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f i n N s new' Code, I denationalized.' -4-ad,, inn to the disavowal of the blockade of Miy; 006, and of the principles on which that blockade l as established, and in addition to the repeal of le British Orders in Council—he demands an o m i ss ion of the principles, that the goods of an enj y, carried under a neutral flag, shall be treated neutral—that neutral property under the flag of an ene my shall be treated as hostile—that arms and wailike stores alone (to the exclusion of ship timber andnther articles of naval equipment) shall be re praed as contraband of war—and that no ports shall be considered as lawfully blockaded, except such as ore invested and besieged, in the presumption of their lo:ing taken (en prevention d'art fern), and into which a merchant ship cannot enter without danger. By these and other demands, the enemy in fact re quires that Great Britain, and all civilized nations, snail renounce, at his arbitrary pleasure, the ordinary and ir.disputable rights of maritime war ; that Great in.particular, shall forego the advantages of her naval superiority, and allow the commercial preeerty, as well as the produce and manufactures of France and her Confederates, to pass the ocean in security, whilst the subjects of Great Britain are to he in effect proscribed fi om all commercial inter. course with other nations ; and the produce and manufactures of these realms are to he excluded from every country in the world, to which the arms or the influence of the enemy can extend. " Such are the demands to which the British Go vernment is summoned to submit—to the abandon ment of its mcst ancient, essential, and undoubted laritime rights. Such is the Code by which France apes, under the cover of a neutral flag, to render tr commerce unassailable by sea ; whilst she pro reds to invade, or to incorporate with her oe n do tinions, all States that hesitate to sacrifice their rational interests at her command, and, in abdication /their just rights, to adopt a code, by which they ,e required to exclude, under the mask of munici plregulation, whatever is British, from their do 'Mons. ' The pretext for these extravagant demands is, tkt some of these principles were adopted by velun ere compact in the Tieaty of Utrecht ; es it a Treaty once existing between two particular coun ses, founded on special and reciprocal considera tions, binding only on the contracting parties, and which, in the last treaty of peace between the same peers, had not been revived, were to be regarded seleclaratory of the public law of nations.. e It is needless for his Royal Highness to demon strate the injustice of such pretensions. He might otherwise appeal to the practice of France herself, in this, and in former wars ; and to ber own estahlisised codes of maritime law; it is sufficient that these new &mends of the enemy form a wide departure from dose conditions on which the alledged repeal of the French Decrees was accepted by America ; and upon Mich alone, erroneously assuming that repeal to be omplete, America has claimed a revocation of the lrkish Orders in Council. His Royal Highness, upon a review of all these circumstances, feels persuaded, th it. so soon as this formal declaration, by - the Government of France, of its unabated adherenCe to the principles and pro eisi,:ns el the Berlin and Milan Decrees, shall be made known in America, the Government of the United States, actuated not less by a sense of justice to Great Brit:in, than by what is due to its own dignity, will be disposed to recall those measures of hostile exclusion, which, under a misconception of the real views and conduct of the French Govern spent, America hss exclusively applied to the cum tierce and ships of war of Great 'I: itain. " To accelerate a result so alvantageous to the t tine interests of both countries, and so conducive to the re-estatilishment of perfect friendship between them ;aid to give a decisive proof of his Royal d;spoNition to perform the engagements nthis Majesty's Government, by revoking the Orders in Council, whenever the French Decrees shall be actually and uncondtiona'ly teptaled ; his Royal Highness the Pluses RIXiEN r his been this day pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma- i !esty, and by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, to rrder and declare : " That if at any time hereafter the Berlin and Milan Decrees shall, by some authentic act of the French Government, publicly promulgated, be ex pressly and unconditionally repealed ; then and from thencefoith, the Order in Council of the 7th day of inu07,.1807, and the Order in Council of the pith day of April, 1809, shall, without any farther order be, and the same hereto/ are declared from thence. forth to he wholly and absolutely revoked : and fur ther, that the full benefit el this Order shall be ex tended to any ship or vessel captured subsequent to suet' authentic act of repeal of the Fren o ch Decrees, although, antecedent to such repeal, such ship or vessel shall have commenced, and shall be in the Prspecut:on of a voyag e , w hi c h, un d er t h e sa id O r - , ders is Council, or one of them, would have subject- ed her to capture and condemnation ; and the ciain,-1 sot orally ship or cargo which shall be captured at iny time subsequent to such authentic act of repeal by the French Government, shall, without any fur ther order or declaration on the part of his Majesty's Gdvernment on this subject, 6e at libertir to give m ' evidence in the High Court of Admiralty, or any Court of Vice-Admiralty, before which such ship or ressel or its cargo, shall be brought for adjudication, that inch repeal by therrenchGovernmeet had been htsuch authentic act promulgated prior to such .capture ; an d upon proof thereof, the voyage shall oe , 4eemed and taken to have been as lawful, as if tree said Orders in Council had never been made ‘— ai'ing nevertheles s to t h e captors , suc h protection tui l indemnity as they may be equitably entitled to, 1 c the judgment of the said Court, by reason of their 'filorance or unce r t a i nty as ' to the rejisal of the !bX t ench Decrees, or of the recognition of such repeal his Majesty's Government, ar the time of such capture. • 44 His Royal Highness however deems it proper to declare, tliat, should the repeal of the French De crees, thus anticipated and provided for, afterwards prove to have been illusory on the part of the enemy: slid should the restrictions thereof be still practically enforced, or revived by the enemy, Great Britain Mill be obliged, however reluctantly, after reasonable notice to neetral Powers, to have recourse to such measures of retaliation as may then appear to be just and necessary. '6 %ssusuister, April 21, 1814."• ' • ~ .1111 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 25. PRICE OF STOCK.; THIS DAY AT ONE CrOLOLIts Bank Stock 327+—InclIa Stock 1871 3 per Ct. Reduced 39 , 11-4 per Ceut. 74 S per Ct. Cone. ior migitY 30 9 — D0. Inc see- 60 .4 f 3 per Ct. god—Scrip I pre.-I.ong Anna. 161 7-14 tbs Exch. Bilb par ls. pre.—Bonds 1..26 pte.-oinn. FALL OF BADAJOZ. We have to congratulate our readers upon the fall of this most important Fortress. The glorious !event took place on the 6th instant. The place was taken by assault, after a most ob stinate resistance on the part of the besieged, in which the greater number were killed or wounded. The loss on the part of the British was comparatively small. A telegraphic communication to the above effect, was made from the signal station at Plymouth-Dock, yesterday, and it reached the station at Cabbage-hill, on the road to town, before night-fill. From this place the intelligence was forwarded by Post, to the Admiralty, where it arrived this morning, at eleven 1 o'clock. No further telegraphic, or other communication, had reached the Government Offices when this Paper was put to press. The instant any further particu lars arrive we shall communicate them in a SECOND EDITION. The weather has been so hazy since morning, however, that the Admiralty Telegraph has not' been at work. In the mean time, there is a vague report in the Oty, that the loss on the part of the British amounted to 1400 men. The siege, altogether, occupied twenty days, before the place fail. Yestilday, soon after two o'clock, his Royal High ness the PRINCE REtnilxv held a Levee at Carlton House. A troop of theld Life Guards marched into Pall Mall about one o'clock, and a detachment of the Ist Guards into the Court-yard, with colours Hying, and the band in their state uniforms. Their Royal Ht ,, hnessos the Dukes of KENT, CANmatnoe, and GLOUCESTER arrived early; the former was accom panied by the Dukes of CLARENCE and BRUNSWICK. There were present, the Lord Chancellor, the President of the Board of Trade, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master General of the Ordnance, the Secretaries of State for the Home and War Department, the President of the Board of Controul, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Bishop of Exeter, the Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Turkish Am bassadors; the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Remern brancer of London, with the Sheritts; and the Dukes of Portland and Montrose. After the Levee the PRINCE gave audiences to the Earl of Livr.ttrooL, and Mr. Shetiff litiu•tt and the City Remernbrancor, when his Royal Highness was pleased to appoint next Tuesday, at three o'clock, to receive the City Address. By the Nimrod letters have been receiyed from Malta to the 14th ult. The last advices received there from Sicily, do not represent the state of that island as yet wholly free from disturbance. We subjoin an extract of a letter from Malta on this subject : MALTA, MARCH 8. 6 , We are much depressed here from the still un determined state of the affairs of Sicily. It appears that matters are there but externally settled : the force of the hostile puny is alive and active. In the opinion of informed persons, nothing less than the entire removal of the Queen, and her advisers and confederates, can insure security and peace to our possession of that island. The rumoured pacification between Turkey and Russia has not yet taken place." Jamaica Papers have reached us to the 14th of 'February. From these we learn the following or: tculars respecting the Amethyst, lately captured by the SOUTHAMPTON British frigate : " The crew of the Amethyst, a frigate belonging to CHRISTOPHE, it should seem, mutinied, and seizing the vessel, took her into Maragcane, one of the ports in the Department of the South, in the hands of a French patty, where a Frenchman took the command of her. Information having been given at the same time, that a sloop of war, and a brig, belonging to Cmustorne, werr also at sea, the Amethyst was fresh manned with Frenchmen and others,_ and pro ceeded in quest of them ; but in s tead of meeting with what they sought for, they had the luck to fall in with the Souniami.Tow, Captain Itso, who felt himself fully justified in capturing them. The Ame thyst was so complete a wreck atter the engagement, that it was with difficulty she could be kept above water. The nearest port was Port-au-Prince, into which she was carried by the permission of _Pertori, who afforded Captain Yeo every accommodation. On the Bth of February she was fitted out with jury masts, and was about to sail for Port Royal, in Ja maica." - - _ The Jamaica Papers contain Resolutions, passed at Meetings of Proprietors of Estates in Demarara and Tobago. In the third Resolution of the furmer it is stated, that the settlement lost last year R 1,200.000. Ihe eleventh directs that a Petition be presented to Parliament, to introduce sugar into our Distilleries. The tenth Resolution at the Tobago Meeting states, s , That nothing but the hope of some relict; and the ' duty they owe to their creditors, could induce the Planters to continue the cultivation of their estates, for any other purpose than the maintenance of themselves and their negroes, by raising stock and provisions. C4tain Phibbin, of the 60th regiment, was taken suddenly ill on Monday in the street, and was coo lveyed into a house at Lambeth tar medicalaid, which was instant_ly afforded, but without etilvt, as he shortly expired. tie had been married but a ieW day s. i.iPtii• THE ARMY. Military dispatChes were yesterday received from. Jamaica ; the remaining companies. of the 54th and 55th regiments are under Jriers to return to Eng. land, as soon as the 4th but tlinn of the 60th regi. ment shall arrive. The men belonging to those companies who choose to continue in t:ic island will be permitted to volunteer and j'An ether corps on that station. In addition to the Cavalry reinforcement; men tioned in the STAR of the tith inst. the figlowing very fine remounts are immediately ordered to Portsmouth Plymouth, to embark for Portugal, viz. Re Hu " a " 4 ' ) °l lembark :it Portsmouth. fict Ditto - 21 to 3th Light Dragoons 83 11th Ditto Ditto 110 12th Ditto Ditto 150 13th Ditto Ditto 160 to embark at Plytaouth. 11th Ditto Data GS 16th Ditto Ditto 100 Horses Nearly 1000 Spanish Recruits have been lately sent from Corunna to Lisbon. The skeleton of the 52d regiment is on its way from Lisbon. It consists of 13 Officers, and only 114 men. Monday morning detachments from the 4th. Dr agoon Guards, and Royal Dragoons, marched from the Cavalry Depot, Canterbury, on their route for Portsmouth, where they will embark to join their re spective regiments now in Portugal. The Dukes of YORK, Cumsatoug, and GLOUCES TYR were on the parade this morning, and inspected the Guards ;n their new caps and knaksacks, and were pleased with the goad appearance of the men. The 29th Regiment is now un its march to per form the King's duty at Windsor. The selection of that corps for so honourable a duty, affords a con vincing proof of the respect which is entertained for its gallant and distinguished services, during it period of four years in the Peninsula. The ske:eton 61 the regiment returned from Portugal in December last, but the decided preference manifested for it by se veral corps of Militia, will, no doubt, coon complete its ranks. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TIIE ARMY IN PORTUGAL. " That zealous yourg Offiter MULCAITZR, of the Royal Engineers, ho lost his life early hi the morning of 26th March, at Badaj had been relieved in Ids duty fu the trenches by Captain WILLIAws , and %vas visiting tile har,eries with him, to explain what was goitv forward, when a cannon shot struck his head—his death was instantaneous. He had barely recovered of a wound he had rec• iv.d at Ciudad Rodrigo. The fall of this young man must be a severe affliction to his family, a loss to the profession, and to his ::unierous military friends, fur his to virtues and public character had endeared him to all who know him. He was in the 24th year of his age, youngest son of the Late General MULCAs . rea, of the Royal Engineers, and ne,hew to the gallant General Sir SAMUEL AUCIIMUTIN" NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, APRIL 20. Sailed the ll.dce of Clarence packet for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, APRIL. 21. Tuesday an ived the MottalsrowN hired armed brig with a convoy from Swansea • the. Asx tender, with impressed men and volunteers , Bristol and Swan. sea ; NEPTUNE from Dublin, and WHITING from Fal mouth. Arrived theFoxnuusmgun-brig fromacruize. A fleet passed down Channel this morning from the Eastward. The WairriNG schooner is expected to sail to-morrow for (guernsey and Jersey, with a convoy. Arrived the Robert and Sarah, in 20 days, from Gib raltar; brings no news. he HANADRYAD, 38 guns, went from filmoaze to the Sound, to resume the Irish station. Sailed the ELIZABETH, 74. guns, and MlNznva, 32 gons, for Portsmouth ; and the Comm., 18 guns, to the Westward.—The blat.astrus frigate and Brrrmor sloop of war, at Plymouth, are ordered to be fitted nut with Al the dispatch that circumstances will admit.—Wind N.W. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22. Arrived the LINNET sloop of war from Cork, with a convoy ; the ELIZABETH man of war from Fal mouth ; blisrliva from Plymouth ; CoMEr from a cruize ; and the DoLeanN store-ship from the West ward, supposed from the Brazils—Wind N.V. DEM., APRIL 22. Arrived his Majesty's ships Vie. cony, Vice-Admiral Sir .1 AMEN SAUmAitEz, from the Baltic; Impntax AMC, Admiral Youm . ; ; and the \Volution, Capt. BYNU to augment the fleet off Flushing. Arrived his Ma jesty's ship MA it Laottouott from off ditto. Came down from the River the Indefatigable, Cam, for New South Wales and China, and several others. I LONDON TAVERN, APRIL 23, 1812.—T0 the Loyal f I n d ependent s• 1 an tnartenaent Li of London—The ADDRESS to leis Royal Highness the PRINCIi• Reoexr will lie for signature a few days longer, at the London Ta ' Tern, Bishopsgate-street ; and London Coffee-house, Ludgate-Ml—Rica/IRD CLARKE, Sec. ; SADLER'S WELLS.---A young Lady, of the name of APPLETON, was introduced to the public as a singer, on Monday evening, and was very favourably received. The cGmpass abet. voice is great, and her tones are as clear and sweet as they are powerful.— The applause of a-crowded house accompanied the display of her abilities, first in a glee, and afterwards in a very pleasing song, which it is understood was composectpurposely fur her by a Gentleman of that Ilwatre. Miss A. certainly possesses considerable talents, and as she is said to be under the care of a preceptor of some eminence, will doubtless advance rapidly in be public favour. Fits Anil —Owing to a sintilarityornameoccurrinz between those two excellent artists, Mr. WILKIE and Mr. WILT UN, both of wham have fine works of art at present on exhibition ; it is necessary to inform the public, that the first of these artists is the Gentleman who painted •the Blind Fidler, and other much ad mired works, some cf which have already been be fore the public, and all of which ate now brought to gether at No. 37, Pall-mall ; the second is the Gen -Itleman who !mode the fine d r . tw i ng o f t h e D ea d Chritt and the Marys, - from the picture of ANNIBAL. CARAMI, formerly to the Orleans Collection, for the purpose of being engraved by Mr. SHA.kP, to form one of the series of 12 lari,e engravings, illustrative of the works of the leading Masters of the various Schools of Painting, with many other capital draw - ings in water colours, which are now exhibiting at No. 89, Sack ville-street, Piccadilly ; and are executed in a style of rigour, and uncommott richness of co !oaring, which render them perfect Jae-similes of the original pic • utes fronavilich they are taken. DWI of these Exhibitions we can pronounce to he well worthy the auention of every admirer of th: Fine A SECOND EDITION. . ' A Alto: this Paper was at press . , a report was c►:rrent, that a duel had takes place between Lewd I .)..xociatt- MORE anJ the Earl of YARMOUTH, in which the latttr had been severely wounded—some accounts say l• ;lledl The duel is said to have taken place this mot crag s and to have been occasioned by something which passed in the course of the debate is the Hoes* of Lords, on Tuesday evening. RIOTS. We yesterday had the painful task to ann4unce the revival of d..4ur.., nets at Dlsncltestcr and the • thighLourhoo !, and pa:titularly at Middleton, where the infttuated .4.9ilace attat.ke. the works of M. sis . But 10V. WC are Ant wed to ate that-«+r letters received this m troing .re no tsr a more eansol story nature. Besid es th e five r:....e rs who were as ment.one I yetterliy, no less th in 16 or IN were s winded in the n - cessary defence of the works. The military sitcee:•J I in driving the rioters from the works, but not without tattler bloodshed: three be ing killed upon the spot, and several woonJed We 1 uncut to add, that a p3rty of the mob attacked the siAelling•liouse E. !imam+, which they burnt to the ground w:th its furniture. We subjoin the accounts that have teachc.i us: NIANCIIESTER, APRIL 21, 9 P.M. I have the paiafal task to inform yin], that dis. turbances were renewed yesterday here, owing to a nuntl:er of pirsons, chiefly women, poising a quan tity of meal from A cart, and forcibly carryiug it away. Ahrut 40 or 50 of the cavalry were called in, when the Riot Act Wl3 read, and the pe!ple were dispersed lkitliont further isinry. Several the wo men an. commit:ed. The shops in that pan of the town (Ancoats) were closed the greater part of the day. It had a truly awful arpe trance. e , But the most rmlancholy circurnstan'ethas been at Middletvn, about five miles from !settee : a large body of men, women, and boys, attacked the weav ing factory, in the evening of yesterday, ring to Messrs. Burtuns, in consequence of these g r.:lernen weaving by machinery. The assail4nts attacked the factory with a volley of stones ; when at knw.h, a guard having been placed therein, musketry was fired with ball, and, sorry I am to say, five men were killed, and 16 or 18 wounded. The consequence was, that the insurgents assembled in vast bodies this day, armed with guns, scythes, and other offensive • weapone. A party of the military, horse and foot. was sent from hence with all possible dispatch. The cavalry are just returned, alter dispersing those mis guided people, killing three, and wounding several others. Lamentable to add, the mob have wreaked their vengeance on Mr. E. Burton's house and furni ture, which are burnt to the ground. These are aw-. Jul events !" SKCOND ZDITION OF TUB 11411CCHEVrlia PAPER. " April 21, 1.4 ctlerk. P.M. " A party of dragoons are just returned from Middleton, where they had been to suppress the rioters, who had again assembled there, and h .41 this afternoon burnt to the gronnd the dwellirg-house of Mr. E. Borten. On the atrival of the dr..goons, the mob dispersed, but not till one of their body was killed and one wounded. None of the soldiers were hurt. Tl e facto: y is s4f4 fy 4uardrd by the same men who did it so effectively yesterday, assisted by a party of the Cumberland militia." a Seven oVfeck. " We have several factories on fire, and the teW7l all in confision. At Bolton, we undeibtand, it is still worse." Accounts from Birmingham, dated two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, state, that strong srimptoms of disturbance had manifested themselves in that town during the preceding night, and in the course of the day. Parties of the Scotch Greys were patrolling the streets. Monday evening last, a numerous meeting of pea, ple took pl.:ce at Romford, and perambulated the streets for several how s, and during the evening did considerable damage in the irigtibourhood ; Am' tag other mischievous acts ' , they wantonly set fire to a hay-stack. Tuesday se'nn:ght, at Ayr, in the West of Scot. land, there bpi a short supply of meal in the mar ket, the populace, chiefly wianen and boys, attacked the houses' of certain dealers in that commodity is that place, layh.g open their repositories, breaking their windows, and injuring their furniture.—They were, however, quelled and order was restored by the interference of the Magistrates. The multi tude are not aware of the ruinous consequences of such proceedings. If real scarcity exists,•every out rage they commit aggravates the calamity; if artificial scarcity be the cause of complaint, still the grain is the property of the farmer, or merchant, who c a nnot legally be compelled to s e ll it at the rate fixed by the consumer; and if the farmer or grain dealer is in sulted or injured, he will be deterred from bringing hi s goods to market, and thus a real evil will be oc casioned. and the poor and laborious classes reduced to starvation in the midst of plenty. In casei of po pular ferment, the fair trader and the peaceable Mlle bitant are frequently the sufferers, and that useful class of dealeis may, by ill usage, be obliged to re linquish their , profession. One thousand sacks of flour have been sent from Plymouth Dock to the relief of the miners in Corn. wall, who are alow perfectly quiet " CAAI.ISLE, APRIL IL The reduced state of wages paid to the operative weavers in this district, has given rise to serious commotiocs On Friday sight, a body of about SOO men and womeNthe num armed with guns and pitchforks, gravelled to Di:stutt. a village about tour roles Irons Carlisle, and broke open the warehoubes cat Messrs kichariasto and Deidate, sad carried away hams, bacon, ;tad flour, to the 4rIVIJIIt of te.k.lo. The manful were immediately upon the alert, and marched with great raped 'lon to disperse the rioters, and succeeded in taking into custody about forty cidelly girls. The plan of the stores appears to have been sr-• ganiztd, a, they bad scouts statiosed to watch the movements of the military, for long before the so!dli (WU rcaril the phi* of destination the ring-leaders, wi t h t h a greatest part of their associates, ha d decamped with their booty through the fields; — and it is behaved, succeeded in lodgit safely at their respetw tire homes. The horses are at present patroling the streets, and the 55th regiment is under arms. An is at prtoent quirt ; bet things wear a very serious aspect, not front scarcity en gram in Cumberland, for we had last year a very &Nokias( crop, hut trots (be stagnation of trade, and the very low wages i aid to lin poor, a weaver, vrorkteg from I 5 rol e huirra 4 day,cm way taro s after allowing the acco-toraed deduciaus, sa. Id, per week ta •Urregt 11:11344.1faud it