FEB. 14• .lect of abuses, in whateyer department they 1113 V exist, or even said to exist, is become the subject of Parliamen tary inquiry, whether the facts be substantiated or not ; whether the charges originate in the vengeance of a &cal d ed mistress ; or the whole business be the result of private inalce, or the !ow inttigues of a few obscure individuak— we still consider it of the highest importance and of indis pensible necessity, to institute frequent inquiries of this na ture. Ab ases do exist in every government and the great est vigilance can scarce prevent their accumulation. The individual, therefore, who has the coura:,e to conic forward and expose them, whatever be his motives, is iri dabted to the thanks of the ; as he serves to keep alive that suspicious jealousy of men clothed. ‘vith power, who, unfortunately,. have too st r -, A;;; a bias and too much interest, to convert it to their own list and that (3$ their dependents, to the grat detriment of the commtukity. We .• l l 11 ‘ repeat it again that the man who attacks malversations, of sing the abwve - Bill with the amendments which had bee any kind, is entitled to the thanks and protection of the public ; and however mortifying an inquiry of this nature may be to the illustrious personage whose conduct is the object of it, as he must be convinced however, that these charges cannot affect him, he should consider himself in- debted to Mr. 'WARDLE, for Navin; Le brought them made by the House of Representatives, and on Monda n y the Government would take measures for carrying it into . immediate effect. " 'The Non-Intercourse Act is the next subject of Cane gressional consideration. " The returns of the Electoral Votes for the Preeident f a i r ly be- 'and Vice-President were completed,. and stand as follows.; e l ilr i ) fore the public. For the i I ItUstOENT. — J. Madison, 1.22 ; C. Pinckney', 45.; G. Clinton, 6. . - ... - .:.i...........VTi 1.,i V ter:- I' u us 1 orvT.—G. Clinton, 113 ; Rufus King, 48 ;J. Hatnburgh and Altona Papers have been received to Longden, 9 ; Madison, 3; Munroe. 1. .. the 2SIli ult. They contain some further particulars re- "Of course Messrs. Madison and Clinton were elected." httive to the late insurrection in Constantinople ; but are . Intelligence is said to have arrived of the relinquishment not sufficiently explicit, so as to enable us to form even a of the Expedition against Martinique. The previous in - conjecture relative to the present state of the Ottoman . formation of the succours thrown into the !shunt had . 4 ' . i Capital, We are informed that MusTaenA IlAtietterArt is prepared us for this account. . 1, i eertainly dead ; but not the s li g h test intellie•ence is com- -6 s-, manic:lied, whether the party he org anised is still in possession of power, or his projects of reform are pursued by the Divan. On these material points they guard the most impenetrable silence. As the Vienna 1 1 Gazette never fails to take a particular notice of the oc- etirrences in the Ottoman Empire; and as the late events , eti N n S i r s e ta a n r c e e c s. oncerned to state that Martinique has been r e - licyed, and that under very singular and mortif3ine cit- e, Three French frigates, viz. the Juno. the Venus, and the . tu- hitrioe, sailed in company from Cherbour , on the 13th of Xi,- Gazette yember, with troop; and provisions on board. On the 31 or Drceimber, her .lat. 4 . 2 . . the Amphitrite, having previously . sepa- rti f rom het ((instals, fi ll in with the Lord (' ran-town amid i 11.. . !• must have produced a considerable change in the measures Lydia,, of and from Liverpool, hound to St. K itt's and St. and policy of the Porte, we have reason to be surprised that Croix. The Lydia vas immediately ca potted, as was the the German Papers, under the controul of France, are not Crans.oun, after making a spirited resistance. The former more explicit on this subject. was burn t ; and her crew,' with some other prisoner- , , were The intelligence cif the continuance of the American put on hoard an American brig, and' sent to Lnetand Embargo had caused a very strong sensation iu the North The Nmpititrite mounts 44 guns, and tsad on boart (200 troops • , of Germany, where beef,. for the succour and reinforcement of the garrison of Mar- i , scarcity of Colonial produce. Sonic military movements, , $ . on the part of the French. are likewise mentioned ; and the 1 til' A ur i " e . i . ter from Barbnioec, dated the 2.lth of December, after l' carps of General De pistol., stationed in Ilanan, is to be statirg the above affair in a similar ntaituer, proceeds: '' Two i attglitelltCd to 30,000. men. Some troops which had passed brigs an d two i ,clonniers. which also arrived from France bound $ the Rhine were counter-ordered, and resumed their former to Rtatinique, have escaped eur cruizers, though there are 41_ , .. station near Frankfurt. What gives some weight to these wards of a dozen roun d that i s land since it was p ut in a state (or , . movements, is the mysterious manner in which a journey of blockade. As General V illaryt is so much reniforced, I fear it ' the Archduke CILARLFS to Berlin is alluded to. ' t he . will cost us many a weary day' s work, ::mid many valuable lives, ' certain circumstances, alluded to in the Hanikureh Papers, to get possession of Fort Ilourbnn." • 6 In consequence of the above supplies of troops and provi- , which will decide the Archduke's journey, arc pro- ;ions, it is repotted that the L xpedition against .tiartinique is, bably the return of the. King and Queen of PaessrA for the present, relinquished. from Petersburg, accompanied by the Emperor Aerx.i.e- A Short Diaidgme on a Long Subject between a Gentleman , DER.. There is no man now existing more capable of . an d hi s F r i s eur.—Friseur. lam sorry, Sir, to tell You, that vomit conciliating the different States, and collecting their afferent hair has now so much decayed, that it is nut of my payer r a i energieein one common point, than CHAIR vs of Austria.— i dress you full in front.--Grnt. You are right, Thomas; 1 have llis popularity, his public and private virtues, his military l tried innume , able specifics for the grow th of I air ; hut I find ms j exploits, reniler him peculiarly qualified to play the part l alteration for the better. Can ynu tell me of a remedy really .! of mediator and deliverer in the present distracted state of '1 etli`'"c" "" ''' - '• r l i '''''• I c a " , si r , and (4"' that h"s "e'en f"ile'd o f surres : i t , i s hi g hly popular, and hay a Ito . lial Sourtion; t .. • 1 1 the Cantivent. His organizatieu of the Austrian armies on i tl mean the Macaisar Ni!---so natneil hecan4e it i., extracted from. x more effecti.ve and formidable footinn• than they ever had T a ii „ in the island or maea ,,, nr, in the E ,,, t itlilie: ,. it I, a n been, since the establi.;:iment of the monarchy, will give 11 tit:lie! and uniivancit preparation, anti it iS in tile tiloiits.t rt' s o me weight, to his negotiations . and patriotic eKertions. : le a te —G.er. I cordially thank V ou. Who are th e pr . to pri. , Our present olp;erY ations will, perhaps, explain an article . ie ors ? t'reeer. IIoN% land and Son, corner of Kirbv- , tieet, i;i one or Ow last Freuch Bull:Lite:. It is therein dal ea, that 1. Hatton-Gard n : tee it is :lige , :elfl by titer a ppeieleioei a . ; mov e. . . lie: - imperial lica..i-qua.rters e era to le; reitteNed, ;eat. that ti minfet Lee fa al,e- e,;:7 t, 5% as, ~:i. ,ou urey• i ' , . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 109 relays of horses were established between Benevente and ()nue. We should not be in the least surprised, if w• soon heard of the speedy arrival of BusrArAturc at Paris, perhaps at Strasburg! L ght vessels have arrived at Liverpool, laden with cot ton, m hich had escaped from America in violation of the Embargo Act. The Embargo Act, which i%issed on the th of January, contains a clause which enacts that aIF vessels which were then loaded should immediately re-land their cargoes, or give substantial bonds to six times , their value, that they would not proceed to a foreign port. One of the above vessels bas brought New-York Papers to the 11th ult. From the milertanale Chronicle "of that 'lntr., we make the following extracts : " The Bill for coforcinz the Embargo, which originated in the Serytte, underwent much discussion and several amendments, upon which the Yeas and :bass were called: ten different times. The NH was eventuaily agreed to, by a major;ty of more than two to one; Yeas 71, Na) s On Saturday - the 7 th inst. the Senate concurred in pilsiL. , vhich had b'