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' 41MERICA . . : 14F.W.YORK, IDLY 14. 44 RUPTURE Wll3l MR. FoSTEß.—Every body i> asking if it is arne that there has been a rupture at Washington, between the President and the British A nibassador. Without any doubt, no negociation can proceed at Washington until after Mr. Foster shah have received an answer to the dispatches sent by Ad miral Sawyer, respecting the affair Of the Little Belt. —As to that, there is as little doubt that the British Governmen. will demand from ours a plain and ca tegorical answer, whether Commodore Rodgers acted in purswanee of any new and special orders ? If this is answered in the negative, the answer will be im medi itely accepted, and means will be readily found to pass over the affair on both sides. If, on the other hand, new and special orders have been issued of a hostile nature, serious consequences are to be feared." —(Evening Post.) INTERESTING EXTRACT OF A LETTER. " A Gentleman, who has conversed with Mr. Pinckney, informs me, that it is Mr'. P.'s opinion, that Mr. Foster will not be able to succeed in any other accommodation than that of the attack on the Chesapeak ; that; as regards the Orders in Council, the views of the two Governments are so diametri cally opposite, that no permanent arrangement can be made, unless one or both sides recede from the ground heretofore taken. Mr. Pinckney also observed,, that when the information of the rising of Congress, and the passing of the Non-intercourse Law, was received in England, the English Ministry were unanimously of opinion, that letters of marque and reprisal ought to be issued against the United States, and communi cated this opinion to the Prince Regent. The Prince opposed the measure, observing, that as Mr. Foster had been appointed, and had received his instructions, he conceived it to be his duty to wait the result of the mission before he resorted to so great an alternative as war. This may be relied en. " Messrs . . Munroe and Foster have had a long conference ; but Mr. Barlow is to embark for France immediately. " Smith's Expose has excited much uneasiness in the Niece, and is working great changes in Mary land." THE BEM IN AND MILAN DECREES RESCINDED. JULY 17.—We are again told, that these Decrees, , which the French G , vernment have officially inform ed the world weie to be the fundamental laws of the Ftench Empire, are now rescinded, so far as they respect this country ; that is, we presume, so far as they respect a few American-vessels that had arrived in France on the faith of Mr. Madison's Proclama tion ; but how long, can any one tell, .are these De. crees to remain rescinded as they respect us ? Will Bonaparte wait till he receives the proceeding of our next Congress, and then, not finding that this Go ya, ; inent has declared war against England, still keep suspended his hostile Edicts ? Or is this no more than a new nap of Napoleon's, artfully set, to catch his ports once more full of American vessels and car goes, and then declare them all good prizes ? Let the American Merchants beware. Captain Dunbar, who arrived here yesterday from Bourdeaux, sailed from that place, June 11th. He confirms the account of the release of the American trading vessels which had violated no Decrees, and • ought never to have been molested: Captain Dunbar was informed by Capt. Harris, a few days before he sailed, that the Berlin and Milan Decrees were not revoked, and would not be while the British Orders in Council continued. The prices of imports are merely nominal, as no sales can be effected on terms that will pay the duties and charges, except of li censed sugar. JULY B.—Arrived at the Hooke the British sloop of war Atalanta, and the Tartarus, the latter from Halifax, with dispatches. The Atalanta is to remain in the Bay, for return dispatches. On Saturday last, on the coast, she detained the ship Thomas Wilson, Brown, from Tonningen for Philadelphia, with a cargo of linens and glassware, on suspicion of sailing under false papers, and ordered her for Halifax, previously sending up, in one of our pilot boats, all the hands except the Captain, cook, and boy, who were left on board the ship. The report of a rupture between Mr. Munroe and Mr. Foster is without foundation. We have it from unquestionable authority, that the conversation be tween those two Gentlemen has been of a mild and pacific nature, and that the objections of each to par ticular points have for the present been mutually waived.— ( Yet v-rerk Gazette.) . The National Intelligencer informs us, that Lucien Bonaparte has lately become a creditor of the United • • States to aconsiderable amount (upwardsof 450,000), having purchased that amount of three per cent. stock cf the United States from the British bankers or stock-holders. JULY lb.—The following is an extract of a letter of the 13th inst. from Washington : " Mr. Foster has taken a house in my neighbour hood for twelve months certain, with privilege for holding it for five years. This looks well, and fa . yours the idea of a settlement of differences with England." BOSTON, JULY IS. It appears, by an article in The National Intelligencer that Monsieur Serrurier, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Empire, is brought forward to contra dict the assertion of the late Secretary of State, re gal ding the official conduct of the President of the I United States, towards Great Britain and France. If the p e , isle of the United States are prepared to admit i such testimony in such a cause, they had better in- i struct their Representatives-in the National Legitla tore, formally to acknowledge what the agents of France in the United States have already proclaimed, Napoleon is our King. So infamous an attempt to screen executive delitiquency, and to rivet the chains er foreign i n fl u ence on the betrayed people of the United States, could not have been conceived even or me men by whom it is practised. A state secret of the utmost importance becomes known to an abused 1 nation, anti to Destroy the effect of its disclosure, the (evidence of a foreign - Minister, whose Government is ii p y implicated ii the issue, is brought fOrward i by ti— Yreaident cf the United States and his advo cates I JULY '22....1t Is believed by some persons that the •Arnerican vessels, carried into France since the Ist of November, will be released in the Prise Courts by the older of Eonapate. The motive of such a mop ! ~ • sure, it is supposed, would be to prove that the Berlin resolved to prevent this operation. On the 28th ofi ind Milan decrees are rescinded, so far as 'elates to ,; on e, after an horrible fire, which lasted all day, and the United States ; hut, it should be remembered, had, at five in the afternoon, opened a capacious those decrees are declared to be the permanent laws ' 1 breach, two of the enemy :columns of attack pre of the empire—that they operate exclusively on neu tral nations. Are we then no longer a neutral nation ? ; sented themselves at it, under the orders of General Are we actually at war with Great Britain ? Does ; Montmaire.—Twice they attempted to penetrate, and Bonaparte consider our law of March 2d as an act of were both times driven bark by their gallant oppo war ? Or has Mr. Madison promised other acts of vents, at whose head was General Seven de Continas, war that are less equivocal ? lf, indeed, the captures under the Berlin and Milan decrees, are relinquished, who gloriously died in the contest.—But the enemy the explanation of such an extraordinary phenomenon having received fresh reinforcements, made a third will be ultimately found in a British war. attack with incredible fury, and *succeeded in enter [The American papers do not hesitate to assert, in g the breach, and penetrating into the city. that the Government of the United States has pro- A part of the garrison retreated, keeping up a hor mised, and means to furnish the French Government with the supply of a million of dollars. On this sub ject, the Boston Gazette of the 18th ult. contains the much from the houses and buildings, but he receiving following observation] : succours every instant, occupied the city without " France wants money, and must have it !!"- 1 -4Astrs MADisow. • • giving quarter, and carried it ss ith its brave defen. " It would seem that our Government are about j to give our loving friend, Bonaparte, another evidence , ders and inhabitants, Two Spanish columns ofl of their good disposition towards him, by replenish- 3000 men marched out of the gate of San Antonio, ing his coffers with a million of dollars, in specie, in but they fell for the greater part into the hands of addition to the'many millions he has already robbed their ferocious enemies. our merchants of; and this too, in a great degree, at their expence, as the draining of the country , at this Of from sto 6000 gallant men, of which the gar . time of general pressure, of so large a sum in specie, rison consisted on that day, 3500 are stated to be pri must inevitably tend to deprive the banks of the means soners ; the others being illustrious victims, who he of affording to the merchants their usual assistance. roically sacrificed themselves for their country, on When will the teoftle open their eyes ?" that memorable occasion. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Accounts from Monte Video are to May 20.—The Revolutionists of Buenos Ayres had got the whole province into their power, except the city of Monte Video, and their troops were under the walls of that place. They profess attachment to King Ferdinand, I but refuse submission to the orders of the Regency or Cortes. A letter from an American at St. Salvador, May 27, states, that the Portuguese are irritated against our Government, from a belief that they are partial to France and hostile to England, and their respect for us was still further diminished by the arrival of our ambassador in a small trading vessel instead of a ship of war. The English have made a treaty, by which they pay but, half the duty we do. By the arrival of the ship Northern Liberties, Capt. Thorndike, from Monte Video, a letter has been received at the Exchange Coffeehouse, from Mr. Matthew Bridge, dated 20th May, giving a de tailed account of the military transactions in that country. By this letter it appears, that on the 17th and 18th of May another battle was fought between the Royalists of Monte Video and the Independents of Buenos Ayres, at Piedras, about nine miles distant from Monte Video, which terminated so decidedly in favour of the Independents that the few of the other party who have survived fled to the city, and took with them all the cattle, horses, and sheep they could collect in their retreat. As the besiegers are without heavy cannon, and the city ofMonte Video well fortified towards the land, it was expected the inhabitants would be enabled to &- fend themselves, unless a strong spirit of disaffection to the Royal cause should manifest itself ; in whick case the whole country must fall under the sway of the independents, of which the Buenos-Ayreans are the leaders. The American trade has been subject to every vexation at that place. Vessels from Buenos Ayres, even though arrived at that place previous to its be ing declared in a state of blockade, were on their "egress liable to capture by the Monte Video cruizers, and sent in to pay a heavy export duty, which had already been paid at Buenos Ayres. Sales were very dull, and effected with difficulty, I while the duties were unreasonably high, and the, pro ' duce of the country at a most exorbitant price. We ! furthermore had every reason to fear, that if the in testine dissentions of the province had not rendered it inexpedient, that the American property would have been confiscated, as the invasion of Florida was known, and caused much invectives from all ranks of people, and in fact the propriety of the measure had been agitated by Government. The following is a letter from the Archbishop of La Plata to a Member of the Junta of Buenos Ayres: t , Most Excellent Sir—Having been informed of the Procla rnatio9,which your Excellency ordered to be made public, recom mending to ail the inhabitants of this faithful city to support by Ivoluntary subscriptions the army of Peru, I have the honour to i transmit to your Excellency, in my own name and that of the clergy of my diocese, the sum of WO dollars. May your Ex cellency condescend to accept of this small sum, as a mark , of wil lform attachment and profound respect. " GOD preserve your Excellency many years. (Signed) " BENITO MARIA Archbishop. " To Dr. D. Juan Jost Castelli, Member of the MARIA, Excellent Junta of Buenos Ayres." MADRID, JUNE 18. On the 10th of this month arrived here the Gover nor of Aranjucz, Big arvie, with his family and atten dants. 'I he attack made on that garrison by the Physician on the 24th ult. and the fear of his repeat ing it, has made him abandon that point and seek another of less inquietude and danger. _ _ _ . _ The French column which had penetrated into La Mancha in the direction of St. Clemente, rapidly re- i troceded in consequence of advices received in Tres 1 Juncos, and without stopping in Tarancon, continued their march towards Villango, from whence the greater part took the direction of Guadalaxara, with five cannon which were in Tarancon. There are very few troops here, and to prove this observation it need only be observed, that the guards at the 'gates have latterly been entirely composed of Juramentados, instead of their being half French as I formerly, to prevent desertion. MANUSA, JUNE 31. We are assured that the sally made by the garri. son of San Frrnando on the night between the 23d and 24th instant, cost the French, who formed the blockade, 1200 men ; that 3 batteries were destroy. ed, and some cannon carried off. In Perpignan, from 2 to 300 men who were wounded in that action, most of them with the bayonet, have arrived. The attack made by the besiegers of Tarragona against that place on the 16th inst. cost them, ac. cording to positive intelligence, 1500 men. At Reus 120 waggons, laden with wounded, have arrived. The General in Chief, after incorporating Baron de Erolis' division with his own, on the 211th put the whole army in motion for Alcatlar. The enemies draw from Gerona, and take to Pi. gueras large quantities of ammunition, wine, and oil, and have suspended the constructing of the fortifica. tions which had commenced at the former place. • By two soldier s, who have arrived with' dispatches from the Castle of San Fernando, to the Commander in Chief, we know that the garrison is full of courage, and kill many Frenchmen. ALGESIRAS, JULY 17. There is a strong report that on the 12th of this month a number of patriots entered Malaga, over powered and cut down the first guard, passed to the Alameda, entered the house of MAuri, the comman der of the Volunteers, and took away horses and other effects—did the same in many other houses, and, after having traversed the city, retired. Tho few French who were there, shut themselves up in the castle of Gibralfaro, from which they kept up a feeble fire. GAZA, JULY 22. The army remains in the same position ; the enemy has wily a trifling force, and could be driven frcim Granada, but it would not be attended with any ad vantages in consequence of the difficulty of preserving that point. The General in Chief has demanded 6000 muskets from the Regency, but even with that num ber he would not be able to arm all the dispersed troops and volunteers who have joined him. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Ct. Cons. for money 641 —Ditto for account 63H S per Cent. Reduced 641 —Navy 5 per Cent. S4h 4 per Cent. 804- Bonds 16s. prem.—Omniunt dis. Exch. Bills (3ds. dts. to par—Ditto (aid.) 4s. ss. prem. CADIZ, JULY 28. General Blake has again sailed with a division of from 6to 7000 men. There are accounts of their His Majesty's ship Costus, Captain SMITH, has baying arrived at Algesiras, but whether they will arrived at Portsmouth, from Gibraltar and Cadiz, land there or not is not known ; the general opinion with mails and dispatches. The Duke del INF.ss- is, that he intends to join the Army of the Centre. TADO and his mother are on board. ~- The Duke, we , The Regulus troop ship arrived yesterday with the believe, is the new Spanish Ambassador to this coon- 47th regiment, which had been sent to the relief of try.—By the above conveyance we have received Tarragona, but came too late. I have as yet heard Cadiz and other Spanish Papers to the 26th ult. from no further particulars respecting the fall of that place, which we have made the following extracts : only that it was attended with every species of bar " The accounts of the progress of the siege of bark,' on the part of the enemy. Cadiz, published daily in the paper called Lt I Redactor This day the Lotto CHANCELLOR went to the House General, are all similar, and merely state that the of Peers, and, in due form, sigaified the prorogation enemy continue their works and fire from certain of Parliament by commissiou from the PRINCE RE batteries, of which they give the names, at the ships GENT, from this day, to which it had been prorogued and gunboats while they are entering or leaving the at the close of the last Sessions, unto the 4th day of bay. The Redactor of July 25, says, a Spanish fri- October next. gate, with troops, has left the bay, and sailed towaids The funds yesterday experienced a rise before the I close of the market. Omnium left off at A discount. the Eastward." . On Tuesday it was at 1.1; Consols left off at 63f. VALENCIA, JULY is. i This day the funds continue to maintain the advance. Bouchet, knowing that on St. Peter's day the gar- Whether the advance is to be ascribed to a hoped-for con would make a sally, and ?tuck him at the sante arrangement with Russia, or to any other event in time in concert with the Marquis of Campo Verde, prospect, we cannot take upon OS to affirm. THE ZING. Our Readers will see horn the Bulletin of rester. day, that his Munn' has experienced some respite from part of his afflictions by enjoying a refreshing sleep. These occasional reliefs render all predictions as to the probable duration of his Maac,rv's illness quite uncertain, although we fear we cannot flatter ourselves that the symptoas of the malady are much abated. It has been erroneously stated, that his Met- JzsTY has had a return of a most voracious appetite, whereas an indisposition to eating forms part of ti.e disease, and it has only been by the resources of tn.:. dical skill that nature has been sustained. The only medical attendants who have any charge o his MAJESTY'S person, are those whose names a r . pear to the daily Bulletins. Dr. Simai•Nos, Dr. tioNao, and Dr. Joux Wrws, have never been is attendance on his MAJESTY : these three respectal,le practitioners merely had a case referred to them on the 4th instant, upon which they held a consultation I at the house of Sir H. HALTOM), in Curzon-street, but they had no view of the royal patient, nor was their attendance required at Windsor. The Builetin of to-day is, like that of yesterday, rather favourable. " WINDSOR CASTLE, AUGUST 22. a There is no variation in his MAJESTY'S symptoms since yesterday. (Signed) " H. HALTOM:I. " K. /MILLIE. " A. WILLIS." Yesterday, being the Anniversary of the Birth. day of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLAnaxert, the same was observed by his Royal Highness's tradesmen with their usual festivity ; their houses were brilliantly lighted up gp the occasion, and Vaux. hall boasted a most numerols and fashionable <knell ! dance. Lieutenant-General Sir STAPLETON COTTON and General SLADE, it is said, are expected home from Portugal. Captain MAITLAND, nephew of Lord LAUDERDU.E, is appointed to command the Pi(aux frigate, at Wool. wich. We have authority most positively to say, that Madam CATALAN! refused four months agn the pro. positions which have been made to her to perform in Ireland this season, but that she has promised to go there in the course of next summer. Neither Mumma nor BELLattv, we are told, are engaged for the ensuing season at Covent-Garden Theatre: the loss of the former will be severely telt in Comedy, and the latter in Opera- IMPROMTU, ON TIC DILATE OW JANIS RELCHtI, TIE PUGILIST, AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS. Jew so many stout bruisers bad tired out of breath, That, after twig training, be set to with Death; But in the last ►erns, the grim king, with a grin, Hit Jem on the gullet, and Jemmy gew in / FIRML—A destructive fire broke out last night, about eight o'clock, in the hardware warehouse be longing to Mr. Dobson, corner of Finsbury. street, Chiswell-street. The Barnes were so rapid, that they soon extended to the adjoining building. There was a great want of water at first, so that the engines could not begin playing, by which the fire got to a great head, and in a short time the whole premises, together with the stock in trade, was consumed. A shocking accident occurred to a Mr. Corry, a hair dresser, in the next house, who had his thigh broken by some furniture which was thrown out at the win idow, and which knocked him down ; he was carried i to a surgeon near the spot, who happily succeeded in setting it. The fire continued burning at a hue hour. This morning, about four o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the sugar-house of Messrs. Bassallo and Co. Brick-hill-lane, Upper Thamss-steeet, which was totally consumed. The damage is estimated at Cull° or A'Booo. Yesterday se'nnight, a dreadful fire broke out in Mr. Saunders's paper mill, at Bemerton, which, with the adjacent warehouses, and the st..ck of papa therein, were consumed. The dwelling-house was preserved, but both that and the furniture were cce siderably damaged by the engines being played en them. The fire was communicated from a cottage at the back of the mill, occupied by an old woman, who had left her fire, with wool spread on the floor, while she went into the village. WILLIAM BOSVILLE, Esq.—A very curious coinci dence has occurred in th name, age, and circum stances of a gentleman lately deceased in Yoikshire, with those of a most worthy and'respectable naniesakt still living. William Bosville, Esq of Raveiofield, near Rotheram, in Yorkshire, died lately at the aee of 68, and has been succe eded by his only surviving rela tion, Thomas Bosville. William Beeville, Esq. if Thorpe Hall, in Yorkshire, is in his 68th year, aad is the descend nt of the ancient family of that name that originally came over with William the Con queror. His brother Thomas Bosville, Colonel in the Guards, was killed in Flanders in 1794; and his sister, Lady Dudley and Ward is still living. We rejoice to learn, that Mr. Bosville is in perfect health and spirits, and was lately at Harrowgate. Saturday a labourer named White, while seekinz his cows in a field near Canterbury, heard something in a hedge, and; on advancing towards it, perceived one Brazier, with a quantity of wheat, which lie sus pected he had stolen, and on stooping down to look at it, Brazier seized him with one hand, and cut his throat with a knile in the other. The po..r re in with difficultycrawled home, but is not expected to r ecover. Brazier returned home, and told his wite whit he had done, saying, " All is safe," from an idea that White was dead; finding that, however, 1) , )t v , be the case, he decamped, and has net since be. n heard of. In a cause tr,ed at'the late Y a k As,:i.es a witness of the name of Joseph Gomeral, who had been an arbitrator to settle the dispute before the action s, .s brought, having concluded his evidence, Mr. P‘ii;:ci the plaintiff's Counsel, archl said, "It you are Itot very busy, Mr. Arbitrator, rshould be glad it you would stop in York this week, as we may, p - rh 4 l) - . wish to refer some causes to you." To this Os i s(). nest Joslsh bluntly replied, in a strong West Rai. accent, "Why, ars , f ye did, they might happen to as weel sattled as ) sattle 'eat." 1