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AMER/CAN PAPERS. • P.XTRACTS FRONI THE CORRESPONDENCE ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The first is a letter from Mr. Russell to Lord Castlereagh, dated 24th August last, in which he 6A.ys, tt I am authorised to stipulate for anArmistice, to commence at cr before the expiration of sixty days after the signature of the instrument providing for it, on condition that the Orders in Council be repealed, and no illegal blockades be substituted for them ; and that orders be immediately giveit - to discontinue the impressment of persons from Ainerican vessels, and to restore citizens of the United States already link re , sed. " As an inducement to Great Britain to discon tinue the impressment from American vessels, I am authorised to give assurance that a law shall be passed (to be reciprocal) to prohibit the employment of British seamen in the public or commercial service of the ;United States." • He proceeds to state that " his Lordship will not be surprised tat he has presented the revocation of the Orders in Council as a preliminary to the suspen sion of hostilities, when it is considered that the Act .of the British Government of the 23d June, ordain. ing that revocation, is predicated on conditions the performance of which is rendered impracticable by the change known to have occurred since in the re lations between the two countrie s ." Lord Castlereagh, in a reply, dated 29th *August, to the above letter, says, st that the overture made by Mr. Russell had been determined upon by the Government of the United States, in ignorance of the Order of 23J of June last—that it had been sub mitted to the Prince Regent, whose commands he had reccived to decline it—that as soon as it was ap pithended that Mr. Foster would withdraw from the United States, in consequence of the declaration of War, measines had been taken to authorise the Ad miral t n the American station to propose a revoca tion'of hostilities. " His Lordship expressed his sic-prise, that as a preliminary the. American Government should de 7 mind that we should desist from our ancient prac tice of impressing our own seamen from the mer chant ships of Foreign States, on the mere assurance that a law shall be hereafter passed by the American Government." CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SIR J. B. WARREN AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE. " Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. SO. I , it SlR—The departure of Mr. Foster from Arne- ' eica, has devolved upon me the charge of-making known ti yuu, for the information of the Government of the United States, the sentiments entertained by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, upon the existing relations of the two countries. " :You will observe from the enclosed copy of an Order in Council, bearing da:e the 23d June, 1812, that the Orders in Council of the 7th of January, ]3 )7, aud the 26th April, 1809, ceased to exist nearly at the same time that the Government of the United States declared war against his Majesty. " Immediate.) , on the receipt of this declaration in London, the Order in Council, of which a copy ir. herewith enclose.l to you, was issued on the 31st day of July, for the embargo aud detention of all Am.rican ships. 66 Under these circumstances, I am commanded to propose to your Gt.veinment the immediate cessa-' .tion of hostilities between the two countries; and I shal be most happy to he the instrument ~ f bringing about a reconciliation, so interesting and beneficial to America and Great &juin, " I therefore propose to you, that the Govern ment of the United States of America shall instantly recal their letters of marque and reprisal against British ships, together with all orders and instruc tions for any acts of hostility whatever against the territory of his Majesty, or the persons or property of his subjects; with the understanding, that imme diately on my receiving from you an official assu rance to that effect, I shall instruct all the Officers under my command to desist from corresponding meassires of war, against the ships and property of the United States, and, that 1 shall transmit With out delay corresponding intelligence to the several parts of the worid where hostilities may have com menced ; the British Commanders in which will be required to discontinue hostilities froth the receipt of such notice. 46- Should the American Government accede to the above proposal for terminating hostilities, I am aus thorised to arrange with you as to the revocation of the laws which interdict the commerce and ships of war of Great Britain from the harbours and waters of the United States; in default of wirer revocation within such reasonable periods as may be agreed upon, you will observe, by the Order of the 23d June,. the Orders in Council of January, 1807, and April, 1809, are to be revived. " The Officer who conveys this letter to the Ame rican coast has received my orders to put to sex im mediately upon the delivering of this dispatch to the competent authority ; and I earnestly recommend that no time may be lost in communicating to me the decisi. n of your Government ? persuaded, as I feel, that it cannot but be of a nature to lead to a speedy tirmitiation if the present differences. " 'lhe flag of truce which you may charge with your reply will find one of my cruizers at Sandy Book, ten days after the landing of this dispatch, which 1 have directed to call there with a flag of truce fur that purpose. ‘, I have the honour to be, with the highest con. a':kration, Sir, your most obedient, and most faith ful humble servant, " JOIE.; BORLASE WAR ZEN, " Admiral of the Blue, and Commander-in.Chler, Acc." MR. MONROE TO Silt J. B. WARREN. " Department of State, OCt . 2;, 1812. " SIR—I have had the honour to receive your let , tcr of the 30th ult. and to submit it to the consider ation of the Presider t. 6, It appears, that you are authorized to propose a cessation of hostilities between the United ot;tes and Great Britain, on the ground of the repeal of tt.e Orders in Council; and, in case the proposition is acceded to, to take measures, in concert with this Government, to carry it into complete effect on both sides. .You state also, that you have it in charge, in at event, tb enter into an arrangement with LIE Government of the United States for the repeal of be open either for an armistice or any other course the laws which interdict the ships of war and the leading most conveniently and expeditiously to a ge commerce of Great Britain from the harbours and ncral pacification. waters of the United States. And you intimate,'l " I have the honour, &c. that if the proposition is not acceded to, the Orders l " JAMES atosnoL" in Council (repealed conditionally by that of the 234: _ E I To the above correspondence is added a letter June lao) will be revived against the commerce or from Mr. Russell to Lord Castlereagh, dated Ist of the United States. I September, expressing his surprise that his proposal " I am instructed to inform you, that it will be 1 of the '2sth August has been declined, and requesting very satisfactory to iite President to meet the British passports for himself, and informing his Lordship Ileave Mr. Beasl A Government in such arrangements as may terminate he is authorised to yas gent for without delay the hostilities which now exist between Prisoners of War. the United States and Great Britain, on conditions I A letter is subjoined from Lord Castlereagh, en honoorable to both nations . I closing the passports, and allowing Mr. I3easly to re f "At the moment of the declaration of war, the side as Agent for the Prisoners of War. President gave a signal proof of the attachment of I NEW-YORK. OCTOBER 24, the United States to peace. Instructions were given at an early period to the late Charge des Affaires of , The Charleston papers of the 15th lust. state, that their port is blockaded by three British armed brigs 'the United States at London, to propose to the Bri , —the Sappho, O'Grady, of 18 thirty-two pound car e Government an armistice, on conditions which ronades ; Rhodian, Bess, of 10 twelves and two long tt was presumed would have been satisfactory. It has been seen with regret, that the proposition made sixes ; and the Variable, Yates, of I`2 twelve pound by Mr. Monroe, particularly in regard to the impor- carronades. On the 14th they captured eight Ame tant interest of impressment, was rejected, and that titan vessels. none was offered, through that channel, as a basis on ' Sailed this morning on a cruize, the elegant pri which hostilities might cease. vateer ship, the York Town, Thomas H. Story, Esq. " As your Government has authorized you to pro- 'Commander, She mounts eighteen long nines, and I pose a cessation of hostilities, and is doubtless aware carries 180 men. of the important and salutary effect which a satisfac-1 ,tort' adjustment of this difference cannot tail to have I on the future relations between the two countries, I ; indulge the hope that it has, ere this, given you full powers for the purpose. Experience has sufficiently evinced, that no peace can be durable unless this ob ject is provided for : it is presumed, therefore, that it is equally the interest of both countries to adjust it at this time. NOVEMBER 4. " Without farther discussing questions of right, the President is desirous to provide a remedy for t:-.e evils complained of on both sides. The claim of the British Government is, to take from the merchant. vessels of other countries British subjects. In the practice, the Commanders of Biitish ships of war often take from the merchant-vessels of the United States American citizens. If the United States pro. hibit the employment of British subjects in their ser vice, and enforce the prohibition by suitable regu!a tions and penalties, the motive for the practice is taken away. " It is in this mode that the Pre s ident is willi ,- g to accommodate this important controversy with the British Government ; and it cannot be conceived on what ground the arrangement can be refused. " A suspension of the practice of impressment pen ding the armistice, seems to be a necessary conse quence. It cannot be presumed, while the parties are engaged in a negociati o n to adjust amicably this important difference, that the United States would admit the right, or acquiesce in the practice, of the opposite purty ; or that Great Britain would be un willing to restrain her cruizers from a practice which would have the strongest tendency to deli at the ne gociation. It is presumable that both par ties would enter into a negociation with a sincere desire to give it effect. For this purpose, it is necessary that a clear and distinct understanding be first obtelimal be tween them, of the accommodation which each is prepared to make. If die British Government Fs willing to suspend the practice of impressment from American vessels, on consideration that the United States will ezclude British seamen from their setvici, the regulation by which this compromise shimld be carried into effect wou d be solely the object of this negociation. The armistice would be of short dura tion. It the parties agree, peace would be tne resu.t. If the negociation failed, each sveuld be restored to its former state, and to all its pretensions, by recur ring to war. " Lord Castlereagh, in his note to Mr. Russell, seims to have supposed, that, had the British Go vet nment accepted the propositions made to it, Great Britain would have suspended immediately ti•e exer cise of a right on the mere assurance of this Govern ment that a law would be afterwards passed to pro. hibit the employment of British seamen in the ser vice of the United States, and that Great Britain would have no agency in the regulation to give effect to that proposition. " Such an idea was not in the contemplation of this Government, nor is it to be reasonably inferred from Mr. Russell's note. Lest, however, by possi bility, such an inference might be drawn from the in. structions to Mr. Russell, and anxious that there should be no misunderstanding in the case, subse quent instructions were given to Mr. Russell with a view to obviate every objection of the kind alluded to. As they bear date on the <27th of July, and were forwarded by the British packet Alphea, it is more than probable that they may have been received and acted on. In thg Cangndaig?a Pocvitory, of the 27th ult. we find, on this subject, the following paragraph : a An armistice, to extend on the Niagara frontier from Lake Ontario w Lake Erie (a distance of 30 miles) has been agreed on, to continue six months, unless one of the parties wish to renew hostilities, of which thirty hours notice must be given." I'h6 above paragraph, the truth of which we strongly doubt, most probably gave rise to the ru mour which was current in the city this morning, that letters from Wash ngton announced, that a ge neral armistice for six months had been definitively settied between the American and British Govum- Ments. a I am happy to explain to you thus fully the views of my Government on this important subject. The President desires that the war which exists be tween our countries should be terminated on such conditions as may secure a solid and durable peace. To accomplish the great object, it is necessary that the interest of impressment be satisfactorily arranged. He is willing that Great Britain should be secured against the evils of which she complains. He seeks, on the other hand, that the citizens of the United States should be protected against a practice which, while it degrades the nation, deprives them of their right as freemen, takes them by force from their fa milies aid their country into a foreign service, to fight the battles of a foreign power, perhaps against their own I: ,r,d; ea and country. 44 I abstain from entering, in this communication, into other grounds of differences. The Orders in Council having been repealed (with a reservation not impairing a corresponding right on the part of the United States) and no illegal blockades revived or in.tituted in their stead, and an under standing being obtained on the subject of impressment, in the mode herein proposed, the President is willuig to agree to a cessation of hostilities, with a view to arrange by a meaty, in a more distinct and ample manner, and to the satisfaction of both parties, every other subject of controrersy. I will only add, that if there be no objection to :In accommodation of the difference relating to pressment, in the mode proposed, other than the sus pension of the British claim to impressment during the armistice, there can be menet° proceeding without the armistice, to an immediate discussion and ar tangeinent of an article on that subject. This great question being satisfactorily adjusted, the way will GENERAL VAN RENSALA ER• •-•-• This worthy and highly esteemed Citizen, after the fatigues of a sum- ! rner's campaign, in the defence of his native State, returned to his residence in Albany, on Saturday last. ! We understand (says the Baltimore Whig) that the dispatches biought by Admiral Warren, contain no proposition to our Government. which has not been already moved—of course no terms which could be accopted. We ate informed by a Gentleman from Baltimore, that another specimen of the riotous disposition t , f . the populace was manifested last week. In order to I celebrate his success, as is usual there, Mr. Hutchins,' the new.elected Sheriff, was placed in an illuminated car by his friends, and carried through the city ; on 1 the procession approaching the falls, a party attacked the car with stones, hurt the Sheriff, obliged him to retire, and then demolished it. 1 - . - BUFFALO, OCTOBER 27. Major-General Hall left this village on Thursday last, to attend the approaching Ses,ion of the Legis lature on the first Tuesday of NOvember next. Colonel Vaa kansselaer remaiiis in this village.— His wounds, we understand o ,are in a good way of healing. Brigadier General Smyth has no* the chief corn. mand tin the Lines. ' At the expiration of the armistice eonclu led- be. tweet' General V. R.,usselaer and General hheafe, anotner was agreed upon between General Smyth and General Sheafe, to be terminated by either party at thirty hours notice. BOSTON, NOVFMBER S. Sailed the cartel brig Potomack, Captain Nichols, with 1(4 Britis?, prisoners, for Halifax. On Monday evening a riot took place on board, off the end of Long-what - I, and several of the prisoners tried to effect their escape ashore ;—they cut the davy tackle and let the boat fah from the stern, and in their hurry to get ashore, too many got in the boat, so that she fiiled with water—four of them made out to reach the shore, and three, it is supposed, were drowned, as they were seen to sink. The above riot might have been prevented had a guard been kept on board until she was ready to sail. The following are among the naval actions and captures noticed in the last American Papers : The British privateer schooner Frances, of Nassau, N. P. Pindcr late master, mounting 4. guns and 30 men, arrived at Baltimore on Monday, a prize to the privateer Dolphin, of that port. She was captured on the 23d ult. off the Hole.in-the-Wall. The Frances was chased several times after leaving the Dolphin, but escaped by superior sailing. - The privateer Comet, belonging to one of our nor thern ports, a few days ago brought the brig Indus try into Beaufort, in this State, a prize, supposed to be worth 80,000 dollars, said to have been laound to London. The cargo consists 9f 185 hogs:leads sugar, 20 ditto molasses, 132 bales cottmi, 10 casks coffee, 184. bags ditto, 100 bags cocoa, 8 pipes and 2 hogs heads of Madeira wine. .• The ship Mandarin, Captain Baker,from London, arrived in this port yesterday evening, a prize to the United States frigate, Commodore Decatur. She was taken on the 14th instant, in lat. 31. 22.10ng, 61. Nearly all the letters on board were broken open, and in that state were deposited in the Post-offices-- The Mandarin was ordered for Norfolk, under the belief of having enemy's property on board, being found with a British licence, but put into Philadelphia for tear of re-capture. We have conversed wit.tr the prize -master, from whom we learn that the United States parted with the remainder of the squadron, the President, Congress, and Argus, on tut: 10th, in chase of a frigate, which escaped in t:n.: Passengers in the Mandarin, Mr. Jo eplr Nancrede and family, with dispatches for Government from France, Messrs. Henry Esther, J. G. Coders, Sa muel Cole, and several others. Extract of a Letter from Baltimore, October 21. " A severe action has taken place between the priva . teer Globe, and a British Letter of Marque, in which many lives were lost on both sides—the British ship was captured." On the capture of the Frolic, the American Den& Advertuer remarks as follows :—" The tire of Cap, tam Jones was certainly more skilfully directed th..n that of his antagiftist ; for the Frolic was complet,iy dismAsted, and ot her crew there were between 5u And 60 killed and wounded, and only 5 killed on board the Wasp. After Captain Jones had manned his prize, the Wasp and the Frolic had the Inisk r. tune to fall in with the Poictiers, of 74 guns, op t . Beresford, and both were captuted and ordered i t Bermuda." The following is an extract ft.( m a letter, d i p ii Salem, dated October 'l3 Arrived this dye privateer ship John, Crowitinshield, from her second cruise. September captured the British schno k , Blonde, from Dominique, bound to St. Joho's,N ew . foundland, with a full cargo of rum. Septemb er ak captured the Briti s h b r i g H enry, from Liverpool to Halifax. October 15, reclptured the privateer sa, net Industry, Mudge, of Lynn." FRENCH PAPERS. DRESDEN, DF.CLMBER 6. The intelligence from the seventh corps c i t4t army announces, that this corps, continuing t o pu r. sue General Sachem- arrived at Brzesc on the ( 4 6 ( 1, November. The enemy retired to Ratno, and s eemed to intend traversing the morasses. And to retire as Kowel and Luck. The Saxon cavalry, althou g h ferior in number, always sought to attack 0 ea mmh and have done them much harm. FIT,Iti WOikOkliit to Brzesc, the loss of the Russians amoun ts t ,, s wo men ; and as far as Weili-Hainke, we had already taken 2400 prisoners. The Saxon cavalr) afterwards took 2100 prisoners, and that of the Alismans alam 1500. The Austrian Colonel Scheiter surprised at Prussany 350 Cossacks with ten officers. rtt.Brzesa we took a Russian hospital wit-NOO men, and butte released 200 of our own mery. The Sawn mops have suffered hut little, and the mort .lity rn our hos. piud is but very small, in comparison with %heti; generally is in campaigns. The Captain of cavalry, fount De Schule n b ing, who left the head-quarters the seventh corps 04 the 29th November, has brought the following h i . telligence : " The 7th corps d'armee put itself in march oa the 20th November from Weilli-Hanke, conjniatly with the Austrians, ails' marched by Rudna, Sue% zee, Czernawezne, upon Drzesc, wirewit arrived the 26th. The enemy's Genera/cSachen, had take% the same route, with the greater part of his corps, having only caused a small column to p Iss through Kameniec, and a strong detachwnt of cavalry by Kobryn. From Brzesc he retrograded to Ra.no, and it now appears beyond doubt that he probably vali retire across the marshes to Kowel and Luck. I'he 7th corps did not cease pursuing his rtaa guard from Weilie-Hainke to Brzesc, whilst de Austrians in their march constantly menaced hie right flank. The bad roads and the re establishing a great numiier of br.dges, the whole of which hal been destroyed by the enemy, greatly retarded the march of the corps, and these different obstacles quired considerable efforts. The Saxon advance& guard was several times obliged to tight during this march ; these different combats always did it the greatest honour, considering thegirat superiority of th 9 enemy's cavalry ; it lost in all but ten mr.D. " The 233, towards midnight. a corps of 600 Cos sacks, supported by some detachments of infantry, wished to surprise it. The vigilance and mg fra of the cavalry piquet of the Grand Guard, com manded by Li. utenant d'Urlaub, and the admira ble promptitude with which all the troops, freinaig tho.advauced-guard, got Ruder aims, occasioned 411. the *disa. , :intages of - this attack to fall upon the enemy. The Grand Guard succeeded in drawing the enemy's cavalry under the fire cf the Saxon 1i ht infantry, and a piece of artillery masked, wick forced him to a speedy retreat, which he executed, but with considerable loss. The Saxons only ha one light infantry slightly wounded on this occ4,i.si, The lo,s of the enemy, from Wolkowisk to Brzesc, u at least 6000 men. 66 We had already taken 2400 prisoners on his at. rival at Weilie-Hainke. During the march to this place, the Saxon advanced-guard made 2100 pi. soners, and the Austrians 1500. The Austrian Col.. Scheiter made, with five squadrons, a very successt.J. charge upon the Russian cavalry, near Pruzzauy, and took 300 mounted Cossacks, with ten Officers, e the new regiment of the Ukraine. At Brzesc, tht 7th corps found an hospital •with SOO Russian. ink, and delivered about 200 prisoners. Among the Ras. sians taken by the Saxons, were one Maj.,T and 11 officers. Major de Wm tzdert also took, on the mid from Brzesc to Ramo, 19 carriages laden with visions. The troops of his Majesty have suffered vert little, notwithstanding the great efforts they hare been ohliged to make. There are now oq their route considel-abie transports of military convalet. cents, 'proc l eeding from the hospitals of W.irsaw, tusk, and llialystock. Tile mortality has been mad less ist these different hospitals than it as in th , pro ceding campaigns."—(Jourual de fad:, Des. 19.) NAPLES, NOVEMBER 30. For some tine past the enemy had ceased to dis quiet the navigation of our ports, fur the who! , length of the Adriatic Sea, in those of the kingdom of Italy, and the 11lyr iitU provinces. It seemed if the many attempts he had made, without suceeik had taught him to respect a coast where he Won' stantly.encountered as many brave men as there nese legionaries destined for its defence. After a tong repose, during which, though withont' giving up appearances, he was nevertheless krpt a respectable distance horn the coast, bit tne 15th inst. determined on recommencing hottii ties. fie no doubt flattered himself that the inactive state it which he had kept himself for several m nibs, had rendered the defence of our coast less vigilant, ad that at night be possible for him to surprise with 1 , 4' vantage, some one of those numerous convoys which keep the navigation in agreat state of activity in= one extremity of the Adriatic to the other. In this hope, ansu_ at about lour o'clock in the afte• noon of the said day, at the ni,,menL when the Ap• proach of night rendered the surprise nviNt easy, be attacked a convoy of sever.'! Italian and Illyrian ves sels, which, taking shelter tmder the *Oast 01,CalaP p Matino, repulsed him, aid cause., u n it to bust do, a very chnsideraule a.tmage. At night the fire ,:eassd. On the 16th, at hriiik d day, tht enemy steered towards Techio. whew .he • whole of the convoy was lying at anch.r At the first movement of the enemy, Lieutenant: Y. isco, sho commanded the legi , cams J - 14 gentrale to °eat. Every thing teas disiioseo it/ ' llO attack, and we immediate). - forested a battery, it" 6-pounders on the spot. Tae battle was left up the q of d a 11 Ti h