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MAILS. AuntyEn—l Guernsey, 3 Dublin, 1 Waterford. - Dug ' —+l Lis bon I Gottenburgb, 1 Brazils, I Heligoland, 2 Water.- ford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY• AT TWELVE O'CLOCK! Consols • ... 611 I Red. Ann. ) SOLYM ()US$ nICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? L O.N D 0 N, WEDNE DAY , DECEMBER 30, 181'2. Two reports were in circrJation this morning of a very opposite nature ; one was, that the Are thusa frigate had been captured by the Americans. The (Abel- was, that the Arethusa had taken the American frigate Essex. We hope the latter will prove correct. No account whatever has beedre ceived'upon the subject at the Admiralty. The following article was put up at Lloyd's this morning : " LLOYD'S, DEC. 30.—We bare no account here of the capture of the Areihusa, Captain COFFIN, by the Aniericans. She is stated to be from Vera Cruz, with two millions of dollars on boa d, and to have been taken in the Gulph of Mexico, and carried into the Missisippi. • Whe only account we have of Cie Arethusa is, that she sailed from hia vanoah ou the 24th of October on a cruire." Our Readers will see, in the details published this morning in the Gazet7e Extraordinary, a dear and unadorned account of the various bril liant and decisive advantages obtained by our gal lant Allies the Russians. The troops, regular and irregular, and the peasants vie with each other in their efforts to destroy the common .enemy, and these. efforts are every where crowned with success. The public; we are sure; will re collect, and recollect with • indignation, the sneers which " The Party " threw out against the Riissians at the beginning of the contest, and the gloomy predictions which they so confidently pronounced of their ultimate defeat. ". The Party " seemed to think, that there are in Russia, as there are in England, men base, enough to se cond the efforts of the enemy, by thwarting every measure of their own Government, and by using every means in their powerto excite discontent and despondency.—But they, were mistaken—the Rus sian notions of patriotism are very different indeed; they arc so barbarous • as to' think that every man ought to unite against the enemies of his coulltry, an;l they have actedupon that opinion : it is no yon der, therefore, that they are not great favourites with those persons in this Country, whose feel ings and whose conduct are so essentially dif ferent. " We this morningyeceivcd some American Pa pers, from Nvhia the following are extracts : HOUSE OF. IttPRESENTATIVES. • THURSDAY, NOV. 12. Mr. ArirKEE. appeared and took his seat. On the mo . tion , of Mr. POINDEXTER, the Peti7 tions of Elizabeth Collins, William Daniel, John, Darby, Samuel Davis, llczcki•ih Carter, Robert Cocks, Edwin Lewis, and of sundry inhabitanti of, Mississippi Territory, praying extension of time of payment for lands purchased of the. United States, were referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. BASSETT from the Committee on the Naval Establishment, to whom was referred the resolu tion offered by Mr. Dawson, requesting the Pre sident to pre:,;ent a gold medal to Captain hull, re ported the same with an amendment 3 which was referred to a Committee of the whole House. On motion of Mr. SEYBERT, Resolved, That. a Committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of prolongin4 the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia, and that they have leave to report by bill. Messrs. Seybert, Mitchill and Mosely, were ap pointed a committee accordingly. FRIDAY, NOY. -13. Messrs. Morgan, Sawyer, Cook, and Randolph, appeared and took their seats. Mr. SEYBERT reported a Bill► further to prolong . the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia; which was twice read' and committed. The following Message was received from the Piesident of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary. To the Senate and House - of Representatives of the United States. • For the further information • . of Congress, rela ti've to the pacific advances made pn the part of the Govemment to that of Great Britain, and the manner in which they have been met by the latter, I transmit the sequel of the communications on that subject,- received horn the late Charge d'Af faires at London. November 12, 1812. JAMES MADISON. DOCITMEICTS WITH THE MESSAGE. MR.RUSSEL TO M.ONROE London, Sept. 19, 1812. Sutl—On the 12th inst. I re'eeived'your letter of 27th jai , / last, and the copies of my note to Lord Castlereagh, and of his Lordship's reply enclosed herein, will inform you that"the propo sitions, made in consequence of it, have been re- jected. As I have but this moment heard heard of the immediate departure of the Friend 3, I have time time only to add, that I have received the com munications of Mr. Graham of the 9th and 10th of August, by the Gleaner, and that I leave Lon don this evening, to embark on b-oard the Lark, at Plymouth, for New York I am, with great respect and consideration, Sir, your faithful and obedient servant, (Signed) JON 4. RUSSELL. P. S.--An interesting interview, took place be tween Lord Castlereagh and myself on the 16th inst. the account of which I must, for want of time, reserve until I have the honour to see you. MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH (Private.) 18, Bentinck-street, 12th Sept. 1812. MY LORD,---In consegnence of ulclititional in structions which I have received fro,' my Govern ment this morning, -I called about noon at the Foreign Office, and found with regret that your Lordship was out .of torn. 5.1,1 y object was to communicate to your Lordship - the powers under which I act, that you might peroeive their validity and extent. I have, however, sought to state them substantially in . the official 'letter which I have herewith the honour to transmit to your Lordship, but should you' fin d any thing that stands in need of explana tion, previous to being submitted to his Royal Highness, I shall remain at 18, Bentinck-street, to receive the comnlands of your. Lordship. If your Lordship could, in courtesy, find any mo tive in my personal Convenience to hasten to a 'decision upon the prepositions which 1 have submitted; the season of the year, my anxiety to depart (all my arrangements being made and all lily baggage having left town) and the detention of the Lark at much' expense, - will plead power fully in my favour. I have the honour to be, with great considera tion, your Lordship's very obedient and very humble servant, (Signed) JoNA. Russ'ELL. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &e. &e. Tilt. RUSSEL TO LORD'CASTLEREAGrI, 13, Bentinck-street, Sept. 12, 1812. MY Lorto,--lhasten, authorised by instructions recently received from the government of the United States, inul urged by an unfeigned anxiety to arrest .th e calamities •of war, to propose ter your Lordship a convention for the suspension of hos tilities, to take effect at such time as maybe mu tually agreed, Upon, and stipulating that each party shall forthwith appoint commissioners, with full powers to form a treaty,'which shall provide, by re ciprocal arrangements for the security of their sea men, Nur being taken or ero played in the service of the other power;. for the regulation of their com merce., and all other interesting questions now de pending between them, and that the armistice shall not cease without such previous notice by one to the other• party, us may be agreed upon, and shall not be understood as having any other effect, than merely to suspend military operations by land and • by sea. In proposing to your Lordship these terms for a suspension of hostilities, I am instructed to come to a clear and distinct understanding With his Britannic Majesty's Government, without requit ing i•t to bQ formal concerning impressment, com prising in it the discharge of the citizens of the United States already impressed ; and contenting triture blockades ; the revocation of the Orders in Council being confirmed. Your Lordship is aware that the power of the Government of the United States to prohibit the employment of British seamen must be exercised in the sense and spirit of the constitution ; but there is no reason to doubt tEat it will be so ex.- creised effectually and with good faith. Such a nieasure, as it might by suitable regula- tions and penalties be made completely effectual and satisfactory, would operate almost exclusively in favour of Great Britain, for as few American seamen 'ever enter voluntarily into the British service, the reciprocity would be nominal, and it is sincerely believed that it would be more than a 4 equivalent for any advantage she may derive from impressment. By the proposition which I have now the ho nour to make in behalf of my Government, your Lordship will perceive the 'earnest desire of the, President to remove every obstacle to an accom modation, which consists merely of form ; and to secure the rights and interests of the United. States in & manner the most satisfactory and Iso-' nourable to Great Britain as well as to America. . The importance of the overture nowmade, will, I trust, obtain for it the early consideration of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and I shall detain the Yewl in which I have taken my passage. to the United States, until I have the honour to learn his decision. I have the honour to be, Nly Lord, with idg,h corsideration, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, (Signed) ' JONA. RUSSELL. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &c. LORD CASTLEREAGH TO MR. RUSSELL. Lord Castlereagh presents his compliments to Mr. Russell, and requests to have the honour of seeing him at his house in St. James's Sqfiate, at 9 o'clock this -evening. Foreign Office, Sept. IG, ISI2. N. B.—Received a little before 5 o'clo,:k. MR. HAMILTON TO MA. RUSSELL DLAi'Sia--I have not seen Lord Castlereagh since his receipt: of your two letters of the --- but have received his directions to say to you, that he is concerned that he cannot have it in his power to reply to them for few days ;or would have had _much pleasure in attending immediately to your request in that respect. You may he assured that no delay will take place, which can be avoided. 1 am, dear Sir, faithfully yours, W. HAMILTON. Foreign Office, Sept. 16, 1812. Jonathan Russell, Esq. &c. MR. RUSSELL TO MR. HAMILTON. DEAR SIR;— . I have learnt with much regret and disappohTtnient, that Lord Castlereagh has directed you to inform me, that it is not in hii power to give an immediate answer to the last letters which I have had the honour to address to him. The object of those letters was of a na ture ;o require an early clec'.sion. Reluctant, however, by- any precipitancy . on my part, to. protract the present . unhappy relations between the two countries, I ':Jeg you to aequainthis Lord ship that I shall remain in tow!; until Sunday (the 20th inst.), when, unless some special and satis factory reason be assigned for a longer delay, I shall consider it to be' my duty to, proceed to Ply mouth to embark for the United States, I am, dear Sir, : with great truth and respect, your obedient servant, (Signed) JONATItAN RUSSELL. 18, Bentinelr-streei, 16th Sept. 1812. N. B. Sent at 3 o'clock. LORD CASTLEREAGH TO MR. RUSSELL. Foreign Office, Sept. IStb, iSI2 S/R-Under the exnlanatiOns you have afford ed' me of the nature of the instructions which you have received from your Government, I haw?, as on the preceding occasion, been induced to lay your letter, of the 12th instant, before his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.- His Royal Highness commands me to express to you his regret that he cannot perceive any sub stantial difference between the proposition for a suspension of hostilities •which you are now .di rected to make, and that which was Contained in your letter of the 24th of August last. The form of the proposed arran.gement, it is true, is different ; but it only appears to aim at execut ing the same purpose in a more covert, and, there fore, in a more objectionable manner. You are now directed to require., as prelimi nary to' a .suspension of hostilities, a clear and distinct understanding, without, however, requir ing it to be formal on all the points referred to in your former proposition. It is obvious that, were this proposal acceded to, the disCussion on the se veral points must substantially precede the under standing required. -This course of proceeding, as bearing on the face of it a character of disguise, is not only felt to be in principle inadmissible, but as unlikely to lead in practice to any advantageous result ;as it Resnlved,—That a Committee be appointed td, does not appear on the important subject of in bring in a bill vesting the powers of rttaliation in pressment that you arc either authorised to pro- certain cases in the President of the United'StateF, - pose any specific plan, with reference to which i The House resolved itself into a Committee o f the suspension of that practice could be ma d e a I the whole, Mr. NELSON in the Chair , on the • i • .- subject of deliberation, or that you have received I Bill for continuing the Mint ;. 'which was gon e any instructions for the guidance of your con- through, reported to the House, and ordered to some duct on of the leading principles , which be engrossed for a third . reading. And the•Housu such a discussion must in the first instance 1 a di o „ ri „d t ,. Monday. involve. . 'I ....--..—.. ' Under these circumstances the Prince Regent sincerely laments, that he does not feel himself enabled to depart from the decision, which I was directed to convey to you in my letter of the instant. The ship Rose was driven nn. shore on ii,,lanteso Bay, Jamdica, during the gale on the 13th of Oc toiler, but it was expected.would he got off. Five" basking sharks were last week seen oil Brighton. A whale was seen between that place an d' Newhaven . I have the honour to be, Sir, • yoUr_triost obedient Servant, CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.—We had but fell fresh arrivals to-day ; the Market was, in gener,A very dull ; Wheat was heavy at Mondav's prices superior qualities only of grain we.re ls. per guar ter dearer. CA STLE REAG H Jonathan Russell, Esq. &c. MR. RUSSELL TO MR. DIONROR. London, 19t11 Sept. 181 e. Wheat 765. 863. 91s Ticl, Perms - - •- 7 65 ' Old ditto. - - - - —**** Small ditto - Feed Oats - - - 3 5 5 . 43 9 ' Fine ditto - - - 66' , Pound ditto - 589• -5. Fine ditto - - C O ' Potatoe - 6 44 , • Rape S ( ed - 70, Flour - 1055.1105, S,,cotids' - - - loos. 105', SlR—Since writing you this 'doming, fearing that this Government should infer from my silence an,acquicseence in the strange and unwarrant able view *bleb Lord. Castlereagh has in bis last note thought fit to take of the overtures which I have submitted, and of the powers under which Fine ditto - - - 1 , 265. Rye . 7Os. 80s. Barley . - 434. 611:, Newthtto - - -66 s Malt - - 945. 104 A Fine ditto - 110 , . White Pease (1)1)11.)1.10i. 120 , New ditto - - - 123,- Grey ditt.6 - - - 'view ditto I acted, I have considered it my duty to return a u answer, of which the enclosed is a copy. With great consideration and respect; am, Sir, Your assured and obedient servant, (Signed) JONA. RUSSELL ite-lion. James Monroe, &c. MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH. London, 19th Sept. 1812. My 1.40110-1 had the' honour to receive, last evening,:, your Lordship's - note of yesterday, and have learnt, *ith great regret. and disappoimment, that his' Royal Highness the Prince ; Regent has again rejected the just and moderate propositions for a suspension of hostilities, ,whiCh I have been -instructed to present on the part of my Govern Inca: After the verbal explanations which lad the 'honour to afford your Lordship on the 16th inst. , both as 'to the object and sufficiency of my in- structions, I did not expect to hear repeatee, any objections on these points. For itself, the Ame rican Government has nothing to disguise ; and by varying the proposition as to the manner of coming to a preliminary understanding, it merely intended to leave•to the British Government that which might be most congenial to its feelings,— The propositions presented by me,• however, on the 24th of August and 12th inst. are distinguish able by a diversity in the substance as well as in the mode of the object which they embraced ; as"; by the former, the discontinuance of the practice 4 of impressment was to be immediate, and to pre- ' cede the prohibitory law of the United States re lative to the employment of British seamen; when, by the latter, both these measures arc deferrext, to take effect simultaneously hereafter. Having made a precise tender of such law, and exhibited the instructions which warranted it to your Lordship, I have learnt with surprise that it does not appear to your Lordship that I autho rited to propose any specific plan on the subject of impressment. • I still hope that the overtures Made , by ,ine -may again be taken into consideration by his Majesty's Government ; and as I leave 'town this afternoon /fur the United States, that it will • authorise some agent to proceed thither, and adopt them as a basis for reconciliation between the' wo countries, an event so devoutly to be Wished. , . I have the honour to be, my Lord, • .Yeur 'most obedient bumble servant, (Signed) JoNA. RussELL. The E.;..-ht Inn: Lord C4.stlereao, NR. RUSSELL TO MR. MONROE. [Pr ivat e.] On board the Lark, 7th November, 1817, Si a—l have, the honour to inform you that am now passing the Narrows, and expect to WO in New York this day. I conceive it to be my duty to repair to the seat of government, and shalt ;et off as soon as I can obtain my baggage. Irk the mean time !" am sorry to inform you, that the second.proposition for an armistice was rejected like the first, and i vigorous prosecution of the war appears to be the only honourable alternative left to us. I have the honour to be, With great consideration and respect, Sir, your very obedient servant, JONA. RUSSELL. The Hen. James Mcnroe. &e. &c. &t. The Meisage and Documents were read, and ordered to lie on the table. LEY TALIONIS: On the motion of Mr. WRIGHT, who preface(' the presentation of the resokution by some spirited remarks, it was