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AMERICAN AAPERS. CORUSPONDENCE. [From the 'National Intelligencer Extraordinary.; " London, Feb.l9, 1810. " SIR—I received, on the 12th inst.by Mr. Powell, whom I had sent some time before to France,. a let ter from General Armstrong, .of which a copy is in closed; and keeping in view the instructions contained in your letter to me of the 11th of November last, I have written to Lord Wellesley, to enquire whether any, and if any, what blockades of France instituted by Great Britain during the present war, before the Ist of January, 1807, are understood here to be in force. A copy of my letter to Lord Wellesley is in closed. " It is improbable that this official inquiry will pro• duce a declaration in answer to it, that-none of those blockades are in force ; and I should presume, that such a declaration will be received in France as sub stantially satisfying the condition announced to niz. by General Armstrong. " I am not aware that this subject could have been brought before the British Government in -any other form than that which I have chosen. It would not, I think, have been proper to apply for a revocation of the blockades in queAion (at least before it is ascer tained that they are in existence) or to have proes sed in my letter to Lord Wellesley, to found, upon General Armstrong's communication, my inquirY,as to their actual state. I have however supposed it to be indispensable, and have acted accordingly, that I should explain to Lord Wellesley in conversation, the probability afforded by General Armstrong's letter, that a declaration by this Government to the effi ct above-mentioned, would be followed by the recal of the Berlin Decree. 46 I cannot perhaps expect to receive• from Lord Wellesley an answer to my letter in time to send a c( py by the John Adams, now in the Downs, or at Portsmouth but I will send it by an early opportn nity, and will take care that General Armstroug shall be made acquainted with it without delay. I have the honour to be, &c. 66 WILLIAM PISKNEY." 41 P.S. MARCH O.—Since the writing of this letter, larrd Wellesley has sent me the answer, of the 2d inst. of which a copy is now inclosed. It was not satisfac tory, and I pointed out its deficiencies to Lord Wel lesley in conversation, and proposed to him that I should write him another letter, requesting explana tions. He assented to this course, and I have written him the letter of the 7th inst. of which also a copy is Inclosed. His reply has been promised frequently, but has not yet been received. I reason to expect that it will be sufficient, but I cann. , t think of detain log the corvette any longer. The British packet will furnish me with an opportunity of f awarding it to you, and I will send Mt. Lee with it to Pa r is by w a y of .Morlaix. 44 W. FINKNEY." The tion. R. Smith, &c. COPY OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL ARN:sTRoNG TO TnE DUKE OF CADORE, DATLD PARIS, FEB. 21, 1810. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 18. . Mr. Jackson and his Lady laft Boston on Tuesday for New York. NEW-YORK, JUNE 20. It is pretty Certain from recent letters received from the seat. of Goyernment, that there will be no extra call ofCongrese ; and it iralso certain, that there is no idea utWashington of another embargo fo- non-intercourse. The great folks at the Op of our affairs, will not run the risk of getting to the hotiom by pursuing unpo pular motives. " The Minister Plenip lentiary of the United States has the honour to submit to his Excellency the Duke of Cadore the copy of a letter this instant received from Bayonne, and begs from him an explanation of . the circumstances mentioned in it. The Ministerial dispatch, under date of the sth inst. is arrived at St. Sebastian's, bearing an order for the immediate trans- . portation in small vessels, of all the sequestrated American cargoes, to Bayonne, to be pl.tced in the Custom-house there. This news is public .at St. Se bastian's ; but what is not so as yet, is, that the same order says-Ist. That these cargoes are to he sent to , Bayonne, whether the commodities of which they are composed may have come from English commerce, or from the produce of the soil of the Uidited States. 2:11y, That they should be sent to the Custom-houses of that place to be sold there. " The Minister Plenipotentiary offers to his Excel. , lency the assurances of his high consideration. (Signed) " JOHN ARMSTRONG." GENERAL ARMSTRONG TO MR. SMITH. " Paris, Feb. 18, rsto. SM••••I wrote a few lines to you yesterday an nouncing the receipt and transmission of a copy of the Duke of Cadore's note to me of the 14th instant. After much serious reflection I have thought it best to forbear all notice at present of the errors, as well of fact as of argument, which may be found in the introductory part of that note : to take the Minister at his word—to enter at once upon the proposed ne gociation, and, for this purpose, to offer him a project for renewing the convention of 1800. " This mode will have the advantage of trying the sincerity of the overtures made by him, and perhaps of drawing from him the precise terms on which his master will Bccommodate. If these be such as we ought to accept, we shill have a Treaty, in which neither our rights nor our wrongs will be forgotten ; if otherwise, there. will be enough both of time and Occasion, to do justice to their policy and• our •own, by a free examination of each. . " I have the honour to, he, Sir, with very great respe,ct, your most obedient and very humble servant, (Signed) " .rotiN ARMSTRONG." lion. Robert Smith. (It k cln:i t med.) MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, - JUNE 11. .. Extract from tv . e Answer of the Hotise of Repre sentatives to the Governor's 'Speech 46 In adverting with your Excellency to the convul sed state of Europe, the enied involuntarily shudders at the afflicting spectacle. IA war exterminating in its nattHe, extends its ravages; and wh:rt will be its final catastrophe is known oily to that BEING who maketh darkness his pavilion. In the wide 'range. of its desolation; inauspitiotts events have .ii-sultech to the best interests .of this country. England and France, without any pretest or complaint in relation our coeduct, on the professed principle of annoy .g each other, have wantonly introduced a system e pally repegnant to the iisages of nations, the• im munities of neutrals aunt the -dictates of justice; In • both nations we riiteive the same spirit, modified to purposes that will comport with the actual sitna tion et each. England, on. the rile hand, in the in satiable spirit of commercial monopoly, hk s i nter fe r ed with some of the Most lxmericiat branches •of our commerce, in 0 - der to ;,fiord her own a more extensive expansion. On ot! er, the Ruhr of France, with <an ambition as i • dinate as his mind is 'vigorous -and capacious, in his 1. vourite scheme of beering• upon the commerce o' England; has violated the ,unctity of neutsal rights, and the obligations of positive tom.. out of that part of the Convent that etas not hunt,' pact. The one with the mastery of the Ocean, and , and the upper part of it was set on fire and totally the other with the dominion of the Continent, have ' consumed. One hundred and fifty men were posted waged war upon our dearest interests, and produced , and entrenched in the surroonding wall and-the gar.— incalculable priaatt distress, and public embarrass- den. The batteries opened their fire. meat. For either of them therts is no apology, n o From the 26th to the 27th.—On the 26th, at four excuse, which, in the moment of returning rea, and in the morning, the fire was re-commenced again,t cpndotkr, justice would not blush to own. Instead the fort. Three powder magazines, one of which was of being benefactors to Mankind, instead of prornot• considerable, were blown up, and a number of howit iog.the prosperity of nations, and extending the cir. zer shells were thrown, which set fire to the place in de of human happiness, the destructive consequences several quarters. On the 27th, the batteries began of their conduct are felt in every simmer of the globe, ; firing again at dawn, and did not cease all the day. This House ardently desires, that this stkte of things The great number of shells that were thrown into the may be changed. And although expectation is almost fortress encreased the fires that had broken out, blew destroyed,. yet we cannot forbear to hope that these up another magazine, and so damaged the false bray, nations will return to a sense of justice and of duty, that is is expected the breach will soon be practicable. that they will give to this country a free enjoyment The fortress is to be summoned on the 28th. of those blessings which are her rights, and of which, AMSTERDAM, JULY 14. in a moment of lawless oppression, she has been un justly deprived. In any event, we feel confident that under the auspices of those whom the people have se lected as the depositories of their power, cemented by union and harmony, and with the benignant interpo sition of that PROVIDENCE which has heretofore been " the stability of our times, and the strength of our salvation," the destinies of this republic will rise superior to existing ditiiculties, and be more firmly fixed in the atTections of our citizens, and the respect of mankind." The following proclamation• was published here yesterday : " Dutchmen—Charged with the provisional govern ment of the kingdom of Holland, we have this day received the order of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, and Mediator of the Swiss Confedera tion, to notify to you, that his Imperial Majesty, hay tag taken into considetation the state of affairs in Europe, the geographical position of HAand, and the pretensions of the common enemy, has, by a decree, issued from the palace of Rambouillet, the 9th inst. resolved, that the kingdom cf Holland should be united with the French empire.—(S:: 7uesday's Srdx.) " In communicating to you the decree, we are also charged by his Majesty the Emperor to inform yoti, that his Majesty finding himself compellei to put an end to the intermediate Governments, which for six. teen sears have harassed this part . of the empire, the inhabitants of Holl.ind shall be t bjects of his care, and his Imperial Majesty will rejoice as much in their prosperity as in that of his good city of Paris ; whilst the apaciousielci, front Rome to Amsterdam, which is laid open to the industry of the inhabitants, may encourage to look to the period of the extension of their mutual commercial relations in those regions, which their ancestors rendered sorenowned,and which h,:vc carried to so high a pitch the glory of the Bil• :AV:an aad Dutch name. " We finally notify to you, that the genera' tivetn ment will continue on the present fooling until the arrival Dt his illustrious Highness the Prince Arch- Treasurer of the Empire, the Duke of Placentia. (Signed,) " VAN DKR HEIM. Amsterdam. July 12, 1810, "A.J. J. H.VERHEUEN." According to a Proclamation issued on the 12th, every soldier quartered in this city is authorized' to demand of the person he is billetted on, the following daily allowance, viz. a gill of geneva, 24 ounces of . bread, 2 ounces of greens, 8 ounces of meat, and a pot of beer. WASHINGTON, JUNE 11. Don Louis de Onis, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Christian Majesty, Ferdinand VII. has sent the fol lowing Circular officially, to the Consuls and Vice Consuls in the different ports of the United States : Under date of the 27th April last, I am informed by the Intendant of Havannah, that our King Ferdi nand VII. and in his name the Regency at the king dom, has been pleased, under the existing circumstan ces, to grant to neutrals and allies, admittance into the ports of Havannah, Cuba, Trinidad, and M ttang ts, with such articles as ate stipul ited in the commercial arrangement of tree trade of 1778, on condition. th 4t the proceeds of imp-rtation shall be expired in the fruits or produce of the Mind; causing by these means; and the same terms, an extension of the trade to dui inhabitants of that Island, and all the permitted ports thereof. But t') prevent any contraband trade, or im pertaton of French produce or manufactures, it will be. required that such shipments should be accompa hied by his Majesty's Consul's certificate, in their re spective ports of clearance, without which docnments, nn vesvis will he admitted an enti y. I communicate this to you, in order to publish the sane to such in dividuals or merchant within your Consulate, whom it may concern, that in no instance they may alledge ignorance, requesting you to give 'me timely notice after the execution the same; I pray Goo, &c. Signet' Lot's ONb.s' FOREIGN A7EELLIG.EII7CE. PARIS, JULY 10. In an action that took place before Scilla on the 21st June, the enemy's flotilla again received consi derable damage. On this most decisive day, four of the enemy's gun-boats were sunk ; that of the Com mander was carried by boarding. Several of the English vessels were so much damaged that it was necessary to tow them off to the other side. The loss of the Neapolitan nality, and the troops embarked in this and the preceding affairs, is very in considerable. The whole loss was five transport yes-. sels and two bca:s. JULY 11. Extract from the Journal of the Siege cf Ciudad Rodrigo. From the 21st to the 2.2,l June.—Approaches have been made ; the five batteries on the right are nearly finished, and the line of sharp-shooters on the right has been advanced to within 100 pates of the wall that surrounds the Convei.: of the Holy Cross. Fri)rn the 2'2cl to the 23d.—The approaches were completed as well as the parapet, throughout the whole length of thc second parallel. The artillery were occupied in completing the batteries; The enemy kept up a very brisk ire, but did hardly any mischief. From the 23d to the 214.11.—Tw0 new approaches were opened, one on .the right, the other on the left.' The artillery completed the inside revitement: (linings) • of all the batteries, and fifteen platforms were laid down. Our sharpshooters were annoyed from the Convent of the Holy Cribs. At midnight 300 gre nadiers were assembled and divided into two co lumns ; the fires consisting Of 150 grenadiers and . 20 sappers, provided witir hatchets, pickaxes, and two sacks of powder, commended by Captain Malt. • ViENNA, JUNE 26. zen, of the engineers, was to enter the Convey.: by the rear, while the other column, under the corn- ' F o r some days past, there has heat a brisk exchange mand of Cal min Francois, was to penetrate by the of couriers between Vienna and Paris. The frequent front. Captain M thzen, after receiving a volley, interviews of the Ministers of both nations, and the which did no mischief, arrived ..it the gate, which he repeated sittings of the Privy Council, lead to a sup found barricadoed. He applied his .powder to it, position that affairs of the greatest importance are on blew it open, and was the tirst to enter the Convent the tapir. It is reported that his Majesty has received with Captain Francois. They proceeded as far as the important dispatches from Paris, the contents of second gate, .which Captain Maltzen also blew up. !. which are most satisfactory with regard to our Mo - . The Spaniardsthen, to the number of 00, atm- • &achy. cloned the ground-floor, and retired to the upper ,sto ries, from which they kept up a very brisk fire. Cap- lt is confidently asserted, that our Government has made representations to that of Russia on the subject taro Ft ancois received a musket-bail, of which he is of the measures lately adopted in Wallachia respect siute dead. At the same time Captain Maltzen re netwithyanding his wounds, he did. ing the Austrians resident there. Another object of ceived two shots : thesevepresentations is said to be the restitution of not retire tom the scene of action, hut ordered the our commercial relations with that provinces to their • neces.arr preparations for setting fire to the Convent.: He ..114 not retire to have his wounds dressed utatillt4 former footing. I" jeva 27.—The Russian army has obtained a great had seen the , neater part •of the Convent on 61: .-. • • ••- • vustoty . over the Turks on the right bank of the and mast of the Sp IniArds who were in . it. envelope in the fames. This affair,. exclusive of the loss of Danube near. Silistria. The Grand Vizier has re. passed Mount Hemus, and fallen back to Adrianople. Captain Francois, occasioned us the loss of one man , , l killed, and 12 wounded. lie surrender of Silistria was most probably the cause • From the 24th to the 25th,—The night was cm- ,of this movement. . played in completing the batteries, Mounting the 2.r-1 Doubts are entertained hero as to the truth of the tillery, supplying ammunition, and putting them in article in the Presturgh aurant, which says, that 16 a condition roopen their fire at day break. 1 regimenti, 'chiefly Hungarians, hal received orders From theB.sth to the 26th—The enemy were driven to match to the Turkish froatitr. - FRANKFORT, JULY & A letter from Constantinople, of the 25th of May, contains the tollowing ; We have not yet had an account here of the operations of the an'nies. The preparations are considerable. Reinforcements of troops arrive daily. The Divan is making every ex ertion to obtain peace with Russia by the prosecution of hostilities ; but is resolved not to purchase it by the cession of province'. Mr. Adair is still here. It is understood that the greater part of the military equipments here are carried on under his immediate inspection." Respecting Spain, we have the following article from France : 'l , Whilst the Marshal, the Duke of Dalmatia, Ma j :Jr General of his Majesty the King, is inspecting the positions of the French army in Andalusia and Estra madura, and taking measures for the completion of the ulterior military plans, the Monarch is occupied with the business of administration, and' taking the necessary measures for the peace and security of the capital: The city of Madrid, which, from its extent and local circumstances, can never be made a fortress, nor be looked upon as such, being nevertheless one of the principal establishments of the French army in Spain, the construction of a citadel has for some time been going on there ; the Buen Retiro is its central point, which commands every part of the city. In this fortress, which is to be upon a regular plan, and provided with barracks and military magazines, the grand depot of stores will, in a short time, be lodged, and the greater part of the garrison will be quartered in it. The arsenal there will be the principal for all Spain." ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE 24. The day before yesterday re Mum, was sung here for the late victory over the Turks, and for the re duction of Silistria; (37 standards and colour• were carried at the head of the troops on the parade. The particulars of the taking of .Silistria are soon expected to be made public, and we are. also in ex pectation of intelligence of a general engagement '*ith the Grand Vizier's army, which, according to the positions of both armies, appears to be inevitable. On the 221, his Majesty presided in a Council of State. iVNIE The forams of Turtuky was carried by storm n the Ist instant, by the brave Russian General of Ca. valry Von Sasz. Up.m this occasion a number of standards, 11 pieces of cannon, and all the magazine s fell hit° the hands of the Russiins. Count Sievers, Lieutenant-General Prince Wusemskoy, and Major Mibchow, particularly distinguished themselves. Ge neral Sass is at present in front of Rudschuck, the surrender cif which is expected every moment. The Commander in Chief, Glum Kamenzkoy, h at: marched to attack the Grand Vizier, near Schtinala. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 40. MICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. per Ct. Cons. snooty. 671.—f0e sec. 811,; S per Ct. Reduced 671 86-4 per Cent. uft Navy 5 per Cent. 58—Exch. Bills, lw du. to Is. per. Bonds 14s. Its. presn.—Oninium, dis. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAV. Bank Stock , 260} 3 per C. Red. 6841 671 3 per Cent. Cons. 661 01111 4 per Cent. 84 83; S per Cent. Navy 99/ 9717,1 Long Ann. lat s46ch3 Uranium / f t Si dia. in!ix Smelt 17si lodia Boa& ills I Its. 156.pr0w Exch. Bills v. dis.l4. pr. Lnitery 'tickets 412. I SI. Cups. for am. 69f 69 This morning we received accounts fro'm St. De; mingo of theGth ultimo, which are rather interesting: " Ships, Colonies, imd Commerce" the desire of 14APOLLON : afteiwards, like the fox' with the sour grams, he affocted to hold them the p. Latterly, however, he has begun again to tall:Cif pfr. clueing a Navy, to contest the sovereignty of theseas ; and, from the accounts now before us we learn, what we have long suspected to be the case, that he is de. luging the Western hemisphere with his secret erris• saries. The following letter is from a Britil Officer: " His Majesty's ship Gonaives Bay, " St. Domingo, lune 6, 1610. • , g The French are not idle, but, mole-like, busy tinder ground. There ii now on this island a French teneral, RIOAUD, sent out by NAPOLEON. He went first From France to America, communicated with the Consul General, or Minister of the French na• took passage as a privatigentlemanin anAme rican ship, and was safely landed at Port-au-Prince ; where, we are informed, he was received with oprn armi by PETION and his party. This, lam led to conclude, will tend soon to their downfal. The French, I am confident, Will, ere long, make some kind of push in this quarter of the world. From the peCuliar circumstances of a great part of thii country, and its relation with Eumpe, they, I suppose, are led to conclude that success must fellow. Every Island is filled with their Emissaries; Jamaica not exempt. We had the names of several vessels bring ing them out ; one or theft we fell in with, but, un fortunately, it was a few dais before.we received chit intelligence. The Cape Nicola Mole has not yet fallen s' the whole of PirrioN'a fleet are there, and closely block aded by CHRUTOPIieS, which has lately received a very great addition to their naval force—a large fii• gate, the Felicite, taken by the LATONA, and sent nut here to be disposed of. GOODALL is expected daily from America, with another frigate. The inquiries respecting the SARACEN , brig being fired At, and re turning it, at this place, was dropped, as soon as CHRISTOPHE heard the correct accounts of that pro. ceeding. •". Intelligence of an insurrection in the Caracas must have reached Eneand before tl.is, as the Go. vernor of Curacna immTdin'ely dispatched a vessel to England after getting the information." We have this day continued our extracts from the French and Dutch papers, received yesterday. The continuation of the Journal of the siege of Ciudad Ro drigo is extremely Inibute, but omiti to inform us of the explosion of one of the French powder magazineh which is candidly stated in MAssra:Als dispatch. • The Russians have gained some important advan tages over the Turks, and are pushing forward to at tack the main army, commanded by the GUAM!). • 'l . Some accounts from Holland state, that the Ex iting toils had made the best of his way to Ton ningen, in order to embark for England. The intro duction of the French troops bat excited much discon. tent at Amsterdam, and assassinations .nightly take place when a Frenchman is seen on the streets. The I.tox man of war sailed from Portsmouth yes terd ty, for the East Indies, with the PERSIAN AURAS. SADOR and Suite on board. ------- - On the 13th instant, the Right Honourable WIL LIAM DuNnAs was unanimously eleited Member of Parliament for the Boroughs of Banff, Cullen, Kin tore, Elgin, and luverary. Mr. Yonsce, as First Lord of the Admiralty, is about to Like a survey of Northflect, and the surround ing grounds—the proposed stile for the new Naval Arsenal. He will be attended by Mr. RKNNIE, and other practical Engineers. Lord BERKELEY'S illness seems less critical. On Tuesday afternoon he w.ts consitierably better. His MAJESTY'S cream-coloured State hones, which were removed from the Mews about six years ago, are now at grass in Windsor Park, where several fine colts have been bred. Since the taking o f H an over by the French, they have not been •sed by his MA' JESTY, who, since that time, has substituted black ones in their stead. Mr. limo, of Piccadilly, undertook yesterday, for a wager of 50 guineas, to go from Hydepark-corner to Maidenhead, in three hours and a half, (26 mats), which he prtornied with great fatigue in two mums under the given time.