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DUBLIN, APRIL l l8lO.
IT.e negotiation for an exchange
of prifontrs, which is on foot be
tween /ram* and Eii*Lwd% very 11a.
turally gives rice to reports of a paci
fic negotiation being on the tapis —
fb in winch nothing is more impro
bable.
RuJJia has openiy avowed the evils
(he has fulla-ined, in ccnfcquence of
her fubferviency to Bonaparte’s
« Continental Syftem,” and has pro
claimed, by an Imperial Ukafe, her
inability to redeem her national pa
per money.—The “ Montieur” de
nominates this to be remarkable. We
dare lay, Napoleon marks it well.
FRANCE AND AMERICA.
t aris letters of the 28m March
say, Mr. Armstrong had termina
ted unsatisfactorily his negotiations
with the French government, and
had taken a vellel to convey himfelf
and family to the U States. It is
faid, he will embark as foon as he
receives advices from Mr. Pinkney ;
which our government has agreed to
send by a cartel. War between
France and America expected.
The John Adams despatch veflel,
it is reported, has carried out the
basis of a Treaty of Accommodaton
between the two nations; And that
Isaac Morier, Efq. will succeed Mr.
.Jackson, as Britilh Plenipotentiary.
NEW-YORK, MAY 19, l8lO.
DIRECT FROM FRANCE.
A paflenger in the Camilia, from
St. Sebastian, who left Paris the 2Cth
March, informs us .*
That the new empress Maria-Lou
isa accompanied by prince Bfr
thielr, had arrived at Ccmpaigne [<z
hout 45 miles from Paris, where there
is a beautiful palace] where fhe met
the Emperor Napoleon, and the
Princes of the house. I he imperial
marriage was to be celebrated and
tonfurarr.ated at Paris, on the ill
April ; when a triumphal entry and
proceflion were to be exhibited, the
molt fplendid ever seen in that mag
nificent metropolis
That Gen. Demoutier had been
appointed Minifter to the United
States, whether Refident or Special
was not known ; and with Count
Paheen, the Ruffian Minister, was
to embark in the Francis, from Ro
chelle, for Philadelphia, in April.
That it was believed in Paris, that
Mr. Pinkney had concluded a Con
vention with the Britilh Ministry.
That Gen. Armstrong would
afluredly leave France, and embark
in the Sally, of Bojlcn, Capt. Scott,
which on account of her excellent
accommodations, had been obtained
fer his use and would proceed to
Bourekaux, to take him on board He
was to fail by the lit June.
That American property continu
ed to be feized in all the ports of the
continent. The amount confifeated
in tbe Bay cf Bifcay, Naples, Holland,
Oc. (exciufive of Tonningen) w*s ef
timated to have coft in America SEV
EN MILLIONS OF DOLLALS.—
The proceeds of this plunder in Na
ples had been paid into the Royal
Treasury ; and that in Spain, fent to
Bayonne for “ fafe keeping under
the pretext, a la-mode de Fiancaife, of
laving cott to the American claim
ant© in their profecutions to recover
their property.
l hat the news trom 6pain could
not be relied on ; though every day
gave birth to numerous reports.
'1 he Camilla has on board 76 of
ficers and feamen, belonging to A
merican veflels which have been con
Aifcatcd or condemned. The Amer
icans thus made prifoners are denied
fupporr by government ; and were
daily cntei ing on board privateers.
By a late French Imperial Decree,
all Impcrt Duties are doubled; aiu; the
duties on prize goods trebled.
new-york, m ay 19. Though the
En^lith do not imitate the French in
the capture and feizure of unarmed
and decoyed neutral v c fie Is, they now
and then obtain fume pretty pickings,
from their enemies—Steele’s Lilt
for January la'.t, contains the follow
ing par ‘graph :
“ H is Majefty’s fquadron in the
B hie, under the command of Vice
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, and
the cruizrrs under his orders, on the
different idations incident to that ex
tend c command, ha /s captured and
’ "t ycil 430 vtficls of various def
iciiptions, within the prefent year,
| 1 he aggregate burthen of which ex
j ceeds 2;cco tons, navigated by 2300
j men, w *th 1 30 guns of different cal
| ibres Of this grand total, 330 vef
{ Is, with 19*9 men and 100 gtins,
including 1 3 Rout cutter-privateers,
and upwards of 20 armed fchooners,
are Danes, Government having fitted
out a great number of veflels of the
hitter clafs for fupplying Norway
with gram, during the unexampled
fcarcity occafioncd by the prefent
war, which they are compelled at all
riiks to attempt. The remaining 90
veflels, with 430 men and 30 guns,
belonging to Rufiia, and were captu
red in the Gulf of Finland, during
1 the Ihort fummer-feafon ; in which
are included an Imperial fchooner, io
gun-boats, and as many armed trans
ports, for carrying fupplies to the Ruf
fian army in Finland and Bothnia ;
befides the lofs fufiained in the very
fevere attacks on the Ruffian flotillas
at Percala and Alpo, on the 7th and
25 th of July, amounting, in killed
and drowned, to 200 men. ’
BOSTON, MAY 24.
IMPERIAL LUXURIES.
The wedding robe which has been
made in Paris for the new Empress of j
Prance is embroidered all over with
diamonds, the intervals filled with Mo
tine-': lace. Its value is estimated at a
bout 85,000 dollars !
The Miniature of Napoleon, which
the Prince of Neufchatrl presented
to the Archduchess Maria Louisa of
Austria, on his first introduction to her,
ia set in 16 solitaires, each of which is
estimated at 30,000 florins—making in
the aggregate 48(9,Q6o florins.
Sir Francis Burden.
i
The non-compliance of Sir Francis I
Burdett, with the warrant of the Speak- !
er of the House of Commons, to com- '
mitlnm to the Tower, absorbed all o
ther considerations.— fhe motion for
his commitment passed the House of
Commons on Friday morning, 7 o’
clock. He did not arrive in London un
til about one o’clock on the same day,
from his seat at Wimbleton—When
he arrived, he receivtd a note fropi the
Sergeant at Arms, informing him of
the decision of the House of commons,
and requesting to know when he should
wait upon him with the Speaker’s war
rant. Sir Francis, however, had not
been many minutes at his house, when
he was called upon by Mr. Coleman,!
{the Sergeant at Arms) who was inform
ed, that Sir Francis would speak with
him at 12 o’clock on Saturday—but a
bout 6 in the evening of Friday, Mr.
Coleman called again, and stated, from
the Speaker of the House of Commons,
that he had orders to execute his war
rant forthwith. Sir Francis then refu
sed to go with him, denied the author
ity of the instrument, and expressed
his resolution of repelling force by
force. Mr. Coleman then withdrew.
During this period j a large crowd
assembled round the house of Sir Fran
cis, in Piccaddilly ; but a more num
erous concourse filled all the streets
adjacent to the Tower ; and towards
evening the assemblage was immense.
Such serious apprehensions were en
tertained of the issue of this business,
that the Police Offices were kept open
dnring the night of the debate, and in
the course of Friday the Lord Mayor
sent a note to the Secretary of State,
requesting that Sir Francis might not
1 be sent to the city, as fie was appre
hensive of sonic violation of the public
peace.
Piccards were posted through the
town, calling upon the citizens of
\\ esiminsler “ to adopt such measures
as might be thought expedient, in con - i
sequence of the House of Commons
having deprived” them of one of their
refirescniatives, and parties were all day
going about Westminster, procuring
the signatures of house-keepers for the
support of Sir Francis. In the even
■ ling, the multitude was so great, near
his house, as completely to obstruct
the passage through Picadilly. The
mob then proceeded to \ iolent exces
ses ; they attacked and destroyed the
I windows of x house by mistake, sup
posing it to be Mr. Lethridge*» ( the
( mover of the resolutions against Sir
Francis.) They then proceeded to Lord
* C astlereagh’s house and demolished
: the windows ; and, in succession, the
1' houses of Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Yorkc,
l! Mr. Percivafi and Sir J. Anstruther,
- experienced the loss of their windows.
t The crowd then advanced towards
: Lord Chatham’s house, in Hill-street,
but u ere met by a troop of the horse
guards, who dispersed them. S50 men
of this body were sent to protect the
magazine in Hyde Park.
Apartments were prepared in the
1 Tower, by Earl Moira, the Constable,
: j for the reception of Sir Francis.
L'lie House of Commons met on
i Fii lay- and probably adjourned so ear
ly that the refusal of Sir Francis to at
tend the Serjeant, was not officially
made known to them, i hey adjour
ned to meet on the following Monday,
! when the decision upon this interes
ting subject will be promulgated.
NEW RU'RY FORT, MAY 25*
Very late from England.
Ship Alfred, Capt. Fisher, of this
port, 29 days from Liverpool, passed
I the bay last evening, bound to Boston.
Several passengers were landed from
[ her and came up to town last evening,
[ who have politely furnished us with
j the Courier of April 20 and 21. Al
though much later than our former ac
counts, we do not find, from a hasty
perusal of them but little of interest.
The papers containing the proceed
ings of the H. of Commons, which we
regret we have not obtained, but which
we understand are replete with inter
esting matter, on the subject ol the
forcible arrest and committal of Sir F.
Burdett. It was believed in the first
instance that Sir F. B. would not resist
the speaker’s warrant, and that belief
was founded, with other circumstances,
on a card lie wrote to the Sergeant at
Arms in reply to his (the Sergeant’s)
intimation by letter, of his orders for
the Baronet’s arrest. And this resis
tance, carried on in the manner it was,
far from finding any advocates in the
H. of C. brought severe animadver
sions upon his conduct from some of
the most respectable members of the
opposition, particularly Sir Sam’l.
Homily and Mr. Littleton ; the latter,
formerly a particular friend of Sir F.
Burdett, declared he had adjured his
friendship forever. Sir F’s. letters to
the speaker are singular productions,
and will be read with interest, mingled
with surprise by all parties.
\Y e may expect exaggerated ac
counts of the tumultuous proceedings
of the mob, previous to and after his
commitment. We learn, however,
that the consequences were much less
serious than might have been appre
hended.
At first the riotous proceedings
were confined to breaking the windows
of the houses of several obnoxious char
acters, as detailed in the preceding
columns. But the intervention of the
militan put a stop to this, till the day
his house was forcibly broken into, and
he escorted to the T ovver—when upon
their return, beiRg violently assailed by
the mob the Guards fired several shots.
Two lives were lost and some 4 or 5
were wounded. The escort was very
heavy, not less vve learn than 2000 men
under arms, and government appre
hensive of consequences, ordered up
wards of 20,000 troops to assemble
near the Capital.
It was one or two days after his com
mittal, Sir Francis wrote to the speak
er of the House of commons, that on
that day month, he should bring an ac
tion against him for false imprisonment;
and another was to be brought (or they
were both t® be blended) for the assault
on his house.
Some informality was apprehended
as to the first intimation to the Speak
er ; but it was universally desired in
England that nothing should occur to
prevent the discussion and final defini
tion of the privileges of Parliament.
The above is but a hasty sketch of
this interesting affair, related by a pas
senger in the Alfred.—For the particu
lar details, vve must refer our readers
to the papers of which vve probably
shall soon be put in possession.
It was confidently said that Gen.
Armstrong was about leturning home,
Mr. Moricr, the new British minis
ter had not left England.
The people in England confidently
expected the differences between the
two nations would be adjusted, which
was a desirable event.
LONDON, APRIL 21.— The last accounts
from Spain left the military operations
in such a state, that it was probable we
shall hear by the next arrival of a battle
having beeh fought, or the Trench hav
ing withdrawn their troops from the
i coast opposite Cadiz, in order to pre
vent their retreat to La Maucha being
cut off. Romana is advancing upon
Seville ; and it is even said, in a letter
from Lisbon of the 5lh, that he has dri
ven the Trench out of that town. The
British and Portuguese are also com
mencing offensive operations, and ad
vancing to Ciudad Rodrigo, where the
Trench are posted, and where a battle
was daily expected.
The Trench remain in the Asturias,
and are in number about 4000, but the
troops ot Gen. Roncalez, and those
which have entered this province hold
them between two fires. *
One ot the lV.mi.sh [French} tribunals a*
mong other scandalous pretexts for con*
demning the American ship Pacific, have ad
ded, “ because Massachusetts was in a state oi
insurrection." Even if democratic Penns\Iva
r.ta ,or Vermont as announced by Jefferson'i
Proclamation, were here inienUeU, they
phis* !>e as blind as owls who do not set
, tiie plumkriva hand cf Bonaparte in this. But
what reason has he given for the condem
nation of the following vessels, belongm
to lug dear Ancient Dominion ? from a Par
1
it paper.—“ On Moi.aay, .uaica ’»
sold at public vtmlue, the cargo of tlir A
merican ship Jane, rapt. Stoke, ot Aor/'y..'.,
in Virginia, captured by the corsaii Duke nj
Dalmatia. The cargo consists oi 687 bags,
and 7 bbls, coflee, ot the fust quality ; 200
boxes of Sugar, 4 bbls ot leal tcbacco, and
1 bbl. of snuff.’*
Letters upon French Influence.
number ii.
7b the People of the United States.
Previous to an investigation of the origin
and character of what has been deemed by
the.writer, in comrrn n with a great propor
tion of his countrymen, to be the influence
or a fear of France, if nothing worse, opera
ting upon the executive and legislative de
partments of the government of the United
States, several introductory, explanatory,
and incidental points, naturally claim consid
eration and demand attention.
This course is rendered the more indis
pensable by the peculiar situation of the
writer of these papers.
The constitutional power of the President
of the United States to impose upon the Re
presentatives ot the people, and the rights
of the majority of those representatives to
impose upon the minority, a perpetual in
junction of secrecy, in lelation to matters
of gr*at national concern, will form the first
subject of examination.
The constitution of the United States,
polincally speaking, should be regarded
with holy reverence. It is the most illus
trious of all the monuments of human wis
dom. Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and others,
whose names are written on the listol the
wisest men of ancient times, did but dare
to dream of even a faint outline of our pre
sent political system. Could the genius an i
the greatness of the present age have b en
so far anticipated, as to have presented to
the view of these sages, a general idea of
the American constitution, they would at
once have pronounced the system too pure
and perfect ever to full, in practice, to the
lot of human nature. They would have de
I clared that it was the vision of a theorist or
a set of theories ; great and magnificent,
but delusive and impracticable.
In paying the tribute ot his highest hom
age to the wisdom ot the authors, and the ,
excellence of the character, ot the consiitu
lion of his country, the writer must again i
stop for one moment to impress upon ihe i
minds of his readers the sincerity of ins pre
sent attachment to that glorious instrument.
It cannot be concealed that he was once an j
anti-constitutionalist, in other words, aj
French partisau. No one should blush to
recollect the errors of youth, when those
errors resulted from purity of principle, and
the most ardent wishes for the happiness ot
the whole human race. Especially should
the recollection be cherished, when those
errors have been discharged from reflection
Hnd experience. In political slk nee at
least, nev;*r to have erred is never to Le wise,
for political wisdom is not mhert nt in oui
nature. Experience cannot develope k, hi,
must create it, even in the strongest and
soundest minds. The writer knows that not
only many of the youth of our country, but
some of the aged also, have abandoned the
strange dreams of the revolutionists of
France, from a perfect conviction oft*eu
futility and folly. We hailed with joy the
'■ opening dawn of what was fancied to he the
coming day of human perfection. We were
among the wildest of all wild enthusiasts.
Compared with the purity of French demo
cracy, the constitution of our own Republic
was deemed a corrupt mass of aristocracy.
Jefferson was believed to be a better and a
greater man than Washington. These re
collections indeed can be connected with no
pleasant emotions. Jeflerson and Washing
ton ! Compare the ant with the elephant !
Compare the little rill which travellers de
nominate the Scamander of Homer, with
the Danube or the Mississippi 1
It were to be wished that the late Presi
dent ot ilie United States, whose power to
close the lips ot the representatives ot the
1 eople, upon subjects vital to the indepen
dence ot the Nation, is about to be question
ed, had in all cases squared his conduct by
the provisions ot that sacred instrument
which lie, as well as those representatives,
had taken a solemn oath of office to support
i but alas, he who, while gradually mourning
[ j e *'“e steps ot “ young ambition** lad
der, was the most adroit and oily of all the
flatterers ot the populace, since the days of
Julius Cz^ar, was the most odious despot
when in power ! He clid not, indeed, aito.
getlier scorn the base degrees h r huh he din
ascend, tor baseness was the most prominent
feature of It is presidential character. In
some instances positive evidence, in many
sttong circumstantial evidence, will appear
in the course of these letters, should that
course he completed, proving that the Pre
sident o! the United States did C3i rv on a
most degrading correspondence with him
| whom he ought to have considered the Je
J cided enemy of Uis country, did implore
mercy oi ium when he ought to have de
manded justice, and, instead of claiming
and commanding the respect due to the U
nned Slates, a* an independent republic, did
deptecate the wrath ot a foreign power in a
manner the in. »*. cowardly, meatt, and sub
missive. Strong assertions these, but they
snail be supported by arguments which
will not be deemed feeble, and by ilie migh
tier powersol evidence. For the present
we return to the constitutional question.
1 iioous Jefferson was never sincerely at
tached u> the Constitution. One of his
strongest objections to it was that the Presi
dent Might be re elected ! Strange that lie w ts
not even then calculating to become lJit si
dent huitfeii. But it is jmssibie that he was
at that day an honest man None of ut
need blush at having been deceived by
1 homas Jefferson, for he dccieved even
\V as lung ton. That great and good patriot
gave him the first office in his power, am
thus advanced him far in the path of his in
ordinate ambition. Washington knew ilia
lie had bet n opposed to the Constitution, bu
believed that he had abandoned that error
But Jclieraon seemed to feel the stings of a
guilty conscience, for h* began to vindicate
lnais. lt before he was accused. The mo
meat a schism began to arise in the Cabi
net, m consequence of the political differ
ences between Jefferson and Hamilton, the
former wrote an elaborate letter to the Pie
sident, endeavouring to shew that allhougl
he had wished for important am«ndment
i 'i the coustiiption, yet lie had been upoi
UK *• ivi.ui; UI n» *UO|IUwli. , ... J
therof hit Count'; wis ever vet !<,
for In- wrote in answer.** I did t.„< r Vt(*»
the evidence of the extracts wide! ,, UUe
closed rnr, to convince me of y<„,r m
ment to the constitution of the Unued S*a;*! *'
or of your disposition to promote the *■(.,»**
al welfare of tins country.” (See fi* %
cuoft’h I.ife of Washington) 'there *
every reason to believe that on* oftlu. rr(l‘s
causes of that schism was a dis'-overy
bv Mr. Hamilton that the Secruan ,f
State was holding an improper “ l,ia»,Ja '
contidential” (the reader will recollect tjjL
these are Geimt’s own words) with \\1
most outrageous Minister of France. He*
far conduct of this sort was constttun nd
an American Secretary of State, it is c ►
now material to enquire.
The “ exclusive republicans” contended
before their elevation to power, that neither
[the general government, nor any of it,
branches, could constitutionally exercise a.
nv power whatever, for which they C( (1||
not shew a special delegation. It was ti e
i democratic doctrine to discard all jxiwr 4
I by implication. Hence the claim ur arau,,t
the act establishing the National Bank, d
I against the Alien and Sedition Law-, ^
1 unconstitutional and despotic. Tried ov
1 this test, the president possesses not a par.
| tide of authority to ch*se the lips of the
| members of the legislature, in relation to
1 any communication which lie may think pro.
I per to make to them. He has not oalv the
: right, but it is made his duty, to comnvii.
| cate from time to tini** information 0! j,c
state of the Union But the ri ht to bind
the members to secrecy in anv possible
is not to be found in any specific j:rovisi ,f
the constitution. If it exisis all, it n j.t
be sought for elsewhere.
- - -
I Official Correspondence,
ExtraB of a letter from Hrm. Pinkney, Eh.
to R. Smith Efq Secretary of State, dat
ed London, March 21,1X10.
“ On the 17th November Mr. Brow
nell delivered tome your letters oftheutfe
14th, and 33d of the preceding month,
and on the Saturday following I had*
j conference with the Marquis W- Utfl- v ;
in the courfe of which I explained to
fully the grounds upon which 1 was in
i ftrudled to lequeft Mr. Jackfon'gimnte
i diate recal, and upon which the official
; intercourfe between that Miuifter and the
i American government had been fufpended,
I Lord Wellefley’8 reception ot what 1
faid to him was frank and friendly ; and
I left him with a perfuaficn that welhould
have no caufe to be diffatisfied with the
| final courfe of his government on the fub*
Jects of our conference.
1 We agteed in opinion that this inter
! view could only be introductory to a more
| formal proceeding on my part ; and it
| was accordingly fettled between us that!
! fhould prtfent an official letter, to the ef
’ f<*<ft of my verbal communication.
’ laving prepared fuch a letter, I carried
| myfelf to Downing llreet a few days af
terwards, and accompanied the delivery
> of it to Lord Wellcfky with fome expla
natory obfervatiuns, with which it : nut
I prefume neceffary to trouble you Y"\
’ will find a copy of this letter cnclofed,&
; will l>e able to collect from it the fubfhrvi
of the greater part of the (laterrents ant
remarks which I thought it my duty to
make in the converlation above nentiotitn.
A copy of the anfwer, received on the
day of its date, is cnclofed.”
(COPY)
Great Cumberlandfait,
2d fan. iSrc.
Mv Lord,
In the courfe of the official ccirdpcn
dence, which has lately taken place be
tween the Secretary of State and the Ui*-*
cd States, and Mr. Jackfdn, his M.v ; ’
envoy extraordinary and minifies p toVv
tentiary at Wafliington, it has ui .nr
ately happened that Mr. Jackfon has r ‘
it neceffary that I fhould receive tlec ' •
mands of the Pi^fident to requcil h s «■
cal, and that, in the mean time the o
courfe between that minifUr an - t a
American government fhould be fufptU
: td.
I am quite fure, my Lord, that I 1’"
'. beft confult your I^orc.tl lip’s wiflu* ^
t the refpedt which 1 owe to bis My-1*)' *
government, by executing my duty ‘ ■
I this occafion with ptrfedt limp'icity aii^
. frankntfs. My inftrudtictis, too, poift 10
! that courfe as required by the honor or
r the two governments, and as fuited to
- c nfiderce w hich the President entertains
L in the difpofition of his Majefty’s g°w/^
. mtnt to vie w in its true light the fubjrf
i to which they relate. With fuch induce
ments to exclude from this communica
tion every thing which is not iotimatciy
connedfed with its purpofe, and on the
- other band, to let forth with candor Sc e**
plicitnefs thefadfs 5c confiderations w i11
' really belong to the cafe, 1 ihouid be un
pardonable if I fatigued your Lor ft?
with unnectlfary details, or affedted & uf
r * referve.
It is known to your Lordflup that.
J.ickfon arrived in America, as the fuCCt‘
t lor of Mr. Eifkine, while the difepP01*
mtnt produced by the difavowal of
. rangement of the 19th of April, w*sV;f
i . recent, and while feme other CJ»u«s
. ; difTatisfadhion, which had bten mace 0
i fociate themfelves with that dilapp1'1 ,
- ment, w etc in operation. But your -
* lbip alfo knows that bis reception ? ^
■> American government was marker. ,
1 that kindnefs and relpedt which *t?<:
1 , to the reprefentative of a foveretgn V
whom the United States were W»c«r
defirous of maintaining the mo» *Ilc
relations. . . efr
Whatever were the hopes, whicn
Jackfon’s million had infpired, c‘
i j fadtory explanations and adj 11ft men*
J 1 the prominent points of difference ^
’ 1 the two countries, they certainly ^
much encouiaged by the contertf»c^ ^
. w hich, as far as he thought P,0P^.’ jr
. pened to Mr. Smith, foon ^Iter
. val, the nature and extent of bis P ,(J
1 and the view s of his giweinmer.t. ^
s an txpei iment, deemed by the g°'J- . ,«
n $f the United States to bt fufccici- >