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the honor cf his own, nnd your Ibrdthin will
allow me to rejoice thfct there do exist in
bnh sides the most powerful and obvious,
inducements to cultivate such friendship.—
We need not trouble ourselves to enquire
whether it be true, as tome politician* have
pretended, that interest is the only tie of
sufficient strength to hold independent nati
ons together as friends, for ire are fortu
nately bonnd in amity by all sorts of ties,
which 1 fervently hope we shall not, even
if it were possible that we should be so dis
Sosed, be strong enough to break, iso re
acting and impartial man can doubt, that
the true interests of Great Britain and A
hierica are compatible in all cases, the same
in most. A liberal and comprehensive view
of these can lead to no other conclusion than
th'.t they are calculated to cherish and in_
vigor ate yach other. But a sense of this
Compatibility and identity of interests, ef
fectual ns it ought to he in communicating
a character of steady friendship to our re
lations, is not the only pledge of hannony
between us; for a thousand kindly instances,
with which calculation has no concern, com
bine to form an auxiliary pledge, little In
ferior in strength, I should hope far supe
rior in moral beauty, I am sure, to the other.
These influences, my lard, it would be a
pleading, and perhaps not unprofitable task,
to review in detail, and byreviewing to give
them freshness and augmented activity,
for the noble and salutary purposes of peace
nnd kindness. But I have already tres_
passed too long oh your indulgence, if indeed,
I have l.ot trespassed upon that discretion
which so emphatically becomes my situation.
I beg leave to drink tiie health of your lord_
s*iio, 8cc.
The Earl of Chatham has resigned the
post of Master General of the Ordnance.
In this he has acted with proper deference
to the vote of the House of Common*. . IIis
Lordship’s resignation was tendered to his
Majes'y at the Levee yesterday, and accept
ed. The Earl of Harrington has been talk
e l of as his Lordship’s successor—but we
must confess that in any arrangement to
which Lord Chatham's resignation will give
rise, we should be glad to find the return to
power of Lord Melville, of Mr. Canning,
and'of Mr. tluskmsnn,included. Theunion
of such men with Mr. Perceval, with the
Marquis ol Wellesley, and other members of
the present Cabinet, wsuld be hailed with
the greatest pleasure by all classes of his
Majesty’s subjects. —Courier.
we iMl mgat received a senes o; minor
Paris J urnuts to the 2d instant, in which
there is much to gratify the public curiosity,
and something to interest the public sensi
bility. The grand secret is at last divulg
ed, and the drama of the war or Austria lias
terminated, like other exhibitions, in the
marriage of one of the rival Princes into tha
family of his competitor. The Archduch
ess Marta Louisa, we are told, in an article
from Vienna, is the destined bride of Napo
leon ; and i~. is added, that the contract is
feigned by the parties concerned. We have
also inserted a most extraordinary docu
ment, from the French to the Dutch Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, in which some new
ideas of authority are introduced, better suit
ed to the principles of the modern logicians
of France, than to the maxims of the jurists
of the last century. The official note to
General Armstrong, on the proposed rela
tions between France and America, is ano
ther specimen of dialecticks, of which our
readers will admire the ingenuity, if they do
not assent to the doctrine.
In the former of these document* the fact
is officially announced of the rccnl, as it is
quaintly termed, of Louis from Holland, or
in other words, of a sentence cf deprivation
of his Kingly dignity having been passed
upon him, he not being a sufficiently conve
nient instrument to administer the hatred
of Napoleon towards this country. Holland
again is to be taken possession of by French
troops, and to be fast linked in llie Contincn
tal system.
In addition to the important articles to
which we have already alluded, there is a
Note tothe American Minister, Mr. Arm
strong, without any date. In this Note the
French minister represents the Berlin and
Milau decrees as having been the consequen
ces of our Orders in Council, though every
one knows that our Orders in Council were
issued after the Berlin decree. The act by
which France 19 excluded from American
ports as well as Great Britain, is consider
ed as unjust against France, •• the U. States
not having any ground of complaint against
her ! !” The French Minister concludes by
saying, that if “ the Minister or A nerica is
prepared to engage, that the American -ves
sels shall not submit to the English Orders
in November ltf.07, noi to miy decree of
block-de. unless that blockade be real, he
will conclude ariy description of convention
tending to renew the treaty of commerce
with America, and comprehending ail me
measures calculated to consolidate tiie com
merce ami prosperity of America.”
There is every reason, however, to be
lieve, that America will not fall into the
snare France wishes to fay for her; but
that, acting upon ber true inn-rest, she will
See that hir Security and honor will best
be consulted by making peace wi-.h Great
crun-.n.
Drksdkn Feb 14.
An Anstvian Courier, proceeding to ber
lin, has brought the. agreeable news of a sus
pension of arms between Russia and the Ot
lom i Forte. These two Courts have ac
cepted the powerful mediation of the Empe
ror Napoleon. It is tmid, that since the
Porte decided to make peace, the English
Ambassador (Mr. Adair,) not thinking him
self safe at Constantinople, pi ecipitately em
barked for Sicily.
March 10.
We received this morning Cadiz papers
to the 24vh. The enemy have ye* made no
serious nttack upon Cadiz nr the isle of Le
on, and the Spaniards are aetivefy improv
jog the mean* of defence. The French wish
to carry on an active commerce of flags of
trues. They send in proclamations and
addresses, which the Governor orders to
be burnt by the hands of the common hang
man.
" Cadiz, Feb. 18.
“ In the night of the 16 .h, and during the
whole of the 17tli, we were employed in con
siructing, under protection of the boats, an
advanced battery on the right, in the situs
tion cailcd F.l Sajero, which did considera
ble damage to the enemy. The b ats and
old lia e;irs eVery day ( ,;casi< ii a c annual
to tbt enemy of men and horses. Ac
cording to tie l ist accounts, which niav be
re.i d on. th» c a’e, in Puerto Real, £.,0ii
French firms' a i infantry, tvi'h 6brass pie
cev, 24 pounder'. Tuev rvitfctd on the e
fen -ig - .1 die It'h I y the C tiium dt la Lla,
without artillery ”
•' February 23.
“ In the morning of the 21m were burnt,
!by the hands of the hangman, the papers
and despatches brought by the fl »g of truce
on the 2Qtn. If the enemy thinks to con
quer this city by proclamations, he is de
ceived. It is impossible to corrupt the go
vernor, nr to change the punlic opinion,
which is firmly founded in jusiiee, and snp
poi ed by the general wish of the people ”
— Gazetta del Commercial de Cadix. Fe
bruary 25.
A mail from New York, arrived this morn
ing, and brought Letters and Papers to the
30th of Jan. the day on which the packet
sailed.
In more than one public document of the
French government published lately, it'has
been asserted, that a proposal lor a cartel
had been rejected by our minister, lest it
should lead to a negotiation for peace.——
Lord I Lolland, in the House of Lords last
night, put a question to ministers upon the
subject, and was informed by Lord Mul
grave. that some arrangements had undoubt,
edly been under consideration for an ex
change of prisoners, but that they had been
broken off upon the terms of the proposals,
and without any reference whatever to am;.
gocta*ion for peace.
Price of Stocks th;s day at twelve, 3 per
cent. Cons, for money 87 52-84.
Paris, March i.
A letter, dated Seville. Feb. 3, states,
the .entrance of Sebastiani into Granada, and
that the Duke of Treviso was the next day
to march for Badajoz.
Another letter, from the same, dated Se
ville, February 5, states, that Sebastiani
was to be that day at Malaga, and was to
occupy Antrquera and Guadix, and com
municate by Honda and Marbello, with the
first corps, the troops of which were on
that day to occupy San Lucar de Her
Jramido, Rota Puerto, de Santa Maria, Pu
erto Real et Chiclona, and Medina Sidonia,
for'the purpose of entirely blockading Ca
diz on the land side.
MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
.Vote from the /Minister of Foreign Af„
fairs, to the Baron de Hoell, Miniate','
of Foreign Affairs for Holland
“The undersigned minister for foreign
relations for Fi ance, is charged with making
known to his excellency, Baron de Rocli,
the Dutch minister for foreign affairs, the
resolutions which his imperial majesty has
been forced to come to, in consequence of
the actual situation of Europe. If these de
terminations are contrary to the views of
the people of Holland, the Emperor is cer
tainlv sorry for it, and has adopted this
course with great regret But the unrelent
ing destiny, which presides over the affairs
of this worid, and which chooses that men
should be governed by events, obliges his
majesty to follow up, with firmness, those
measures, of which the necessity has been
demonstrated tohim, without suffering him
self to be turned aside by secondary cons':
UCI 10115.
“His imperial majesty, in placing one of
liis brothers on the throne of Holland, did
not foresee that England would dare to
proclaim, openly, the principle of perpetual
war ; and that, to support it, she would a
dopt, as the basis of her legislation, the mon
strous principles which have dictated her
i orders of council of November, 1807. Until
then, her maritime right was undoubtedly,
combated by France, and repelled bv neu
trals; but it did not exclude all navigation,
and left a sort of independence to maritime
nations. There was but little inconvenience
to the common cause, in the commerce kept
up by Holland with England ; either through
• lie agency of neutrals, or by borrowingtlieir
flag. Marseilles, Bourdeaux and Antwerp,
enjoyed the same advantage England had
still to manage the Americans, the Russians
and the Prussians, the Swedes and the
Danes, and these nations formed a sort of
league between the powers whom the seas
separated.
" l’he fourth coalition destroyed this state
of things ; England succeeded in uniting a
gainst France, Russia, Prussia and Sweden ;
she was no longer obliged to resort to so
much management; it was then that she
abused both words and things; she setup
the pretension of making disappear, all the
rights of neutrals belore a simple decree of
j blockade. The Emperor was forced to use
j reprisals, and at his entrance into Berlin, he
I answered it by the blockade of the British
| Isles. Neutrals, and above all, Americans,
demanded an explanation of this measme._
| He answered them, that although the ab
I surd system of blockade, was a state altoge.
i thcr of intolerable usurpation, the Emperor
bounded himself to the stopping, onthecon
| tinent, the commerce of the English; that
j the neutral flag should be respected at sea;
' that his vessels of war, and privateers, should
not disturb the navigation of neutrals, the
I decree being only to be executed upon land.
•* But the measure itself, which compell
ed the shutting of the ports of Holland a
j gainst the English commerce, injured the
iuc» t.iuniu iiucrcsioi mcpeopie oi iioiianci,
and was contrary to their ancient habits.
This was the first source of the opposition
which began to prevail between France and
Holland. From that time his imperial ma
jesty could not but observe that the King of
i Holland was divided between his most im
prescriptible duties-his duties to the lip- ]
pei ial Throne, and the mercantile notions
of the Dutch nation. Nevertheless his Im
perial Majesty armed himself with patience,
and shut his eyes, in expectation from the
turn of events of some incident which should
deliver his brother from the very unplea
s.vnt Hternative to which lie found himself
reduced.
“ During these transactions the peace of
I ilsit was concluded. The Emperor of Bus
provoked by the outrages which the
English hud committed against her flug.
while she was fighting ihc battles of Eng
land, and indignant at the horrible attack
on Copenhagen, made common cause with
Franee.
“France then entertained the hope that
England would have been sensible of the in
utilitycf protracting the war, and that she
would have been willing to listen to reason*
ble terms of peace. But this hope vanished
very soon. At the same time that they van
’shed, the English, as if the expedition to
Copenhagen had deprived them otull sense
of shame, and set them free from allies
ktraint, disclosed their projects, and publish
ed then Orders in Council rd November i«07
An arbiltnry and tyrannical act, which filled
ill Europe with indignation. By thi» act
Eof/Snd took upon bn to make regulations,
°hbg- foreign ves.se'-> income toiler harbors
before they proceeded to their ultimate dcs
'•nations, ami to p;.y her tribute. Thus she
rendered hrratif a.sirens of the navigation
oi the whole wrrlcl ; recognised no mar- \
tim« notion as independent, rendered all na |
tions her tributaries, subjected them to her
laws, allowed them no liberty of trade, unless i
with n direct profit to herself, fixed the foun
dation of her revenues upon the industry ol .
other nations, and the produce of their ter
ritories, and declared herself Sovereign of the
Ocean, of which she disposed as any govern
ment would do of the rivers in the interior of
its dominions.
“ Adverting to this plan of legislation,
which was nothing else than the public as
sertion of universal sovereignty, a measure
extending the jurisdiction of the English
Parliament over the whole of the globe, the
Emperor found himself under the necessity
of taking an extreme part, and of employing
•very means of opposition in his power ra
ther than sutler the world to bend under the
yoke which the English endeavored to im
pose on it. He published the Milan Decree,
declaring all vessels denationalized which
had paid the tribute imposed by the En
glisli. The Americans, threatened with a
second subjugation by the English; and with
the loss of their independence so gloriously
acquired, put a general embargo on .Ml their
vessels, and renounced all navigation and
commerce--thus making a sacrifice of tire
interest* of the moment to that which Is her
perpetual interest—the preservation of her
independence.
“ The success of these measures depend
ed more upon their cxuriion in Holland than
in any other country. Holland, on the Con
trary, was an obstacle to their execution.
The Dutch still continued to carry on a com
mercial intercourse with the English All
the representations of France upon this sub
ject were entirely useless.—His Imperial
Majesty was obliged to have recourse to mea
stives of rigor, which proved how much he
was displeased.—*—Twice were the French
Custom Houses shut to the commerce of
Holland. They are so at this moment, so
that the Dutch have no legal cmnir.uidcation
with the nations of the Continent—and the
Emperor determined not to open these bar
riers while circumstances remained unchan
ged. In cffoct, it would have been to open
them to the English commerce. The Dutch
nation, far from imitating the patriotism of
the Americans, have been guided in all their
transactions solely by miserable mercantile
considerations.
“On the other hand, the Emperor ob
serves, that Holland is destitute of the means
fov carrying on war, and almost without re -
sources for her own defence. She is without
marine-the 16 vessels which she ought to
have furnished have been dismantled—she
is without energy. During tile last expedi
tion of the English, the important position
of Veere, which was neither provisioned
nor armed, made no resistance ; and the
important post of Batz, upon which might
have depended the success of so many events,
was abandoned 3ix hours after the appear
ance of the advanced guard cf the enemy.
Without army, without revenues, it might
almost be said without friends and without
allies, the Dutch are a society animated on
ly by a regard to their commercial interests,
and forming a rich, useful, and respectable
company, but not a nation.
“ His Majesty desires peace with England.
—He took, steps at Tilsit with a view to this
object, but they were without result. Those
which he concerted at Erfurth, with his Ally
the Emperor of Russia, have had no better
success. The war will therefore be long,
since all the steps taken to arrive at peace
have been useless. The proposition even
j of sending Commissioners to Morlaix to treat
, for the exchange of prisoners, although cal
led for by England, remains without effect,
J because it was feared it might lead to a re_
'conciliation. England, in arrogating by her
: Orders of November 1807, an universal sove
reignty, and in adopting the principles of
j perpetual war, has broken every thing, ren
I dered legitimate every means of repelling
i her pretensions. If therefore the change
, which has lately taken place in the English
ministry, produces none in the principles of
| England, which it will be easy to discover
from their speeches in the new Parliament,
and if she continues to proclaim the princi
ple of perpetual war and of universal sove
reignty, in maintaining her Orders of Coun
cil, in that case the undersigned is charged
to declare to the Dutch Ministry and Nati“
on, that tiie present situation of Holland is
incompatible with the circumstances or the
situation in which the new principles adopt
ed by England have placed the affairs of the
Empire and the Continent, In consequence
his Imperial Majesty proposes—
“ I. To recall home the Prince of his
blood whom he had placed on the Throne of
Holland. The first duty of a French Prince
placed in the line of hereditary succession to
the Imperial Throne is towards that Throne.
When in opposition to that, all others must
give way ; the first duty of every French
man in whatever situation destiny may place
min, is towards ms country,
** II To occupy all the mouths of the ri.
vers in Holland, and all its ports, hy French
troons, as they were from the Conquest made
by France in 1794, to the moment when
his imperial Majesty hoped to conciliate
every one by establishing the Throne of Hoi
land
“ HI. To employ every mean*, and with
out being stopped by any consideration, to
make Holland enter into the continental sys.
tem, and to wrest definitively its ports and
coasts from the administration which has
rendered the ports of Holland the principal
entrepots, and the great part of the Dutch
Merchants, the Brokers, and the Cominer,
cial Agents of England.
(Signed)
“ DUC DE CADORE.”
** Paris, Jan. 24, 1810.”
NOTE
From the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to
Mr, Armstrong, Minister Plenipoten
tiary from the U. {States.
" The undersigned having rendered an
account tothe Emperor and King, of the con
versation which he had with Mr. Arm.
strong, minister plenipotentiary from the
United States of America, his majesty has
authorised him to return the following an.
swer:
“ Mis majesty considers his decrees of
Berlin and Milan, as conformable to the
principles of eternal justice, if they were
not thv compelled consequences of the or
ders of the British Council, ami above all,
that of November, 1807. When England
proclaimed an universal sovereignty, by the
pretension of making the universe submit to
a right of navigation, and of bringing the
industry of c»-my nation under the juris,
diet , n of her Parliament, his mujesty con
sidered it the duty of all independent nations
to d-fend their Sorerr gily, and declared
denationalized, the vessels, which, ranging
tliemaei.es under the dominion of England,
eco»niz**d die sovereignty which she erro,. (
;atcil over them.
“ His majesty distinguishes the visit and
;he recognition ol the visscl. The vecoctii
ion has no oilier object, but to rsccitain
he reality of the flag. The visit is an ir.*e
•ior inquest, mid* notwithstanding the ita
iity of me fl ig is ascertained, and of which,
he result is either the pressing of individu
sis, the confiscation of merchandize, or tlic
application of arbiti ary laws or dt.porili
ons.
*• His majesty could not but attend to the :
proceedings of the United States, who, j
without making any complaint of France,
comprised her in their acts of exclusion ;
and in the month of May, prohibited the en
try into their ports of French vessels,-under
the penalty of confiscation. Immediately
that his majesty was informed of this rrtea
sure, he ordered a reciprocity to be used
towards American vessels, not only in hi*
own territories, but also in the countries un
der his influence. In the parts of Holland,
Spain, Italy ar.tl Naples, American vessels
were seized, because the Americans had
seized French vessels. The Americans
cannot hesitate as to the part which they
ought to take. They ought either to break
the act of their independence, and become
again, as before the revolution, subjects of
England, or take such measures that their
commetre and industry may not be tariffed
by the English, which would render them
more dependent than Jamaica, which at least
has an assembly of representatives and its
privileges.
“ Men without polity, without honor and
without energy, may well allcdge, that they
will submit to pay the tribute imposed by
Engl ind, because it is light ; but will not
the English feel, that they would rather
have the principle admitted, titan increase
the tariff; because, if this tribute, now light,
should become insupportable, those who Imd
refused to fight for honor, must then fight
for interest.
“ The undersigned frankly confesses,
that France has every thing to gain by giv
ing the Americans a good reception in her
ports. liar commercial relations with neu
trals are advantageous to her, and she is not,
in any manner, jealous of their prosperity.—
Great, strong and rich, she is satisfied, if by
her commerce, or that of neutrals, her ex
portation* give a suitable developeinent to
her agriculture and manufactures.
“ It is scarcely thirty years since the
States of Americp. became an independent
government in the bosom of the new world,
at the price of the blood of many immortal
men, who perished on the field of battle,
in order to shake off the leaden yoke of the
English monarch. These generous men
were far from supposi ,g, when they thus
sacrificed their blend for the independence
of America, that a question would so soon
nrist, of imposing on it a yoke heavier than
that which they had shaken off, in submit
ting its industry to the tariff of British le
gislation, and to the orders of council of
1S07\
ii, men, iiicmiuencan minister wmen.
• er into an engagement, that American
vessels shall not submit to the orders of the
English council, of November. 1807, nor to
any decree of blockade, unless that block
ade shall be real, the undersigned is author
ised to conclude every species of contention
tending to renew the treaty of commerce
with America, anti in which shall be ar
ranged all the measures proper to consoli.
(late the commerce and the prosperity of
the Americans.
“The undersigned has thought it his duty
to answer the verbal overture" <•* the Ame
rican minister, by a wriiten note, in order
that the President of the United States may
better know the amicable intentions of
France towards the United States, nud her
favorable disposition to American com
merce.
“ (Signed)
“DUC DE CADORE.”
( C/iam/iagny )
London, March 1.
General Lauriston, aid de-camp to his
imperial majesty, set out, itissaid, for Vi
enna on the 25tU ultimo, with his majesty’s
portrait.
M. H°lle, physician in ordinary to his
imperial majesty, has, it is said, received
notice from the'Grand Marshal of the Pa
lace, that he is to set out to clay, in one of
liis imperial majesty's carriages, to proceed
to Brannau, to make part of the procession
which is to attend her imperial and roval
ti ghness, the Arch Duchess of Austria, Ma
ria Louisa, the future spouse of the Em
peror.
Amongst the persons appointed also to
Form part of the above procession, p."e M.
1e Beaasset, prefect of the palace ; M. de
oeyssel, masterof the ceremonies, and four
chamberlains. M. M. de Bearn, de Barolle,
tl’Abusson and d’Angosse.
The chevalier of honor, Senator Beauhnr.
nois ; the grand equerry, prince Aldobrandi
ni-Borcjhese ; anti the bishop of Meta, are
ulso gone to Brannau
1 lie prince ol Ncufchatcl, is, it is said,
charged with powers from all the princes
of the Confederation of the Rhine, to reu
ler every where on their territories, the
>uitr.b!e honors to the august procession.
1 he produce of English merchandize,
confiscated between the Scheldt and Maesc,
is to lie employed in repairing Flushing.
A letter from the duke of Dalmatia, dat
ed from Seville, Feb. 2, gives an official ac
count of the entrance of the Freuch into that
city. — — 1 he duke of Belluno had previous
ly promised, in an answer to the two flags
of truce, the inhabitants should he protected,
that those in arms should be allowed to
serve In the troops of King Joseph, or retire,
and live peaceably, oa delivering up their
arms. 'Fite inhabitants then submitted, and
the French entered the city, where they
Found 2G3 pieces of cannon, and a large
quantity of arms, ammunition and provisi
ons.
Vienna, Feb. 15.
A courier arrived here this morning from
Paris, with the agreeable intelligence, rr
the signature of a contract of marriage be
tween the Emperor Napoleon and Her Im
fieri a I Highness, the Arch-Duchess Maria
Louisa. It is impossible to describe the joy
which this n^w.s has given birth amongst
til classes of the inhabitants.-It began to
->e circulated at eleven in the morning, and
it two, the bank hills had risen from ten to
100 ——It is announced, that the prince of
Neufchatel will arriva here on the 2d, that
he ceremonies and the fetes will last ten
lays, ami that the prince will set out from
Vienna on the 14th of March, with the au
;jst spouse of his sovereign.
The Emperor o: the French has sent a
aresent to our monatch, of satire magnificent
riobclin tapestry.
The fallowing article Pent >he London
Mon.tug Chronicle of fhc7rh tilt, ic believed
tj the passengers m the Ctncinnalus tv be
corretc:
“ & ** y rv currently reported, that l*s
Negotiations which have for some time been
conducted by the Marquis Uellestey and
file. Pinkney, has fia/fpily terminated in an
amicable adjustment qf the d fcrrnccs be
tween this Country und the (J. States tf
America. '1 he JAm Adams frigate has ^
been detained to carry out the Treaty, which
w:ll not be mad- public until the ratificati
ons are exchanged. It is said that the des
patches of the American minister ere to be
forwarded to the frigate to morrow.”
The frigate John Adams, it was suppos
ed, sailed from Portsmouth on the 13 th qf
March, for America to touchat Havre for
a bearer of Despatches. The Juno, Dates,
with duplicates of Mr. Pinbiry's despatch
es, sailed about the same time for Boston.•
—N. Y. Gaz.
_ •
JVe have received a London paper con
tcitiing the correspondence brtween Mr:
Canning and the Hon. D. M. Erskine. as
laid before Parliament, relative to the late
disavowed arrangement with this country.
JVe shall commence the publication of it to
' morrow.—N. Y. Even. Post.
- ». I II
Charleston, April 10.
Capture of Cadiz.—Cap", 'Tatlor, of the
brig Eliza, who arrived here on Friday
j/r7«t, in 13 days from St. Bartholomews, in
forms us. that an American schooner ar
rived at that port a few days before he sail
ed, who re/; orted that she had spoken at sea
a ship 24 dat/s out from Cadiz, who inform
ed that the French had got /tossession of the
Island on iq/licit Cadiz is situated, and that
they were throwing up entrenchments in
order to bomba %d the city ; that they came
out of Cadiz in company with about 30 sail
of American Vessels, many of whom had
come ejf without taking in ballast, and were
obliged to proceed to Gibraltar to procure
that article, leaving their cargoes, which,
they had just landed, behind them. IVe
think there can be little doubt that Cadiz
has fallen into the hands of the French ;
it is most likely however, that the Bri
tish have brought off the Spanish and
French ships in that harbor, together with
those of the Junta end such ether Spaniards
Hsinau have thought proper to fly from the
fraternal embraces of their good friends
und loving brothers the French soldiery.—
Courier.
Translated from a Martinique paper.
GEAERJJL ORDERS.
Head Quarters, Guadaloupk,
February 6.
The capitulation of Guadaloupe, and its
dependencies was signed last night by Com
missioners named by both parties, and was
ratiiicd at 8 o’clock this morning by the ad
miral and commander in chief of the forces.
Flic enemy are prisoners of war—they are
to be sent to England, and cannst servo un
til they are regularly exchanged. Itis thus,
that by joint operations of the fleet and ar
my, the conquest of this important aolony
! has been atchieved in nine days, since the
I debarkation of the 1st division, ar.d with
a loss (though on account of the merit of
those who have fallen, is much to be regret
ted,) which will be considered as small,
j when compared with the nature and impor
tance of the enterpvize.
[» be general order then goes on to name
j and thi nk the generals of division and bri
gade, the officers of the staff and those com
manding detachments, who distinguished
themselves, and concludes.]
In fine, the commander in chief tenders
his public thanks to the officers of every
rank, the non commissioned officers and
soldiers, for their ardor and zeal in sur
mounting so many difficulties, sustained on
the march through a country deemed in.,
accessible—for their gallantry in battle, anti
for their soldier like conduct upon every
occasion.
N<i*roLK, April 16.
The brig Dart, C'lpl. Driscol, bound to l}*lti*
more, in 21 day* from Ns w-Orleans, went up uie
bay on Saturday.
Captain Uillari, of the United States*
army who cam- passenger in the Dart and left
her at New*Point Comfort, favored us with the
following list of Officers who have proceeded in
j that vessel to Baltimore :—
General ivitkinton,
Vsupian: nnxney,
Lieutenants McPherson, Stctnnard, Culler, and
Christie,
Ensigns Ward and Vr.squtz. Herald.
A Duel was fought, in tli« early part ,,f |,st
month in the Mississippi Territory, between Mr.
Holmes, brother of the Gov’r. of mat I’erntory,
and Ensign Rose of the third regiment of Infantry
when the latter whs killed it the first fire.— lb. *
Anchored off Craoev Island yesterday, the
U. S sell Vixen, capt Ludlow, in 16 days f ont
the Balize, where he had been detained soma
days in consequence of the detention of three
French privateers by Cant. Porter, and who it
was reported, intended forcing their way—+hcy
were sent up to New Orleans—one of them is
loaded with valuable dry goods and specie, and
is called the Duke de Montebello, of 4 guns and
90 men, which were concealed in her hold ; she
was latvly the Amelia ot B iltitnore, fitted out as
a privateer at Savannah, aid is supposed to
the same vessel which has committed numerous
| depredations on American vessels_lb.
Suspecting, from cogent reasons, that tli*
young man lately apprehended at Philadel
phi a, for bring u pistol, loaded with hall*
into the window of the Russian Consul, gc!
ueiul llashkoff, during the illumination of
iiis house, oo the anniversary <>f his Em
peror’s coronation, was merely the instru
ment of dark designing men, to sever the
ties ot friendship at present existing be
tween this country and Russia, General
Barker, mayor of that city, has offered a
reward of one hundred dollars for the dis_
covery and apprehension of the accompli
ces and abettors of that detestable act.
Jlaltlmsre American.
In consequence of some disturbances
which have lately taken place in Canada,
the governor in chief of that province has
issued a proclamation, forbidding all riot,
out assemblings and the pnhUcc'v>n of sr
ditious writings. Under the authority of
this proclamation, the Printer oj the l'i •
netdtan, Dr. Plane net, ply Petard, aril •>
■Mr. T. Tasehcrcau, ha ,• • been a i re rd a t /
committed to prison u>i a c/u j ras.n.
i —>.o*ipn Gas.