The Sun. — London, England, 1811-12-20 00:00:00

MAILS. Attar , an--t Guernsey, x jersey, t Halifax. Dux—t Ca. diz, I Guernsey, I fersey, t Dublin, 4 Wateztord. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TVIIRLVI O'CLOCK. COTIS. for Opening 631 6 4 I Red. Anp. . 62 el THE SUN. SOLIRIA QV'S DICER& retGiUM AUDIAT? LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEbIIIRR 20, 1811. We are happy to announce the safety of the Ti- gris, with the loss of her anchors, at Margate : she had been blown off Calais, but luckily escaped being taken, by the aid of a gun-brig which came to her as i,lariCC. It is stated in a Paper of this morning, on the al leged authority of a letter received by the Heligoland Mdils of yesterday., that intelligence had been de. lived from the Musquito sloop or war, that the Scheldt Fleet had put to sea, and was proceeding to the Baltic: We have made edquity relative to this subject, and find that there is no truth whatever in the sta'•ement of the sailing of the Enemy's Fleet, which, on the contrary, remains at Antwerp: nor is it at all probable that the first intelligence of its having put to sea would be received here from the We received this morning. American Papers to thi. 17th ult. from which the following are Extratis. It will be seen that the long pending affair of the Chesapeake. and the Leopard, has been at last aojtuted HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 6. ;~ The Journal was read, including the Message sent to the House yesterday. The Clerk proceeded to read the unfinished do. contents communicated yesterday. In the correspondence between Mr. MUNROE and AC. FOSTER, on the subjea of the affair of the President and Little Belt, Mr. MuNgoz as sures Mr. FosTee that the Government had issued no orders to ComModore 'topazes, instruaing Lim to search for, 'or obtain by force, any Ame • ticans impressed on board British armed vessels ; that ItoPomo bad no other orders than for the protection of the American coast and com merce.' Commodore Rot:melts is justified, clothe ground of a right to examine any armed vessels ho vering oo our coast, especially as' depredations .are often committed on our coturnerce by armed vessels from the West ladies, under false colours. The right of thus ascertaining the country and object of our armed vessels has invariably been exercised by Great Britain, and to the greatest distance from land; and RODGERS bad a right to pursue any such vessels, for the purpose of exchanging a friendly salute, If the vessel he meets be friendly, or for other pur poses with an unfriendly vessel. The first shot was fired by the Little Belt ; the honouref the American flag demanded the course taken by Itonoses.—Mr. MUNROE, transmits to Mr. FOSTER the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry, instituted at his (Mr. Fos- Tee's) request. Mr. FosTsu denies the right of Commodere Rimming thus to give chase; is asto. risked at the contradiction of accounts by Captain BINGHAM and Commodore Rooeses respecting. the first fire; presumes RODGERSMust have known the inferiority of the Little Belt ; and supposes, from the testimony of the Officers of the President, that a rencontre was resolved on before the President came up witlethe Little Belt. In the correspondence respeding "%Vest Florida is given the solemn protest of the Paiwca REGENT against the seizure of a province belonging to the Ally of Great Britain, at a time when the Parent Country was engaged in a struggle for her natiocal existence, and unable to proted her di.tant territo ries. The seizure, whether from motives of in terest or ambition, is pronounced unjust and unge sterous.—Mr. 11111NR ou declares; that no atonement or satisfaEtion has ever been made, us by Spain for spoliations on our commerce in t 798-9, &c. nor for denying us the right of deposit at New Orleans, secured by treaty; that West Florida, as far as the Paridirio, is 4 part of Louisiana ; that no advantage was WOG of the situation of Spain, but the seizure made in consequence of the inhabi tants, neither governed nor protedecl by Spain, being about to make themselves independent. Mr. M. also informs Mr. FOSTER, that this measure will be tza obst radical tr. future discessions of title when the Guvernment of Spain shalt be established. ADIUSTNIENI' OF THE: AFFAIR OF THE CHE. SAFEAKE AND THIL LEOPARD. THE GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. New York, Nov. t 6. I%.IE3AGir, TO THE'SENATE AND HOUSE OF ItmusEN. TATIvEs 01' TO g *UNITED STATES. I com municate to Con g ress copies of a oorrespon. Extraordinary and Mi dence,, between the Envoy of Great Britain and the Sc- :entiar: eretar•y of State, relative to the aggrasion committed of a British ship of . war on the United ,States' fri gite Chesapeake, by which it will be seen that that subjeol of ditierenc'e between the two conntries, is terminated by an offer 4.4 reparation which has b`een acceded to. TAMES MADISON. Washington, Nov.:;, :St:. )IL FOSTER TO Ml. muNaor. Washington, 04. 30. SIR,--I had already the honour to mention to you that I came to this country furnished with instruc tions from his Royal HigimesS the PRINCE •RegeNr, in the nameand on the behalf of his MAJESTY, for the purpose of proceeding to a final adjustment of the differences which have arisen between Great Britain and the United States of Atnetica, in the affair of the Chesapeake frigate, and I had also that of acquainting you with the necessity under which I found myself of suspending the exe cution of those instruaions, in. consequence of my not having perceived that any steps whatever were taken by the American Government to clear up the circumstances of an event which threatened so materially to 'interrupt the haimony subsisting-be tween our two countries, as that which occurred in the month of last 114, between the . United States' ship President and his, Majesty's ship Jiule Belt, when every evidence before his Majesty's Go vernment seemed to shew that's ino6t evident and wanton outrage had been committed on a British sloop of war by on American Comtuodore. A Court of Enquiry, however, as you informed me in your letter of the 1t th lest, has since been held, by order of die President of she United States, on the conduct of Commodore RODGERS, and this preliminary to further discussion on the subject being all that I asked in the first instance, as due to the friendship between the two States, I have now the honour to acqe,ilat you, that I am ready to proceed in the truest spirit of conciliation to lay before you the terms of reparation which his Royal Highness has commanded me to propose to the United States' Government, and only wait to know when it will suit your convenience to enter upon the discussion. SIDE NT. I have the honour to be, with the highest consi , dera:ion and respea, Sir, youi most obedirut hum bit, servant, AUG, J . FOSTER; nig lion. Tames Munroe, S. S. MUNROB TO MR. FOSTER. Department of State, Oa. 3t, tg, t. - Stit-...1 have just had the honour to receive your letter of the 3oth of this month. I am glad to find that the communication which 1 had-the honour to make to you on the t 1 th inst. relative to the Court of Inquiry, which was the subjea of it, is viewed by you in the favourable light which you have stated. Although I regret ibat the proposition which you now make in consequence of that communication, has been delayed to the present moment, I am ready to receive the terms of it whenever you may think proper to communicate them. Permit me to add, that the pleasure of finding Ahem satisfac tory will be duly augmented, if they should be in troduetory to a removal of all the differences depending between our two countries, the hope of which is so little encouraged by your past corres pondence. A prosped of such a result, will be embraced, on my part, with a spirit of conci liation, equal to that which has been expressed by you. • I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES MLINftoE. A. f. Filter, Esq. &c. MR. FOSTER TO MR. MUNROE. Washington, Nov. r, r 8 tr. SIR,—In pursuance of the orders which I have received, from his Royal Highness the Parswe RE GENT, in the name and on the behalf of his NIASES TY, for the,purpose of proceeding to a final adjust. meet of the differences which have arisen between Great Britain and the United States in the affair of the Chesapeake frigate, I have the honour to act quaint you—First, that I am ins tru,..es. to repeat to the American Government the prompt disavowal made by his INlAresTv (and recited in Mr. Ens. K !NE'S Note of April 17, 1809, to Mr. fifityrn), on being apprised of the unauthorised a& of the officer in command of his naval forces on the coast of America, whose recal from an highly important and honourable command immediately ensued as a mark of his Majesty's disapprobation. Secondly, that 1 am authorised to offer, in addi tion to that disavowal, on the part of his Royal Highness, the immediate restoration, as' far as cir-. curnstances will admit, of the' men w'liO in conse quence of Admiral BHitlCßLlli t li orders were for cibly taken out of the Chesapeake 10 the vessel from which they were taken ; or if that ship should be no longer in commission to such sea-port of the United States as the American Government may name for the purpose. Thirdly, that I am also autborlio4 to ofrer to tlis American Government a suitable pecuniary pro vision for the sufferers in consequence of the attack on 'the, Chesapeake, including the families of those seamen who unfortunately fell in - the aetion, and of the wounded survivors. These honourable propositions, I can assure you, Sir, are made with the sincere desire that they may prosie satisfiuSiory to the Government 'of the .United States, and I trust they will meet with that ami cable reception which their conciliatory nature en titles them to. I need scarcely add how cordially I join with you in the wish that they might prove in troduaory to a removal of all the differences de pending bet weed our two countries: I have the honour to. be, with sentiments of the highest consideration and respea, Sir, yours, &c. AUG. J. FOSTER. To the Hon. James Munroe, &c. MR. bIUNROR TO MR. FOSTER. AVashing,ton, Nov. 12, au SIR- -I have had the honour to receive your les ter of the Ist Nov. and to lay it before the PRE It is much to be regretted that the reparation due for such an aggression as that committed on the United States' frigate the .Chesopeate,'abould have been so long delayed ; nor could the translation of the otiendins Officer from one command to another be regarded as constituting a part of a reparation otherwise Satisfaelory ; considering, however, tha existing circumstances of the case, and the early and amicable' attention paid to it by his Royal 'Highness the PRINCE REGENT, the PRESIDENT ac cedes to the proposition contained in your letters, and in so doing your Government will, Lam per suaded, see a proof of the conciliatory disposition by which the PRESiriENT has been aauated.- . The Officer commanding the Chesapeake now ly ing in the harbour of Boston, will be instructed to receive tie men who are to be restored to that ship. I have the honour, &c. JAMES NIUNROB. Augustus I. Foster, Esq. &c. There is a well-known story of a man who de clared that he knew which of two disputants was in the wrong ; and he pronounced him to be so who had lost his temper. This kind of test seems per fealy applicable to the Morning Chronicle of this day, in which the Writer has thought proper to in dulge himself in a kind of fury, in consequence of what we said yesterdly respecting his charge against Ministers of concealing disastrous intelligence from our army IR the Peninsula. We are accused of " grossness, indecency" --and it speaks of " the pettifogging' source from which it pro ceeds." Considering that the writer in the Chro nicle is an advocate for decorum, he has been a little too free in his epithets, and all because we presumed to say, what he onnnot disprove, and in deed only answers by assertion, viz, that there is a faction at home so ready to propagate and exagge- rate bad news, that it would be absurd for Mini sters to attempt to conceal' such intelligence. We did not say that the Morning Chronicle was employ ed by that falion, but the Chronicle roundly affirms that in using the words "faction at home," we meant thereby " the great body of Lords and Commons who are not admirers of the system that has brought the empire to the brink of ruin.", It is hardly 'oe , cessary for us to declare that we abhor such a charge as the Chronicle has in this respea brought against us, and " this base insinuation," to borrow the language of the Chronicle, is all its own.. We dis dain the imputation of meaning to represent " the great body of Lords and Commons" . in such a light ;• and if we did not knew how anxious Party Writers are tO connea people of con sequence with themselves, in order, if possible, to • raise themselves into some degree of respeaability. we should be surprised at the gross insult which the Chronicle has 111u3 offered to " the great body of Lords and Commons." As to the miserable non sense about pettifogging, we can only conceive, that such language came from some. pettifogging politician, and we shall not condescend to answer it, but wish that the Chronicle would learn better lan guage, and endeavour to obtain more command of temper. A few words more, and we shall drop the sublet), unless the Chronicle should compel us to re new it. We fairly proved, by a reference to - the entrance of the French into Oviedo, that Ministers . did not attempt to conceal unfavourable intelligence and that' the attempt to do so • would have been ab surd, as there are degenerate Englishmen enough, who are as . ready to spread such intelligence almost as the enemv,and the Chronicle cannot prove the contrary ; yet it perseveres in declaring, that it has " convict ed . Ministers of withholding a fair historical ac count of the transaaions of the war." Such an assertion is totally repugnant to truth and proba bility, and therefore, only recoils upon those who h ave the boldness, to use too mild a term, to repeat it, cottrar) to their own conviction, NAVAL NEWS. PI.MIOUTII, DEC, 1 B.—Artived in Cawsand Bay the ship Harrison, PRIOR master, from Quebec, with a cargo of timber and deals, bound to Lon don , put in here by contrary winds. Arrived this day the ship //pato, HAMMOTT mas ter, with a cargo, bound to Malta ; she sailed friar`' London a short time since, and was obliged to put into Falmouth, where she was refitted, whence sl,t, proceeded on her v oyage, and shortly atter beccai• ing leaky, was obliged to put back. Also arrived die ship Hope, WARD, trof3l 4+'r.• bec, with a cargo of timber and deals, .or thic putt. The Catlarina, lirmAN, which arrived tyre few days since trout the Straits, laden bound to London, is in a very leaky state, and cargo, which is damaged, is to be landed at port. PORTSMOUTH, Dac.l9.—The Tigris Was Een on Saturday night last, off the Isle of Wight which we have no account of her. The 37th regiment is landed from Reload, ex cepting the Staff and grenadiers; the transport °a which they were on board is missing• SCILLY,. DEC. 14.—0 n the Ist instant, the brig .dwora, WallisßAL, master; ,from Lisbon , " 4 . fruit, bound to London, was unfortunately at at the Land's End, and the . Captgin JO cabin -bey drowned ; the former had left a wife and 2 Cloldtvii to lament his loss. Came in the ship Iris, MORGAN, Glaster, frolil, Trinidad, laden with rum and sugar , bon" to Loll' don ; the Dolphin Custom•huuse c utter from a cruize, and the Slur, MAY ; and Nep tune, SANDtu5' troth Penzance, in ballast. YARMOUTH, DEC. 1 9.—L'Anacreon, LLASI" , 3 I shirtv 'OA • cutter privateer carrying six. guns awl • ""i ttb men, was . captured oil' the Dogger Bank, on t he i instant, by his Majesty's hired caner Princ e " pr i v atcer Miles, after a long chase, in w hich the threw all her guns overboard s he hid been oLlt ` ) - 1 Deli's Haven twPtity-loor days , a nd made no Cr MARGATE, Dcc. t 9.---The Honourable Fait r: dia Company's ship Tigris brou g ht up in our R. this morning after, having been driven on the Fretirb coast, within league of Cab by sires') of weft. ther .she lms lost-an anchot gad two eables. **T"'"'" D EA L, DEC. tg..—Arrived the, Cliiford, and t!, , 1 Sir James Henry Craig, from Quebec. Sailed his Majesty's shi p Sk y lark for off BO' logne. Arrived the Naiad frigate from a cruise , Put back several merchantmen. ........---. --------- re of Early on Wednesday' morning, the resider , . i . Viscount Sr. ASAPII, in BerkeleY-scrare' :,,t broken stolen. . The villains entered from the garden, 11 in open, and valuablt 9 10a conskieranle Ow. L. , ing climbed (as is imagined) Lai ESSEX'i 33.0., Hill street . By forcing open the sash of a Wil2dlre or. the ground-floor, -they were enabled to pett" f h i to with, ginablets the window-shutter, which h °lll I they weakened gave way to their force: it•sltP ea° yt) , were not aware of the return of the tamely as they had the temerity to advance even 1 1 0 : 1, 1 : Lordship's bed-room, who, being surPrir d .i i llte appearance of a light, exclaimed, who is W l ' . b e r light was after a short pause extinguished, wh en to Ladyship imagining it to be the Maid caininige',. light the fire, they recomposed thetroelres t!% e i e l d, The consummate - boldness these men Pn: se fit o. impelled them to place chairs to hurl.° file 'but gress of their, pursuers; in the outer-rooms; of being satisfied that the family were not con' i°6s oo ,l their intrusion, they retired to the ground do or ' 0 , ransacking every drawer, and investigating Illca°6l tents of every pocket-back and paper, theY , se l e ,t o i to t 0 . ,., the most valuable effects, but left every th'n,g that they imagined might lead to dete6tion, an" I cd , quitted the house by the same way they bad enter I( l'he !thou sustained, it is supposed, will arroant fife c thsandi. Every nveans are'tak ing in 1 discovery of the robbers. Yesterday Mr. PLITT, of Staple's Inn, sarrlowng,i !he •Proprietots o f sadiers w e n s to i be Conti t, ' ; ' s Requests in Fuilwood's Rents, for not retne ning m . lii Inenq after refusing to provide hint with '1 seat iii the boxes ; when, after a full hearing. and " lw. "l l ' r, standing the obje6tion of its being a benefit-nig le street, I r r l o d t ti.l 1 r t . i i ts o wo n t i c :; e n r e e ) d • insertedriehteuicillectloretu: a itnhethnelior li t: , t y ll i % l ii l l l costs. • „ cdnesdaycvening sennight, Mr, Di -f tita . li ,tl : ° , yttoman Consul, was beset by a gang 01 . Pi r c,,,,, g . Eels, at the end of Coventry-street, near " 11: ',b imyetric:b :N o ' k i l yt o l s l N i k u .ee s r t i l ,, id i: l: i i l n o l . , s a t r n e d e robbed chain, and seals. Early yesterday morning the shop of Mr. D a 11:11, robbed of cloths and waistcoat-pieces to the 811 0 ; n : o of .) )501. ; and had it not been for the alarm gevLe end of the shop. the iionbtblelers wetiobwuubialtd'lsdinbligilla::vll:l::::i.sePflaeirlel:::o: the whole stock. About three o'clock i b e e les i l i e i r t : in the tli nrn i ing, a hackney-coach stopped at the doors aP 9rt , r e the window-shutter was cut away, sufficient ta • i . w i a a s m a le w d o ia lc t e ely by o piece wtdi che yt eo admissio n ruoe lfdl ti ti o lgi f i ..satoeOlaolsylile)::rttlyiroautghtiwiehicconacthh.e airrt • en the little depredator made hPitsejilleLdli'atfitibill:gri°l4.°:l,:t into the coach, which furiously drove O . 13r°° Acct.!, and the robbers escaped. • turf.