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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PAIW, MAY "20.7 —Yesterday the King re ceived grince Taileyrand, the Ministers, Foreign Ambassadors, and several Marshals. The Duke Decazes had an audience yesderday afternoon of The Duke d'Augouleme. It is confidently asserted that three Or-des-du -corps (foot) have been put udder arrest two days since. _ _ . It is said that .two sub-c4icers of the Royal Guard have poisoned thealielves. The reason is cot known. DEPUTIES ELECTED. Department of Meuse. —Lieutenant-General d'Anthouard and M. Etienne. Haut Rhin.—M. Kcechliu. Cute d'Or.—MM. de Brebis and de Brenet Orne, the Count Charles de Gontant Biron, the Count de Cherancy, and M. Le frere de Maisons. _ _ Indre et Loire.—M. de Perceval. Letters from St. Thomas have been received at Bordeaux., of which the following extracts have been publishedin l'lndicateztr : " Sr. THOMAS, MARCH 11.—A vessel from Samana, in four days, brings intelligence that the Haytian flag was hoisted at that port, and that the French squadron was at anchor in the Bay, without any communication with the shore. " MARCH 15.—Admiral• Jacob having arrived at Samana, • after its occupation by the Haytians, and not finding the force • of 4,000 Spaniards, which had been announced to him, had re turned, leaving only three frigates, which had no communica . tion with the shore. " A letter from Havre., of the 18th instant, states the arrival -thereof a vessel from Saint Domingo, which, after having been detained 24 hours on account of the embargo, received from General Boyer permission to depart. All the other European vessels, detained by the embargo, had also been set at liberty. The President Boyer said to a French Captain,—" You may teturn; you will be always protected in our Republic, but we cannot allow foreigners to fire a shot." Letters from Bayonne of the 12th inst. say,— •" A Spanish courier has passed through here,, -coming from Madrid and proceeding to St., Pe iersburgh. He has communicated to us a letter -which had been intercepted at the advanced -posts, and in which it is said :—lt is agreed upon amongst all the friends of the Revolution in 'Spain to accuse the French Government of fa --vouring the purchase of arms for the rebels of Navarre. In this manner attention is turned from , the real communications which exist between the • Communeros of Spain and the Patriots of France. The belief is excited that the arms purchased at Bordeaux are for the account of Quesada ,D'Eguia, and other serviles : this serves to con \ceal their true destination. The 20 chests of balls and powder have arrived to their address, - and have been rightly distributed. At the first signal the Communeros, Who are distributed on •the frontiers, can assemble, and in 24 hours join • their brethren of.France.”—(Quotidienne.) Prince Galetzin quitted Paris the night before • last, to join the Russian .army. FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, MAY 20. Five per Cent 5........ Opened at Closed at BB f. 45 c. Exclrange on London—One Month 25 t: 25 c. Three Months 25 f. sc. CORFU, APRIL 15.—The Lord lligh Corn ,misioner has desired, by a message addressed on the 2f2d March to the Legislative Body, the pro- Jongation for some time of Martial Law, the sus pension of which had been called for by a motion in consequence of some Greek insurgent vessels "Wiring had the audacity to effect a debarkation on the island of Santa Maura, and having, in de. fiance of English protection, despoiled the inlia bit'a.nts of their property, and erposed the coon -try' to the danger of the plague. The Legisla tive Assemblyhas acceded to the proposition of the Lord High Commissioner as well as the 'Senate. ODESSA, Anti, 26.—We have letters from St. .J'etersburgh of the 20th, which state that the Chief Secretary of M. de Tatitscheff, M. de Ka toschkin, had arrived from Vienna ; he quitted that capital the 9th April, and was the bearer of important dispatches. M. de Tatitscheff was not expected before the Ist of May. Although every `chiug was ready for the journey of the Emperor to Warsaw and the North of Europe, it was not thought that he would leave the capital before the return of M. de Tatitscheff. The Guards, after being reviewed, were to proceed to Poland, and the Polish army to march to the frontiers. • A vessel arrived to-day which quitted Con ,stantinople the 20th. Up to that date, the Porte had given no official answer to the Austrian and .English Ministers respecting the sending back the Note of the 28th February. NUREM'BERG, MAY 13.—There is a report ltere, that a truce for thirty years has been con elnded between Russia and the Porte. Turkey is to cede Moldavia and Walachia to Russia for an annual sum ; and in order that the latter power may not incur the reproach of ag,grandiz -ing herself by this acquisition, she will resign to a German Sovereign, as much respected in Po ,land as in his own dominions, all the kiugdo.n of .Poland which she obtained at the Congress of len n a. AVOSBURGII; MAY 14.—According to letters -worthy of credit, the negociations between the :Servian Chiefs and the Pacha of Belgrade have .beeti broken off, and the entrance of the Turkish troop into Servia will be regarded by the Ser .. , viens as the signal for war. WEIM.ER, MAY 10.- 4 Private letters from Ber din, of the 6th, state that a rupture between -Russia and the Porte was considered as decided upon, and that two corps of observation were in consequence to be stationed in the PrussFan ter 4ri torits. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 9.—The town of Lorca is re presented as having been the seat of a very -serious affray between the military and the peo ple. Several individuals, charged "with a con spiracy against the Constitutional System, had 'for some time been confined in the prisons of that place. On the 30th of April multitudes assem bled, forced the guard and set the prisoners free. The soldiers attempted to disperse the people,but in vain ; and the house of the Judge was then -entered by main force, and all the papers sup ,posed to relate to the proceedings against the ,prisoners were burnt. Fresh detachments of .troops arrived, and the order was given to tire on the people, and after a desperate struggle, in which many were killed 4 on both sides, the troops ,ultimately remained masters of the field. There has been also a serious disturbance at .:-Carthagena, occasioned by numerous armed bodies of the inhabitants insisting on some troops, which arrived in that city on the 16th April, shouting live .Riego! which was answered on the part of the soldiers by cries of Live the-Consti tutional King biit - the militaiye were withdrawn and order was restored without the loss of any ives. Private Cor . respondence.—On the 7th, in an Extraordinary Sitting, the Deputy Meca read to the Cortes several Petitions, relating- to he alarming tumults which took place on the 30th April, in the town of Lorca, in the province of Murcia. Upon the Report of a Special Commis. sion, relative to this unfortunate affair, the Cortes, after a very animated discussion ; decreed on the following day, by a majority of 86 to 53, that the Political Chief, General Abadia, should be brought to trial ; by a majority of 128 to 7, that the Alcaldes, and by a majority of 77 to 57, that the Members of the Municipality of Lorca, should be also brought to trial. Colonel Feliciano del Rio, known for his pa triotism, is appointed Political Chief of Murcia, in place of General Abadia. THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS LAID BEFORE CONGRESS ON THE 16TH OF APRIL, RELA TIVE TO THE CLAIM OF RUSSIA TO CERTAIN TERRI TORIAL AND MARITIME RIGHTS ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. Department of State, Washington, April 13, 1822. , The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the reso lution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of February last, requesting the President of the United States " to com municate to that House whether any foren Government has made claim to any part of the territory of the United States upon the coast of the Pacific Ocean, north of the 42d degree of latitude, and to what extent ; whether any regulations have been made by foreign Powers affecting the trade on that coast, and how far it affects the interests of this Republic; and whether. any communications have been made to this Government by foreign Powers, touching the contemplated occupation of the ColuMbia river ;" has the honour of submitting to the Presi dent sundry papers containing the inforMation embraced by the resolution. At the time when the subject of the proposed occupation of the Columbia river was presented to the consideration of Con gress, at their last session, the Minister of Great Britain, at two several interviews with s the Secretary of State, suggesting that h Great Britain had claims on the north west coast of America with which he conceived that such occupation on the part of the United States woald conflict, had requested to be informed what were ,the intentions of the Government of the United States in this respect. The Secretary of State declined answer- Mg those inquiries, or discussing those claims, otherwise than in , writing. But no written communication upon the subject has been received. " JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. [Nothaving room for all the documents accompanying . the report; •we postpone all the correspondence with the British Authorities, which terminated, in 1818, in the surrender of a post occupied by them on the Columbia river ; and present to our readers the papers which are of more recent date and of more immediate interest.] [TdANSLATION.] THE CHEVALIER POLETICA TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, in consequence of orders which have lately reached him, hastens herewith to transmit to Mr. Adams, Secretary of State in the department of Foreign Affairs, a printed copy of the regula tion adopted by the Russian American Company, and sane tioned.by his Imperial Majesty, relative to foreign commerce in the waters bordering the establishments of the said company on the "north-west of America. , _ The undersigned conceives it to be, moreover, his duty to ,inform Mr. Adams, that the Imperial Government, in adopt ing this regulation, supposes that a foreign ship, which shall have sailed from a European port after the Ist of 'March, 1822, or from one of the ports of the United States after the Ist of July, of the same year, cannot lawfully pretend ignorance of these new measures. _ _ . The undersigned eagerly embraces this occasion of offering to Mr. Adams the assurance of his high consideration.___ • PIERRE DE POLETICA. Mr. Adams, Secretary of State, Wash ington, Feb. 11, 102. [Here follows a copy of the Edict, of which notice has been heretofore more than once taken in the National Intelligencer.] THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MR. POLETICA. Department of State, Washington, Feb. 27,1822. . SIR—I have had the honour of receiving your note of the 11th inst., enclosing a printed copy of the regulations adcipted by the Russian American Company, and sanctioned by his Im perial Majesty, relating to the commerce of foreigners in the waters bordering on the establishments of that Company upon the north-west coast of America. . I am directed by the President of the United States to inform you, that he hasseen with surprise in this edict, the assertion of a territorial claim on the part of Russia, extending to the 51st degree of north latitude on this continent ; and a regulation in terdicting to all commercial vessels, other than Russian, upon the penalty of Seizure and confiscation, the approach upon the high seas, within 100 • Italian miles of the shores to which that claim is made to apply. The relations of the United States with his Imperial Majesty have always been of the most friendly character; and it is the earnest desire of the Govern ment to preserve them in that state. It was expected, before an Act'which , should define the boundary between the terri tories of the United States and Russia on this continent, that the same would have been arranged by treaty between the parties. To exclude the vessels of our citizens from the shore, beyond the ordinary distance to which that territorial jurisdic ion extends, has excited still greater surprise. This ordinance affects so deeply the rights of the United States, and of their citizens, that I am instructed to inquire whether you are authorized to give explanations of the grounds of right, upon principles generally recognised by the laws and usages of nations, which can warrant the claims and regulations contained in it. • I avail myself of this occasion to assure you of my distill gu ish ed consideration. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. The Chevalier de Poletica, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Russia. s [TRANSLATION.] THE CHEVALIER DE - POLETICA TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SIR-I received, two days since, the letter which you did me the honour to address to me on the same day, by order of the President of the United States, in answer to my note of the 11th current, by which I discharged the orders of Govern ment in communicating to you the regulation adopted by the Russian American Company, and sanctioned by his Majesty the Emperor, my august Sovereign, on the 4th (16th) of Sept. 1821, relative to foreign comMeice, in the waters which border upon the establishments of the said company, on the north west coast of America. Readily yielding, Sir, to the desire expressed by you in your letter, of knowing the rights and principles upon which are founded the determinate limits of the Russian possessions on the north-west coast of America, from Behring's Strait to the 51 deg. of north latitude, I am happy to fulfil this task by only calling your attention to the following historical facts, the au thenticity of which cannot be contested. The first discoveries of , the Russians on the north-west continent of America, go back to the time of the Emperor Peter I. They belong to the attempt, made towards the end of the reign of this grant Monarch, to find a passage from the icy sea into the Pa cific Ocean. ln 1720, the celebrated Captain Behring made his first voyage. The recital of his discoveries attracted the attention of the Government, and the Empress Anne intrusted to Capt. Behring (1741), a new expedition in these same latitudes. She sent with him the academicians Gmelin, Delile de la Crayere, Mul ler, Steller, Fisher, Krasilnicoff; Krwcheninicuff, and others ; and the first chart of these countries which is known, was the result of their labours, published in, 1758. Besides the strait which bears the name of the chief of this-expedition, he dis covered a great part of the islands which are found betweeh the two continents. Cape or Mount St. Elias, which still bears this name upon all the charts, was so called by Capt. Behring, who'diacovered it on the day f the feast of this saint ; and his second, Capt. Tchiricolf, pushed his discoveries as far as .the 49th degree of north latitude. The first private expeditions undertaken upon the north-west coast of America go back as far as the year 1743. In 1763 the Russian establishments had already extended as far as the island of Kodiak (or Kichtak.) In 1778, Cook found them at Ounalashka, and some Russian inscriptions at Kodiak. Vancouver saw the Russian establishment in the bay of Kinai. In fine, Capt. Mil's, Portlock, La Peyrouse, unanim ously attest the existence of Russian establishments in these latitudes. If the Imperial Government had, at the time, published the discoveries made by the Russian navigators, after Behring and Tchiricoff, viz. Chlodiloff Serebreanicoff; Krassilnicoff, Pay coff, Poushcareff, LazerefF, Medwedeff; Solowieff, Lewasheff, Kremtsin, and others, no one could refuse to Russia the right of first discovery, nor could even any one deny her that of first occupation. Moreover, when D. Jose Martinez was sent in 1789 by the Court of Madrid to form an establishment in Vancouver's Island, and to remove foreigners from thence, under the pre text that all that coast belonged to Spain, he gave not the least disturbance to the Russian colonies and navigators. Yet the Spanish Government was not ignorant of their existence, for this very Martinez had visited them the year before. The re port which Captain Malespina made of the results of his voyage, proves that the Spaniards very well knew of the Rus sian colonies ; and in this very report it is seen that the Court of Madrid acknowledged that its possessions upon the coast of the Pacific . Ocean ought not to extend to the north of Cape Blanc, taken from the point of Trinity, situated under 42 deg. 50 min. of north latitude. When, in 1789, the Emperor Paid I. granted to the present American Company its first charter, he gave it the exclusive possession of the north-west coast of America, which belonged to Russia, froin the 55th degree of north latitude to Behring's Straits. lle permitted them to extend their discoveries to the south, and there to form establishments, provided that they did not encroach upon the territory occupied by other powers. This act, when made public' excited no claim on the part of other Cabinets, not even on that of Madrid, which confirms that it did not extend its pretensions to the 60th degree. When the Government of the United States treated with Spain for the cession of a part of the north-west coast, it was able to acquire, by the treaty of Washington, the right to all that belonged to the Spaniards north of the 42d degree of lati tude ; but this treaty says nothing positive concerning the northern boundary of this cession, because, in fact, Spain well knew that she could not say that the coast as far as the 60th degree belonged to her. From this faithful exposition of known facts, it is easy, Sir, as appears to me, to draw the conclusion, that the rights of Russia to the extent of the north-west coast, specified in the regulation of the Russian American Company, rest upon the three bases required by the general law of nations and imme morial usage among nations—that is, upon the title of first dis covery ; upon the title of first occupation; and, in the last place, upon that which results from a peaceable and uncontest ed possession of more than half a century—an epoch, conse quently, several years anterior to that when the United States took their place among independant nations. It is moreover evident that, if the right to the possession of a certain extent of the north-west coast of America, claimed by the United States, only devolves upon them in virtue of the Treaty of Washington, 1819, (and I believe it would be diffi cult to make good any other title) this Treaty could not con fer upon the American Government any right of claim against the limits assigned to the Russian possessions upon the same coast, because Spain herself had never pretended to such a right. The Imperial Government, in assigning for limits to the Russian possessions on the north-west coast of America, on the one side Behring's Strait, and on the other, the 51st degree of north latitude, has only made a moderate use of an incontest ible right, since the Russian Navigators, who were the first to explore that part of the American Continent in 1741, pushed, their discovery as far as the 49th degree of north latitude.— The Mat degree, therefore, is no more than a mean point be tween the Russian establishment of New Archangel, situated under the 57th degree, and the American Colony at the mouth of the Columbia, which is found under the 46th degree of the same latitude. _ All these considerations united, have occurred in inspiring the Imperial Government with an entire conviction that in the last arrangements adopted in Russia relative to her possessions on the north-west coast, the legitimate right of no foreign Power has been infringed. In this conviction, the Emperor, my August Sovereign, has judged that his good right, and the obli gation imposed by Providence upon him to protect, with all his power, the interests of his subjects, sufficiently justified the measures last taken by his Imperial Majesty in favour of the Russian American Company, without its being necessary to clothe them with the sanction of treaties. I shall be more succinct, Sir, in the exposition of the motives which determined the Imperial Government to prohibit foreign vessels from approaching the north-west coast of America be longing to Russia, within the distance of at least 100 Italian miles. This measure, however severe it may at first view ap pear, is after all but a measure of prevention. It is exclusively directed against the culpable enterprises of foreign adventurers, who, not content with exercising upon the coasts abovemen tioned an illicit trade, very prejudicial to the rights reserved entirely to the Russian American Company, take upon them besides to furnish arms and ammunition to the natives in the Russian possessions in America, exciting them, likewise, in every manner, to resistance and revolt against the authorities there established. _ _ The American Government, doubtless, recollects that the irregular conduct of these adventurers, the majority of whom was composed of American citizens, has been the object of the most pressing remonstrances on the part of Russia, to the Fe deral Government, from the time that diplomatic missions were organized between the two countries. These remonstrances, repeated at different times, remain constantly without effect, and the inconvenience, to which they ought to bring a remedy, continues to increase. . . The Imperial Government, respecting the intentions of the American Government, has always abstained from attributing the ill success of its remonstrances to any other motives than those which flow, if I may be allowed the expression, from the very nature of the institutions which govern the na tional affairs of the American Federation. But the high opinion which the Emperor has always entertained of the rectitude of the American Government cannot exempt him from the care which his sense of justice towards his own subjects imposes upon. him. Pacific means not hav ing brought any alleviation to the just grievances of the Russian American Company, against foreign navigation in the waters which environ their establishments on the north-west America, the Imperial Government saw itself under the ne cessity of having. recourse to the means of coercion, and of measuring the rigour according to the inveterate character of the evil to which it wished to put a stop. Yet it is easy to discover, on examining closely the last regulation of the Rus sian American Company, that no spirit of hostility had any thing tq do with its fortnation. The most minute precautions have been taken in it to prevent abuses of authority on the part of commanders of Russian cruisers appointed for the exe cution of said regulation. At the same time, it has not been neglected to give all the timely publicity necessary to put those on their guard against whom the measure is aimed. Its action, therefore, can only reach the foreign vessels, which, in spite of the notification, will expose themselves to seizure by infringing upon the line marked out in the regula tion. The Government flatters itself that these cases will be very rare; if all remains as at present—not one. I ought, in the last place, lo request you to consider, Sir, that the Russian possessions in the Pacific Ocean extend on the north-west coast of America, from Behring's Strait to the 51st degree of north latitude, and on the opposite side of Asia and the islands adjacent, from the same Strait to the 45th de gree. The extent of sea, of which these possessions form the limits, comprehends all the conditions which .are ordinarily at tached to shut seas (mers' fermees); and the Russian Govern ment might consequently judge itself authorized to exercise upon this sea the rights, of sovereignty, and especially that of entirely interdicting the entrance of foreigners. But it prefer red only asserting its essential rights, without taking any ad vantage of localities. The Emperor, my august Sovereign, sets a very high value I upon the , maintenance of the relations of amity and good un derstanding which have till now subsisted between the two countries. The dispositions of his Imperial Majesty in this regard have never failed appearing at all times, when an occa sion has presented itself in the political relations of the United States with the European Powers ; and, surely, in the midst of a 'general peace, Russia does hot think of aiming a blow at the maritime interests of the United States, she who has con stantly respected them in those difficult circumstances in which Europe has been seen to be placed in the latter times, and the influence of which the United States have been unable to avert. I have the honour to be, with high consideration, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " PIERRE LT; POLETICA. Washington, Feb. 28, 1822. THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MR. DE POLETICA. Department of State, Washington, March 30. SIR,—I have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 28th tilt., which has been submitted to the consideration of the President of the United States. _ From the deduction which it contains of the grounds upon which the articles of regulation of the Russian American Com pany have now, for the first time, extended the claim of Rus sia on the north-west coast of America to the 51st degree of north latitude, its only foundation appears to be the exist ence of the small settlement of Nov Archangelsk, situated, not on the American Continent; but upon a small island in latitude 57. And the principle upon which you state that this claim is now advanced is, that the 51st. degree is equi-distant from the settlement of Nov Archangelsk and the establishment of the United States at the mouth of Columbia "river. But from the same statement it appears, that in the year . 1799, the limits prescribed by the Emperor Paul to the Russian Ameri ' can Company were fixed at the 55th degree of latitude: and that, in assuming now the latitude of 51, a new pretension is asserted, to which no settlement made since the year 1799 has given the colour of a sanction. This pretension is to be considered, not only with reference to the question of territorial right, but also to that prohibition to `the vessels of other nations , 'including those of the United States, to approach within 100 Italian miles of the coasts. From the period of the existence of the United States as an in, dependent nation, their vessels have freely navigated those seas, and the right to navigate them is a part of that independence. With regard to the suggestion, that the Russian Govern ment might have justified the exercise of sovereignty over the Pacific Ocean, as a close sea, because it claims territory both on its American and Asiatic ores, it may suffice to say, that the distance from shore to shore on this sea, in latitude 51 north, is not less than 90 degrees of longitude, or 4,000 miles. As little can the United States accede to the justice of the reason assigned for the prohibition above-mentioned. The right of the citizens of the United States to hold commerce with the aboriginal natives of the north-west coast of America, without the territorial jurisdiction of other nations, even in arms and munitions of war, is as clear and indisputable as that of navigating the seas. That right has never been exercised in a , spirit unfriendly to Russia ; and, although general complaints have occasionally been made on the subject of this commerce "by some of your predecessors, no specific ground of charge has ever been alleged by them of any transaction in it which the United States were, by the ordinary laws and usage of na tions, bound either to restrain or to punish. Had any such charge been made, it would have received the most pointed at tention of this Government, with the sincerest and firmest dis position to perform every act and obligation of justice to yours which could have been required. I am commanded by the President of the United States to assure you, that this disposi tion will continue to be entertained, together with the earnest desire that the most harmonious relations between the two countries may be preserved. Relying upon the assurance in your note of similar disposi tions reciprocally entertained by his Imperial Majesty towards the United States, the President is persuaded that the citizens of this Union will remain unmolested in the prosecution of their lawful commerce, and that no effect will be given to an interdiction manifestly incompatible with their rights. I am happy to renew the assurances of my distinguished consideration. JOHN 'QUINCY ADAMS. The Chevplier de Poletica, Envoy Extraordinary and "Minister Plenipotentiary from Russia. [TRANSLATION.] TUE CHEVALIER DE POLEXICA TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Washington, March 2i (April 2), 1822. Sin,----I had the honour yesterday to receive the letter which you were pleased to address to me, dated the 30th of March last, N. S., and not being authorized to continue the discus sion to which it refers, I find myself under the necessity of taking the contents of that letter ad referendum, reserving my self to communicate it to my Government as soon as possible. In the mean time I shall take the liberty of submitting to your consideration sonic observations which have been sug gested to me by certain passages in your letter, which require particular notice. In the first official letter which I had the honour of address ing to you, dated the 16th (28th) February last, I thought I had succeeded in clearly demonstrating that the rights of Rus sia to the possession of a certain extent of the north-west coast of America , as far as these rights can be rendered legitimate by the first discovery, the first occupation, and a possession not contested for more than half a century ; that these rights, I say, go back to times considerably earlier than the reign of the Emperor Paul I. When this Sovereign granted, in 1799, to the Russian Ame rican Society its first charter of incorporation, there had never been a question about abandoning to that Company the right of sovereignty over one determinate portion of the north west coast of America in all its plenitude. The question was purely and simply of conceding to the said Company a part of the sovereignty, or rather certain exclusive privileges of com merce ; and it is in this view that the acts of 1799, to which you refer, Sir, fixed the limits of the operations of the Russian American Company. The rights of sovereignty belonging to Russia could lose nothing of their local extent in consequence of the concessions made to that Company in the reign of the Emperor Paul„-- That these rights extended, in the opinion of the Imperial Government, farther south than the 55th degree of latitude, ap pears evident from the structure of the 3d article of the act of incorporation, which authorizes the Company to form esta blishments south of the 55th degree of north latitude. But, what will dispel even the shadow of doubt in this re gard, is the authentic fact, that, in 1789, the Spanish packet St. Chagos, commanded by Captain Hare, found in the lati tude 48 *la 49, AUSSIRU establishments to the number of eight, consisting in the whole of 20 families and 462 individuals. These were the descendants of the companions of Captain Tchiricoff, who were supposed till then to have perished. With such tides justifying the rights claimed by Russia, you yourself, Sir, will agree that it is perfectly immaterial whe ther the Russian establishment at Nov Archangelsk be small or large. If the right of territorial possessions were measured according to the dimensions of the points occupied, what would become of those of the United States upon a very considerable extent of the same north-west coast ? for the only American establishment ever yet known is certainly very inferior in sta bility to that of Russia at Nov ArclUmgelsk. In the same manner the great extent of the Pacific Ocean, at the 51st degree of latitude, cannot invalidate the right which Russia may hava of considering that part of the ocean as close. But, as the Imperial Government has not thought fit to take advantage of that riglit, all fdrther discussion on this subject would be idle. _ As for the right claimed for the citizens of the United States of trading with the natives of the country of the north-west coast of America, without the limits of the jurisdiction belong ing to Russia, the Inperial Government will not certainly think of limiting it, and still less of attacking it there. But I cannot dissemble, Sir, that this same trade beyond the 51st de gree will meet with difficulties and inconveniences for which the American owners will only. have to accuse their own im prudence, after the publicity which . has been given to the mea sures taken by the Imperial Government for maintaining the rights of the Russian American Company in their absolute in. tegrity. I shall no: finish this letter without repeating to you, Sir, the very positive assurance which I have already had the honour once of expressing to you, that in every case where the Ame rican Government shall judge it necessary to make explanations to that of the Emperor, the President of the United States may rest assured that these explanations will be always attended to by the EMperor, my august Sovereign, with the most friendly and consequently the most conciliatory disposition. Be pleased to accept, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration. PIERRE DE POLETICA. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. AN OFFICIAL RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS STATES THE GRAND TOTAL OF THE OFFI CIAL VALUE OF IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN THE YEAR ENDING STH JANUARY. 1819 - £40,135,952 2 0 1820 .- .33,625,740 17 6 1821 - 36,514,564 H 41 1822 35,838,838 18 1 GRAND TOTAL OF THE OFFICIAL VALUE. OF EXPORTS OF BRITISH AND IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES IN THE YEAR ENDING THE STII JANUARY, 1819 - £44,570,653 2 2 . 1820- - - 35,657,029 0 1 1821 40,240,277 10 2 1822 - - 43,111,474 15 8 FOREIGN AND - COLONIAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTED IN THE YEAR ENDING STH JANUARY. 1819 - - 1:12,287,274 15 0 1820 - - 11,278,076 17 6 , 1821 - 11,490,339 8 8 1822 - - 12,039,939 15 2 TOTAL EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING STH JAN. 1819 - - 56,857,927 17 2 1820 - - 46,935,105 17 7 1821 - - 51,730,616 18 10 1822 - - 55,151,414 10 10 It appears from the above statement that the total exports o. last year exceeded the amount in the preceding year to the ex• tent of upwards of nearly three millions and a half ; but tha' there is a decrease in the imports of upwards of half a million. On Thursday, on opening a piece of ground about twenty yards behind Burnt-house turnpike-gate, Odd-Down, a vast quantity of human bones was discovered a little below the surface of the land, apparently the remains of a number of persons thrown in a confused heap after a battle, and lightly covered over. The spot is part of the ancient wansdike or swansdike, that formerly divided the kingdom from bast to west, and a-little to the left of the old foss•road. Six skulls were taken up, having the teeth quite perfect. One or two stone coffins have been found in the immediate neighbourhood.— Very recently two stone coffins, containing human bones, were also dug up near Claremont-place, Coomb-down.—(Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.) ~1lie• * * , _____: . _ 2 4 , 4,,_ , v ‘, 4 ) ---,,F,-. .iy* •Tr, p' MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, May 27, LONDON. Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 3 ': );; ' 321, 407, 458. COuNTRY. Nos. 227, 266, 320, 49 ' 546, 578 707. Tuesday, - 28, LONDON. * COUNTRY. Nos. 33, 67, 68, 145, 4 - 1 ' 471, 497, 528, 668. Wednesday, - 29, LONDON. Lodge of Benevolence. COUNTRY. Nos. 112, 126, 129, 4, 468, 549, 577, 606 , 6 ' 7, 705. - 30, LONDON. Nos. 7, 86, 22;2, 3 27 : - Gen. Coin. Fern. 64 1 ! at 12. ‘,14 COUNTRY. Nos. 70, 110. 176, '. 619 453, 518, 560, 642, -• --31, LONDON. * * * COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236, 550, 655,7 09 ' Saturday, June 1, LONDON. No. 173. COUNTRY. No. 675. IRELAND. May 27, CORK. No. 27. Thursday, Friday, Monday, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMON'S. Mercurii, 22° diePlaii, 18'2°2. t The House met, and Fdrty Members not being prcien t4 Four o'Clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. .1. Mr. Goulburn,—State of the Police in Ireland. 2. Mr. Allen—To refer Reports of Committees upon 14 e i a Judicature'to a Committee of the whole House. i 3.' Mr. Goulburn,—To amend Insolvent Debtor's Act (Ireisns i ;f 4. Mr. Martin of Galway),—Bill to mitigate puoishraen t l • Forgery. - ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY. 1. Supply, (Barracks., Public Works, and Jaw charge 6 )'" -- urther consideration of Report. P o rt , 2. Receivers General Bill—Further consideration of n'T Dropped Notice of Motion of Yeatqrday. c11•' Mr. Spring Rice,—Select Committee on Petition conce Local Taxation of the City of Limerick. Dropped Orders of the Day of Yesterday. 1. Juries (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading: 2. King's Bench Business Repeal Bill—Committee. 3. Passage Vessels Regulation Bill—Second Readil:g. 4. Navigation Bill—Report. 5. Ancient Commercial Statutes Repeal Bill—Report. 6. Importation of Goods Repeal Bill—Report. 7. 111-treatment of Cattle Bill—Second Reading. 8. Insolvent Debtors Act Amendment Bill—Committe'':. 4 9. Royal Burghs Accounts Bill—Further Cousi4ra''''' Report. 10. Sheriffs Depute (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 11. Supply—Committee. 12. Ways and Means—Committee. 13. Corn Importation Bill—Committee. 14. Employment of Poor (Ireland) Bill—Third teal' ng* 15. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Third Reading. 16. Slave Trade Acts Consolidation Bill—Committee. 17. Revenue Inquiry (Ireland) Bill—Third, Reading. -ace 18. Distillery (Scotland) Act [1 Geo. 4, c. thereupon. ere -19. Cocoa Nutshells Act [4 Geo. 2, c.l4]—Committee th upon. OP 20. Assessed Taxes Composition Act—Committee the"! r 21. Weights and Measures Bill—Committee. Dropped Second Reading. of Private. -10 Bishop of Limerick's Estate: PRICE 0 . THIS DAY AT F STOCKS ONE o'cj.pcii. ...• Imp. 3 per Cents- ************ -- Irish 5 p2r Cents. ''''''''' 3'ji India Stock ............ . :- .' . . 0 ~ India 80nd5............ 54 6 . d ~,, South Sea Stock ......... 3N Ex Pere :te C ri ne . nn 8 ut i115 e57 .. 5 . 1 ........................................ ifi Cons. for Account...Bo i" - Bank Stock "40 2391 3 per Cent. Red. 78 1 78 784 k 3 per Cent. Cons. 798 78i 31 per Cent. Boi -I per Cent. { Old 94 it New 5 per t'ent. Navy Ann. 1025' Bank Long Ann. 19i 13-16 t is 5 t ier Cents. 1797 PRICE OF IRISI Bank Stock! 245 Gov. Deb. 3i per cent.... 90gi Stock, 31 per ct. Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Gov. Deb. 5► per cent 3 —Stock, 5 per cent! 2Z Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — City Debentures, 5 per STOCK, MAY 20. -- Grand Canal Loan, 1 P•`" -Ditto 6 per cent.... Ditto Stock •••••' .... Royal Canal Stack . •.. Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct. Do. Deb. with Gov: See...* Pipe Water Deb. ..5 per c' Do. - 6 per cen t. Ballast Office Govt. Se" 5 per cent. ......... .••••• ion, May 20, 88. cent ' Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. Exchange on Lond, BRIDGE TO:4%101,1° :7. Evening, 36 ini!lutei_t_i.,st> HIGH WATER AT LONDO. Morning, 12 minutes after 5. THE MTN. 2 SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT • LONDON, • • THURSDAY, 'MAY 28, ; 182'2• • We have given in a preceditr , column e t :4 l : 3 t i l l from the Paris Papers of Monday. They c' no decisive intelligence respecting Ittiss ia rna ls, Turkey.—lt would appear by these J° ll.- , n e that the disturbances in Spain are incre39`.-'1 • ueo" but if the report be correct that, in cons ec l of the remonstrances of the Spanish Govern c,3ol a part of the troops which form the Fren c : ;ro tary Cordon are ~to be withdrawn from t"e li et tiers, this measure will tend more than any an d event to reduce the disaffected to obedie n TL t he tranquillize the northern provinces of Sp3l-' seat of the present disorders. --.7— s arrive The Nestor packet d off li° l Y i l ' c i.t : l l . 3 s sailed from New York the Ist May. and papers will be up to-morrow. , PHILADELPHIA 26TH Arnir..—The Me%iSet.' Mier, who was in this city a few months ago, took hi s i,r in for his native country from New York-some time al t t":; American vessel for Vera Cruz. It seems that the .-ja i otog„ - , vernor of St. Juan d'Ulusi had been apprised Of the, r e, iv:ft departure from New York' by some good Christian tli e the vessel was boarded by a military detachment', Nv „izeci disregard of the United States' flag, demanded ' - or) in 'i x person of the BiShop; and conveyed him to a dung e rs t Juan d'Ulua. 'Bishop Mier was for ten siiceessive YeP. Inquisition, ancrunderwent, many severe trials• of t of FROM INDIA.—In the Papers We find severs notices destructive ravages of the cholera morbas in differen4borato'y Asia. In Persia the mortality had been great. flea if; out of a population of 40,000, though a great num of or e the first alarm, 6,000 deaths took place in the pac,4 e ,fti tt p: days. The town had been reduced to a desart. h i s fani l j in whose family the disease broke out and several of „ f orte It is fell victims, fled onlorseback leaving the City. to have broken out at Ispahani. At the time when Russia issued her prohl. ) I); against the vessels of all nation s from e'itel.',o within one hundred miles of the shore along to il whole north-west coast of America, dovv the 51st degree of latitude, a very genera l fee si a he: ter no Ivi kti, P 44 1101 44 li gn be Seal S tro th, t thos. } ';ti