The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-06-22 00:00:00, page 2

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[ft 5Lt«» rind punching rfWa the inf« actor*
IP <4JtJrheihejciliseu* of "Ari »aid States,
If or other#: Arid what i* this hot the rxef
|i Ciae of a »igV, common to ah oafions, of
excluding at their will foreign commerce.
If and of enforcing that exclusion ? Can this
I • be deemed a wrong to France? Cun this
I ’ be regarded a* a legitimate C «use of rcprf
[A sal on the part of a power, whir make* it
If the first duty of nation# to .defend their
F, sovereignty and who even denationalize*
[j, the ship* of those who t|pl not subscribe to
if the opinion. • ;• . .
,T , But it ha* been said that the “United
If, States h«d nothing to complain of against
f France.* _ . . ... ,- t
f Wa* 'Be capture and condemnation of a
I ship drh«n oorthe shore* of France by
g stress 0# weather and the peril* <>f th* *ea
t notlrinK? Wa* the alidjieque*
I Ifation of jnanf Cargoe* brought
I »n 'hiH tdfatrtirig no kw and admitted to
tJHrri-gutir entry ai the Mlperinlcu*tqnt-h<uj«es
/ L-MQ»hii.g ? \Va* the viMatioo of ui/f marii
* time right*. mHiaeltotea as they haVr beep
b> the soli tnh form* Of a publick treaty—
nothing 1 ? ItTiFWord, wa* it nothing ihat
our sh'ps were btfrnt on the high »ea»,
wuh<<ut otWroffencz than that of belong*
. iugtto Ute United Sk|<e» for other apology,
lhe fitly <»f the United State* to teaent the
theoretical usurpations of the British or
i. tfcrs of Nov. 1807. it cannot be le»» their
> duiy to complain of the d illy aniPpractical
oti’r ( ge* rimthe p »rt of France ! It is in
deed true th it were the people of the
U idled Stales destitute <>f policy, of honour
I andfaergy, (as h »• been inainu ited), they
I might have adopted a system of riiaenmi
-1 hattan brtWreti the tw» grew; belligerents;
thpv might htby drawn imaginary line*
between the jlrsl and second aggressor ;
.. they might h&'c'tesented in the one a con
' duct tu whhw they tamely submitted in
(heotlKr. iW in this w<y have patched
Qp * eompMrtfw<e between honour and
ipterest,. weak and disgraceful
fUt such fevßßl the course they pursued
and if is necessary consequence
of the justice df Njtcii measures that they
•re at thia' <hy rin independent nation.
But 1 will not press this pirt of my sub
trot; it rkoald DC aff< oiitful to your Excel-
JtenCv (knowing si you do, that there are
Ifot les* thrin due hnOdt ed American ship*
withjn his M 'p uty’s possession, or that of
d.irs) to multiply proof* that the Uni
ted hiiift" grounds of complaint
rigafota Fiance. ” ’
My attention is necessarily called to
another part of the same paragraph,
i ' which immediately follows the quotation
iiln-4Hy inode. “As soon,” say* your Ex
cellency, A .h hi* Majesty was informed of
this mrusuit* (the Non-Intercourse law) it
iet 1 line life duty to retaliate- upon the
A'mrric n vessel* not only within his own
terriiorie*. but also within the countries
under hi* influence. In the port* of Hol
-4 Ir.hd, Spain, Italy s;.d Naples, the Ameri-
* cm vessels have been seized, because the
j Americans had seized Frehtji'veaacla.**
.These r«m eks divide thein*«lvc» into
th following head* :
Ist. The righVo* his Majesty to seize
and confiscate Alnertczn Vessels, within
h’ivbwn territories
2d. The right to do so within the terri
tories <>fhii alliesand
3d. ’rhe reason oftfhat right, via. ** be
cause Americana had seized French ves
sels."
• The first of three subject* h i* been al
ready exituineri; and the second mu«t be
decided like the fir»t, since hi* Majr* y’»
right* within the limit* of his ally cannot
be greater than within hi* own,—lf then it
ha* been shewn, that the Non Intercourse
law wis merely defensive in it* object;
th«t it was »ut intended to guard against
th it state of vioience which unhappily pre-
Vid’ed ; that it was nslilcied in its ope
ration to the territory of the United S'atcs,
and that it was duly proinulgaud the>e
i ” and in Europe before execution. It will
be almost unnecessary to repeat, that a
law of such description cannot authorise a
w me isure of reprisal, equally sudden and
t silent in i** enactment and application,
founded on no previous wrong, productive
of no* previous complaint, and operating
beyond the limit* of hi* M*j- sty’s territo
r / rie* and within those of hi* sovereign*
| . wh idiadeven invited the commerce of the
United State* to their ports. «
It is therefore the third subject only, th<
reason qf the rifht, which remains to b<
examined; and with regard to it I m*v
I ■ observe, that if the alleged fact which
form* this reason tie unfounded, the rea»<>i
itself fdl* and the right with it. In th'
view of the business I m »y be permitted '
inquire, wlun and where any seizure of
French vessel L.i* taken place under th.
Non Intercourse law ? And at the sa'm
time to express my firm persuasion, th.c
| , rtoxuch siiau'-e hit been made; a persua
I sion founded a ike on the silence of th -
I Gwernmi-nt and of the journals of th<
‘ country, and still mo»t on the positive de
Claration of several well informed and re-
’ * spectable persons who have left Amrric. «
ns late a* the 25 hof December last. M)
concluhiou therefore is—that no French
vessel having viola'cd the law, no seizur
of such Vessel has occurred, and that the
report which hr* leached Piris is pioba
b i founded <>n a circmnst n.ee altogether
anc.onnrctvd with the Non Intercourse law
. . or its operation.
j Though far from wishing to prolong thi*
| letter. I cannot close i> without rema. king
the g eit and sudden change wrought in
' j bis Majes'y’a *cntimenl* with regard to
the defensive system adopted by the
United Sla'.e* Thi* law, which is now
believed to furnish ground for reprisal, was
, first communicated to his Majesty in June
o» July last, and certainty did not then ex
ci*e any suspicion or feeling unfriendly to
It the A nerienn government Far from this,
fitt it* coiiHiiunicaiHin was immediately follow
> - ed by overture* of accommodation, which,
I though productive of no positive arrange-
U tnent, did not make matters worse than
they found them.
J On the 224 of August last I was honour-
K ed with a full exposition of thr view* and
principle* which had governed, and, which
i, should continue to govern his Majcsy**
HL podc* io ielation to the United Stale*, and
J in thia we du not find the slightest trace of
X C‘'.
Coflwla»t the provi*i<iM of the law
|MLin Amerioun declined to a twirl
of Spain, wait captuved by a French priva
teer. An appeal was made to bisM ijerity’*
minister of war, who, having submitted
the case, received order* to liberate all
American veaaela deatined to H/ianiah
liorta, which had not violated the Imperial
defreet.
KnoCMt American *hip, at a point of
tiirie still later than the capture of the
preceding, wa* brought into the port of
lUyonne, but having violated no law of hi*
Majesty, was acquitted by His Council of
Prizes ; and, lastly —•
lu the long conversation I had the hon
our of holding with your Excellency on the
2Jth of January, no idea of reprisal was
msmtained by you nor suspectedl by ;
bat on the contrary, in speaking uf the sei
zure of American projierty in Spain* you
expressly dethYid, that it was hot h*con
fiacatiun.
Can proofs be more conclusive, that
from tbr first promulgation of the law down
to the 25th of Jaridary last, nothing in the
nature of reprisal wa* contemplated by his
Majesty ?
What circumstance' may have since oc
curred to produce a change in hi# opinion,
I know not; but the confidence 1 feel in
the open and loyal policytrif bi* Majesty,
altogether excludes the idea, that the rule
virs merely found for /the occasion, and
m tdejlo justify seizures, hot otherwise jus
tifiable.
I pray your Excellency to accept, occ.
(Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Uta Excellency the titike of Cadore,
jllniater of Exieribur Helationa.
Extroat <f a letter from G-neral Arm
atrong to Mr, Smith, dated Faria, 4th
Afrit, 1810,
After seven week* detention In Eng
land, the John Adams has at length gm
back to France. She arrived in the roads
of Havre on the 28th ultimo. •'
I informed Mr. l*t. that
Mr. Pinkney had npc been able to send bv
this conveyance the result of hi* applica
tion to the British government concerning
the blockades of France prior to the Ber
lin decree*; but that he hoped to be abb
to send it in a few day* by another convey
ance ; and 2d, that if he (Mr Champag
k ny) had any thing to communicate which
w Mld have the effect of changing the pre
sent relations of the two countries,' and
which he wished to be early knowfi to th*
government of the United States,.he would
do well to let me know it within 24 hours,
a* the messenger would leage Pari* within
that time. To this message I received
from him tha following answer: That
“ for some day* past nothing in the nature
of business anti unconnected with the mar
riage of the Emperour- could be transact
ed ; and th«tfor somediys to comg thi
same cause of delay would continue to ope
rate; niat my letters were still before the
Emperour, and that he would seize (hr
first moment to get some^ decision in rela
tion to them.” Thus you see.every thing
is yet in air.
Cofiy of a letter from Mr. Pinkney to
General A' matrong, dated London, 23d
March, 1810.
Dear Sta—Although I have detained
the Ciu-vrtte much logger than 1 w,i*hed, I
•m noS/et able tu «Hkd you the result of
my application to this government concern
ing the British blockades of France prior
to the Berlin decree.. I expect to receive
it in a very few*# ys, and will immediately
forward it to you by M r . Lee. by the way
of Morlaix, for it *eetn* that the French
giveniment will pot permit a inesuenger to
und at any other port.
1 h «ve the honour to hr. Sec. Bcc.
(Signed) Wm. PINKNEY.
Zfi* Excellency General Armstrong.
Extract of a letter from General Arm
atroug to Mr. Smith, dated Paria, 7th
April, 1810.
“ The 1 Emperour left Paris two day* ago
for St. Cloud, whence he goes to Com
peigne, where he will remain till Easter.
Ii is not probable that I shall have -an an
swer to my piopositions till he returns to
Paris. The day before he set out hi- gave
ne a ship to carry myself and family to the
United States. The Minister recommend
ed that I should not pin myself r.own to
t day as to departure, aa circumatancea
’night make it prufirr for me to alay aome
vhat longer than I now intended. The
c ity bet ween France and Holland was !
ratified the 30<h Mirch, and will be phb
ished this div in Holland. lam assured
h it it contains the following article :
“ Tou.es les narchandise* venues stir lr»
xtimens Americans entre* dans les ports
le la H-illande depuis le ler Janvier, 18C9,
-front mis sous le sequestre rt Appartricn
irent a la France pour en desposer selon
, r» circonstance ct les relations politiques
■v ec le* Etat* Unis.”* Ytiu will see by
he copy enclosed of a decree of the King
t Naples, that he has put his gains be-
.mid the reach nf negotiation The port*,
•t P*ussia are opened to onr commerce.—*
Avoid both Prussia and Denmark till you
have other assurances.
Art. 1. In conformity to the order* which
we have given from Pari* the 21*t of De
cember, 1809, we declare confiscated the
American vessel* whose name* are sub
joined ; that i* to say :
The Augustus, Hercules, Z-'phyr, So
phia, Romp, Two Betsvs, Kite. Sukey and
Betsy, Mary, Captain brrhy, S) ren, Emi
ly, Captain Waterman, Francis, Hound,
Peace, Victory, Dove, Uiania, Fortune,
William, Nancy, Maria, Hamilton, Pht»-
nix, Ousiionack. Rose and Mary, Oroaim
b<>, Amherst, Mary-Ann, L<aiiaiana, and
the John.
. Art. 2. Such of the cargoes of the said
vessel* a* have not yet been sold, a* well
Naplea, 12th March, 1810.
Joachi'n Napoleon, King qf the two Sici
lies, has decreed and does decree that
• •* AH the merchandise conveyed to the
ports of H .Hand on board American vessels,
since the best day of Jami try, 1809, shall be put
under sequestration, subject to the disposition
of France, according to circumstances, and the
political relations with the United States.’*
which followa*.
u’lhe ships, are hereby fobe di*-
peaed of as pnblick aakk W Minister
Admintatfator-General of $a IndWAt Pu
kies, and under the inspection af our Mini*
tar of PiQMKfes, er mpy h» dßerwi*e told
at privawtoale* by thi said Minister, as he
shall judge moat conducive to our inte
rest*.
Art. 3. The proceed* of these «a|c* *h|ll
be deposited hi a particular bauf, to De
hereafter .employed as we shall judge con
venient.
, Art. 4. If any of the captors of the afore
*ald vessel* have claim# upon them which
they may think- proper to advance, they
are authorised lojwesent and explain their
pretensions in relptioii to the same, and we
shall decide* tbercujion in pursuance of the
report which we shall cause to be made to
us by our Minister ot the Finance* and the
Minister of the Marine and of War, after
having taken the opinioit* of a commission
composed of one of the Administrator-Gen
erals of Indirect Duties, of one Member of
the Council of Maritime Prizes, and of one
Officer of the Marine.
Our Ministers of the Finance*, of War.
and of the M tripe, are charged, as far as
it concern* them respectively, with the
execution of the present decree.
.* (Signed)
JOACHIM NAPOLEON.
Paria. Kth Afiril, 1810.
Sir—The John Adams being yet detain
ed, 1 am able to inform you, that on the
11th instant the Emperour directed the
sale of >ll the American vessels taken in
the-ports of Apain, and that the money
arising therefrom, should be placed in his
caiaae firivee. He ha* also refused to give
up the Jfero, and has ordered that the case
be brought before the Council of Prize*,
where condemnation necessarily 4Waits it
1 send a copy of a note upon which this last
oi der was taken, and another relating to
our business in Naples, and am. Sir, with
very high consideration, your most obedi
ent, and vyry humble servant,
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Hon, E. Smith, tAc.
Paris, 22d March, 1810.
SlB—The U.nded State* wishing to fulfil
i heir engagements to the holders of their
üblick debt in Holland, but unable from
the present state of commerce to do so by
the ordinary mode of remitting bills of ex
change, found it necessary to cuter into
cqntracU with certain merchahtb ef the
said States, to tpaku (emittance in tobacco.
A cargo of thia article was accordingly put
on board of ,t I* American ship Hero and
despatched for bort of Tonningen, iu
Denmark, with orders that the net pro
ceeds should be plated in the hands of the
American bankers in Amsterdam for the
purpose above-mentioned. The passage
having been uncommonly stormy, the ship
much damaged, ahtUhe crew quite ex
hausted, the Captaixbelieved it to be hi*
duty, on the principle of self-preservation,
to enter the first port he could make. H-*
iceord in gly entered that of the Texel, and
.fter having taken on board two pilots and
tieing within the fourth buoy, was captured
by a boat belonging to a French privatee''.
Besides the customary bapers, all of which
are in rule, the Hero sailed under a certi.
ficate granted by the government, that the
voyage wa* undertaken for the purpose of
effecting national remittance.
I have thought. Sir, that rhe peculiarity
<>f these circumstance* made it proper for
me to ask a special decision of his Majesty
on this case, and with this view I haye the
honour uf offering to ydur Excellency the
present representation.
Accept, Sir, &c.
/(Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Zfi’s Excellency
The Duke of Cadore.
21*/ March, 1810, Parie.
S|r—l had yesterday the honour ol
stating to your Excellency the case of the
American ship Hero, and requesting there
on hi* Majesty'* decision.. I have now
that of informing you that a number of
American ships coming directly from th»
United States to the port* of Naples, undei
a promise of protiction from hi^JHajesty,
the King, have notwithstanding been seized
and their cargoes sold “ for the benefit ot
the fise.” Nor does the injury stop here
Though thus deprived of all means of sub
sisting themselves, the Captains have been
obliged to subsist the crews (amounting
nearly to 300 men) and are now menaced
with a farther exaction foi port charges.
This, in the strong language of one of the
sufferers, is literally to strip them nak <l,
and then to demand from them the ex
pense of doing so. As die Consular Agent
of the United States at Naples has made
several unavailing representation* on this
subject to the Kirtg, and as he has reason
to believe that the system,“bf which this
treatment is a branch, emanates from his
M*j sty the Emperour, it becomes my
duty to'submit the facts to your Excel
lency, and to seek, through your interven
tion, such correction of the evil as hum ini
ty and justwe may conspire to dictate.—
A remaik which equally applies to the
crews ot the ships captured in Spain and
Naples, is, that should th*; vessels to which
they belong be confiscated, means ought
to be afforded them of returning to their
country. In thi* event, therefore, I have
to propose to Excellency that two or
more ships be put at the disposition of the
nearest American Consul, and permitted
to sail for the United States, under bond
for the amount of their valuation respec
tively.
1 am, Sir, Bcc.
(Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG.
His Excellency
The Duke of Cadore.
foreign intelligence,
Booton, from Plymouth, Ji inland.
J uk Minister of Police [Fouche) has an
nounced to the Emperour, that the Com
mandant of the castle of Valancay has given
information of the introduction into that
castle of a Baron Dr Kolll, Calling him
self a Minister of England, to Prince Fer
tliMnd, [the legitimate King of Sfiain, a
in that cattle.] Kolli is now a
P/IRIS, April 29.
priaow In Vhcenne#. The diamond*, fee.
•of which he wa* tha bearer, are daporiited
at the Pujice Oltte. [|7- Here fdl>wa
a letger from Ferdinand affirming the
j rench Gavernour of the conduct <f Koi
di :—Alao, a certificate of the Marquia
Wellkalcy, aa a credential for Kelli t—Al
ee, a letter from the Britiah King to Fer
dinand. aaauring the latter <f hia fritnd
ahifi and alliance / of the meana employed
to reacue Sfiijn from her invadtra, and
exhorting eacafie from flit aervi
tude. Theh followa a letter from the Gov
ernour of Valancay, giving an account
of the celebration of the Uf of April, in
honour qf the Emperour*a ngtrri 'ge ; at
which the iipanieh Princea teatify their
joy on the event, and when Ferdinand HI.
gaveaaa tuaet Qur aiiguat aovereigna,
Napoleon the great, and Marut- Louiaa
hia augaat aftouaP* —and aleo a letter from
Prince Ferdinand, declaring hia with to
become thr adopted aon qf Napoleon]
LONDON, May 7.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
In the Houae of Lorda Earl Gray and
fjord Grenville declared4>eir intention
io support rhe dignity and privileges of
Parliament; and Lord Erskine express
ed his determination to support the supre
macy of the law.
In the Commons, a petition was present
j d from the Lord Mayor, Aidermen and
Livery of London, praying for the release
of Sir F. Burdett and Mi. Jones. It was
moved, that it lie on the table.* This was
opposed as the petition was disrespectful
4nd insolent; and after a second day’s de
late, was negatived, 128 to 36.
May 11.
The Speaker acquainted the House that
Eurl Moira had been served wi.h a
ceas at the suit nt Sjr F. Burdett, a* Con
stable of the Tower. **
The Committee on the privileges of the
House reported, that the Speaker and'Ser
geant at Arm* should be suffered to appear
in Court, and plead to the action brought
against them by Sir F. Burdett, for false im
prisonment ; which was agreed to, and the
Attorney-General was ordered to defend
them.
On the examination uf Kolli. he said he
was Charles Leopold,-Baron de Kolli, aged
32, a native uf Ireland, and Mini,ter tu
Ferdinand VlJ.—That he come to Fi ance
with proper credential* and letters to Fer
dinand ; that he had funds with him tu the
amount of 200.00 U franks ; that bi* prcjec«
was to effect the escape of Ft rdinaiid from
his confinement ; by stationing relay* of
horses and carriages to thr coast, where a
squadron of one sail of the line, a frigate,
a brig and a galliot, under Commodore
Cockburne, were stationed to receive
them That he wa* accompanied by M
de St. Bonnet; that under pretence <>f hav
ing some curious article* [diamonds] to
*ell, he attempted to obtain an interview
with Prince Ferdinand, in order to put into
his hand* the letters he was entrusted
with ; but that the Prince refused either to
hear or see him • xnd he had reason to be
lieve that he sent information of his propo
sal* to the Governour of the castle, which
occasioned his arrest.
Foreign-Ojficc, Downing-street, May 10.
The King has been pleased to appoint
John Philip Morier, Esq. to be his Majesty's
Secretary of Legation to the United Slates
of America.
May .14.
The Gazette contains General Graham's
,nd Captain Maclaine's official account of
:be evacuation ot the fort of Matagorda,
.ituated on the main land opposite to fort
Punta, in the inner harbour of Cadiz. I'
was garrisoned by 142 British soldiers and
•eamen, under Captain Maclaine. It stodd
i two months investment, and was a heap
f ruin* when left. The.gallant defence
cost us the lives of Major Lefebvre, of the
Engineers', and 15 privates; we also had
a Lieutenant, 2 Midshipmen, and 53 pri
vates wounded.
The French papers are full of official ac
counts of actions and skirmishes in Spain ;
in at least half of which the Spaniards
were the assailants; but who, as is always
the ease in the French accounts, were dis
persed and cut to pieces.
Letters from Gibraltar state, that Count
Tilley, and a French spy, had been *ent
from that garrison to Cadiz to be tried.—
The reports of victory over the French in
Catalonia, by General O'Dcanel, are cor
roborated.
Our squadron under Sir James Sau
marez, has safely arrived in the Baltick.
The Etnperourjfapoleon is on a visit to
Holland. On the 4th May King Louis sat
out to meet him.
We learn from Malta, that the Sublime
Porte hlTd given Mr. Adair the m<>*t posi
tive assutauce»*of the Grand Seignior's
determination to maintain inviolate his Al
liance with Great-Britain.
I hr publick have now In-fore them the
despatches, received by the John Adams,
which we published yesterday in a supple
mentary sheet. They add little to the in
formation previously received; but they
place that infoi mati >n in the inuat uuques-,
lionablc shape by giving it an official
WASHINGTON. June 15.
the JRailjS.
•tamp. Some hope mW hare been en
tertained, that our frigate would not have
been suffered to depart with «uch unwelr
come intelligence. But even that hope |a
now dissipated; and uotting
the manifestation of the naked pur/oae* of
the French government to pursue- what It
consider* its line of interest, without re
garding our interests or rigfits. It is poa
aible, that previous to the departure of
General Aimstrortg, some amicable pro
positions may be made; but they ought'
not to be expected, much les* relied on.
On the 3d February official notice was
given to Mr. Bourne, the American Con
sul at Amsterdam, ** that no American
vessel whatever would be admitted into
the port* of Holland.”
NEW-YORK, June 15.
Extract of a letter dated
Leghorn, April 2.
** A decision was given the other day by
the Coart of Appeal* <of Florence, upon
the liquidationr>f the Vermon.’s cargo, and
I am sorry to say it leaves us in a* unsettled
a state as we were before. The Court
annuls the sentence of the Tribunal of
Commerce of Portu-Ferajo, but the liqui
dation rd the prize hiving been made by
Mon*. Picsche, under Comitliaaary cf Men
rine, who is adminiatrative authority, tire
judges declared their incompetency to take
cognizance of his acts ; thus we cannot
obtain restitution of .the money deposited.-
Our next recourse should be to the Court
of Ca*s ition at Paris, but we must weigh
the matter well before we take that »tep,
on account of the very heavy chargee
which would attend it. We wait the copy
of the Florence sentence, and then shall
determine what is best to be done. For
the present I am inclined to leave the busi
ness where it is, for I see nothing but ad
ditional trouble and expense in the prose
cution ot it, without any hope of ultimate
success.” ,
From our torreapondent.
Havana, May 25. x
Gentlemen—Although it was dis
tinctly and clearly understood and believed
by all parties, and many letters written to
that effect to the United States, England
and the Windward Islands, that tha order
of May, 1809, reducing the duties on im
port* and exports, and allowing this as a
port nf desposit, was again declared to be
in force from and after the 21st instant, yet
it has, in consequence of the receipt of de
spatches by the April Packet from Cadiz,
•>een again suspended until further orders
from the Regency. You will therefore
serve those who may he about to make
shipments to this port, from a belief that
the duties have been reduced, »• well as
tho*« who have given hotice relative
then by inf rming the publick that the
old du r y of 34 per cent, on imports, and 12.
per cent, still remains in force, and will
be exacted.
Enclosed you have a Royal Order, which
you will also be pleased to make publick,
for the general benefit of merchants trading
to the Spanish ports. N, Y. Gaz,-
“ A new General of Marine, Admiral
Olava, lately commanding at Cadiz, is
hourly looked for at this port with two ships
of the line and one frigate; he brings with'
him D<m Honore Bulon; as Constructor-
General, and it is said that a number of
ships of war are to be built at this port
under his direction.
Extract of a letter from another corres
pondent at Havana, dated May 27.
•’ A Royal Order of the Regency of the
30th of March, communicated to the Gov
ernour and Captain-General of the. Island
of Cuba, ha* been published thi* day ; it
relates to the sundry instructions hereto
fore issued by the government of Spain,
that no Americ.*n vessels will be admitted
into the ports of the Peninsula, South-Ame
rica, or any of the King's possessions, unless
provided with Consular Certificates, nor
will hereafter any person be permitted o
land who is not provided with a prop r
passport from the Spanish Minister or Con
sul, residing at the port from which the
vessel may sail.”
It is stated on the respectable authority
of a gentleman passenger in the John
Adams, that a considerable trade was car
ried on betweenrithe hostile countries, by
license, and principally under the Ameri
can flag.
The Aurora, under the head of Plain
Talk, contain* a large assortment of re
marks on the present relative situation of
this country. The late Colonel introduce*
his Talk thus:
•• The present h a season which calls for
more than usual consideration from those
who are entrusted with the national con
cerns. The prevailing opinion among all
parties at this moment is, that the mea
sures of the last session of Congress were,
secretly contrived, and actually directed
by the influence of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Whether this opinion be the
effect of suspicion, or of a conclusion drawn
from various facts which have led to the'
adoption of such an opinion, is not perhaps
so material in the circumstance of its origin
as its actual existence. We are not apt to
be imposed U|mni by mere rumours, there;
Trade between France and England.