The National Register. — London, England, 1814-02-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL R EGISTER., St release from the yoke ..itich oppresses them. Go nit, then, - courapeous- ; brave warriors, you have alreath- surmounted the greatest danger ; complete your victory over the mad am,,totion of the French Emperor. Give peace to the world, and return then to your country, cos ered ith the blessings of the people you have delivered. You must have . number object in your entrance on the French territory. Our c l ay o h feet roust be to lessen the disasters of that country, tini nut to increase thein. We must cro.vi:•ce the iohithitio.ts, that it is your zee •1 fer do good cause alime which leads sour step towards them. Cour•!ge and generosity twee ever been the chief requisites of the soldier. Let therefore, courage and genermcitv he your Characteristics on the road which leads you to ;memo-rains. Convinced of the importance and neces sity volt %sill never tieulect rfr observe the same with t!ie utmost exactness. Dv this you adition:it l u stre to your well-earned fame. In case any anion,l you should, contrar .to ex pectatio forgetting the 'mice ot honour, and the duties of their si tuation, be guilty of linv cNcess, or c:imitial proceeding towards the i habitants, they shall be, ‘‘ nhout distinction, consigned t- condign tio;ohment, as disturbers of public order, anal enemit s to general weltare. 66 The Commander in Chief of the Imperial Rnssian Armies, " Count Ti-NRCI.A.Y DE "FOLLY." rvs. 8 I have the honour to he, with the ci Sir,. your most obedient bervani, (Signed) CAS FLED EACH. (CNCLOSVRE ALLUDED TO ABOVE.) TRANSLATION or A NOTE FROM LORD CATHCART TO Tilt COUNT lit NESSELDRODE 7 DATED 'roplitz, Sept. 1, 1 n 3. The undersigned A nily - onidor of his Britannic Mdje,t), to the Emperor of all the Russia.. drsi' kg to avail lonisilr ot the first occasion. to !Tom the subject respecting Ametiea, which was into tlisens•ion in a conference at the moment of departure from Betehenhach, has the honour to addl.'s:6 this stole to his Ex culleney the Count de Nesselrode. Although the Prince Regent, for reasons which have been already made known, has not found himself in a sitnation to accept the me diation of his Imperial Majesty fir termiouting the discussions ith the United States of America, his Royal Iliate4s desires, nevertheless, to give effect to the benctieiont wishes whirl' his Im perial Majesty has expressed, of seeing the war betviren Great Lritain and America soon terminated, to the mutual satisfaction of the t wo Governments With this view, his Royal Highness having learned that the En voys Plenipotentiary of the United States for negoeiatine a peace with Great Britain, under the mediation of his Imperial Majesty, have arrived in Russia, notwithstanding that he finds himself under the necessity of not accepting the interposition of any trivially Power, in the question which forms the principal object in dispute between Me two States, he is oevcrtheleos ready to nominate Ples nipotentiaries to treat directly with the American Plenipotentiaries. His Royal 114:linese sincerely wishes that the conferences of these Plenipotentiaries may result in re-establishing, between the two nations, the blessings and the reciprocal advantages of peace. • If; through the good offices of his Imperial Majesty this propA• onion be arcupted, the Prince Regent would pleter nit the ennferences should Ise held at London, on account if the facilit its which it would give to the disenssious. lint if this choice should meet with insuperable obstacles, his Royal Highness would consent to substitute Gottenburgii as the place nearest to England. Tice undersigned, pie. (Signed) CA TIIC A RT. STATE PAPER. SF.N.ITE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE , OP THE UNITED STA'rES IN COM': nEss .4.EMBLED. Sriinsiaittetl, far the informatieen of Covres., - copies of a letter from the I,riti4eSecretary at State for Foreign Atlairs, to the Sveirtary of State, with the answer of the hitter. lii appreciating the accepted propineal of the Government of Croat I;ritetirn for instituting negotiation for peace, Congrebs will not tail to keep in mind, tbat vigorous preparation for carrying fill the war can in no respect impede the progies to a favourable result, teliilst a re laxatioo of preparation., •honlel the wishes of the United States for a speedy restoration of the b!essings of p ea ce b e diAappointed, would recces:eat - 0y have the most injurious Jamiary, 1311, JAMES 1 4 4.1. DISON. 1.C)111) CASILErtTA 511 TO Tr C. SECatT ItY F.TATE. Forciao Sin---I have the honoar to enclose to you, for the information of the President of the United States, a copy of a Not* Ili, • Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at the. Court of St. Petersburgh was (fire civil to present to the Russian Goverment as S'iNN as his Royal ili g h tt es.; the ,p,h 4 z.e Regent was loAlrmed that Plei (lift:tries had !men nominated on the part of the American Govern:7l4.ot, for the jamilwe of NWlnciating for peare Great Brit:Col, under the ~.ctirtion of lii• imperiat 3l a jooy, [is Lordship having by the last Courier from the TIMICI-1- Tread aptorter4, re gaaitited lite that tire American Conimissiiners otc,v at tit. l'etershorgh have intimated in reply to this overore, tl: it tit! haul ;40 0 4 icetiait to a negoeiatiou LOlill4ftl, 31141 1%%•1*(' l'T.l , Cll:i de -irons :VI the Itiitish liovernmeat derlared z., that. thi business shoohl oat he with the af:l,rirs ci the Continent of Europe, hot their powers were r litoited to tiego(.iatte under t!.e mediation of 'Rossi:l. the. , e eireilitistancro, io order to avoid an minceessary continuance of the calamities of ;,,a••, the Prince.• liegrot recont, mends me to transmit, by a flat.: of trnre, to the American port nearest to the seat of Covernmeot, the official Note a hove mentioned, in order that the President, if he should feel (filmset! to enter upon a direct negoriation for the restoration of peace betwi.en the two 'Suites, may !live his directions ticeordingly. In making this eominimieaticin, I ran misitre yon, that the rtritish Government is to enter into 4iiwit•vion ‘iith the Govern ment of r% mecira for the coliciiiator atljustincat of the differences !oilisisting between the too Statr.n, with an eittnrSt tif.'ire on their part to bring them to a favourable i4soe. priaciples of lier fell reciprocity, not inconsistent with the established maxims of p u blic law, and with the maiitioic right• of the llcitish empire. The Admiral 1112 Itriti h S 9 111(11'011 on the American Itece .;, :i r e pro tr:rl iON to any Iv part of rhe Government of this cvertiire ; e r should the to forward orders to their 'ye the nevexsat - y facilities, by on of tilt malry. ..._ _ otatiim 'will be p 4 " i It InF"i IC . 11,t . 41 41.11 i 4 ,4 Z ... 4 : th , Vie Un . .. , -7 .diL, .. i.t. ift; • arm i., Z.\ : . - . .. •,0„... Arne: ito .. 1 . , ~... „, (...w.q, L.,. :0-v. .i, 0 Cattrc--.1c 4 : 41 7:. - 1. -- ,,f".- 4 , .,04-.., •• I; ‘, f ....t.f.' Iftik. , :i- , • 404. t. cury :-. f THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO LORD CASTLEREAGH. De part:nein of State. January, 1814. My Lortn-1 have had the honour to receive, by a flee of er.sce, your Lordship's letter of the 4th of November last, and a copy of a note, which his Mit:mine Majegy's Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg!' preiented to the Russian Government en the Ist of September preceding. By this communication it appearc that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent rejected the inediA;ion offered by his Imperial Majesty, to promote peace bet we'll the United States and Great Britain, but proposed to treat directiy with the United States :et Gottenburs:ll *'r London, and that I c bad requested the loteri•osisiou of the gosoi offices of the Emperor io favour of such an arranenient. his' iii`r laid Your Lordship's commonication before the Presistcut, instruetioi to state', for the intOrm.stiott of his Royal II Ns the Prince Regent, that the Preeident sfen with rczrt' this new , obstacle to the commencement of a negotiation for the acesowoodas t ion ofdiffcreness between the United Slat; s awl Gr e at Itrit.;ill. As the Emperor was distinguished for his rectitude a•!:1 insp srtiali'y, and was moreover engaged in a war, as an atIV of %%her. hy it was his interest to promote peace between tae United St .tus Great Britain, the Pvesidrut could nest doubt tat .I , is Royal the Prince Renent would accept the mediation, wlsich ois Ituirerial Majesty had olferrd to ice n. It was the cooti re w which the hi Cu elt:!:•arter of CA. Rnipesor inspired the P,esidi that induced lina, disregarding considerations, widelt a more .atitinits policy might have sag:testes!, so are-pt the overture eyttli prompti tilde. and to se:ol Ministers to St. Ps terstirell, to take advatit.;;V. , l it. It vvotsid have ': , een very sati-factory to the Pre-i lent, it' tiffs Royal Ifighoess the Prince Its.ge.nt had folossl it comp wide with the views of Cireat Britain, to a''opt a. similar meastue as delay mktit twit• bp:,os avoided, in aec , oispltsbilig an object which, it , is admitten, i of high importa:;ec to boils "Wions. The cniirm. prop° e i a •iih•titate for iirociations at St. LL Petershor.7ll, under the auspices of the Emperor of Ru,•sa, ; oot, I must rent ark to yntir rare been required thr the w.srpose of keeping the 11,:ite , : isociwist et, e 1 ag...iii•t Great t i Britain with any attairb et Inc Conununt. Pure Was ig. a . •