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.. • ' . '. ~,-‘ • aimv. .• .. .. • This day were publiched, in sto.*We Ts. , LETTERS. from the RIGHT HON. HENRY Du NDAs op an 0 I'EN TRADE to INIXA. , V Printed for 'Black, Pant. and Co'. Leadtnhall-street. TRADE AND GOVERNMEN I' OF INDIA. • This day was published, In royal Rao. price Is.. In boards, EXPEDIENCY MAINTAINED of Con tioalvg the System by which the Trade and Government •f India are now regulated. By RUSERT GRANT, Esq. London. Whited for black, Parry, and Co. ' Hatclierd, ; sod FRENCH PAIPEItS. PARIS, MARCH 10. 'Hit Majesty the Emperor and Ring yesterday ar rived from Trianon, at the Quarter Napoleon (Mili tary School.) His Majesty reviewed a great number of regiments of the Imperial Guard, infantry and tavatry. The reviavebegan at half-past eight in the snorting., and lasted till noon. His Excellency the Duke of Reggio is arrived at Paris. FRANKFORT, MARCH 10. The tat and 2d Corps of Observation of the Rhine, commanded by Generals Soubam and Bremer, and which have been cantoned for some time here and in our neighbourhood, set out this morning for Aschaf fenbourg. They will be replaced_by the 3d and 4th leivisions of that corps. . DRESDEN, ,F/LBRUARY as. PROSLAMATION, KIS "OVAL DIAJZOTT Tat ZINO 011 OASONT.. " We, Frederick 'Auguste% by the grace of GOD, King of Saxony, ?cc. " We find ourselves, by existing circumstances, under the necessity of quittting our metropolis, and 1 Milting to another part of our kingdom, where we sink of remaining so long as ti , curhstances may re quire, and admit of our so doing. The political sys tem to which we have, for the last six years, attached ourselves, is what the State is solely indebted to for its preservation in the most threatening dangers in &be course of that period. True to our treaties of alliance, we still look forward with confidence to the happy result, which, even i£ oe. wishes for the restoration of peace should remain unfulfilled for the present, we may promise ourself, from the powerful mesistance of our great idly, the active support of the confederated powers, and the proved valour of our troops, who have covered themselves with glory in , kgining for their country's cause. H Our beloved subjects will in the surest manner promote the attainment of the end which we liave so i much at heart ; to avoid and lighten the evils of war as much as possible by their loyalty, constancy, and quiet conduct ; and likewise thereby hasten the pe-' rod of our reunion with them. 66 During the whole t ourse of our forty-five years government, and under all the changes of circum stances, we have made the welfare of the country, and the happiness of our subjects, the sole object of our endeavours ; and have ft:44)406e highest reward for all our cares, in • the' ever equal confidence and immoveable attachment ef our people. We make ourselves assured, of receiving !still continued pools of these sentiments, which aro most conspicuously shewn in times of trouble; and we thus hope, with the assistance of Gne, soon to return to our beloved subjects, and again to employ ourselves for their durable welfare to the best of our ability. 16 All the Officers of the Kingdom are to remain it their usual occupations during our absence. The care of the country's welfare, in all occurrences and situations which may be produced by the state of war, we have devolved on an immediate Council established here ; to which all Magistrates and sub. jects of cur Kingdom have to apply under the cir ctuwetances before mentioned, and to follow its direc tions in all cases. .. , f K We again exhort our faithful subjects to support theuncient renown of the &lion nation,. by a peace- Able and orderly conduct, consistent wit h the . unal tcrable sentiments and intentions which have always influenced us for the true prosperity of our native 4101111 LIT. " Done and given under our proper signature, and with the impression of our Royal Seal, at Dres den, the 23d of February, I§l3. (Signed) " FREDERICK AucuPrus." iIMERICAN PAPERS. Ymi'n`'`....y _ .' . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, lAN. 49. FOREIGN RELATIONS. Mr. GRUNDY, from the Committee of Foreign Re lations, made the following Report : " That in presenting to the House at this time a view of our relations with Great Britain, it is deemed unnecessary to recite the causes which produced the war. The wrongs which the United States had re- ceied from that Power, for a long series of years, had already been laid before die public, and need, not again be enumerated ; they were too deeply kit to have been forgotten, although they may be torglien by the American reople. The United States having engaged in the War for the sole purpose of vindicating , their rights and honour, that motive alone should animate them to its close. It btcomes a free and vir tuous re ,, rie to give an useful example to the world. It is thp duty of a representative Goveraunent, to ren- I der a taitlltil account of its conduct to its consti tuents. A just sensibility togreat and unprovoked wrongs and it ignities, will justify an appeal to antes ,an In ncurable reparation should restore the blessings . of peace—every step which they take should be guided by a sacred regard to-principle. 14 To form a correct estimate of the duties which - the United States ln,ve to perform, it is necessary • -t,.) take a view of the communications which have rasstd between the Executive of the United States and the lit itish Government since the declaration bar. Such a view, t.!:e Committee is per siadetl, will show distinctly the existing ground of controversy bcwiten the. two nations, and.the indispensable obli- ' gations oa the United States to maintain it. " Year Committee has teen till much satisfaction that at the mcment,of the declaration of war, the at-. ,tasition of the Executive was engaged in an effort to bring it to a speedy and honourable termination. As early as the Vith of June last, the Charge des Affaires, of the United Suites to . London, was, instructed to propose to the Blitish Goya - mart an armistice, to sake immediate elect.. on conditions which it is be lieved the impartial world will consider sate. honour. - able, and advantageous to Great Britain. They were • lew in number, and limited to positive practised. " That the Orders in Council should be repealed, and that our Rag should protect Our seamen, vere the :only indispensable conditions insisted on. Other Atrrongs, however great, were postponed for amicable aegociation. As an inducement to the British Go vernment to forbear these wrongs, it was proposed to repeal the non-importation law, and to prohibit the employment of British seamen in the public and private vessels of the United States ; particular care was taken that these propositions should be made in a form as conciliatory as they were amicable in sub stance. " Your Committee cannot avoid expressing their astonishment at the manner in which it was received. It was not sufficient to reject the proposed armistice : terms of peculiar reproach and insult were adopted to make the rejection offensive. " It happened that almost on the same ,day in which the United States, after having been worn out with accumulated wrongs, had resorted to the last and only remaining honourable alternative in wisps* of their rights, the British Government had repealed conditionally its Orders in Council. That measure was unexpected, because every application for it had failed,, although repeated to the very moment it was decided on. • Conditional as the repeal was, it was admitted to have removed a great obstacle to ac commodation. " The other only remained—the practice of im pressment. It was proposed to the British Govern ment to open an amicable accommodation to provide' a substitute to it. which should be. considered as an ample equivalent. The substitute proposed was de - fined, and of a character so comprehensive as to have removed, as was presumed, every possible objection to an accommodation. The proposition before made to exclude British seamen from our service was en larged so as to comprehend all native British subjects, nut already naturalized, or entitled,to naturalization, under the laws of the United States—this was like wise rejected. " Your Committee have sought with anxiety, some proof of . a disposition in the British Government to accommodate, on any fair condition, the important difference between the two nations, relative to impress ' merit, but they have sought in vain—none is to be found either in the communication of the British Mi nister to the American Charge des Alfaires, in Lon don, or in those of the Commander of the British naval forces at Halifax, made by the order of his Government to the Department at State. They have seen with regret that although Lord Castlereagh pro fessed a willingness in his Government to receive and discuss amicably any proposition, having in view either to check abuse in the practice of impressment, or to provide a substitute to it, he not only declined entering into a negociation for tha t . purpose, but discounte nanced the expectation, thit any substitute could be proposed which his Government wotild - accept. It merits notice also, though it ceased to be a cause of surprise, that in the communication of Admiral War ren to the Department of State, the subject of impress ment was not even alluded to. " Had the Executive consented to an armistice on the repeal of the Orders 'in Council, without a satis factory provision against impressment, or a clear and distinct understanding with the British Government to that effect, in some mode entitled to confidence, your Committee would not have, hesitated to disap prove it. The impressment of our seamen being de servedly considered a principal cause of the war, the warought to be prosecuteckintil that cause was remo ved. To appeal to arms in defence of a right, and to lay them down without securing it, on a satisfactory evidence of a good disposition in the opposite party to receive it, would be considered in no other light than a relinquishment of it. To attempt to negooate after wards for the security of such right, in the expectation that any ofthe arguments which nave been urged before the declaration of war, and been rejected, would have more weight, after that experiment had bee n made i n vain, would be an act of lolly which would no t f a il to expose us to 'the scorn and derision of the British nation and of the world. 66 On the full view, therefore, of the conduct of the Executive, in its transactions with the British Government, since the declaration of war, the Com mittee consider it their duty to express their entire approbation of it. They perceive in it a firm reso lution to support the rights and honour of their coun try, with a sincere and commendable disposition to promote peace on such just and honourable condi tions as the United States may with safety accept. 66 It remains therefore for the United States to take their final attitude with Great Britain, and to mainrain it with consistency and with unshaken firm ness and constancy. ' 66 The manner in which the friendly advances and liberal propositions of. the Executive have been received by the British GOvernment, has in a great measure extinguished the hopes of amicable accom modation. It is, however, possible that the British Government, after instructing Admiral Warren to communicate to the Dep.ertment of State the repeal of the Orders in Council, may have declined the ar- , rangetnent proposed by Mr. Russell, in-the expects. • tion that that nacrsure would have been made satis factory to the United States. 44 Be this as it may, your Committee consider it the duty of this House to .explain to its constituents the precise nature of that cause, and the high obliga tion which it imposes. 6' Pre m what has been stated, it appears, that however great the sensibility to other wronzs, t!,e impressment of our seamen was that alone which prevented an armistice, and in all-probability anetc commodation. 44 Had that great interest been arranged in a sa tisfactory manner, the President was verliing to rely OD the intrinsic justice of other claims, and the ami cable spirit with which the negociation would haVe been entered into for satisfaction in their favour.— Great Britain claims a right to impress her own sea men, and to exercise it in American vessels. In the practice, British cruizers impress American citizens, and from the nature of things, it is impossible that the abuse should not be carried to great extent. A subaltern, or any other officer in the British Navy, ought not to be the arbiter in such a case. The li. betty and lives of American citizens ought not to depend on the will of such.a party. . 0' The British Government has insisted that every American citizen should carry with him the evidence ut his citizenship, and that all those not possessed of • • , it might be impessed. This Criteria), if not other. Wise objectionable, would 1* so, se the document might be lost, destroyerd, •or taken from the party to whom it was granted, nor might it in 'SII cases be I entitled to respect, as it mightbe counterfeited, trans ferred, or grknted to improper persons. But this rule is liable to other and Much stronger objections.) 'On what principle does the Brit* Government claim of the United States so great and shameful a degradation ? Ought the free citizens of - an inde pendent power to carry with them on the main ocean, and in her own vessels, the evidence of their freedom ? And are all to be considered as Bri tish subjects, and liable .to impressment, who do not bear with them that badge ? Is it not more consio tent with every idea, both of public as well as of pri vate right, that the party setting np a claim to any interest, wikether it be to persotts or property, should prove his right ? What would be the conduct of Great Britain under similar circumstances ? Would she permit the public ship of any other power, disre garding the rights of their flag, to enter on board her merchant vessels, take from them such part of their crews as the boarding officers thought fit, often her own subjects, exposing bt means thereof her vessels to destruction ? Would she suffer such an usurpa tion to derive any sanction from her patient forbear ance ? " With the British claim to impress British sea men, the United States have no right to interfere, provided it be in British vessels, or in any other than those of the United States. That American citizens should be exempted from its operations, is all that they demand. Experience has shewn that this can not be secured otherwise than by the vessel in which they sail. Take from American citizens this barrier, which ought to be held sacred, and there is nothing to protect them against the rapacious grasp of the British navy. " This; then, is the extent of the demand of the United States; a demand so just in itself, so consis tent and inseparable from their rights as an indepen dent nation, that k has been a cause of astonishment that it should ever have been called in question.— The foundation of the British claim is, that British seamen find employment in the s.:rvice,of the United States : that is r. presented as an evil affecting essen tially the great interests of the British nation. This - complaint would have more weight, if sanctioned by the British example. It is known, on the contrary, that it is in direct repugnance to it. Great Britain does not scruple to receive into her service all who enter into it voluntarily. .11 she confiled herself within that limit, the present controversy would not exist. Heretofore the subjects of.even the most des. potic powers have been lett at liberty to pursue their own happiness by honest industry, wherever their in, clination led them. The British Government refuses to its seamen that privilege. Let not this then be a ground of controversy with that nation. " Let it be distinctly understood, that in case an arrangement should take place between the two na tions, whereby each should exclude from its service the citizens and subjects of the other, on the princi ples and conditions above stated, th it this House will be prepared, so far as depends on it, to give it effect, and for that purpose to enact laws, with such regula tions and penalties as will be adequate. " With this pledge, it is not perceived on what ground die pettish Government .c in pasist in its claims. If British seam. n are excluded • from the service of the United States, as may be effectually done, the foundation of the claim must cease. When it is known that not one British seaxnaat could be found on board American vessels, it would be absurd to urge that tact as a motive for such impressment. In declaring a willingness to give effect to the pro posed arrangement, your Committee consider it equally the duty of the House to declare, in terms the most decisive, that should the British Government still decline it, and persevere in the practice of im- ' pressment from American vessels, the United States will never acquiesce in that practice, but will resist it unceasingly, with all their force. " It is not necessary now to enquire 'slat the course would have been with respect to impressment, in case the Orders in Council . had been repealed be fore the declaration of war ; or how long the practice of impressment would have been borne, in the hope that the repeal would have been followed by a satis factory arrangement with respect to impressment. " War having been declared, and the case of irar-•• pressment being necessarily included as one ofohe most important causes, it is evident that it must be provided for in the pacification. The omission of it in a treaty of peace would not leave it on its former ground ; it would in effect be an absolute relinquish- 1 ment, an idea at which the feelings of every Ameri.l can must revolt. The seamen of the United States ; have a ciaim on their country for protection, and they must be protected. If a s'ngle ship is taken at sea, and the property of anAmerican citizen arrested from him unjustly, it rouses the indignation of the country. How nnich more deeply, then, ought we to be excited, when we behold so many of this gal lant and highly meritorious class of our fellow-citizens snatched from the bosoms of their families, and of their country, and carried into a rata and Afflicting bondage? It is an evil which ought not, which can. not be longer tolerated. " Without dwelling on the sufferings of the victims, or on that wide scene of distress, which it spreads among their relatives throughout the coun try, the practice is in itself in the highest degree de grading to the United States as a nation. It is in compatible with their sovereignty, it is subversive cf the main pillars of their independence. The for bearance of the United States under it has been mis taken for pusillanimity. " The British pretension was maturing fast into a right. Had resistance been longer delayed, it might have become one. Every Administration remon strated against it, in a tone which bespoke the grow ing indignation of the country. Their remonstrances produced no effect. " It was worthy the illurions Leader of otir armies, when called by the since of his country to the head of the Government, to pause, rather than to recommend to his fellow-citizens a new war, before they had recovered from the calamities of the late one. It was worthy his immediate succe s sors to fol low his example. In peace our tree system of Go vernment would gain strength, and our happy union', become consolidated : but at the last Session the period had arrived, when forbearance could be no longer justified. It W4S the duty of Congress w take up %his sn*ct in connection with the other great ' wrong of which they complained, and to seek redress in the only mode which became the representatives of a free peoples Ther Dave dope so by appealing to arms, and that appeal will be supported by thtir constituents. • " Your Committee are awe that an interesting aria has arrived in the UnitecTStatet ; but they have -aso painful apprehension of its consequences. The course before them is direct; it is pointed ottt equally by a regard to the honour, the tights, and the in terests of the nation. If we pursue it with firmness and vigour, relying on the aid - of HEAVEN, our sue cess is inevitable. Our resoarces are abundant, the people are brave and virtuous, and their spirit un broken. The gallantry of our infant navy bespeaks our growing greatness on that element ; and that of our troops when led to action, inspires fill confidence .of what may be expected from them svhnt their orga nization iz complete. Our union is always most strong when menaced by foreign dAnger‘ The pee). pie of America are never so much one family as When their liberties are invaded." The Report concludes by recommepding the pas. sage of a Bill ig for the regulation of seamen on board the public vessels, and in the merchant service of the United States." NEW YORK, JAN. ta. liy.a Gentle Man who came up from the Hook, we are informed that' a British squadron of three sail of the line, three frigates, eld a sloop, is now cruizing off the harbour ; and last evening , at nine o'clock. the St. Domingo, of 74 guns, was not more than three miles from the light house. A number of vessels were captured yesterday. JAN. W.—The greatest confusion prevails in this city, in consequence of there being a 71., two 39's, and one 18 gun ship, taking all the vessels bound nut or coming in. Our torts will be of no use to es if the enemy attempt to come up. The first. fort, Richinoed, is garrisoned with troops just arrived front the country. liedlow's and Ellis's Islands have nothing but raw recruits sent there, for safe keeping. Governor's island has not lte) disciplined troops.— All the forts in the city have new recruits. The fri. gate United States is-undergoing repairs. We are in a tine situation to defend ourselves against the enemy. The force below is sufficient to take every fort in the harbour—cut out every ship—sack and set fire to the city, and run away by the light of it. It is reported that another fleet is off Montauk Point ; so that if both fleets attack us, we shall be Confoundedly squea -1 zed between them. A letter from Tgbiat Lear, late Consul at Aleers, says, that two Algerine frigates have passed4he Strait of Gibraltar, to cruize against the Americans. Fee. 19.—0 n her passage to Boston the Constitu tion fell in with the Hornet, and was informed that she had recaptured the American ship William, a prize to the Java ; and that she had also captured. on the same day, the schoenel bcund . from London to St. Salvador, wfth dry goods, Ike. to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, had takes out most cf het cargo, awl cricred her for the first ' tl,nericatt putt. Arrived the Santa Trieste" from the Haeannah• January 18t1 1 off Sandy Hook, was buerded by the British squa3ron under Admiral Wairit, who had six prizes in company ;—cine of them i s ship from France. 22.—General 'Winchester, cOntiary to er. dens, marched and nttacked the entrenched Olm p of the British and Indians, and drove them from their redoubts, with twenty killed, the enemy forty;—he pursued them slowly ; and on the 21d or 23d ult. the enem7, who had reinforced himself from Malden. will six pieces of artillery and a ma -tar, attacke4 Winchester's army, which was scattered along the river for a mile and a halt. about an hour before day. ' The Americans were confthed ; schen, after fightAg three or four hours with varied success, the General surrendered. It is stated, that a small part of the army retreated. It s whispered that Mr. Baker, who has gone to the Chesapeake, to embark on board the packet, is the bearer of a proposition from our Government oe Admiral Warren for an armistice. The Francis Freeling packet is just arrived as a flag of truce. Admire) Cockburn arrived in the RA. males, at Bermuda, on the Gth ; left at Bermuda the Poictiers, Marlborough, &c. Eight 74's and seve ral frig ates, were hourly expected from England. CHARLESTON, FEB. 5. Arrived the ship Good Friends, Tlsnmpson, Phi ladelphia, sic days from the Cipes. Several British vessels of war were off the Delaware the night before the good Friends sailed. BUFFALO. FEB. 9. Fr9m deserters who have crossed from Canada, since our last, we learn, that the battle was fought between a detachment of Winchester's army, and $OO 13ritikh.regulars, and 8 or 900 Indians. The Bri. „tisk had 150 killed, and many wounded. Colonel Proctor and Lieutenant Colonel St. George, of the regulars, are wounded. The latter is said to have died: They state, that we lost 250 kilted, and a considerable.number wounded. • CHILLICOTTE, fen. 5. An express has this moment arrived from the head quarters of the North-west army, on the Car rying river, eighteen milts on this 'isle the Rapids of the Miami. General klarrison st4tes, that the Bri esh and Indian lorce, in the disastrOus affair of the 'ad ult. were '2lOO, he does not discriminate how many of each—that the ground was warmly contes ted—that our troops made :mein give ground, and drove them in eve: y charge ; our troops fought des perately, and would have been masters of the grouutio but a detachment of Indians that were stationed to cut oil the retreat, and enraged in kiiling stragglers. returned. Our troops were overpowered, and 60 taken prisoners. GenerA Harrison says, General Winchester, Colonel Lewis, and Major Garret, are among the prisoners. General Harrison says, he will occupy the Rapids on the Ist inst. and. will be joined by the two Uhiu brigades on the lati. NORFOLK, FEa. LI. Passengers by a captured American schooner, from Baltimore, state, that in the Atte' noon of Mon day, the Stu of Feintetry, they SAW two Sheps or Lilt size of large frigaos eligaged to leeward, for precisely two hours and twenty nstuotes. i li