The National Register. — London, England, 1811-03-03 00:00:00

--""\--•-""."11111Prress0W ..00 014 '+.., • • THEI.3 NATIONAL RICISTFR to him, was vague and equivocal as a prospective pledge. It defined nothing, and was far from • warranting any specific expectation, thatit seemed rather to take away the very little of precision which beloligkl to former declarations on the same point. It was highly important to the commerce 431 the United States, that this ambiguity should 'he cleared away, with all practicable expL:dition ; and if it could not be removed, that no • presumption should be afforded of a disposition on the part of the United States to acquiesce in it. My note to Lord Wel lesley was written and delivered upon these inducements. In the King's actual situation, the Orders in Council can scarcely he formally recalled, even if the Cabinet are so inclined ; but it does nut follow that something may not be done, though I have no reason to think that any thing will be done which may be productive of immediate advantage; and, at any rate. p:epare the way for the desired repeal. . I am, sir, with great consideration. &c. WM.PINKNEY. Zf R. PINIINEY TO LORD WELLESLEY. MV LORD, Great Cumberland-place, Nov. 3, 1810. In my note of the s:sth of August, I had the honour to state to your Lordship, that I had received from the Minister Pleni potentiary of the United States at Paris, a letter dated the 6th of that month, in which he informed me, that he had received from the French goverranent, a written and official notice, that it had revoked the Decrees of Berlin and Nihon ; and that after .I‘e Ist. of November,..those Decrees would cease to have any effect; and I expresed my confidence, that the revocation of the British Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, and April, 1809, and of all other orders dependant upon, ana logous to, or in execution of them, would follow of course. Your Lordship's reit , of the 31st of August to that note, re peated a declare:ion of the British Minister in Ameriza, made, .as it appears, to the Government of the United States, in Fe bruary, 1108, of " His Majesty's earnest desire to see the com merce of the world restored to that freedom winch is necessary to its prosperi:y, and his readiness to abandon the system which had been forced eon hi n, whenever the enemy should retract the principles which fled rendered it necessary," and added an official a,surance, that, 64 Whenever the repeal of the French Decrees should it tve actually tale,ni effect, and the commerce of neutral nations should have been restored to thu condition in whi.:h it stood previously to the promulgation of those Decrees, his Majesr.y would fed 'the high,. st satisfaction in relinquishing a system which the conduct of the enemy compeller; him to adopt." WitLont departing in any degree from my first opinion, that America had a right to expect upon every principle of justice, that tl:e prospective revocation of the Fr nch Decrees would be immediately followed by at least a like revocation of the Orders England, I must remind your Lordship, that the day has now passed when . the repeal of the Berlin and Milan edicts, as corn mooicated to your Lordship in the note above-mentioned, and poblished to the whole world by the Government of France in 7;ze lawilic:tr of the 9th of September was by the terms cf it to take effect. That it has taken effect cannot be doubted ; and it can as little be Tiestioned, that, according to the repeated pledges given by the ii itish Government on this point (to say nothing of various other powerful considerations), your L. re.- ship's reply to my note of the :251h of August alludes,is hidis pensible. IRELAND. (FROM THE DUBLIN tVgNlKetr 11411r1f— DUBLIN, 17E3.23. A Privy Council was held yesterday, and it is now sitting for a second time upon, it is said, the subject of Po!e's letter to the Sheriffs and Ma_ gistrates of Ireland, and, at this very hour (two o'clock), the Members of the Catholic Committee have resolved to meet !—Whatever may have been or may be the determination of the Privy Council, we cannot say—but we have furtrer to state, on good authority, that the garrison had been ordered under arms, a)zd the artillery to be in readiness to march ,from Chapelizod. I need scarcely mention, how important it is to the trade of the United States that the Government of Great Pritain_should lose no time in disclosing with frankness :Ind precision its int( a tions on this head. Intelligence of the hrtuch rcpeal Las rell - America. and eemmercial expeditions have doubtkss hem founded upon it. It will have berm taken fur granted, that the British obstructions to those expeditions having thus lost the sapport, which, however Insufficient in itself, was the only one that could ever he claimed for them, have been withdrawn, that the seas are once mote restored to the dominion of law and Justie. 1 persuade myself that this conidence will he sub- St:flirt:lly jussti fled by the event ; and that to the speedy recai: of such Orders in Council as were subseginnit in date to the De crees of France, will be added the annulment of the antecedent. Order, to which my letter respecting blockades particularly re lates.' Iltit if, notNvithstanding the circumstances which invite to such a course, the British Government shall have du:Tr:lined not to remove those obstructions with all practicable prompti tude,l trust that my Government will b e a pp r i se d w i t h as li tt l e delay • its poisible of a determination so unexpected, and of such vital concern to its rights and int( rests; and that the reasons upon which that determination may h a v e been formed will not be withheid frorn it. I have the honour to be with high considnratien, . My T ,ord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, (Sizncd) WILLIAM' PIN KNEY. CATHOLIC MEETING. • SATURDAY, FEB. 23. At a meeting of the Catholic Committee, on the 9th inst. a motion of adjournment till this day, at two o'clock, was put and carried. Ahuut one o'clock this day some highly respected Catholics of rank and independent fortune entered the room, but the Chair could not be taken before two. At half past one, when the members were in the act of assembling, Aldermau Darley and Babingtoui Esq. arrived, and in their magiste rial capacity addressed Lord French and the gentle:nen present in the following words . . Alderman Witt. Ey.—My Lord, we are come as Magistrates of this district, to inquire .whether the s persons present compose the Catholic Committee [Here Lord French was called to the Chair.—His Lordship complied.] Lord FR ENCIT.—I beg leave to ask, on what account, or how you are justified in obtruding to ask the question ? Alderman DA LEY.—We. are really jusufied by the Govern• went. : Lord FR EN beg it to be understood, that though I feel the highest respect fur the laws of my country, that while J feel it to be your duty to obey those laws, yet I feel it my duty to inquire, for the satisfaction of the Catholics of Ireland, how you are authorised to act for the dispersion of this Mee.- ing ? Alderman DA R LEY.—We are direct% d by the Government of the country, and we mist you will be so good as to quietly disperse. (Here Mr. Linw F. Lt., a Protestant Gentleman of g - eat respec tability, said, " I ft-el myself myself here en so loyal and cons:i tional ground that I will not leave this room, unless removed by the strong hand of power.'' Lord FitENcth—lt is right I should warn you of the danger of your thus approaching this Meeting underthis summaryautho , rity—you may be the first person to disturb the public peace. Alderman DAR Lny.—We sincerely regret that it has faller* to our lot to discharge this painful duty. You see we are come alone—we arc unattended, even by a single constable. We feel we have many friends present. I repeat again, that we regret it has fallen to our lot, but our duty must be done. Lord Fite ucu.-Ifeel a high respect for the laws of my coun trv; and I have only this favour to ask—let me not be dis graced, let me have the honour of being the last man to leave this room. Mr. r,.\ oToNT.—We feel the higLest respec. for the Gen tlemen of the Committee ; we highly respect your Lordship. If your sole object in remairking here be to try the legal question, we will do any thing to. facilitate the question. Any thing like forces is re , mynant to our . feelings, we therefore hope pai quietly submit. Bring your .action against . us in titc legal and constitutional way. • • Lord j: nxcit.—Begin, Gentlemen, at that end of the room. I shall go the . last. I have got my night-cap in my pocket, and am regardless whither you lead me. Counsellor O'CoN N is impossible that from any man in this room the laws should meet with the least resLtance, but we cannot compromise our country's and our children's right , . If you, Gentlemzn, think it necessary to require further force, I beg to assure you that every s 1 ember of this Meeting is ready and willing to submit themselves to the laws. Counsellor fIUSS EY.—Alderman l)arley, have you any infor mations on oath against any on,: here present? - • Alderman I)ARLA:Y.-1 have not. Sir EDWARD visa to ask the Magistrates two questions. First—Whether you have received any orders frot4 Government to disperse any Meeting of Roman Catholic?