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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Mortang Papers, April 23, 1825. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] From letters which we have received from va. slow; quarters„ we know that the Dissenters i►► general are very much hurt at its having been supposed they are the advocates of intolerance. Several Petitions were presented in both Houses last night from Dissenting Congregations, in fa vour of the Catholic Claims ; and we have no doubt more will be presented, in order to leave no doubt on this point. Lord Holland, in pre senting 'one from a place in Dorsetshire, describ ed the Petitioners "as anxious to vindicate them selves from the aspersions which had gone abroad, that the whole body of Dissenters were the ad-• vocates of intolerance."—His Lordship added, that " it was too much the custom to judge of men's proceedings by some abstract doctrines which they professed," and a truer observation than this never was made. Men of all religions living to gether in the same community, reading the same publications, and hearing every day the same notions, must necessarily partake very much of the same character. The principal distinctions are those produced by rank, wealth, education, and pursuits in life ; though these distinctions become feebler and feebler every day from the circumstance that almost all classes read the same journals and newspapers. Compared with all these circumstances, the particular creed sinks almost to nothing. The character of every age is thus far more distinctly marked on the productions of that age, than the pecu liarities of sect, except during a short period after the origin of any sect, when the tem porary enthusiasm which led to its formation (and enthusiasm is always temporary) is in operation. When the laws give to one class of society an ascendancy over the rest, the difference in character is created by law, and not by religious principle. The Marquis Camden took the opportunity of presenting a petition against the Catholic Claims, to declare " that he had given mature consideration to the subject, and he was now convinced the measure of conces sion ought to be carried." From the frank and honourable character of the Noble Marquess, it. was to be expected that he would take the earliest opportunity of stating any change of his opinion on so important a subject. We trust that those examples set by men of the highest estima tion in both Houses, will serve to embolden those who share their sentiments, to give. expression to them. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Bill for regulating the Elective Franchise in I►'eland was brought in last night and read a first time. The second reading will take place on Monday evening, unless the Catholic Relief Bill should interfere with that arrangement. — Some difference of opinion, we regret to observe, exists with respect to the disfranchisement of the Irish Forty Shilling Freeholders, in quarters from which no opposition to so salutary and desirable a measure could have been expected. That the present system of making Freeholders for elec tioneering purposes is fraught with evils of the worst description, is an admitted fact. What ar gument is advanced to justify its continuance ? Literally none ; but we are promised many here after. We must wait till they are brought for ward ; for at present we are utterly unable to conceive how it can be maintained that a system so ruinous to the morals and welfare of the coun try can for a single moment be vindicated. [MORNING lIERALD.] In reply to a question put by Sir R. Wilson to Mr. Littleton, last night, in the House of Corn mons, the latter Gentleman said he wished to bring in the Bill regarding the 40s. freeholders of Ireland, without entering into discussion now ; to have the Bill printed, by which means the whole country might see his plan ; and to have the dis cussion on the second reading, on Friday next. Ile would rather not go into any details, except he were allowed to enter fully into them. Mr. Brougham deemed this course the best, but thought there was no occasion to delay the se cond reading beyond Monday or Tuesday ; and in the course of his observations, he remarked that the other part of the plan, the State provi sion for the Catholic Clergy, appeared to be far more objectionable with many persdns. Mr. Cal craft said he was of a different opinion as to the course that ought to be pursued regarding the Disfranchising Bill, as some termed it.— If its object really were to disfranchise the forty shillings freeholders, he thought, on the first blush of such a proposition, that the House ought not to allow even a preli minary step to be taken without the whole case being fully opened to the country. He added that if the object were to disfranchise any free holders, most certainly he should resist the Bill ; at all events, he thought it was due to the House, on a question of so much importance, first to sub mit in detail the reasons which induced Mr. Littleton to propose a measure that had been called a Disfranchising Bill. Mr. Littleton sub sequently moved for leave to bring in the Bill, but without entering into details in support of the motion. There was a good deal of conver sation on the subject. The Bill was eventually brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Of the propriety of this Bill we think there can be no question. To us it appears extremely absurd that people possessing freeholds to the amount of only forty shillings a-year should have a right of voting. As to the other Bill alluded to by Mr. Brougham—a pro vision for the Catholic Clergy, lie is quite right in his, belief that the voice of the people is de cidedly against the measure ; for as a brother of Mr. Peel very ably and sincerely observed the other night, in his place in the House of Com mons, if provision be to be made for the Catholic Priests,. what reason can be adduced why a pro vision should not also he made for the Methodists, and the hundreds of other sects into which Pro-, testanism is split ? This Gentleman made avery able speech on that night. It was something in his, father's (Sir Robert Peel) manner - . There was much matter comprised iu a few well select ed words. It would be curious, after all, if, while Messrs. Plunkett, Croker, and Burdett procured from John Bull the desired boon, grant ing Emancipation to the Catholics, that at the same time they should hood-v,ink John into the payment of 250,0001. a year to the Catholic Cle rical Establishment. That would indeed be pay ing the Catholics for being so very condescend ing as to accept of our boon. But the idea of such a measure is ridiculous ; if, however, it be persisted in, we should hope that the patriotic portion of the Civic Body would be stir themselves, as they did shortly since in Act of Henry the Eighth. But if it should not, then we hope it will never again counte nance the resistance of a widow to the claim of the Reverend Mr. 'Wilson. The Chancellor of the Exchequer requested Mr. Scarlett to post pone his motion regarding the uufitness of the new Court of King's Bench ; and as this was the first time that he had heard any thing on the sub ject, if Mr. Scarlett would forward to him the objections to the new Court, he would forthwith have them removed, if remedy were prac ticable. Mr. Scarlett, in postponing the sub ject to Monday se'nnight, replied that his objec tions were mainly on behalf of the public. The Court was much too small. There was not room enough for above half the Bar ; and for the public there was no accommodation at all. He had no other objections to make ; if the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would have those defects remedied, and he should have no further cause of complaint. [MORNING POST.] In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Littleton obtained leave to bring in the Bill of which he had given notice, to regulate the pre sent state of the elective franchise in Ireland. He said that he thought ten pounds would be the most advisable amount to which the right of voting from Leasehold tenures should be limited ; that the regulation would be confined to the 40s. freeholders of counties deriving under leases, and that the whole arrangement would be condi tional on the passing of the Catholic Relief Bill. He postponed further remarks on the measures till its second stage. The Bill was then introduced, read a first time, and fixed for a second reading on Monday next. The House having afterwards resolved itself into a Com mittee on the Spirits Duties Acts, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer explained the regulations for the trade which he intended to propose.— The qualifications for Distillers should be, that they should be persons residing in houses paying rates to the amount of 201. per annum. The next was that they should live within a quarter of a mile of a market town containing 500 inha bited houses. These regulations were not to extend to distillers already licensed. As to the size of the stills, he proposed it should be re duced from 3,000 gallons to 400 gallons—the former size. The duty on gin was now 10s. per gallon, at 79 above proof, he proposed to re duce the duty to five shillings per gallon at proof. Next year a new standard of weights and measures would be introduced, differing ma terially from that now existing, and the gallon then to be in use, and called the imperial gallon, being larger than that at present, the duty of five shillings and tenpence would, on the impe rial gallon, he equal to 7s. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved a series of Resolutions, which it would be his object to embody subsequently into a 13111. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also stated that with respect to the effect of the Window Tax upon Schools, where it acted as a tax on education, he had been so struck with the idea on finding it ex pressed in a Petition, that " the first thing he (lid was to put himself in communication with the Tax Office, to see how far relief could be granted." In the House of Peers, Lord Hol land introduced a Bill to prevent Attainders from extending farther than the person, title, or pro perty of the offender himself, and to put an end to corruption of blood. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. NEW Times.] The majority of twenty-seven for the second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill (which majority we, some days ago, anticipated) may be comidered, as a cotemporary justly observes, to be decisive of the success of the Bill in its future stages in the House of Commons. In the Lords, the relative numbers will,,no doubt, be different: yet, we apprehend, that the supporters of the Bill in the Upper House will be more nu merous than on any former occasion. All parties must look with admiration on the energy displayed by Mr. Canning, in not only attending the discussion of the Bill in a state of great bo dily suffering, but even delivering a splendid oration, under the torturing effects of the gout. The Right Hon. Secretary merits the warmer commendation for this exertion in behalf of the Roman Catholics, inasmuch as he declared, at an earlier period of the Session, that he had not re ceived from them that justice which his long la bours in their cause so eminently deserved. A great Statesman, however, will not act from the im pulse alone of gratification in the applauses which may be given, or from that of mortification at praise withheld ; but he will look simply to the good of his country, and to that he will sacrifice every minor consideration. Most of the speeches, pamphlets, and petitions, that we have seen on the subject of the Catholic claims have as sumed, that the question was one of mere ascendancy on the part of the Catholics and Protestants. A simple statement of the population and wealth of the Catholic Body is sufficient to quiet that alarm. The Ca tholics, probably, form five sevenths of the popu lation of Ireland, but they amount to less than one-fourth of the population of the British Em pire. In property the disproportion is still greater ; for if we say that the Catholics possess one fortieth part of the national capital as their share of the private property, we shall, probably, exceed the truth. True it is that, of late years, the spirit of proselytism has been actively at work to extend the numbers of the Catholic Com munion, but to that activity we are happy to believe that the Clergy of the Established Church oppose an equal zeal i and we have no fear in trusting to the result of a contest of reason, be tween the doctrines of the Church of Rome and those of the Church of England. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] We have been favoured with the perusal of letters of various dates, from different ports of the Mediterranean, which were received yesterday by an eminent house in the City— from Zante to the 23d ult., from Corfu to the 26th ; and from Otranto and Naples to the 6th inst. They concur, we regret to say, in re presenting the situation of the Greeks as perilous in the extreme ; and if we did not know from experience, how often they had triumphed over circumstances of as great danger and difficulty, we might feel great alarm at their situation. The Turks are described as making extraordinary pre parations, with the view of commencing operations at every point, with a force sufficient to bear down all resistance ; and the Viceroy of Egypt, whose jealousy, it was supposed, would render him a lukewarm Ally of the Porte, is stated to have taken up its quarrel with a cordiality, which is the worst omen for the Greeks that has appeared in the whole course of their struggle. The force which Ibrahim Pasha has debarked at Coron and Motion, is estimated as high as 15,000 men ; and the fleet in which they were conveyed, has been sent back to Candia for more troops. The in vaders immediately commenced operations by burning a number of villages, and committing other acts of wanton cruelty, so familiar to the Turks in their mode of carrying on hostilities. The course they had taken was towards Kala mata ; and we are sorry to say, that the hopes entertained of the surrender of l'atrass, have been grieviously disappointed—the blockade having been broken through by a Captain Mahmoud, whose name, though not familiar to many of our Readers, has acquired much celebrity in this war, on account of the daring and enterprising spirit of the person who bears it ? Ile had only a ten gun-brig under his command, when he resolved on forcing a passage ; and this he is said to have done so effectually, as to have convoyed a num ber of vessels, laden with provisions from Pre vesa, into the place. In Albania the Turks were making immense preparations for carrying the war into Western Greece; and, as if these dangers, which threatened the Greeks, were not sufficient, they had to contend with treachery in their own ranks. Whilst the Egyptian Commander relied upon his gold to gain partisans in the Morea, we find with regret and surprize that the idea of cor rupting the Greek leaders is not so extravagant as could be wished. It appears to be placed beyond all doubt that Odysseus has gone over to the Turks ; and it is even said in one of the letters that Trelacony was the companion of his base desertion. The letters abound in prognos tics of the complete success of the Turks this year; but how often have such predictions been uttered and falsified ! These accounts also speak of the immense sums which the Viceroy of Egypt has been raising for some time, to facilitate the operations of his son in the Morea; and his expedient consists in drawing bills on London for the proceeds of his consignments of cotton. [THE TIMES.] A curious though imperfect return for every month of last year, of all the prices of foreign corn, at the several places of shipment, has been presented to the House of Commons. The ac counts are too various and voluminous to admit of insertion ; but one general inference is ob vious,—that while the people of England have been suffering, and their manufactures cramped, from the advancing price of grain during last year, relief was even at our doors, but was unfortu nately excluded by the present prohibitory Corn Laws. With respect to the ruin apprehended, or of which apprehensions are affected, by the land ed interests of England, if foreign grain be ad mitted freely, we may be allowed to say a few words. Odessa, we perceive, is the place at which corn may be taken up at the cheapest rate. In January last, then, corn was, at Odessa, and in the English markets, at the following prices, per quarter of Winchester measure : ODESSA. LONDON. hard -16 s. 2d. Wheat{ so ft -14 s. Od. I 575. 4d. Rye - - Bs. 7d. 40s. hi. Barley - 7s. Od. 30s. 3d. Oats - - 9s. Bd. - - 245. Od. Now, to speak only of wheat, that article seems to have been at Odessa at the price of 2s. a bushel, whilst the Gazette price in England was 7s. 2d. But in the first place, the price of the foreign grain being only given at the current rate of exchange, it is probable that it appears less than would have been the case had the exchange at par been quoted : and in the next place, the price is only given at a period when importation into France and England was prohibited, and when, therefore, the Odessa market was flooded with a redundancy of the produce ,of the neigh bouring countries, having no outlet. Had ex portation to the west of Europe been allowed, the price would have risen to a degree of which it is difficult to fix the bounds. A remarkable proof of this is afforded in the return from Ham burgh. Oats at that port are at 6s. 3d. during the first week in August last ; in the second week they are at the same price, Gs. 3d. ; but in the third week they are seen suddenly to mount up to 9s. 9d., the increase being more than half the first price of the whole. Upon this the Con sul, Mr. Henry Canning, remarks—" The great " advance in oats in the middle of August, was " owing to the opening of the ports in England, " and consequent shipments thither, and the " prices have fallen again with those of England." If we estimate the price of the Odessa wheat by the same rule, its admission into England only would suddenly raise its prime cost from 165.2 d. to above 245. a quarter. Then follow its loading and unfolding, intervening carriage, injury and dimi nution by all th ese p ro cesses ; destruction by vermin ; expence of fresh screening ; insurance on passing through the half -savage belligerents; —all these wou ld more than double the origi nal cost. The best Odessa wheat (and there is no use in importing any other) could not be brought into the Englis h market, even if England w ere the only cons umer, for so little as 505., without any import duty whatever ; and in the mean time a commerce would spring up, enriching the shipping interest, improving the foreign relations of the country, and adding to the skill, courage, and intelligence of our mari ners, by a navigation—the only one in which their great rivals the Americans could take no part. NORTH AMERICAN FISHERIES. [Annexed will be found a Correspondence be tween the British Minister at Washington, and the American Government, on the subject of the capture and detension of American fishermen by British armed vessels during the last season. The letters, together with a mass of evidence and other documents, were laid before Congress on the 16th and 2.3 d of February :]— TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I transmit to the House of Representatives, a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information called for by their resolution of the Ist of this month, touching the capture and detention of American fishermen, during the last season. Washington, Feb. 16, 1825. JAMES MONROE. Department of State, Washington, Feb. 16, 1825. The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred a resolu tion of the House of Representatives of the Ist instant, request ing the President of the United States to cause to be laid before it such information as might be in his possession, and which, in his opinion, it would be proper to communicate, touching the capture and detention of American fishermen, the last season, in the bay of Fundy, and what progress has been made in ob taining redress ; has the honour respectfully to submit to the President, copies of the letters and documents in this office, which contain the information called for by the resolution re ferred to. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. MR. BRENT, CHIEF CLERK IN TIIE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO MR. ADDINGTOW, DATED SEPT. 8, 1824. SIR-I have the honour to transmit to you three memorials from sundry citizens of the United States belonging to the State of Maine, accompanied by seven protests and affidavits, which exhibit the nature and extent of the facts referred to by the memorialists, complaining of the interruption which they have experienced during the present season, in their accus tomed lawful employment of taking and curing fish in the Bay of Fundy, and upon the Grand Banks, by the British armed brig Dotterel, commanded by Captain Hoare, and another vessel, a provincial cutter of New Brunswick, acting under the orders of that officer ; and earnestly so liciting the interposition of this Government to procure for them suituable redress. With this view, I was charged by the Secretary, before his late departure from this city, to commu nicate to you the above papers, and to request your good offices towards obtaining for the sufferers the indemnity to which they appeared to be so well entitled, not only from the pecu liar nature and extent of the injuries and losses of which they complain, proved and illustrated as they are, by the series of protests and depositions accompanying their memorials, but from the serious violation of the rights and liberties of the citi zens of the United States which they involve, in the use of the same fisheries ; and I have the honour, accordingly, to request that you will have the goodness to make such representations to the commanding Officer of the naval forces of your Govern ment on that station, or to the Colonial Government of New Brunswick, as may be available, not only for the relief of the Memorialists, but for the prevention of similar interruptions in future.—l have the honour to be, with distinguished considera tion, Sir, your obedient and very humble servant, DANIEL BRENT. MR. ARENT TO MR. ADDINGTON, DATED SEPT. 21, 1824. Sir—l have the honour to transmit to you copies of some ad ditional papers which have been received at this office upon the subject of the interruption likewise given by the same armed British brig Dotterel to vessels of the United States employed in the prosecution of the fishery in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, and elsewhere in the same neighbourhood, as particularly ex emplified in the cases of the two schooners, William and Re becca, which are fully stated in the enclosures ; and to pray the interposition of your good offices in behalf also of the owners of these vessels, towards obtaining for them the indemnity to which they may be justly entitled.—l have the honour to be, with high consideration, Sir, your obedient and humble servant, DANIEL BRENT. MR. BRENT TO MR. SHEPLEY, ATTORNEY, UNITED STATES, FOR DISTRICT OF MAINE. Department of State, Washington, Oct. 8, 1824. Sir,—ln the absence of the Secretary, I have the honour to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter from Mr. Addington, the British Charge d'Affaires at this place, in answer to remonstrances from this department, upon the complaints which were lately exhibited to it, by sundry Citizens of the United States residing in the State of Maine, and engaged in the fisheries, against the Commander of the British armed brig Dotterel, for interruptions and other injuries which they state to have experienced, at the instance, and under the orders of that officer, in the prosecution of their accustomed employment during the present season, and request ing his good offices towards obtaining for them the redress to which they may be entitled; and I beg leave, at the same time, to trouble you with copies of the letters and documents referred to, and enclosed in, Mr. Addington's letter, which exhibits serious complaints on the part of the British autho rities, against all, or very many of the same individuals, in reference to the subject-matter of their own complaints. I do this, with the request that, as soon as convenient, you would have the goodness to institute an inquiry into the circumstances particularly complained of by the British Chargé d'Affitires, and communicate the result to this department, that the Secre tary may be enabled, with the advantage of the counter-state ment to be thus expected, as I doubt not he will, to give Mr. Addington satisfactory explanations in relation to the transaco tions complained of by him ; or, otherwise, to direct such pro ceedings to be had, as the circumstances of the whole ,case shall render advisable and proper. I am, with great respect, Sir, your obedient and humble servant, DANIEL BRENT. MIL ADDINOTON TO Mn. ADAMS. Washington, Oct. 5, 1824. SIR—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of two letters, one dated the 9th, and the other the 21st ult., which Mr. Brent addressed to me, in pursuance of instructions from you, relatively to certain American fishing vessels averred to hare been detained, in violation of the terms of the Convention of 1818, by his Majesty's sloop Dotterel, in the Bay of Fundy, in the months of .June and July last. I shall not fail to communicate, without loss of time, the whole of the papers relative to this matter, to the Admiral commandingihis Majesty's naval forces at Ilr.lifax ; and in so doing shall strongly recommend that a full and impartial inves tigation be made into the merits of the various cases therein re ported ; the result of which shall be forthwith imparted to you whenever it comes to my knowledge. Meantime, Sir, I must inform you that a report of those very occurrences, of a nature very different from that made by the individuals to you, has reached me from Rear-Admiral Lake, of whose letter, together with its enclosures, I have the honour to transmit to you copies herewith. It is therein made to appear that the fishing vessels above mentioned were detained by the Dotte rel s o l ely on acc o unt of their having been detected in the commission of a direct infrac tion of the treaties existing between the two nations, having in fact been found pursuing their occupation without the bounda ries assigned to them by the terms of the convention of 1818. On this point, however, the parties are at issue, each stating his case according to his own view of it. Thus far, therefore, there is ground for a candid and impartial investigation on both sides. Such I have recommended to Admiral Lake, and such, I trust, you will also cause to be instituted here. But there is another point, Sir, on which I lament that there should be no ground for doubt or hesitation as to the course which I have to pursue. By a perusal of the enclosed documents you will perceive, that after the detention of the Reindeer and Ruby by the mas ter of the Dotterel, and while on their way to St. Andrew's, " an attack was made on those vessels by two schooners and an open boat, under Americanof Eastpo r t, w h o i s sa id to b e a colours, full of arme d men, w i t h mus k e ts and fixed bayonets , amounting to about one hundred, militia, in consequen c e of w hi c h prudent to surrender to suc h su p e - C i tr i li e taoe a pr d nt af e to d ai sictbeien.yr, the oeDultjgr Uht nited mostsa t , r i d t , es oent suchthe offenders. a n This, Sir, is an outrage of such a n a t ure as t o l eave me no ot h er alternative than to make a f orma l d eman d f rom t h e aAciolirctaln'erthv e r n eGm vesselst fo were r he legally infliction detained of or isheri o e t t on n violence will bear no justification. If individuals are permitted to expound the stipulations of treaties for them selves, with arms in their hands, the preservation of harmony and good understanding between nations can no longer be hoped for. 1 am disposed (no person can be more so) to act fairly and openly by the citizens of this Republic, wherever they have just ground of complaint against British authorities, and shall accordingly take every measure for ascerta i n i ng hether the detention of the vessels in question was legal or not. If it was not legal, you have abundant proof, Sir, in your own hands, of the disposition of his Majesty's Government to afford the most prompt and equitable redress to the parties agrieved. I allude to the case of the American schooner, Charles, detained and employed as a tender List year by his Majesty's sloop Argus. That act, you will recollect, was condemned as illegal by his Majesty's Ministers, and ristituti,:n ordered to be made to the parties who sutfered through the exercise of it, although other wise liable, by the illegality of tiicir conduct, to the entire loss of their property. But, in tile mean time, Sir, it becomes my duty to demand reparation, by the punishment of ihe transgressors, for the act of violence perpetrated on persons bearing his Majesty's com mission, winch engaged in the discharge of their public duties. 1 feel confident, Sir, that you will view this outrage in the same light as myself, and consider such conduct equally danger ous to the peace and well-being of the two countries; and I have no doubt that you will see the expedi2ncy of causing immediate proceedings to be instituted against the principle actors in this disgraceful scene. I beg, Sir, that you will accept the rents wed assurances of my distinguished consideration. H. U..ADDIINGTON• MR. SHEPLEY TO MR.. ADAMS. Saco, November 16, 1824. Sir,—llavirg been requested, by letter from 11Ir. Brent, under date of the 7th of October last, to institute an inquiry into the circumstances particularly complainer: of by- -the British Charge d' A ffaires, and to communicate the result to the Depart ment, I have now the honour to inform you, that I repaired to and near to the places of residence of the parties to those trans actions, called upon them, and took their statements under oath, which are herewith inclosed, and by which you will be enabled to understand fully and correctly, the whole history, not only of the circumstances complained of, but of all the pro ceedings of the Captain of the British armed brig Dotterel, in relation to our fishermen ; and their proceedings to protect themselves, as they supposed, from the losses occasioned by the conduct of the Captain of the Dotterel. It may, I think, Sir, with safety be affirmed, that the in closed documents (being the affidavits of 17 individuals, and relating to 13 schooners and boats, and one small boat) present a fair and faithful history of all the proceedings this season, be tween our fishermen anti the officers of that vessel. I have been particularly cautious, in taking the testimony, to to give it without colouring it by the feelings of excitement manifested by our citizens.—With the highest respect, &c. ETHER SHEPLEY, District Attorney.- TO TIIE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I transmit to the House of Representatives a further report, from the Secretary of State, in pursuance of their resolution, of the Ist inst., with the papers to which it refers, upon the sub ject of the capture and detention of American fishermen, the last season, in the Bay of Fundy. JAMES MONROE. Washington, the 23d of February, 1825. Department of State, Washington, Feb. 22, 1825. The Secretary of State has the honour to lay 'before the Pre sident of the United States . the copy of a letter, dated the 19th inst., received from Mr. Addington, Charge d'Affaires, frotl Great Britain, together with copies of the papers by which it was accompanied, as offering additional information upon the subject of the capture and detention of the American fishermen, the last season, in the Bay of Fundy : all respectfully submit ted to the President, as a supplement to his report of the 16th, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the Ist inst. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS- MR. ADDINGTON TO MR. ADAMS. Washington, Feb. 19, 1825. Sir—On the Bth and 21st of September last, I had the honour of receiving from the Department of State, two letters, in which my good offices were requested, in behalf of certain individuals of the State of Maine, engaged in the fishing trade, who desired . redress and reparation for injury done them by the seizure of their vessels by his Majesty's sloop Dotterel, while employed in cruising on the coasts of his Majesty's North American pos sessions. I informed you, Sir, in reply to these communications, that 1 should forthwith address an application to the British Naval Commander-in-Chief on the berth American station, reconi mending that a full and impartial investigation should be in stituted into the various cases which formed the grounds of complaint on the part of the American Government. I have the honour to transmit to you, herewith, copies of a correspondence which took place, in consequence of my appli cation, between Captain Hoare, commanding his 31ajesty's sloop Dotterel, and Rear-Admiral Lake, in reference to the cases set forth in your letters, above-mentioned. The deposi tions of the officers and men concerned in the capture of the Rebecca, Ruby, Reindeer, William, Galeon, Pilgrim, Hero, vessels therein enumerated, are also annexed. _ By a perusal of these documents it will, I trust, Sir, most conclusively appear to you, that the complainants have no just ground of accusation against the officers of the Dotterel, nor are entitled to reparation for the loss they have sustained. That, on the contrary they rendered themselves, by the wilful irre,T larity of their own conduct, justly obnoxious to the severity exercised against them, having been taken, some jiaqrante de licto, and others in such a position and under such eircian" stances as rendered it absolutely impossible th a t they could have any other intention than that or pursuing their avocations as fishermen, within the lines laid down by treaty, as form ing the boundaries within which such pursuit was interdicted to them. With regard to the charge preferred against Captain Hoare , of his having converted detained American vessels, prior to their adjudication in the courts, into tenders for assisting him in his operations against the vessels of the same country, I have only to observe, that that officer broadly, and in the most a' plicit terms, denies ever having committed, or authorized one such act. And in respect to the other accusation, adduced bY the complainants, of maltreatment by the British o ffi cers , of those persons whose vessels had been detained, I trust that $ perusal of the enclosed papers will make it equally clear to you , that that charge is entirely unfounded. I cannot but apprehend, Sir, that the acrimony with which the proceedings of Capt. Hoare have been viewed by the citizens of the State of Maine, employed in the fishing trade, on the British North American coasts may be justly ascribed to the circumstance of the recent substitution of vigilance, on the part of British cmisers, for the laxity which appears t o h ave pre vailed heretofore in guarding those coasts from the intrusions of foreign fishermen and smugglers ; and I doubt not that if those persons could be prevailed upon to confine themselves within the limits prescribed to them by treaty, no cause of dis sension or complaint would ever arise between the individuals 01 vessels of the two nations. . It remains for me to observe, that, in one case, in which, by the ignorance of the Midshipman employed in the service, the territory of the United States had been violated by the pursuit and seizure of an American vessel within the American bowl daries, Captain Hoare made all the reparation in his power for his officer's misconduct, by delivering up to the Americans the boat which had been detained, and paying all the expences in cident to her detention. I have the honour to be, with distinguished consideration/ Sir, your most obedient humble servant, _ H.U. ADDINGTON. Subscriptions to the Petition against the Corn Laws were received yesterday on the Royal Exchange, for which purpose tables were placed near to the North entrance. COAL MARKET, APRIL 22. Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. , 31t Newcastle -23 i -26 s Od to 39s a , 6 Sunderland - - 4 -28 s 6d to 38s Oa. COURSE OF' EXCHANGE, April 22. Amsteidam Ditto, at Sight l2 18 Rotterdam Antwerp l2 '2 . 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