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danger a rapture which can prose ne way benoicioi to either, but only further the views of the real enemy to b o th. We regret that any law should stand in the w ay of free commerce between America and !M -oths ; but as to the threat of arming 70 ships to en force the law of non-imports:lien, it will not avail, while American ships are permitted to bring cargoes to our We are happy in the opportunity of congratulating the friends of the Spanish cause on an important ad vantage obtained over a division of the French army in Catalonia. We stated in our paper of yesterday that Marshal MammaAcn had put his army in mo. Lion for the purpose of attacking the Marquis CAMPO. VERDE, preparatory to laying siege to Tarragona, and that an engagement was expected to take place on the 15th of January. It did take place on that day, and the result has been most honourable and satisfactory to the Spaniards, as will be seen in an official account inserted in our front page. Yesterday turning out very wet, his MAJESTY did rot walk on the Terrace, but took exercise by walking about the rooms in Windsor Castle. Yesterday, at one o'clock, his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT held a Court and Privy Council at Carlton House. Soon after one his Royal Highness gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor, Earl Camden (the Lord President of the Council), Sir Joseph Banks, and Mr. Pinkney, the American Minister. — The latter took leave of his Royal Highness, previous to his departure from this country. Mr. JACKSON, our late Minister to America, was at Carlton-House, but we did • not understand that he had an audience of his Royal Highness. A Privy Council was held, at which were present, besides his Royal Highness the Prince Regent — The Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the President of the Board of Trade, the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Three Secretaries IV State, the President of the Board of Cons trout, the Secretary• at War, the Commander in Chief, the Judge Advocate, the Duke of Montrose, the Lord Steward of his Ma jesty's Household. His Royal Highness afterwards held another Coun cil, which, in addition to the above, was attended by Lord EttEmsounrox, for receiving the Recorder of London's report of the capital convicts at the Decem• ber and January Old Bailey Sessions, for which see the last page. His Royal Highness then gave audiences to Mr. Perceval, Mr. Ryder. the Earl of Liverpool, the Marquis Wellesley, Mr. R. S. Dundas. Lord Palmer ston, Sir David Dundas, and Mr. M Sutton ; the lat ter of whom laid before his Royal Highness the pro ceedings of some Courts-Martial. His Royal Highness was attended during the Court by Colonel M'MAHON and General TURNER, his Scare Secretaries ; Colonel &outlaw), General BALREY, and other attendants. The CHANCELLOR of the Exenznuta, last night, in the House of Commons, stated his intention to bring in a Bill to regulate the duties upon Spirits distilled from Graii and from Sugar, in such a manner as to tender it a matter of indifference to the distiller whe ther he make use of the one or the other of these ma. terials in distillation. There have been issued by the Bank between the Bth of February, 1810, and the 19th February, 1811, stamped dollars No. 1,970,274. The Bank had advanced to Government, on the 6th January last, on Malt Duty, Supply, and Loan, in all £8,670,759. The whole amount of silver and gold, imported and deposited in the Bullion Office of the Bank, be tween the 80th March, 1810, and the 19th February, 1811, is— Silver £R96,000 Gold .174,500 Total X 1,010,500 The Army Estimates for the present year state thei number of men to be provided for (exclusively of the 31,650 troops in India), at 340,321, the expence of l which is £15,316,925. 4s. 3d. STATE OF THE NAVY.—The following is the State of the British Naval Force, made up to this day : At sea, of the line, 89 ; from 50 to 44 guns, 9 ; fri gates, 125 ; sloops and yachts, 102 ; bombs, fire-ships, &c. 5; brigs, 140; c -utters, 32; schooners, &c. 53— Total, 555—Total in commission. 792—Grand total, including those in ordinary, building, &c. 1065. We understand that the British Government has agreed to take the Earl of BEVERLEY, who has been detained in France since the commencement of the war, in exchange for General LEFEBVRE, Count of the French Empire. who WAS made prisoner in a ren contre between the advanced parties of British and French cavalry near Sahagun, immediately previonc to the commencement of Sir J. Woltz's retreat. The arrangement far this exchange awaits the ratification of the French Government. General Count Le unvitz is now at Cheltenham, where he has been, and continues to be, treated with the most liberal hospita lity and attention. His Countess has recently joined him from France. The King of Swum; passes a few days at Wim . bledon with the Prince of CONDE, previous to his de parture for Petersburgh. Covent Garden Theatre overflowed last night, to The Knight of Snowdeun, and Blue Beard. Mrs. DIC IONS performed the part of Irene, in the Entertain ment, in the absence of Mrs. C. KIMBLE, for whom an apology was made, on account of indisposition. Wednesday morning a fire broke out at a wholesale glover's, in Noble-street, Foster-lane, which commu nicated to the premises of Messrs. Kent and Porter, adjnining, the interior of both of which were destroyed Msnx-LANE.—The late contrary winds coastwise) preventing the arrivals of Grain in general, and wait-1 ing supplies,very few sales are effected—Wheat nearly at last prices—Barley with Malt at the late reduction: —Peas and Beans of the two kinds remain at little variation—NeNTicks .525. to3Bs. per quarter—There are but short supplies of Oats, and this trade is like- , wise named. at little fluctuation —Owing to so few sales being made of most articles, for prices we refer to our quotation of Wednesday last. - • •- 112 LAND. NAPAZ. lATELLI'e RATE.- '— •••••••••••• i MIMI die Weans Events( Pest, Miner/ M.) The Lisbon and Mediterranean convoys still remain SECOND EDITION. wind-bound at Plymouth and Tetb3Yl At a Meeting of the General Committee of the Ca- • • FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 26. tholics of Ireland, held at 4, Capel•street, on Tuesday, Arrived this day the Duke of Kent packet, Captain COTES the 26th of February, 1811, 'oar u, with mails from New York, 25 days passage.—The American National schooner Revenge was lost a few days before Tug LORD FIPRENCH, IN THE CHAIR, the packet sailed, on the coast of America.—Also arrived the Resolved, That the " Correspondence" between Lord Ffrench American ship Atlas, Captain CONGER, from New York, bouni ifsd Mr. Secretary Pole be published. to Bristol, 46 days passage : and five transports from Li.boti, 1( Resolved, That this Committee has been appointed by an days passage.—His Majesty's ship FRAYCNISR, with the Beet for Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland, to prepare, and the Mediterrnean, as also the outward bound packets, still re procure to be presented to Parliament, on their behalf, Petitions main by contrary wind.—Wind S.W. for the removal of alt such penalties and disabilities as affect Ten P. M.—The Dispatch packet is just arrived with mails those of their persuasion. from Surinam. Resolved, That having in their endeavours to perform the duty SALCOMBE, FEB, 27. thus imposed on them, most studiously avoided any infraction The Justitia transport, front London for Cork, has put in here on the known laws and constitution of their country,theyJeamed in distress, having lost her boats, rails, and had one man drowned. with surprise, that imputations had been cast on certain parts of • TORBAY, FEB. 27. their proceedings, calculated to render questionab le their le g alit y ; and in further pursuance thereof, that measures have been re- , This day arrived his Majesty's gnn brig FIRM sad SURLY cut sorted to, and threats issued, which if persevered In, must ut- i ter from the Eastward : mid his Majesty's Hoop LIGETNING and terly destroy a right, one of the dearest to all BRITISH SVIIIRCTS, BLOODIROOND brig from a cruise. and to the Caymans of IaLLAND, almost the ionly valuable one 1 PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 27. they enjoy, TER EIGHT or PETITION. Resolved, That not having received any appo intment, except The wind still continues Westerly, in which point it has been ever since yesterday morning, but it now seems inclinable to wear of the nature and for the performance of a single and specific ob to E.S.E. There has not been a single arrival or sailing this day. jest, as already stated, it confidently feels that it cannot by any forced; and oppressive construction be placed within the meaning 1 PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 28. of the law called the Convention Act. i There is a report that a 74 (whose name I forbear to mention) Resolved, theretore, That this Committee, deeply st ruck b y the hasu pset, and all on . board perished. Arrived several transports unjustifiable and unmerited degradations and disabilities afiketing ‘r L . tsioms, one of the convoy, the Juno, of Newcastle, lows those of their commenion, as well as by a sense of the duty they `. tiered at sea the 24th instant. The crew are all savistr, and on owe to those who have entrusted said Petitions to their manage board the Francis and Elisabeth, and the Newcastle transports. meat, do now pledge themselves to each other and to their fellow- Arrived the Caledonia, frsm the Cape of Good Hope; and the sufferers, unremittingly to persevere in, and never to abate from, Gaassaoreaa sloop of war, from a cruise. Sailed, Stain uzLf, any constitutional effort, until they shall finally accomplish their on a cruise. Wind S. W. by West. common freedom—an event which can new alone afford to those attached to their native land any certain prospect of maintaining DEAL, FEBRUARY 2s. unbroken and invincible the Integrity stud independence of the ! Arrived and sailed for the River the Montezuma, Capt. Kemp- British Islands. thorns, from the East Indies. The outward-bound remain.— Wind S.S.W. blows strong. FROM LLOYD'S WOKS. The Marcia, Tullock, from Newfoundland to Gibraltar, was taken the lid inst. iu lat. 40. long. 23. by the Diligente rench privateer (bound to the West Indies). She took the Constant four days after, off Pico, and gave her up to the crew. She ar rived at Jersey the 81st inst.—The Montezuma, Knobby, from Liverpool to the Brazils, is lost near Mogadore—crew saved. The Johanna, Henrietta ; and the Concord, Garbutt, have ar rived at the Cape of Good Hope, from Rto Janeiro. The Leopard, Clark, from Waterford to Oporto, was on shore at the former place, on the 19th instant. The Grinder, Werry, from Lisbon and Plymouth for London, was stranded in Tramoor Bay, Waterford, on the 17th Instant. The Maria, Middlemas, has arrived off the Land's End, from Rio. The Paragon, Forsget, from Liverpool for Lisbon, has put back to the former port, in a leaky state, and must unload. . The Joseph, Lehman, front Virginia far Liverpool, put into New York the 10th ult. in distress. EDWARD Has, See. CORRESPONDENCE OF LORD FFRENCH AND ►IR. POLL In consequence of its being distinctly understood at the Catholic Meeting, held in the Committee rooms, in Capel-street, on Saturday, the 23d of Fe bruary—that it was the wish of Secretary Pole to see Lord Ffrench, and any number of Catholic Gentle. men ; Sir Edward Bellew, Bart. Messrs. O'Connell, Keogh, Murphy, and *Donnell, were approved of as the persons to accompany Lord Ftrench. In the evening of the 23d, Alderman Darley waited on Lord Drench with the two following notes, which he de livered in person. February 23, 1811. My Lord—l asn instructed by Mr. Pole, to say that be will be happy to see your Lordship at three o'clock to-morrow.—l have the honour to be your Lordship's obedient humble server, (Sigurd) PRZDZILICK DARLIT. To the Right lion. Lord Ffrench. AMERICA. Dublin Castle, Feb. 43,1811. My Lord—ln consequence of a communication from Aldeth man Darlvy, I beg leave to state to your Lordship that I had In. tended sailing for England to•morrow evening, but that if your Lordihip or any other of the Catholic Gentlemen wish to see me, I shall postpone my intended journey till Monday night, if it should be inconvenient fur your Lordship or your friends to call upon me to-morrow.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, with great respect, your most obedient bumble servant, (Signed) w. W. POLZ. Lord F( reach. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WAIIIIINOTON, JAN. la. The subject which Congress have had under con sideration in conclave, was finished in the House of Representatives last evening, at six o'clock. The Committee of Foreign Relations have under consi deration a Bill respecting the Non-Intercourse Law, of which• the following are the principal features : • Seer. 1. That in case Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her Edict, &c. the President shall declare the fact by Proclama tion ; and such Proclamation shall be the only evidence of the fact in any suit or prosecution under the 4th Section of the Act, to which this is an addition. Sect. Z. That in case said Proclamation shall not have teen is sued on or before the 2d of February next, the several provisions of the 3d, 4th, sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th, 1 0 th, and 13th St•ctions o: the Act, entitled, An Act to Interdict," &c. shall, from that day, be carried into effect. • Sect. 9. That any vessel or merchandize seized prior to the fact being ascertained that Great Britain has revoked, prior to the 2d February, shall be restored to the owners, on giving bond, with' approved security, equal to the value thereof, to abide the deci lion of the proper Court of the United States ; sod said bond shall be considered as. satisfied in case Great Britain shall have revoked or modified on or before the said 2d of February. Sect. 4. Exempts from seizure any vessels which had departed from any British port before February 2, and merchandize which shall have been put on board before knowledge of the President's Proclamation of the 4d November. Sect. 5. Provides for employing any part of the land or naval forces of the United States or any part of the militia, and If the s e izures shall be made within the waters of the United States. that part of the forfeiture which may, according to existing laws accrue to the United States, shall, after deducting the duties, be distributed among the persons making selzuresia suck proportion as may be directed by the President. Sect. 6. Gives that portion of forfeitures which belong to the United States, except as above specified, to be divided between the informers, inspectors, and captains of crews. Sect. 7. Puts the burden of proof on the defendant in all cases of selzum near the colonies and possessions of foreign nations. Sect 8. Authorises the President to hire, arm, and employ not exceeding one hundred vessels, and not exceeding one hundred and thirty tons each, and so many seamen as may be necessary to man them, for a term not exceeding one year. This Bill will probably be reported by the Committee. TURSDAY, JAN. 15.—Mr. Eppes, from the Commi To the Right Hon. Alderman Dailey requested of Lord Ffrench a written answer to Mr. Pole, which his Lordship stated he could not with propriety comply with, until he had conferred with the Gentlemen who had been appoint ed to accompany him.—On the departure of Alder man Darley, Lord Ffrench made immediate commu nication to the Secretary, Mr. Hay, of the foregoing notes, with a request that the Gentlemen appointed might be called together to meet Lord Ffrench the nest ; and in consequence a meeting took place at one o'clock on Sunday, and the following was from thence dispatched to Mr. Secretary Pole. 21, Derminick-street, 24th Feb. 1811. SII-1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, stating, that in consequence of a communica tion with Alderman Dailey, though you hail intended sailing for England this morning, yet, if I or any of the Catholic Gentle men wished to see you, you would postpone the intended jaurney until Monday night, if it should be inconvenient to me or my friends to call upon you this day. I beg leave to return you, Sir, thanks for the politeness of your communication. I have submitted your note to the Gentlemen who were ap pointed to accompany me on waiting on you, and I am desired respectfully to inform you, that we understood "distinctly" from Alderman Darley, that it was " your wish" to see me and some other Catholic Gentlemen; and I did express the readiness which pervades the gentlemen who composed the meeting of yesterday, to afford you, Sir, and every other member of the Government, any explanation you may require. For this purpose I am ready to wait on you, with the Gentle men alluded to at three o'clock this day, in ease it should be your wish to see us. 1 have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect, Your most obedient humble servaat, (Signed) To the Right Hon. Secretary Pole. Dublin Castle, Feb. 94,1811, Half-past Two, P. M. My Lord—l have this moment the honour of receiving your note, in reply to mine, which wan yesterday delivered to your Lordship by Alderman Daley. i did myself the honour of writ ing yesterday to your Lordship, in consequence of having been informed by Alderman Darley that you had stated that if I had expressed a wish to see you, you would have had much pleasure in caUing on me. In answer to this notification, 1 desired Alderman Dailey to inform your Lordship, that I had nothing to communi cate to you, but that if your Lordship or any of the Catholic Gentlemen had any desire to see me, I would at all times be happy to receive you. Alderman Darley, in reply to this message, brought me word that your Lordship and some . Catholle Gentle men would call on me on Monday, If I wished to see them. Feeling that I had from the first expresied that I could have no wish to give your Lordship the trouble of calling upon me, bet, at the same time, wishing to render it Impossible that any Inac curacy in the delivering of the verbal messages, which had pasted between us, should make It appear that I was deficient in atten tion to your Lordship, I conceived it to be the most proper course to acquaint your Lordship, in writing, that if yen wished to call on me, I should be ready to receive you. As it now appears that your Lordship has no eommun;cation to make to Government, have only to request your Lordship to believe that I have no desire to give your Lordship or the other Gentlemen any further trouble.-1 have the honour to be, my Lord, with much respect, &c. (Signed) w. W. tOl3. TO the Right Hon. Lord Mach. tee of Foreign Relations, reported a Bill as an addl. tional Act to the Non-Intercourse Act. The question on the final passage of the Bill stood—Ayes, 77 Noes, 35. The Bill is therefore passed. IMMO& PROM THE PRESIDENT, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OP RiPRISENTATIVES OP THB UNITED bTATEL " I transmit to Congress, copies of a letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, at London, to the Secretary of State, and of another from the same to the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs. (Signed) JAMEs MADISON. " January 12, 1811." " London, November 5, 1810. " Sir—l have presented a second note, of which a copy is inclosed, to Lord Wellesley, on the subject of the Orders in Council, under en impression that the state of the King's health (for which I beg to re fer you to the paper herewith transmitted) did not , render it improper, and that if it was improper on that account, it was indispensible on every other. ." The day had gone by, when the Berlin and Mi- 1 lan Decrees were to cease to operate, according .to the communication made by the Government of France to the American Minister at Paris, and pub- I lished in the official Journal, and yet no step what ever has been taken, or apparently thought of, towards the revocation a the British Orders. I had received no explanation of the reasons of this backwardness,' and no such assurance, looking to the future, as to justify an opinion that it would not continue. Lord Wellesley's leiter, of the Slit of August, which I had left unanswered till after the first of November, that I might stand on the strongest possible ground when I did answer it, made no profession of being a pre sent measure ; and though from obvious motives I have not so represented it to him, and my note to him was vague and equivocal as to a prospective apology, it defined nothing, and was far from warranting any PIUWCH. - ~--~. I ..- . _ r ..-..tatton, that it seemed rather to take away ..e vtry little of precision which belonged to former declarations on the same point. It was highly im portant to the commerce of the United States that this ambiquity should he cleat td away, and with all prac ticable expedition, and if it could not be removed. that nn presumption should be afforded of a disposi tion on the part of the United States to acquiesce it. My note to Lord Wellesley was written and delivered • upon this inducement. Its the King's actual situation, the Orders in Council can scarcely be formally recalled, even it the Cabinet are so inclined, but it does not follow that something may not be done, (though I have no rea son to think that any thing will be done) which may be productive of immediate advantage, and At any rate prepare the way for the desir d repeal. " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) 4 , w. " Hon. Robert Smith, secretary of State. " P.S. This letter is written in great haste, that I may send it to Liverpool by this evening's mail." MR. PINKNEY TO LORD WELLESLEY. " Great Cumberland Place, Nov. 3, IEIO. "MY LORD—In my note of the 25th August I had the honour to state to your Lordship, that 1 had re ceived from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris a letter dated the 6th of that month, in which he informed me that he had received from the French Government a written and official notice that ~ithad revoked the Decrees of Berlin and Win, and that after the Ist of November, those decrees would cease to have an effect ; and I expressed my con& dence that the revocation of the British Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, and April, 1809, and of all other orders depending upon, ana logous to, or in execution of them, would follow of course. " Your Lordship's reply of the 31st August to that note, repeated a declaration of the British Mi nister in America, made, as it appears, to the Gorey& ment of the United States in February, 1808, of— His Majesty's earnest desire to see the commerce of the world restored to that freedom which is necessary for its prosperity, and his readiness to abandon the system which had been forced upon him whenever the enemy should retract the principles which had rendered it necessary ;' and added an official assur ance, that whenever the repeal of the French De crees should have actually taken effect, and the com merce of neutral nations should have been restored to the condition in which it stood previously to the pro mulgation of those Decrees, his Majesty would feel the highest satisfaction in relinquishing a system which the conduct of the enemy compelled him to adopt.' " Without departing in any degree from my first opinion, that the United States had a right to expect upon every principle.of justice that the perspective re vocation of the French Decrees would be immediately followed by at least a revocation of the Orders of En gland, I must remind your Lordship that the day has now passed when the repeal of the Berlin and Milan Edicts, as communicated to your Lordship in the Note above mentioned, and published to the whole world by the Government of France in the Mosittur of the 9th September, was, by the terms of it, to take effect. That it has taken effect cannot be doubted ; and it can as little be questioned that, according to the repeated pledges' given by the British Govera. m:nt on this point (to say nothing of various other powerful considerations), the prompt relinquishment of the system to which your Lordship's reply to may Note of the 25th August alludes is indispensible. , " I need scarcely mention how important it is to the trade of the United States that the Government of Great Britain should lose no time in disclosing, with frankness and precision, its intentions on this head. Intelligence of the French repeal has reached America, and commercial expeditions have doubtless been founded upon it. It will have been taken for granted that the British obstructions to those expedi tions having thus lost the support, which however is sufficient in itself, was the only one that could ever be claimed for them, have been withdrawn, and the seas are once more restored to the dominion of law and justice. 4 , I persuade myself that this confidence will be substantially justified by the event ; and that ref the speedy recal of such Orders in Council as were sub sequent in date to the decrees of France will be added the annulment of the antecedent Order, to a hich rqy letter respecting the blockades particularly relates.--- But if, notwithstanding the circumstances which in vite to such a course, the British Government shall have determined not to remove obstructions with all practicable promptitude, 1 trust that my Government will be apprized, with as little delay as possible, of .a determination so unexpected, and of such vital con cerns to its rights and interests ; and that the reasons upon which that determination may have been formed will not be withheld from it. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) , w. WASHINGTON, JANUARY is. Many declare, though I can trace it to no authen tic source, that the British Minister here has protested against our taking possession of West Florida; bat has offered, authorized by the Spanish Junta, to sell to us both East and West Florida : payment to be made in debts due to us from Spain ; and that a bill forcibly taking possession is the subject under consi deration. It is certainly something of very high im portance, and its consequences, it is said, must lead to war, but whether with France or England, is not known. NEW YORK, JANUARY as. • It is said to-day, that there is a majority of thirteen In the' House of Representatives; against the renewal of the United, States Banks Charter ; if this is persis ted in, and the bank shut up on the 4th March next, one half of the city will fail, some from necessity, others who Only want such a prttext from roguery. PRIVATE LETTER.—NEW YORK, JAN.Itt. " We are yet uninformed of the effect produced by the Presl. dent's Proclamation, in renewing the Non-Importation Act witk Our Government, but in a few days we, no doubt, shall have an arrival, bringing this information. The Bill will pass, and take effect on the Ist of the ensuing month, and which goes to a total Noss Intercourse. By the former Act our ships with cargoes en ho .rd were permitted to depart. but to bring no return cargoes. There wilt be no EIItAPTNO OUT ATTLIL TR'S, arld no indulgence will he granted whatester. I have stated in several of my comp. snunications that the Government were determined, from the best information that could be obtained, to bring these points in 4110 pute to a crisis, and to insist on them with energy, and therefore with you alont resti all resptinsibility, and ydu alone are to say, whether we shall cherish friendship auticoamerte, or a total Wk. Allatioa of both f" • • • ,„• - •