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MM LS. Amery 1133 - 1 Dug —it Cadiz, t Malta, t Jersey, 1 Guernsey, i Brazils, 1 Waterford. ,TOCkS DAY A r TWv LVIL O'CLOCK. Cons. for Opening -6q I Red. Ann. - 623 63 THE SUN. SOLE% vLIIS UICIN6 FAi.SUM ALUSEAT? L 0 N D ON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1812. We this morning received American Papers, from which we have made the following i.ntdresting ex- tracts NEW Yorut, Nov. 4.—The Hornet has nor yet gone.—lnstead of the dispatches which were to have come on board yesterday, an order was received for the detention of the Hornet till further orders. — We hope the knotty points will be got over. The report in yesterday's Gazette of a Treaty being about to be sent out in the Hornet, would have come nearer our meaning if we had made use of the word arrangement, for it is an arrange ment between Mr. MONROE and Mr. FOSTER, rela tive to the mutual repealing of the Orders in Council and Non-Importation AEt, which, we understand, is to go out in the Hornet. This vessel, we have reason to believe, will sail in the course of the week ; but such his been the etlect of the Report of the Com mittee of Foreign Relations on Ministerial men at Washington, that a pause has ensued ! A letter from Washington says, the Administra • tion have come to a determination of formally re cognising the independence of South America.' SAVANNAH, NOV. t6.—Within the last ,three or four da3 s, some serious disturbances have taken place between the American seamen, and the crews of the French pticateers La Vengeance and L'Agile (cr Ltl Froncaiss), which had been lying in this port - or so:re time past. On Wednesday night last a. quarrel originated at n house on the upper part of the city, between some seamen and a party of the privateer's men. • A ren counter ensued, in which three American sailors were stabbed, and their opponents much bruised by bindgons. The three wounded seamen, we under- E lano, are since dead. One of then, belonging to the brig Henry, Capt. FOUNTAIN, from Philadelphia, 'lamed T,I, lot. Ile names of the others, or of the vessels to which they belonged, could nut be ascer tained. The seamen, yesterday, became so exasperated, that they determines on being avenged by destro , ing- the privateers. They accordingly embodied themselves last evening, and before the civil or mi litary authority had the knowledge or opportunity of iot , :lremig in the transaction, set fire to L'Agile, a nd burn her to the water's edge. La Vengeance was then taken possession of by a detacilinew ut the Savannah Volunteer Guards, con veyrd to the upper part of the town ; and remained in their custody until between eleven and twelve at night, when the seamen procured a lighter-boat, and parcel of tar and other combustibles, which were put into the boat, towed towards the vessel, and obliged the guard to abandon her fur their own safety, as well as to avoid the painful task of tir ing on ;heir fellow-citizens. The fire soon com municated, and La Vengeance shared the same (ate as the L',(lgile. Previous to the asqemblage of the seamen yester day, several of the crews of the privateers had con cealed theniselves i❑ a vacant store on ANctAux'S wharf, where it seems they had some arms and am munition deposited. On the seamen attempting to get on board the privateer, they were fired upon from the upper %. indows of she store. Copt. MILLER of the Champlin (New -Yolk packet) was dangerously wounded, having one of his eyes shot out, the other much injured, the budge of his nose broken, and his life doubtful ; a seaman wounded (since dead), and a coloured per,on (vi'ounded) Were shot nearly at the same time and in like manner. o,ie of the privateers' crew was killed on the bluff yesterday, in the affray ; and another died in gaol last night of his wounds. Several others, on both sides, are wounded, but we understand not dangerously. Upwards of one hunched of the rioters are now in gaol. PART OF THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE, WHICH RE. EPOKT IA r A .LT THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THAT LA:TES TO OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, BEG LEAVE 'ro That they have endeavoured to . giveto. the suajea submitted to them that full and dispassionate consi &ration which is due to one so intimately conueaed with the interest, the peace, the safety, and the ho- 1101.11 0! their cnuntry. Your Coaim►ttee will . ,not encumber your journals gml waste your patience with a detailed history of all the various matitrs•growing out of our foreign rela tions. The cold recital of wraugi, of injuries, and agg: - esibris, known and felt by every Member of thi; could have no other eftea dim to-deade:n the national sensibility, and render the public mind callous to injuries with which it is already too farni- Without recurring, then, to the multiplied wrongs of partisl or temporary operation., of which we have so just cause of complaint, the two great belligerents, your Committee will only call your at tention, at this time, to the systematic aggression of those powers, authorised by their edicts, against neutral commerce ; a system, N.:.Mich as regarded its principles, was founded on pretensio that went to the subs ersion of our national independence ; and which, although now abandOned by one power, is, in its broad and destru.titi•e operation, as still en forced by the other; sapping the foundation of. our prosperity. It is more than five years since England and France, in violation of those principles of justice and public law, held sacred by all civilized nations, com menced this unprecedented' system, by seizng the property of the citizens of the United States peace ably pursuing their lawful commerce on the high seas. To shield themselves from the odium high ouch outrage must incur, each of the . belligerents sought a pretext in the conduct of the othet---: , each attempting to justily his system of rapine as a reta liation for similar acts on the part of this enemy. As if the law of nations, founded on the eternal rules of justice, could sancticn a principle, which, if engrafted into our municipal code would excuse the crime of one robber, upon the sore plea that the unfortunate object of his rapacity, was also a viaim to the injustice of -another. The fact of pri ority could be true as to one only of the parties ; and whether true or false, could furnish no ground of justification. The United States thus unexpeCtedly and violent iv assailed by the two greatest powers in Europe, withdrew their citizens and property from the ocean, and cherishing the blessing% of peace, although the occasion would have fully justified war, sought re dress in an appeal to the justice and magnanimity of the belligerents. When this appeal had failed of the success which was due to its moderation, other mea sures, founded on the same paMic policy, but ap plying to the interests, instead of the justice, of the belligerents, were resorted to. Such was the cha raEter of the non-intercourse and non-importation laws, which invited the return of both powers to their former state of amicable relations, by offering commercial advantages to the one who should first revoke his hostile edicts, and imposing resttiaions on the other. France, at lengtb, availing herself of Ihe proffers made equally to her and her enemy, by the Non importation Law of May, 181 0, annoanco the re peal on the first of the following November, of the Decrees of Berlin and Milan. And it ofl'Ords a subject of sincere congratulation to be informed, through the official organs of the Governmemt, that those Decrees are, so fir at least as our rights are concerned, really and practically at au end. It was confidently expected that this act on the part of France, would have been immediately follow ed by a revocation on the part of Great Britain of her Orders in Council. If our reliance on her jus- tice had been impaired by the wrongs she had in fliaed yet when she had 'plighted her faith to the world, that the sole motive of her aggression on neutral commerce was to be fouod w the Berlin and Milan Decrees, we looked for ward to the extinetion of those Decrees, the period'When the fteedorn of the seas would be again restored. (To be continued ) Wednesday the Duke Of CUMBERLAND visited the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Commmrler in Chief transaaed business with the PRINCE REGENT.• The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town yesterday morning for Romford, to Join his regiment. Yesterday the E:irl i\IoIRA had an audience with the PRINCE REGENT, at Ciffllo.ll House. Lord and Lady CASTLERBAGII are expected to arrive at their house, in St. James's-square, in the course of to-day, from their seat •In the North of Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR went out of town on Wednesday, and does not return till Sunday even ing: t,e is expetied to attend the QUEEN'S Council at Windsor, to-morrow. General CRAIG has "left the bulk of his fortune to Earl HARRINGTON. The will -was opened on. Wed nesday. • His Royal Highness the Duke. 'of SUSSEX has, been appointed Deputy Grand Master of the FrA ternity of Masons, of which. the PRINCE REGENT:Is' Grand Master. The honour became vacant by the death of Sir P. PARKER. , The following paragraph appeared in a : Paper of this morning : Au anonynaoUs.Correspondent desires us to say-- We are happy to learn, that the Duke of CI;A ,, RENCE is to be at Bushy on the 15;h instant, again to enjoy those ties of love and atrealion, which, for twenty yiars, made his days piss in happiness and comtort ; letters to that effett having passed, to the satisfiction of nis Royal . Highness and Mrs, J. - - Of course tve.cannot verify this statement,' NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—The ship that arrived }}ere yesterday from the Bay of Efooduns, was tile Sm, JAmesoo„ with a cargo consisting of.rogwoodaiut mahogany, bound to London, put in 'here to join convoy. Arrived the Deptford transport from the River ; the brig Samuel, WlctutAm master, from St. (ales, wish a cargo of fruit, bound to London ; put in here to join convoy. Arrived his Majesty's ship .Diadem, of 64 guns, from Portsmouth, and is appointed to t..ke convoy for Portsmouth and the Downs, and will sail on Thursday or Friday next : also arrived this day, the Aqui/on frigate, Capt. BOWLES, from a- Cruize off the Coast of France. . The transports that arrived here vesteriloyi from Lisbon, (with a number of French prisoners, taken in the late engagements), saih , d this morning for. Poristimuth, under convoy of his Mrsjesty's ships Lc/inner and Mermaid ; a few merchantmen also sailed with the Beet. Sailed last night, his Majesty's ship Niemen of 38 guns, CApt. Sir M. SEYMOUR, B. on-a c; ulze off the Coast of France ; the Intelligent gun-bt ig to the Westward; and his. Majesty's schooner illisktoe for Portsmouth. Went into Barnpool to refit his Majesty's ship San Fiorenzo. A very fine American schooner arrived this morn ing, called theTly, from Havre de Grace, with a valuable cargo, consisting of brandy, wine, silks, &c. bound to Bristol, : in America, detained and sent in here by his Majesty'S ship Scylla, of 18 gu,ns, Capt. ATCIHSON, which ship also arrived'here morning. Arrived the Isabella, HUTCHINSON, from Gree nock, with a cargo of rum for his Majesty's Victu al!ing Office at this Port ; the Elizabeth and Grace, GILLARD, froth London ; and the Jane, HAMLYN, from Weymouth. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 2.—Arrived the Mer maid, Captain W. H. PBRCY ; and Latona, Captain SOTHEBY, with fifteen transports, having on board sick and wounded troops from Lisbon. They lire last from Plymouth, consequently bring nothing new. - Arrived the Cherkurgh squadron, being driven in by the prevalence of S. W. squalls : the squadron consists of the Venerable, Sir H. POPII A M Rr)gal soa, Goshawk, Hotspur, and Tip-at:jun ; also the Dil , u7l, from, the Dow'ns. Came into harbour the Courageux. DEAL, JAN. f.,!.—Arrived his Majesty's shill Clan. berland from Portsmouth ; and the Favourite, Bs VANS, from the River, bound to Jamaica. Passed tey a large fleet of colliers and coasters from le Wetward. LEITH, DEC. 31.—Sailed last night his Majesty's ships Egeria, Clio, Sarpedon, and Aiglyingale, to prote6t the hoineward-bound Baltic fleet, now said o be on the coast. Ia COWES, JAN. O.—Arrived the Hornet American sloop of war from New York, last from Cher bourg, hut where she only landed dispatches : it is supposed the Hornet has on board the American Ambassador expected at the Court of St. James's. We hear the Hornet has brought American Papers of a late date. France. CHATHAM, JAN. I.—This being the first day.of the new year, 1812, two fine strong reCtiiits eat tered into his Majesty's service, under the banners of our glorious COnstitution, viz. the Stirling Cus lle, of 74 guns, which was launched from Ross ' s yard, at Rochester, and (11. Mulgrave, of 74 guns, launched from Mr. KING'S yard, at Upnor. They ate two very handsome ships. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.-Vice-Admiral Sir H. E. Stanhope, Bart. struck his flag on Monday at the Nom, and Rear-Admiral Sir T. Williams hoisted his in the Namur, as Commander in Chief, at Sheer ness, .&c.—Capt. Chas. J. Basten is appointed Sir Thos. Williams's Fiag-Captain.—Lieut. O. Oriebar, to the Wolverine, at Portsmouth—John M'lC..irdy, to the Cumberland, at Portsmont h, in the room of Lieut. Brereton, who fell from the upper to the lower deck, and fra&ured his skull—Lieutenant Anthony Reetl, to the Hope, at Portsmouth--Lieut.' W.. Whimper,. to the Prince of Wales, 'at "SlteetLi ness—Lieut. William Houghton, to then - loyal St) . ; vereigivat Plymouth, in the room of Lieut. Pick thorne—Mr. James Benifold, to be Purser of the Portia, at North Yarmouth- 7 Lieut. W. Richardson', to the Cadmus, at Portsmouth—Lieut. T. Callis Munn,.the Flag Lieutenant of Vice Admiral Stan hope, has been prornoti , A to the rank of Master and-. Coinmander—!Lieut. Charles Pitt to the Portia, at YArtuouth—W. Benson, to the 'Namur, at the Nore—W in: Braude°, to the Btllona,.at Chatham Mr. Wm. Goodwyn, the Parser of the iViulgrave, 74, to be Purser of the Mary yacht, at Deptford— Mr. Wm. Finch, the Pat ser of the Mary yacht, to the Mulgrave, at Chatham—Mr. Heyman, tb be Lieutenant of the Emulous. • , The .Direaors of Folkstone harbour h . aVe caused notice to be given, that a red flag by day, . and , ( a light by night,' will be hoisted on the pier, whilst there are tea feet. of water in•the harbour, 71; foltowirg is an extraa of a letter from Ba• '' ratavia, August 31 " General JANSgti has unfortun itcly ei-capel us : - Le has rely few more left with him ; but he has re ord to surrender ; and he gets on so fast, that our dragons have been obliged to give rip the pursuit. It is said, thm he is going to ask the assistance of the Native Princes; but, even if he gains it, he will be able to bring ;:ipinst us only an undisciplined rabble." GENERAL' SARAZIN'S DEMANDS ! ! He first demands of our Government 1. Letters of tiaiuraiization. 2. That Isis wife and son be considered as pri. , soners of war in France. 3. That Lis ratik of Lieuterant,Gene , al bra ac- knowleclged tTtiwo the Bth of (Vlober, )7f - v3, tea which day tie 1= As that that o, , ia'ity tot General Sir HAIZRY BLIBRAIW, agreea),y h 11.Z.' cane! which is deposited ct th e F oreign : „„1 consequently recognized as holding that rank by the E!iglish Govo - nrnent. 4: A pension of tlitec thousand pounds sterling a year for life. - - • .5. An indemnity of ten tlions3nd pus sterling his • losses at Botilogo:?, to enable bin. to take• a house suitable w his iaiik in London, as he had in 6. A capital of fifty thonsand pounds sterling, T o payment for his notes and plans. The following letter tends very strongly to con firm the statement we made yesterday, re,pectilll the signature of the prelitninares of peace between Russia and Turkey : " FIELIGOLAND, DEC. 27.---The future situation of the Continent seems to depend much on the question of peace or war between Russia and Tor key. Hitherto we have been able to obtain no in formation of a decisivt. nature either way. A smuggler, however, arrived here yesterday, \vhicht brings a report, that the H f unbcr;ll Paper 1t.,53 let ter either from Bucharest or mervionin; the signature of peace bet wee: these two wat r,ng- Powers, and the Master adds, that in consequer cL of the news, a gre.it many troops that had., , ,trived have left Hamhuigh, and th . at warlike preparations 'seem to be making. It is said hkewice elsewhere, that the Scheldt fleet is to ride in the B3ltie ne xt year, to prosecute war against Russ:a, and to pre vent England from holding any communication with her. . • The subs*ent official letter from General Lair:v . to MArshal Macdonald, the two Counnatnitrs iri Chief in Catalonia for the respe,c.tive compclitor4 will excite no small portion of sensiniiiiy for the ;ufferings of the brave partizans of Spanish inde- . nendence. " 130re, - !, Oct. z 9 Most Exmllent Sir, " It is very painful to me, who are anxious to alleviate s much as possible the disiresse. , ; of war, find it necessary, at every step I advance, to ab.oidon the system of indulgence I had adowed, in jnit rem taliation for the conduit of the Generale, who act under the orders of your Excellency. " A few days only have elapsed since the Com mander of a battalion, D. Francisco rieconlardit, su:C Erred an ignominious death to Balaguer, because. he executed the commission entrusted to into under the proper atrthority. Since that time, D. JoaquimSagrera, another Commander of a G'.erilla party, has been made prisoner, and to preserve his life he has been obliged to have .recourse to his relations for security, in every possible form. Also, without the least respect, Colonel D. Pedro Foni, a&ing as Captain to the .corps of Almegavaros, has been led to.the prison of Pei pig non, on account of the resentment of one the former being charged with the death of the son of the latter, which son, while in the office of Coin missary, became the victim of his own indiscretion,. by falling into the hands of the troops commanded by Colonel Font, ten or eleven months since. " I cannot persuade myself that your Excellency authorizes such acts of violence contrary to the laws of war, for it must be known to you, that the above named Montardit, Sagrera, and other Commanders .ot Guerillas, engage under the competent sancthni, -since the Supreme Spanish Government has declared long ago, that such Citizens, and all whom they command, are Soldiers of the coontry ; and this declaration is consistent with the practice of other nations, as well as Spain, when it has become ne. cessary for them to avail themselves of the mass of their population to preserve their independence. " Convinced that your Excellency will recognize these just principles, I' promise myself that you wilt give the proper orders that all Spaniards whom the fate of war places in the hands of the tr oo p s y command may be treated, not as criminals, out as pr ;sorters ; also, that the murderers of M ot o nr di t , may receive their just punishment; and further, OA Colonel Font and Captain Sagrera be i:nmt-diately set at liberty, and treated with the decorum whiett their lank demands. But if your Excelleney determine otherwise, and prefer to this pradice, dictated by equity and humanity, all those horrors which war may bring in its train, I hope you will iminechately give raa informrtion of your deign, th at my deportment may correarond with yours, for v.tatever may be my love of mercy, I shall not bean indiff,:•rent spec tator of the injustice and cruelty exeiciced towards hoie under my command, and you may be assured that the prisoners in my power, and those who miy hereattor devolve into my hands, will be responsible with their lives fOrsoeh atrocities. (Signed) " To the Duke of Tarento." " LUIS LACY. The Oxfoldslure Ladies _have come to the pa triotic resolution of wearing no French Idce,. c ,olOves, or any other article of the manufacture of France, during the continnance of the war with the Corbi can. Tyrant. Th hAVe invited the Gz.ntlemen of ,that county to coalesce with .them, by a resolution to sacrifice f` the love of the bottle," and not to suf fer French wine to be produced on: their respective tables for the same period. Three Clerks belonging to one of the offiecs in Soineret House, were examined at the Office on Wednesday and yesterday, btfore . ' Mr. CROKER and Sir T. B. ,THowsoN, assisted '''by Mr. GRAHAM, and some other Magistrates, upon' Certain' , Chirges of miscondud broqiit.aioirin them.