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as tar as we know) can be devised, We content olln , t-lves \vial observing . on this proposal of the Ar: - ..!rican Government, that it clearly; imequivO caiv, and in' a manner more satisfactory than a dirt e a nd naked acquiescence, admits the legality of the right, and the necessity of the practice, for whir,'ll it offers a substitution: Against this right, therefore, surely America Will not go to war. What then can be her motive-for assuming her. present hostile attitude towards .Great Britain ? It cannot be, the wantonness of Wealth, since their Secretary of the Treasury tells them that the state . . of 'their fluances is not even equal to • the peaCe establishment. :Mr. Jefferson, in a message .to Congres , s, in 1805, observed ;—‘ It may-be the pleasure and pride of an American to ask, 'what farmer, .what meckanic,' what labourer, ever sees a tax-gatherer of the United States ?' We leave to Mr. Gallatin the pleasure and pride of answer ing the American's question.' . Can it be the love of conquest ? This is a very 6:i ( f natural object for a great military power :- but for , a power whose army is yet a project pn,paper, it seems peima facie not a very intelligble one: We . learn, however, from the gentleman who brought up the report of .their Committee, that they will ' take Canada. What proportion of the 25,000 men which-they are to raise, they will be able to . bring against Quebec; after having conquered-500. miles of territory, and garrisoned 14Iontreal, and ali the. interfuediate forts, after all the casualties of so long a march, of partial skirmiShes,.and re gular sieges; we do not.venture to calculate; nor even, to hint at the, opposite supposition,, that the invading force, if it should ever reach the capital of Canada, might possibly arrive there as captives ./ latlicr•tlian as conquerors. As to the capture of the British .West.lndiazco lollies; it may be just sufficient to observe, that the warlike navy. of America, as .enumerated .in their official reports, does not appear to be quite • competent to such an achievement. . • The confiscation of the debts due .from Ameri-r can citizens. to British subjects (thee third great belligerent measure of America) is unquestionabli more within their poWv. • Bat of this, it Must be remembered', that it is equally within their power in peac'e as well as war ; and for, aught that : we sec, or have-heard, or read of the practice of civi-, lised nations; would. be equally justifiable. The hint, however, has, we think, been improvidently thrown out by America ; for; anticipating as we do. with no less anxiety than any of our fellow subjects, the renewal of commercial intercourse with the United 'States, we are not without .our apprehensions that the ,very_ circumstance of such a measure- as this confiscation of individual debts, having been in .contcyplation, may operate here as a warning against the :extraVagant. length of credit which our merchalits have been in the habit of giving to their American correspOndents. Considering the war on the- part of America, as a war for commerce, we are not aware what ad vantages she designs - to herself from it. - Her trade, it is true, may be cramped by the present ,state .of, the European - world : but her exports still amount, as we learn from Mr. Gallatin, .to more than forty-five millions of dollars ; and of these exports more than five-sixths are carried to Great Britain and her. (To be continued.) MAILS. AnnivE9-1 Cadiz, 1 Gurrnsey, - . 1 Jersey, 2 Attlinit, 1 Heli goland, 2 Dublin, 1 Watcrfurd. DUE —1 Dublin, IWater ford.. PRICE OF STOCKS • •This DAY, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening -60 i Red. Ann'. - - - - THE SUN. SOLE)I QUIS PICEJL}; FALSUM Atilll - 7.1T ? I, 0 N DON, MONDAY, JUNn 8, 1812. We cannot but think it a most fortunate eir ciimstance for the country, that an -opportunity . has been afforded to the Opposition to convince the public of the extent of their detuands, and the arrogance of their pretensions—pretensions nei ther founded upon public confidence nor.public services; but upon the influence of an overbearing aristocracy. When "they rejected 'the gracious oier made • to them by order of the PRINCE RE- G7NT; on the termination of the restrictions, they had, at least, something like aplansible excuse to offer ; they Would not •come into the Cabinet, they said, 'with- men with whose political opinions they . could not agree. 'But when the Marquis WnL LESLEY recently made them an offer, they had not, at least, according to their own account; the ia.nie excuse to urge, for they declared that. there was scarcely a shadow of difference between their opinions and those of the Noble Marquis ; they were, therefore,' obliged to let out a little more of 'the truth. Notwithstanding the, dangerous situation of tlkq country,. they would at take any .e councils a .e country they in3istt up:on directing ;—they would not combine with other great parties in the Su i te, not even- with those with whom they professed to agree in ,opi nion, unless they were to be entrusted-with-the direction of. public affairs, When Lord. MoiaA applied , to 'them in' the early part of last week, their conduct was precisely the same : they, could not say in terms, "we will have all or nothing,'? but they said so in effect they raised obStaeles, they .started points of etiquette (let it' never be forgotten, that these arc the men who loudly proclalin the country to' be in danger), and they - declined his offers. Well, the PRINCE REGENT determined to make one: more effort, The Duke of BEDFOR.r3 .was the bearer 'of a Letter from Lord MoiRA to Lords GREY and 'GRENVILLE, ill'WhiCh he statedthat he was specially ordered by his Royal Highness " to forth an Administration on the most liberal basis, WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTION WHAT EVER. . * One would have supposed that to such an ofier ft would -have been difficult - to make an objection they, howeVer, found one; they would not accept of tie offices of State—they -would not make any effort to relieve the country, unless they • were entrusted with the controul of the PRINpE',s Househohl—with the choice of his' domestic ser vants. Upon this point they boldly and. un blushingly. avow. to' the country they broke off the Negociation: In consequence of their refusal, we. have reason to believe that an ar rangement will be made this day, ,in Which LOrd Mo zcA will be First Lord of the, Treasury, and which will include Lords MEL vILLE j HARDWICKE i CHICK ST R, MULGRAVE; CASTLEREAGH, MT. CANNING,' mid Mr. SHkRiDAN. The puke of NOR- - • . FOLK, we Unders tand„WillbePresident of the Coun cil. It is said; but we have no means ofaseeitaining • the fact, that Mr. ViTHITBREAD Will-give his-sup port to this Administration. -The report may t , probably haVe 'taken its rise from the following story, which is in general circulation among the political circles. We giVe the anecdote exactly as it reached'.us :—Lord GREY, it is said, when he had reason to believe that there was no obstacle -to the introduction of . -his . party into power, waited uponigr.WkirrnitEAD and expressed his hopes,not onlyof his support in Parliament, iput that lie would overcome his former reluctance to fice, Anil accept a situation under the new arrange. 4 went. Mr. WPITBREAD, it seems, signified that he should certainly give his support to Lord GREY'S Administration, but that lie wished to remain an in ; dependent man, and therefore declined all official employment. .Soon after,:however, it is said, that‘ he *rote to Lord OBEY, stating, that every man ought to sacrifice all private feelings for the interest of the - country, and that therefore,, he was: ready to accept of office.— The , answer of Lord . GREY, according to re port, expressed much regret that Mr. WHIT BREAD had not made that decision before,, as their arrangements - had been completely made, and there waseonsequentlyno vacancy. His Lordship, however, in the course of subsequent negociations, finding that matters were not so smoothly in train for, the admission of his friends to,power, and na-' turally unwilling to offend so sturdy a debater as .Mr. WHITBREAD, wrote to him again, signifying that, uot:vithStanding what he had previously said', he hall reason to. believe that such 'arm -netnews Might . be made, as would enable the country to profit by the official employment of Mr. WHIT BREAD'S talents.—But Mr. WHITBREAD, it seems,,, having' learned the recarions condition of the Party, had left town upon his Militia. - duty. CenCeiving, therefore, that.this mode of plaYing• fast and loose with him, was not the. most re spectful manner of treating hiln; - he 'sent a 'very se 7 were reply to Lord GREY, containing strong ments upon his Lordship and the whole of his Party, and altogether manifesting feelings - Very different from a disposition to co' thme to sup p6rt that -Party. 'A copy of this letter, we ff understand; has somehow or other foundits way into the higher political circle's, 'and is likely to get into print. share in th thi On Saturday Earl - Puke" of FOLK, and Lord ERSKINE, had andhinees of t 1 PRINCE REGENT at, Carlton-house. Yesterdßy Earl Mourn had another. andience of his Royal Highness. Yesterday , Di - eine Service was performed at Carlton House-to the YIHNCE REG-Eb:T and his Bousthold.,-by the Rev. Mr. 11LoOMBERG; Clerk of the Closet, and the Ilex.. Di% .CLARK.E. • • ' The P.r.nicii 14GENT will hold a Privy Coun cil to-day at Carlton-house, and a L i evee on Friday. . . Princess Samna has been confined for . geveral nays to Windsor Castle, through indisposition. Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES rode on horse-, back in Windsor Great Park, on Saturday. The. Park and Kensington Gardens Were yester , day crowded with the'most fashi,onable company., We, regret very much to find that no step has yet been taktii to , secure ,the pedestrians on the foot path from the . bridge., to , ,ElensingtOn-gardens, from the t.orSes. Surely the public wishes will, at length, be attended. to. NAVAL NEWS. Prom the LUNDON CLIZETYE; 6.f.(ne:O. Admiralty Office, June 5, 1,81. 2. , Admiral Young has transmitted ? John: son Croker, Esq. a letter: from Lieutenant Sa •muel 3urgess, commanding the Pinctwi gun-ves sel, giving an account.of the capture; on file l ltlt of last month, of n French armed lug 4-er, carry ing one twelve . pounder and sinall and a crew of forty-seven meii, by the. h tats of the Pincher and Exertion.. gun-brigs, aLer. 'she had run on shore near Cuxhaven. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 4.— , Arrived a fleet of trans ports from Lisbon, some of which hove on board French prisoners. —Also arrived the brig AiiLLEXEY, Master, from Lisbon, With a cargo Of . wine, bound to Guernsey ; ;Soiled with the above fleet and several merchantmen . , under convoy of his MajestY's, brig of war 'Goslitutfc; which, with the latter„ passed - up Channel yesterday. Arri-/ed the sloop Rising Sun, STEEL; master, from Waterford, :with a cargo of oats }tad, provi sions, bound to this pOrt the Rover brig of - War from a cruize ; and thebrig .s't. Michaels, BEKKER, poster,' from Amelia Island, with a cargo of tim ber, bound to this port for orders. - Sailed the Endeavour hired brig, with a convoy for Wales, consisting of the following, , P - Mers, PALToN . ; -PhKenix, TAYLOR 3 Bouitoi,,. SANDERS Pirmingham, , MADGE ; •V,:nus, Low TIIF.R BelfOrd, NI . C4OLLS IkpC, VITT Rl' May Flower, W LEEIAms ;. and a few others, names unknown. Also sailed the Circe frigate to the westward ; the Atnerican brig Poulind, for Gibralta'r ; the American ship- General . Gads den, PURCELL, for New York, with passengers ; and. the Anicrican ship Acteon, for Amerkea; • The brig Dolphin; belonging to Jersey, MENTS master, outward-bound from hence in bal last, ,was run foul oflast night in the Sound by a brig of war, and her Main bodm carried away. JuNE s.—Arrived the Henry, TArLOs, from Weymouth; Ceres, LoroluAED, and the .11ercur ADAMS, from Wales. . The Rosamond brig of war, bouzid from Forts-, mouth :to North" Anierica, with a convoy, will call off this port for the trade bound thither. - JUNE 6.—The Dart schooner. is fitting in Ha inooze f6r the Mediterranean. • The Clarence man of war, , lately launched from Mr. BLAcKBLJAN'S yard, at Turnchapple, within this port, ; .is ordered to be. commissione4inime cliately. Arrived' the Triton, TYACK ; Fancy, TOZER ; Active, LANGDON ; and the: Good. intent, HANNA FORD, from Wales, culm-laden, for this pOrt ; •the Harrington,.,CHArmAN., froui Portsmouth '; the PERIAM, from Exeter ; the Swift, WEST, from Sunderland ; the Jeanie, SWAN', and the Eti:a, WILDING, from London; the Abracadabra, I SALT ND AY, LOrdHawkesburtr,'Sqv Lx.,. the' Hope, FLEET, and the Two Friends, MADDOCK; from .• • • Southampton ; the Flirt, Fool., from Lymington ; the Prussian ship, Bei/and, tRiDERICK SCHULTE, Master, from: St. Mary's; with a cargo of timber; bound-to e.:hatham, put in here to join conyoyi and the brig Endeavour, 4AWL'ENCE, FIELD, mas ter, from Lisbon, with a cargo of wine, bound to this port for orders sailed with the fleet under convoy of the .Goshawk brig of war. 'Also_ah.ived this day the GAthe cartel, belong ing to this port, CAMPEELL, master, from Morhiix, with three ppsseAgers., viz.. Mrs. LATTEN., ?tirs. LAULKE, aml Mrs. BAYEE,.. , . , The Morning Star cartel, belonging to this paft, mastcr, sails . this day for Morlaix, 7,vith American,passengers. Put back by contrary winds, the American ship Koran, Sn.vw, from Amelia island, with a cargo of timber, bound to Portsmouth. Sailed the Dolphin, 'CLEMENT'S, for Jersey. 4 P.M. Arrived in Caw Sand Bay a man of war , said to be the S'tii!ing "Castle, from CliatiaLzin. . VAL MOUTH ) JUNE 5.---Alrivcd the Niinph packet from Cadiz,,with a Mail, in ten days. By her we learn, that the French still continue to keep up a heavy bombardment on. Cadiz.. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Sailed His Majesty's ship Diadem, with about 700 marines .on board, on a dbst.ination at present unkpown 3 and his Ma jest's ship illuro,,with the Newfoundland convoy. It is reported in the City, on the authority of letters .from Paris . o 4 the Ist instant, that a De cree had been promulgated ,in. France, rendering :nut,,catekry the British Licences for the e7;:portation ,of commodities of the rake of five pounds per ton on the auuieasurement of the ship, to authorise time return with - French wines and brandies. The Decree enacts, that ! all- 'vessels. 'arriving in a French port from the harbouri. of Great Britain,, provided .with such licenses, and lacier according to the conditions required- iii them, shall be ha mediatelysequestrated,, and, on being subject, to legal procesS in . the Courts•of Admiralty, shall lie condemned. On Saturday dispatches were received from Ad miral Sawyer on the Halifax station. The Spanisl brig Cazador arrived on the 22d ult. at Cadiz front the Havanwt, - with a mail two - fiundred and ninety-six thousand, dollars, 01512 MAIL, MART 11 - 22.-L--On the lZth instAn: was fortunately discovered a dreadful, con=piratr. More than thirty individuals were apprehend d, annni , whom was Molina, eldest son of the Di rector of the Posts, &e. Their intention was to inake themselves masters of the park of artillery; the bastions of Siwtiago, San' Jose, and Concen . —cion ; to surprise the quarter of the volunteers, and the port of the Mole; to take possession of the entrnices of all the streets ; and then beat gert t rale t o , c o lle c t the . .volunteers in. their quarterS, 'The Z-mnipiratorshad'S l ei on foot a correspondence with the curate Morelos, who had offered to assist , them. • The Mow Was.to have been struck in Pas sion week., and on a day when • the, north -wind blew th-preyene the maritie from - acting;.• ney had accomplices in the, castle, who went for Ward their miSchievoOs desrps in the Molina confessed 'this ; and the- people are nrgentlor his immediate punishment; as the pa pe'rs posted at the corners of the streets indicate,. iu which it is said there ough,t to be no dekv. A 'subseri,p,ti(lll Iris been set on foot to reward the militia of :Pardos and :2i , l(ireno4-of thiS phzce, ,whO not. only took, no part m thi:!,- infamous pro ject, but were the first to discover it with all litte lity to the'Governinent : - ' and hayd by that rep:de-z -ed themselves worthy of - the praise and grattuds Of the . Au e: , :.ru..._!rLiirrary.. courier '121.s arrived- from Mexico, with the it - ezeeable tliat CA--* 17.ja cotrin , tes the of . Qitatia with so m.tich st;e:'eti- Inure isavaricd batteries -, are 14.:rined e'r.ury tuA'ilt. A lirge bt?dy of hose front Quatia _bee delfe.. , .tc , dby the 'arrive Giiie andflyr , ...e4 to r,Are ;t. ger,kr;...:l 9pi,iion is; 'that: wiLl ti.surrei,der - at disej•etionfreirt the . v.-Ant o this exit. we s°-zll 'Se pr)speraus 1.1.6 - 1 1 ), for tiie gre , stv , ..A-tffry;%fttihti prevail, in thv TARIFA, i‘dA Y 1 ILli niltrcbed from Vexer towards Casas Viejas ,a-oti the pr4i:i Ta rifa, two French divisions, - corris' i :l4,g: of .10.00 infantry, and 100 horse. 'Oa . 64 marched by the -middle' Sierra. General . B.ilies terus immediately Ortitrei tvio regiment's to Inqrcb t from Algesiras towardi Pedrc,g;:so ; but the eniTar ..thaiely retired, carryireg off otne' cattle. . It appears that on the 14th Soult and 'Sanaa extorted a contributioia of 100,000 reals Vexix, threatening to burn the place if it was not paid. • CADIZ, MAY 22‘.—Tt is positively asserted, that the allies ar'e marching upon Andalusia : and Conde de Penne-, and Brigadier Morino, by Troches, upon Cordova. 'We are assured, . the • French have - evacuated the county of Nithla, aban doning amtuunitiou, and artillery. i„ MunclA, APRIL 22.—The General in Chief bas • • omuuninicated to the Junta, that on the -19th tbz •• enemy attacked the points of Baza ,and Zugar with about 3000 men,-of which 900 were ca.vUlry.. ' Our cavalry retired towards Cullar, without any ihing occurring. the infantry joined,. wit 4 General Frevre, Michelena's flying corps towards . Pozo and - Alton, Our rea s r-guard suffered some thing from bad weather. ZAOREMS, APRIL 15.—0 n the 10th, Don Juan Martin (El Empecinado)had is Tortalba„ a glo rious action with 200 of the enemy's horse, aid. 409 infantry, from Cuenca ; he killed many of them, because only 60-of the cavalry. zeturned to the city, and they, as Nvell as the inf an t r y, in a very lame condition; 30 prisoners, and soum horses, were taken. On the 12th, the enemy collected about 2(190 men, with 400 horse, from Madrid, Gua.dala.xara, and Brilmega, to pursue VA Empecinado and hii • trim) 3 but the attempt proved abortive, as we know that he was yesterday on the Tagus, andt ! 's day in the vicinity of Brilaucga. The grand convoy, which in the beginning of last weekset out from Madrid for-Seville, return - . ed on the Bth, and, it is now said, will depart with a Much larger escort fur France- instead of • • Seville ; it is added, that Joseph will honour it with his presence. Cam z, 21.—(len.!!ral Copons has issual a procknuation to the inhabitants of the kingdom of kralencia, 'dated Alicant, 234 April, in which Ite remi is' theiu of alit thatlitis happened in, that pi - o -r vinco, as -well as others Which have, occu- pied by the enemy ; that in thug enthusiuszn-and patriotisni :.rre increasiw; 3 that they, havi:2g so many proofs of loyalty, and patriotism,..coutei butingby their sacrities , to .the national ghiry, will not now do. less. Fie animates. them to re double their eiForts" to 'obtain theliberty of their country, which cannot now be - viewed as distant, considering that Badajo-4 i has been retaken, our troops is the neighbotichood of Seville, and the 'movement of our allies upon the Catiles f •-- ." Then," he‘ adds, " we 'shall tranquilly enjoy the beneficent conse4uences of the wise Conifi tution which the worthy V.epresentatives o f the , Spanish nation have formed, and solemnly s-anc tioned." . FREGIN'AL, MAY 12. Conde.' de - Penne's . ea- Wary' whieh were in Burguilios Ia atria, alit]. • et' vatierra, .yesterdav ft enter2d this place- The Tiractores did not i:alt, but advtlneed to Cum- brier, two' leagues further. - Almost at the same hour General Moriliffs divislon r e m ove d from Airez' de los Ctballeros to Iliguera aria the Duke of Ciudad . Itodrigo is to sleep to-night . in • Bienvenitia. lie Portuguese who came in Caceres in the beginning of this month, advapeect to Trul l :inn and Moutanclies, to ohservethe move - , meets of the enemy; Nv.ho was upon the bridge o> •, Aluiaraz, and iniineuiate poiuts.- The points the English troops continue to ()C , copy are Us tare, Riniera, Fuente del Maestro, Viliafranca, Aceuchal, Ahoendralejo, and -otin:rs upon the left bank of the river 1‘1 , 4 Obeli and Oil the opposite' side, our divisions are in nareareotl , Alconchil, fliguera de Vargos, Oliva Valverde , others on the right of the road'from 'Budajoz to Seville. The enemyeti the side of Cordova, oc cupy Fuente Ovctiona, Azuaza, and others, froi4 .whence they 'Lunde excursions as' far as Pon.l-le' nito, committing, their usual depredations and-o 4 '' vastations. FURTHER EXTRACTS. • I SEVILLE, ArRIL 27.--:lhe French "have spread. a report,- thEit they .are'.every „moment. expgett.og: I I