to make way for an amendment, which Mr. L. France and her allies. But France, determined offered, to the 13th section, making it optional to adopt every means which could tend to the des- with the state legislatures to direct the mode of distruction of her ancient enemy, refuses to furnish tributing the arms.

her any longer with a market for her manufactures

Mr. Nelson moved to recommit the bill to a com

or productions. This determination, however it mittee of the whole house, for the purpose of so may abridge the trade of neutrals, is nevertheless modifying its provisions as to produce more unania municipal regulation, with which they have no mity amongst the members of the house. Motion natural or legal right to interfere. How then lost. stands the case between Mr. Foster and the secreta- Question on Mr. Lacock's amendment recurred, ry of state? 'Tis true he has not in direct terms and was decided in the negative-Yeas 48, nays 67. said to Mr. Monroe "demand of the emperor NaVarious amendments of minor importance were poleon permission to carry our productions and made to the bill, and on the question, "shall the manufactures into her ports, and we will suffer bill be engrossed and read a third time ?" your vessels to pass and repass unmolested, because Mr. Nelson spoke at length against it. Messrs. you will then be contributing to enrich us as well Bigelow, Gholson and Troup, also assigned their as yourselves." No, this is not indeed the lan- reasons for voting against the bill, and the house guage of the minister; but he has said unless you adjourned without taking the question. exact from France the restoration of neutral com- Saturday, Febuary 1.-Mr. Bigelow from the merce to the situation in which it stood previously committee appointed to wait on the president with to the promulgation of her restrictive decrees, his resolution, passed some days since, reported (namely, to that situation which permitted the in- that the committee had performed the same, and troduction of British productions and manufactures that the president had informed the committee, that into the extensive markets of the French empire) the subject should receive due attention.

the orders in council shall remain in force, his royal The house then took up the bill for the classificahighnes will persist in his measures of retaliation, tion and arming of the militia.

Carried.

he will aim a blow at the Corsican which must Mr. Widgery moved an indefinite postponement pierce you before it can reach him. We ask, in of the bill-Motion lost, 48 to 53. the name of common sense, where is the difference Mr. Condit moved a reduction of the annual between these two propositions? We confess our appropriation, from $400,000 to $200,000— ignorance of any indeed we cannot avoid considering the correspondence throughout a tissue of mean prevarication, to say no more. Almost every second letter is an attempt to do away the impression naturally and fairly flowing out of the first. Is this the effect of imbecility in the minister, or is it a concerted scheme to trifle with the already exhausted patience of the nation?

On motion of Mr. Tallmage, it was ordered that the bill lie on the table, when,

The bill reported by the committee of ways and means, for defraying the expences of the civil list for the year 1812 was gone into.

Tuesday, February 4.-Mr. Rhea presented a resolution of the legislature of Tennessee, requestWe would follow Mr. Foster through many ing the assistance of the general government in more of his turnings and doublings; but this article opening a road between Augusta, in Georgia, and is already extended to a much greater length than Tennessee. Referred to the secretary of war. we intended; we trust we have succeeded in prov- Mr. Bacon, from the committee of ways and ing that the import of Mr. Foster's letters has not means, reported a bill to repeal the 10th section of been misunderstood in either of the cases adduced; the act incorporating the Bank of the United States, and that the pretensions, set up by Great Britain as which was twice read and committed. [This secnecessary preliminaries to her repeal of the orders tion provides that the notes of the United States' in council, are wholly inadmissible by the United bank shall be receivable in all payments to the States. United States.]

Twelfth Congress.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, January 31.-Mr. Bacon from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill for the support of the military establishment of the United States for the year 1812. Read twice and referred to a committee of the whole house.

The speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of the treasury, containing a statements of imports during the last year.

Also an account of the tonnage of the United States, in conformity with a resolution of the house.

Also a letter from the secretary of the navy, with an account of the pay and rations of the several officers employed in the navy of the United States, which were ordered to be printed.

The house resumed the consideration of the bill Mr. Bacon from the same committee, reported for classing and arming the militia of the United a bill making appropriations for an additional mili-States. The question was on the bill's going to a tary force-read twice and referred as above. third reading. Messrs. Bigelow, Moseley, Rhea,

The house took up the order of the day, the bill and Sturges spoke against the bill's being enfor classing the militia. grossed; and the latter gentleman concluded his Mr. Mitchell's motion to strike out the first sec-observations, by a motion to recommit the bill. tion still before the house. The question was taken, Messrs. Harper, Potter, Rhea, Gholson and without further debate, by ayes and noes, and Widgery expressed themselves in favor of arming, were-yeas 38, nays 64. but not of classing the militia.

Mr. Lacock moved to strike out the 8th section for the purpose of introducing a new section. This motion produced a long debate not unattend ed with warmth, but was subsequently withdrawn President's message 5th Nov.

Messrs. Williams, Macon and Wright (members of the committee who reported the bill,) opposed the motion to re-commit the bill. They wished the sense of the house to be taken upon it, without further loss of time; but if the house decided in favor of re-commitment, they hoped the bill would

not be sent back to them, as they had reported suen making appropriations for the support of an addi. a bill as they approved; and if it were to be new-tional military force, for the same period. The modelled, they wished it to go to those gentlemen committee having filled up the blanks in theseveral who had expressed so much dissatisfaction with it, bills, they were reported to the house. The house though they believed but few of them would vote took them up, concurred with the committee in for it in any shape. the amendments, and ordered the bills to be engrossed for a third reading to morrow.

The motion for a re-commitment was lost. The question was then taken upon the engrossment of the bill, and carried 62 to 59.

On motion of Mr. D. R. Williams, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Calhoun in the chair, on the bill supplemental to an act for raising, for a limited time, a military force. Mr. Williams explained the object of this bill to be to provide for mounting a regiment of horse artillery, directed to be raised by a law of 1808. The bill was reported without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

On motion of Mr. Cheves, the house went into a committee of the whole, Mr. Widgery in the chair, on the bill making further appropriation for the defence of our maritime frontiers.

On motion of Mr. Bacon, the house again resolv. ed itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Nelson in the chair, on the bill making appropriations for the support of the navy for the year 1812. The committee having gone through the bill, reported it to the house with amendments. The house considered the amendments, agreed to them, and ordered the bill to a third reading on to-morrow.

Thursday, February 6.—Mr. Williams reported a bill authorising a detachment of 100,000 militia, and appropriating one million of dollars for the purpose. Some minor business was done, to be noticed hereafter.

The Chronicle.

The blank in the bill for the appropriation, was filled with a million of dollars. The house concur red in the amendment, and the bill was ordered to a We have accounts from France to the 22d of third reading. December, but no news of importance. Our miWednesday, Feb 5.-The speaker laid before the uister, Mr. Barlow, appears to be very respectfully house certain resolutions of the legislature of Ken-treated. Flour and rice are in demand, the crops tucky, expressive of their approbation of the course having been short. The Prussian army is reduced of policy pursued by the general government, and pledging their most cordial support.

A hill from the senate to promote the progress of science and useful arts, was twice read and referred to a select committee.

The bill for classing and arming the militia was read the third time; and the question being taken on the passage of the bill, it was negatived, 58 votes to 55. [The yeas and nays in our next.]

The bill supplementary to an act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, passed the 12th of April, 1808, was read the third time and passed.

The bill making a further appropriation for the defence of our maritime frontier, was read the third time; and on the question "shall the bill pass its third reading?"

Mr. B. Hall called the yeas and nays upon the question, [and stated his objections.]

to a peace-establishment. Hostilities between the Russians and Turks have for a long time been suspended; but now likely to be renewed. Publit opinion, as far as could be ascertained in France, was favorable to America.

Extracts from London papers to the 18th of December are before us— -The Spanish general Blake acknowledges that he lost 4,000 men in the battle near Sagúntum; he had retired under the walls of Valentia, which city it was believed at Cadiz, would be taken by the French. Blake is accused of treason. Hostilities were expected to commence in Sicily between the Sicilians and the BRITISH, and the latter appear to calculate upon driving the legitimate sovereign" of the island to Surdina!

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A long article in the London Courier notices the president's message, and insists on those conditions being fulfilled which Mr. Foster, by explanation, says he did not expect. The affair of the President It was defended by Messrs. Cheves, Mitchell, and Little Belt is also spoken of-the editor proposes Talmadge, Potter, Wright, Sheffey, and Widgery, to settle the affair by sending out a frigate to attack who stated that the appropriation was called for by the first American frigate she can meet with. To the proper authority: that New York and Rhode- this we, with equal confidence and consequence, Island had been mentioned by the secretary of war say but one word-AGREED.

as requiring a part of the expenditure, but that the The United States' frigate Constitution, captain appropriation was intended to be left at large to be Hull, sailed from Cowes for France, December 21. used as the president of the United States might The king of England was as well as per last think proper, and according to existing circum-advices. stances that it was impossible at this time, to foresee what might be necessary in this respect; and that the president, who is entrusted with the use of the military force of the country, might very well be entrusted with the expenditure of this money, or any part of it, on such fortifications as he might deem it necessary to erect or repair.

The question on the passage of the bill was car ried, 88 to 25.

The orders in council were still in force. American flour is stated to command a price equal to twenty dollars a barrel in England.

Price of stocks, December 18.-3 per cent. cons, for op. 64 1-8 1-4, 3 per cent. 62 3-47-8, 4 per cent. 78 3-8 1-2.

The British have captured Batavia, the famous seat of the Dutch power in the East. Details here after.

The unfinished business being postponed, On motion of Mr. Bacon, the house went into a -By the aid of a supplement, we present our committee of the whole, Mr. Stanford in the chair, readers with a plentiful repast of original and ses on the bill making appropriations for the military lected matter. As we have given a general credit to establishment of the United for the year 1812; the the National Intelligencer for congressional articles, bill making appropriations for six companies of it is just to observe, that Mr. Anderson's speech is mountain rangers, for the year 1912; and the bill copied from the American.

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Destruction of the Mamalukes.

Shakspeare-HENRY VIII.

Islamism; and the head of the law at Constanti nople had asserted, that misfortune must attend all their undertakings, so long as the cradle of their faith remained in the hands of heretics. Jussuf, pacha of Damascus, had not been able to resist the numbers and the enthusiasm of this new sect; and Suliman, pacha of Acre, had in consequence been commissioned to send the head of Jussuf to Con Egypt has ever been considered by the Mamalukes stantinople; and assume the command of the The unfortunate Jussuf as their patrimony; and so deeply was this idea Pachalik of Damascus.

[From Bell's Weekly Messenger.] The following narrative is said to be extracted from the papers of a gentleman who was travelling in Egypt, in the capacity of Travelling Fellow of the university at Cambridge, at the time the massacre took place:

But the

impressed upon their minds by long possession and fled to Cairo, where he was hospitably received by undisturbed enjoyment, that they complained of the Mahommed Ali, and protected from the attempt infringement of their rights, when upon the evacuaof his rival; and the Porte finding Suliman no tion of the English army, the Porte, was reinstated better able than Jussuf to support its authority in its original authority, But had it even been con against its infidel impugners, at last ordered the sistent with justice to restore to the Mamalukes pacha of Egypt to undertake the recovery of the their usurped dominion, such conduct would scarce holy cities, and promised to invest him with the ly have been reconcileable to sound policy; since government of Damascus and Acre. their numbers have been so much reduced by the The pacha of Acre was already highly exaspe superiority of the French arms, as to incapacitate rated against the viceroy of Egypt on account of them from defending the country against the attacks the asylum granted to his unfortunate predecessor; of a foreign invader, or even from suppressing the and this order and promise of the Porte at once languid efforts which the native Egyptians might increased his desire for revenge, and presented an make against the tyranny of their masters. Yet opportunity of gratifying it. He listened with the Beys, though sensible of their weakness, still eagerness to the proposal made to him by the sighed for the pleasure of unlimited dominion, of Mamalukes of joining his forces with theirs, and of which they had been so lately deprived; their obe falling upon Mahommed Ali and the small redience to the Turkish viceroy, except when enforcmains of his army which would be left in Egypt ed by arms was nearly nominal, and the operations after the departure of the expedition against Mecca The plan was of his government were perpetually embarrassed under the command of his son. and resisted by Mamaluke intrigue or rebellion.matured and the period of its execution seemed They were carrying on open wat in upper Egypt fast approaching; as the pacha of Egypt had asagainst Mohammed Ali, the present viceroy and sembled a number of boats, nearly sufficient to Pacha, and were even then on the eve of extermi convey his troops down the Red Sea to Gedda, and nation, when the news arrived of the landing of the his army was collected and encamped near Cairo, British army under general Fraser. Upon the receipt in readiness to march down to the coast. of his intelligence, the Pacha immediately concluded jealousy and vigilance of the viceroy was as great peace with the Mamalukes as his less danger-as the treachery of his enemies. A person in the ous enemies, and led his troops against the British, confidence of Sciaim Bey had been bribed to bewith what success is too well known. In one of tray his master, and regularly transmitted to the the articles of that treaty, it was stipulated that the pacha copies of the correspondence carried on by the whole corps should come and reside at Cairo; with Beys of Cairo with those in Upper Egypt and Sulithis condition great part of them complied; and, man of under the command of Sciaim Bey fixed their residence at Gizeh, near the capital, but on the opposite bank of the Nile: the remainder under the command of Ibrahim Bey, continued in upper Egypt. Mahommed Ali, on his return from Suez to The Beys, convinced of the inutility of contending Cairo, announced the approaching completion of against a man who was their equal in fraud, and his preparations against Mecca; and that therefore their superior in force, relinquished for the present, on the first of March he should celebrate the grand their attempt to overthrow the Pacha's authority; festival on the occasion of solemnly investing his waiting until one of those sudden convulsions to son, Tussom Pacha with the pelissé of command, which Oriental despotism is subject, should remove previous to the departure of the expedition. The or enfeeble the object of their apprehensions, and Mamalukes in Cairo were requested to honor the open a way to the recovery of their former in-ceremony with their presence; and accepted the fluence. invitation. The procession was to pass throug About this period, the Forte entertained consi-the private streets of Cairo up to the citadel, wh derable alarm on account of the rapid progress of the investiture was to take place. The Tu the Wechabt. Mecca and Medina were in the pos-infantry led the way, and was followed b session of these seceders from the catholic faith of Mamalukes on horseback, under the comm

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The porte was daly informed of the designs c. e conspirators, and when its definitive orders were received, the viceroy immediately prepared to carry them into execution.

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Sciaim Bey, who was supported by two sons of the and it was not until the houses of the Mamiake viceroy Ibranim Bey, and Tussum Pacha; the were already stripped of every thing valuable, that Delhairi or Turkish cavalry followed, and closed he sallied out at the head of his guard, and by the the procession. The foot had already entered the instant execution of the most active delinquents, interior of the citadel, and the Mamalukes pressing put a stop to farther depredation, and delivered the between the inner and outer wall of the fortress, inhabitants of Cairo from the apprehensions of a along a narrow way inclosed on both sides by high general sack and massacre. walls and ruined buildings, when the gates at each The day after this butchery, the heads of the bers extremity of the passage were closed. The pacha and principal cachets, to the number of twenty-four, had revealed his intention to no one until this mo-were forwarded to Constantinople. An order was ment, when he ordered his inantry to line the given at the same time for the slaughter of all the walls which surrounded the Mamalukes, and to remaining Mamalukes in Egypt. In the course of Commence a heavy fire upon them; even his sons the month seven or eight hundred were destroyed Were still mixed with them, and for a time exposed in the towns and villages; and the heads of such 25 to the same fate. The Mamalukes, cooped up in a had been taken in the neighborhood of the capital, narrow space, where their equestrian skill, and were brought on camels to Cairo, and daily exposed their dexterity in the use of the sabre, were una- before the gates of the citadel. A large body of vailing; impeded by their own numbers, encum troops marched immediately against the beys in besed by their dresses of ceremony, and surround upper Egypt, who were encamped near the Ca ed on all sides by an enemy superior in force and taracts, at the head of eight or nine hundred Maprotected by his situation, made but a feeble resis maluke sabres, with a considerable body of negroes tance, and were soon compelled to surrender: The and Arabs♦ under the command of Ibrahim Bey. cket of the inner gate was then opened and the This chieftain is, with the exception of Osman Turkish soldiers dragged out their victims one by Bey Hassan, the only leader of note who survives, one into the court of the citadel, where they were and is well known as such to every English and first stripped, and then beheaded. They met their French commander who has served in E. ypt. But fate, it is said, with the most undaunted courage; both he and Osman are incapacitated by age from regretting only that the cowardice of their adver acting with energy proportioned to their difficul saries had deprived them of an opportunity of dis-ties, and from supporting the fatigues inci ent to playing that bravery and skill which the Turks their erratic mode of warfare. Indeed, a report has had so often and so fatally experienced; and me- lately reached England, that the pacha's troops had naced their executioners with the vengeance of surprised the Mamalukes of Upper Egypt, and their brethren in Upper Egypt. Sciaim Bey was succeeded in destroying the last remains of this brought alive into the presence of the pacha, who singular people, which had subsisted under such vareproached him with his treachery to himself, and fried fortune from the days of Saladin to the present with the assassination of his adopted father, Elfi period.

Bey; and then ordered him to be led away to exe The beys who perished on the first of March last, cution. Some of the Mamalukes, whilst the atten- were:-Sciaim Bey Elfi, Achmet Bey, Murad tion of the Turks were engaged by the slaughter Bey, Jichia Bey, Noman Bey, Emim Bey, Hus of their companions, succeeded in climbing over sein Bey, the elder, Hussein Bey, the younger, of the walls which enclosed them; most of these, the house of Elfi; Suliman Bey, Rosehwan Bey, however, unable to escape out of the precincts of Ibrahim Bey, Achmet Bey, of the house of Elbuab; the citadel, were taken and beheaded in the course Jussuf Bey Abujah; Marzuc Bey, sou of Ibrahim of that or the following day; three of them com-the Great; Ali Bey el Fajumi, Achmet Bey Cherived to secret themselves for nearly a week rengi; with five other Beys o less note. amongst the dilapidated buildings at the fortress, Emim Bey Elfi, and Achmet Bey Elfi, (two whe and when almost expiring with hunger were dis-accompanied Elfi Bey to England,) were reported covered, and shared the fate of their comrades.to have escaped. It was said, that on seeing the Several who had concealed themselves until the inner gates of the citadel closed, they immediately first fury of their murderers was overpast, were suspected treachery, and, being in the rear of the suffered to live for some time in the dungeons of Mamaluke procession, had time to turn round and the castle; and the pacha, when his safety requir-escaped before the outer, gates were closed upon ed no farther bloodshed, was disposed to spare them. It is not probable, however, that they were their lives; but the Chiaja Bey, viceroy lienten thus fortunate, as the officers of the pacha asserted ant, hearing of this intended clemency, and doubt-that their heads were amongst the number of these ing the policy of it, immediately caused his prison- sent to Constantinople. The principal heys who ers to be privately executed before the intelligence remained in March last in command in Upper of their pardon could be officially announced to Egynt were Ibrahim Bey the Great, Osman Bey him. Of eight hundred Mamaluk who were en Hassan, Selim Bev Machrami, Achmet Bey Mainclosed within the walls of the citadel, it is not cer fauch, Ali Bey Ajub. tainly known that any escaped except a few boys, who owed their safety to their extreme youth and personal attractions, During the carnage, the Delhati, against whom the gates of the citadel had The flax of New Zealand has been repeatedly been closed, after the entry of the Mamalukes, by offered to the attention of the institution of the arts way of equivalent for their absence from the slaugh-in France, and Labillardiere has communicated the ter, began to plunder the houses of the Beys.-result of his experiments, which he fully describes. Their women, their money, their jewels, horses, The result is that the Indian cordage had its and arms, ell all into the hands of the spoilers-strength represented by the power of seven, that of This pillage indeed, was contrary to the orders of flax between eleven and twelve, that of hemp behe pacha, who had no intention that so valuable a tween sixteen and seventeen, that of the flax of ty should be lost to himself; but he could not New-Zealand which is the Phormium tenax of LinUnfinished the work of death in the citadel;næus, between twenty-three and twenty-four, and

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New Zealand Flax.

that by silk of thirty-four. And that the quantity forbidden to cause any ram whatever to be castrated, in which they stretch before they break, is another until one of our said inspectors shall have examined proportion which he represents for the Indian cor- the animals, both old and young; shall have given dage at two and an half, for the flax at half, forthe to the sheep owner an attestation thereof; shall have New-Zealand flax, one and an half, and five for silk.chosen rams for the depots, and shail have licensed The report ends in a recommendation of the New-the castration of those left defective, which he shall Zealand flax, which might be cultivated in France. mark for that purpose. The surplus shall be bought In the recommendation he says, "It is easy to per from time to time on account of ceive all the advantages which may result from the government. 9. Every owner of a flock of the mixed breed, cultivation of this valuable plant, particularly for who is within the depot, and to whom the depot can our marine, and in regard to the burden of the ves-furnish rams for his ewes, shall be held bound to sels, for in a 74 we allow 68 thousand weight for have all his males to be eastrated. the cordage used upon her. The flax of New-Zea- 10. Any bre ch of the articles shall be ascertainand would lessen the weight more than one half, and ed by the inspectors of the flocks, or, at their re by diminishing the weight of the cordage reserved quisition, by the officers of the police, and punished below decks, it would admit more of articles of the by confiscation of the castrated animals, in the case first necessity. As the cordage lessens in diameter, deseibed by the article 8, and the animals not casand not in strength, the vessel might sail better, trated, in the case described, by article 9, and fur. and the cordage being smaller and lighter than that ther, by the penalty of not less than one hundred, of hemp, fewer hands would be required to manage and not more than one thousand francs, which shall, it, and so more vessels might be navigated with however, be doubled in case the offence being re Lewer hands. (Essex Reg. peated.

Merino Sheep.

11. There shall be for the superintendance and inspection of the depots, for the purpose of making purchases, and exercising the police, four inspec

France and America are at this time, (says a late tors general, and a common inspector for each dis. Glasgow paper,) indefatigable in their respective ex-trict, the extent of which shall be regulated by our ertions to propagate, as extensively as possible, the minister of the interior. breed of merino sheep, with the evident view of ri- 12. The inspectors general shall be charged to valing, in time, the woolen manufactures of Great Britain. The following decree by Bonaparte plainly manifests his view of this important subject.

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visit, once a year, every depot, and every flock of pure and improved blood, each in that part of the empire which shall be assigned to him; make purchases of rams on account of government, comprehending all the information which he can obtain with respect to this branch of rural economy.

Palace of the Thuilleries, March 8, 1811. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, the depots, distribute the rams for the season, visit 13. The common inspectors shail superintend Mediator of the Swiss Confederacy, &c. &c. &c. the flocks which they are serving: prescribe saluta On the report of our minister of the interior, and our council of state having heard the same, wespect the pure and improved ticks, as well as corry measures, and cause them to be executed; in

have decreed as follows:

Formation of Depots of Merino Rams. Article 1.-In the course of the year 1811 and 1812 there shall be formed 60 depots of merino]

rams.

2. Each of these depots shall consist of at least 150, or at most 250 rams.

3. They shall be entrusted to land owners, or farmers, who shall maintain and take care of them, receiving the profit which arises from the fleece, and an annual indemnity, to be, in the first instance, regulated by our minister, according to the price of fodder and, other local circumstances.

respond with the minister of the interior, the prefect and inspector general, under whom they shall be placed.

14. The inspectors general shall have a salary of 8000 francs per annum, and 4000 francs for the expenses of their circuit.'

15. The common inspectors shall have a salary of 8000 francs per annum, and 4000 francs for the expenses of their circuit.

16. To carry the preceding measure into execunister of the interior, a fund of 600,000 francs for tion, there shall be placed, at the disposal of our mi1811, and successively for other years, the sum neCessary to complete and ruaintain the depots till the system of amelioration shall be fully attained.

4. When the season shall arrive, the rams shall be distributed gratuitously among the owners of the native flocks, who shall take care of them, shall be answerable for them, except in cases of unavoidaOur ministers of the interior, of finance, and the ble accidents, and shall return them to the depot,him, with the execution of the present decree, treasury, are charged, each as far as it concerns after using them.

5. The number of depots shall be annually in which shall be inserted in the bulletin of laws. creased for seven years, till there shall be 500.

6. Their situations shall be determined by our mi nister of the interior, according to the wants of breeders, and other local circumstances.

7. In order to form these depots, all the rams shall be taken which are on our imperial farms, ex

(Signed)

By command of the emperor,

NAPOLEON..

II. B. Duke of Bassano.

Mr. Anderson's Speech

cept a reserve for their own wants; all those, which In the senate of the United States, Dec. 17, 1811, in

shall in future be produced thereof; all those, which shall from time to time be bought of individuals, they being ascertained by the inspectors, of whom mention will be made below, to be of pure sace; without admixture.

support of this motion to reduce the number of regiments proposed in the bill to raise an additional military force, and in reply to Mir. Giles.

Mr. Anderson said, he was not a little surprised to hear the gent eman from Virginia (Mr. Giles,} 8. Every owner of a flock, therefore, which is say that he was unprepared to oppose a very unexEnown to be of pure blood as above described, is{pected motion, when he (Mr. A.) had two days be