The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-19 00:00:00, page 2

tity is thrown into"the bowels of trade, than
it can either use or evea contain.
The purpose of the present paper is to
explain these terms, and thereby to enable
our readers to judge for themselves
With respect to the balance of trade,
therefore; in a state of peace, the produce
of nature and industry in the respective
countries of Europe are so nearly on a level,
that iu their commercial (leading with each !
other, the mutual effect i* father that of
barter than of trade properly so called ;
they strike a balance with their exports and
imports, and thair mutual dealings, there,
fore, is rather au exchange of tin v several
staples than a buying and selling tor money.
Iq this state, therefore, very little money of
any kind passes between them. As some
countries, however, are certainly more fer.
tile than others, and some on the other hand
more industrious, or what amounts to the
same thing, more skiltul, so it certainly
does sometimes happen, that what it takes
from another country is more than what it
sends—that its imports are greater than
its exports. In this case, there is said to be
a. balance against it—that Is to say, that it
has to pay over to the creditor country the
excess of what it has imported beyond 'what
it has exported—And as by the supposition
included in this statement, it has already
made all its possible exports of goods, sothis
balance must be paid in something else, that
is to say, in money—the money of nations,
bullion. This is what is meant by the ba_
lance of trade, that is to say, a surplus of
imports beyond exports; a surplus which is
necessarily paid either in bullion, or what,
ever between the respective nations repre
sents it.
A question may here be asked, whether
this balance of trade, or any thing like it,
can exist in a period of war, which neces
sarily suspends the subject from which it a
rises ; how, therefore, it may be demanded,
can it at present affect our coin ?
In a state of war there are necessarily two
parties, belligerents and neutrals — Now,
with respect to each other, there is certain
ly no trade, and therefore no balance be.
tween the belligerents. But the neutrals are
a kind of factors, agents, 8c mediums, which
in despite of the apparent nature of war,
still keep up the general commerce ; they
buy and sell of each of the belligerents, and
thence force them, certainly not so plenti.
fully as in peace, but still in a degree, to
deal with each other—In war. there
fore, as in peace, a general commerce,ex
Ists, and this commerce may either be a.
gainst us, or in our favor; that is to say,our
general exports and imports may either be
greater or less-In war, therefore, even
from the simple surplus of general importa
tion, there may be a balance of trade against
Its ; and we may cursorily observe, that in
the present period this unfavorable balance,
unfavorable with respect to coin, certainly
does exist—In plain words, it is evident
tnat we nuy anu nave bought infinitely more
than we have sold or by any possibility at
present can sell. Hence on this part of the
subject, we have to pay much, and to re
ceive nothing.-Our shop is full of goods,
our bills are coming due, and there is no
trade. in common language, all is going
out. and nothing is coming in. With res
pect to ourselves, we may accommodate our
selves. and mutually renew our bills, take
paper for,paper, and fly the kite as long as
the string lasts—but with respect to stran
gers, ouf bills must be paid. Such is the
general sketch of our situation, and its cau
ses with respect to the balance of trade.
The RATE or exchange is still less
understood than the balance of trade. It is
briefly this-in the dealings of merchants
of two nations, Hamburgh and London, for
example, each becomes indebted to the o
ther. If the general balance of trade be in fa
vor of Hamburg, London must remit money
or bills to make up the deficiency ; that is,
to pay the surplus value of its imports be
yond its exports. Now, London can only
remit these payments in money which will
be current at Hamburgh ; that is to say, ei !
ther in bullion which is the general money
of the world, or in bills acccepted by (lain
burg houses, that is, Hamburg bills. Now
a certain eXpence necessarily attends the
exportation of bullion, an expence in freight
age, which is perhaps very trifling, by rea
son of the small space occupied by a great
value; and an expence in insurance, which
is more considerable ; and a third expence
more c'usiderable than all the others, an
expence of purchasing pure metal with the
Coin current-a coin, worn adulterated,
or perhaps too highly valued even by the
mint in its first issue. All these circum
stances necessarily augment the debt of the
KngUsh merchant, anti augment in propor
tion to the degree in which the causes exist.
Now if, in these circumstances, he can And
a bill ou Hamburg, he wifi willingly pur
chase it at something less than the price
which the remittance of his debt in bultiou
would cost him. hut the merchant who has
to sell this bill, will of codrse, demand the
value which circumstances have given to it.
The rate which the matket settles of this
sale and purchase, is what is termed the
it ATE OF EXCHANGE.
It is r.tedless.we should suppose, to explain
how this may affect the coin of the Country.
'I he coin, even such as it is, is bullion, and
if no other bullion can be procured, must be
cent out. If die coin exceeds the market
price of bullion; that is, if it be worth more
than its currency and denomination, it will
necessarily be sent out of the country to pay
these foreign debts. The sune will like,
wise happen, if it be equal in cut rency to
its bullion contents. On the other hand, if
it be less, the merchant must necessarily
suffer a grievous loss in the purchase of pure
bullion with had Coin.
With icspect to paper money, we have
very little to add to what we have said in
cur former papers— —.is bullion is the mo.
ney of the w<>tld, so paper money is the
money ol the country in which it issues and
circulates. '1 he paper money of the hank
cf England is the money of England only.—
The paper money of the country banks is
that of their respective districts only. As
the paper of the. country banks scarcely
shews its face in London before it is civilly
rent buck to its home ; so the notes of the
bank of England are scarcely exhibited on
a foieign r xvhangc. before they tire sent
Lack fur payment. They have no currency
ns money beyond the United Kingdom &. jts
dependencies. Their augmentation at hi.me
L*s this had effect on Imeign trade, that a
par of them ate unnaturally forced into the
fnr» ign mat keb whence they immediately r
lurn fm payment and not being paid, ac.
cording to the bank tcstrictic.i bill, i.octs. ,
saiiiy injure the gei.eiai cteJit of the coun. J
tiy I
1.1 the sh«.ve (J).rrvaiionswe have endea-i
S ored, as much as our limits w ilt permit os,
tv explain itusi IftfliSic o;tr teld'fVJ, v/ti.ch
RUSSIAN DECREE.
1 Ry the grace of Cod we Alexander the ltt
I Emperor an-t Autocrator of the Rutiians.
Vc.Vc.
Political circumstances have put an
end to all commercial connection with Por
tug'll, die Brazillian ports have been in
consequence thrown open to the vessels be
longing 10 friendly powers.
In consequence of which, at the repre
sentation of the Chancellor of our Empire,
and by the advice of our Privy Council, we
have thought he to order the following chan
ges to take place in the commercial treaty
entered into with the Portuguese govern
ment in 1798.
1. From the date of the present, the im
portation Cf the Portuguese products into
this country as well as the clearance of Rus
sian vessels.or goods for Portuguese ports
is strictly prohibited
2. The i eduction of the duties of Jh-rtu.
guese wines, oils and salt, is to be* suspended
until regulations shall be issued to the con
trary.
3. Wines from the island of Madeira anti
the Azores, Brazillian indigo and tobacco,
imported diiect from these- countries, shall
enj <y the benefit of ihe reduced duty estab
lished by the commercial tieaty of 179^.
4. Sugars of all kinds, raw sugar, coffee,
cotton, dye woods, vice, and drugs imported
direct from the Brazils and her colonies
in Russiancr Portuguese bottoms, for ac
count of R jsdati or Portuguese subjects, shall
pay only one half of the cos o.naly duties of
these articles in Russian ports on the pro
duction of the necessary proofs of their au
ihen. icily.
5. Russian produce exported to the Bra
: zils and her colonies, will be subject only to
the same duty as established in the commer
I ciiil treaty with the Portuguese govern
| ment.
Ci In conformity with the regulations es
tablished, merchant vesvels arriving from
the Portuguese colonies will not he permit
ted tounioad their xargoes* before their pa
i pers have been submitted to th_- commission
j appointed for the purpose of ascertaining
whether they have had any connection with
Ureal Britain, and they will become subject
m all respects to the laws laid down for
ves>e’.s be.o iging to o.hcr friendly po-ve s,
and on the departure of the Portuguese ves*
scls from hence, the merchants loading Hus.
, siau produce on board, will have to rnalie
until in cur Custom House that the good*
are dt niiktl lor neutral places and out to
*i.y port jit enmi'y with this cotm'ry > '
7. The 4-h attd 5:h nrticles, relative to
t'.t reutic;ion in ths o js’.&OiS of goods eji..
will enable them to comprehend the dfceni.
situs on the subject.
Salkm. Oct. 6.—*• We have received a
list of American 'esseb complete, arrived
at Cronstadt. from May 6. to July 1. Also,
two Russian Decrees, one in MS. in Kng„
tish, dated May 5, and relates to the Riazil
trade The oilier in French, printed, da_
ted May 27, with the following title. “Man
ifeste sur Pemprunt en assignations de
banque ouvert en Rjissie.**
Nkw York, Oct. 10—Capt. Mariner who
arrived this morning from Port au Prince. I
informs that a terrible battle took place J
there on the 24;h of August lav. Chris j
tophe had collected all his troops from the ,
out posts with a determination to take the
town of Port au Prince by cou/i de inain.—
He commenced the attack at 12 o’clock, at
night of the 24ih August and the battle las
ted until 8 o’clock next morning,. His force j
consisted of about 2500 of his best troops.—
Petion met hint.with only 1500 ; but not ,
withstanding the superiority of Christophe
in numbers, he was completely 'defeated.—
•00 of his men were killed among whom
were two Marshalls.(Bazo and Mamie.) twa
other marshals were wounded and taken
prisoners 500 muskets were picked up af
ter the battle. Petion’s loss .was only about
60 men. Five of Christophe’s bargtsin at.
tempting to go into the harbor of the n\ole
were attacked by four of Petion’s, com man.
ded by a lad of about 18 years of age, who
took tour of them. The other escaped.
Piracies and Slave Trade.-The pub
lie have long been acquainted with the pi
racies which have been carried on in our
Southern waters, by a set of marauders
who pretend to commit their depredations
under French commissions It is well known
that those vessels have bren fitted out in ou
own ports, and it is thought that many of
them are owned in whole or in part by Arne
rican citizens It is also well known, that
these vessels depend on American commerce
for their plunder, and that they rarely at
tack a British vessel, as their object is boo. J
ty rather than fighting 'And to cap the
climax of iniquity and impudence, the ve
ry gi>< ds plundered from Americans, are
often smuggled into our ports, and sold to
our citizens, to the disgrace of our laws and
manifest injury to our revenue The slave
trade, contrary to the laws of God and man,
is still carried oil, and slaves are daily
smuggling into the southern states, in viola
tion «,f humanity, as well asonr laws.—We
are happy to find by 'the papers from the
southward, that the officers of government
have lately been roused from their supine
ness in this respect ; that hey are now vi_
gilant in the exercise of their duty ; and
that energetic means are taking to prevent
disgraceful piracies on our coasts, as well
as the smuggling of slaves into our territo
ries.
' LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
Cafuain Shearman arrived last evening
in sch. Caroline, 39 days from Lisbon
which he left Se/it. S. informs that there
hud beeii no general engagement between
the armies-*that Almeida had surrendered,
25th Aug. without resistance and that the
Portuguese lost six men by the blowing u/i
of a magazine which they ascribed to the
treachery of their commander——This last
must be incorrect, as Almeida hud changed
its former garrison for an English one
I1 commanded by general Cox who must have
commanded when it surrendered.
FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE. Oct. 9.
Extract of a letter from an American gen
i tleman at Kiel, dated 17th August, to a
nother in Gotlenburg received at -the
laittr fuace 19:h, by a shift in 40 hours
f rom the former.
“ There is a new decree & a promise of a
new system of operations respecting trade
by the neutral flag It is dated5th August,
and is to take t fleet the 1st November next.
It permits all importations by neutrals into
the Empire except manufactured goods, on
paying the duties affixed to a tariff made
for that purpose, and which I copied in my
last to Winch I refer you.”
ported and imported from Portuguese Colo,
nit s, will be in force until the 15;h March
1811.
Sit Petersburg, May 5, 1810.
Signed with his Imperial Majesty's sign
manual.
ALEXANDER.
Lisbon. Aug 18, 1810.
•• Finding a ves--*! about to sail for Bos
ton. i resume my narrative of even’s relating
to Portugal. Bv a rect'U arrival from Rio
Janeiro, the Ponce Regent has appointed
Mr. S.e wart, the British minister here, lobe
one of the Regency.—«llis duties, howe
ver. a> minister, have induced luni to de -
ctme a seat at the Board of Regency. Hts
letter on the subject, yon will find in the pa
pers I have .sent to you. Should another
: minister be appointed, and Mr. S. take bis
seat, the British will have two out of five in
j t,ht council. Marshal Be'esfordis at the
(head ot ’he Portuguese army, am! Admiral
[Berkley is com nandcr in chief of the Portu
j guese oavy and the urseuals. These ap
pointments 4iavc been the free w ill of
ferings of the Piince Regent in Brasil.-I
In addition to which, it is apparent that the
gntat nias^ of the people are satisfied with
lie appointments, though some ofthe office,
holders and. office seekers feel a l.ttle un
pleasant on the occasion. But this is natu
ral. y
■1 Reliance may he placed on the articles
in the L’.-h m papers, as I havg understood
it is the determmai-iou of those who conduct'
them, to give the real state of things from
time to tipae.. This augurs -wetl of what is
thought i! be their real situation.
In the Gazette Extra of this morning.
yr*u will find an official confirmation of the
spirit of desertion in the French army.—
F -nr hundred Swiss have»taid down ' their
v. ms-General Beresford’s despatch will
explain it. it is reported, that the French
have been defeated in Catalonia ; but they
are mere reports. •
* Letters from a general officer were yes
terduy received here, expressing his opinion
:lie army would soon be “ actively engage
ed ” But it is agreed on all hands, that
L<*rd VV. has no associate who can worm
out of him any thing which the good of the
service requires to be kept. This expres ,
sion, however, from an officer of judgment,
together with the circumstance ol the only
regiment left here being ordered to join the
army, and clearing the army of all the fol
lowers and sick, induced many to think a
battle to be near ;.^while others see in them
only indications of some important move
ment.
“ The desertions from the French ar
mies continue in great numbers. VVe have
not yet had either a contradiction or confir
mation of its reported retrogade movement.
“ P. S. VVe have accounts from the ar
my. It remained in statu fuo—ergo, in
perfect quiet.—Boston Print.
Boston, Oct. 8.
Extract of a letter from an American gen
tleman at Kiel, to another in <rottenburg,
dated 17th Auguit.
“ There is a new decree, and a promise
of a new system ot operation respecting trade
by the neutral flag. It is dated 9:h August,
and is to take effect Nov. 1. It permits all
importation by neutrals into the empire, *x
cept manufactured goods, on paying the du
ties affixed to a tariff made for that purpuse.”
E. C. II B.
[ICT* The “ new decree” here referred to,
is probably no other than that repealing
the Berlin and Milan decrees.]
IMPORTANT REPORT.
' • . r—
It is reported, that Mr. Fettyplace, of
Marblehead, now in Liverpool, has written
to a friend, that he had seen a letter from
Paris, dated 10th August, which states,
that ajl sequestered American, property at
Bayonne, aud St, Sebastians, tva3 given up.
Ib.
Norfolk, October 15—Arrived yesterday,
the schooner Z-br:i, captain Minns, in 18 days
from Si. Bartholomews, and 25 from Martinique.
C aptain M informs, that a misunderstanding had
taken place between the Judge (who commands
the troops) and the militia, or inhabitants of the
island, which terminated in a refusal, on the pan
of.the latter, to obey him, and compelling mm
to leave the island, in consequence of which, the
Judge was to sail nett day in the brig Betsey, ot
and for Salem
Flour at Barbados and St V.ncents, 39 dnl
lars per barrel ; Martinique 24 dollars—St. Bar
tholomews 22 dollars. All vessels arriving at
St. Bartholomews, with flour in part of their car
goes, were pompelled to land it.
T'rvo days later from London.
The ship Ceres, arrived at Now York, brings
London papers of the 27th Au'guJt. Nothing
important. s
Lokd »*», August 27 —It is said that the trra
ty recently concluded between B m ipartc & the
Lmpeiorof Austrii, obliges the litter to place
at the disposal of his son iu-l»w * body of troops
not exceeding 50 000 men, winch may be eni
ployed in any part of the continent, as the t xi
gencics of tlie war m»y require.
Preparations for receiving Bonaparte :n 11 >1
land are great, and on a scale ol i xpencc that
will bear heavy on In. inhabitants. Si-venl hou
ses in Amsterdam have been pulled down for the
purpose of enlarging and improving the v.e*
from the palace
On board the P-L-ditei r.mean fl jet, which is
about to sail from Portsmouth, there ai o about.
6,000 troops, destined as reinforced! ?nt* for tin* I
iVniiunila, Sicily, etc.
The iitiportati.<ns into Liverpool, of Flour,from
America, and particularly of wheat from the
Baltic, still continue very considerable. This,
with the promising aspect of the harvest, is like*
ty to produce a sp -edy reduction in the prices
of grain —rub lie Ledger.
£> j) an tfflj j^ioatiifCjii.
The following is a hasty translation of a
Decree of the New Government at Cttriss.
Cas, which we have just received It Would
seem from this decree that the English gnv
eminent, while it is cotrending in Ku ope
for the authority of the Regency at Cud z, is
endeavoring in America not only toprc.fi. by
the revolutions taking place hi the Spanish
Colonies iu this quarter of the globe, but j.i
actually tempting them to deviate from tlu:
oi tiers of that Regency whose auihuiity it
pt of.Sses to support*—A at. Ini.
THE SUPREME JUNTA
Conservative of the right* of Hif1 Don
f'erdinund VII. in the fir ovinccs oj Vene
zuela.
Jf the sacrifices which the generous Ilri
tisb cation has mad.' in the tc. vice cl the un
happy monarch, whose rights Venezuela;
defends and pveitervcs, are entitled to the
consideration of every good Spaniard ; Car ;i
raccas has, over and above these sacred ob .
ligations.others very immediate and impe-j
rious to prove the sincerity with which it has
•sked, and has a right to hope for, that pro
ec'ion I'rOmG. B. which may insure its po
Utical existence without directly or indirect
ly influencing its domestic ins''notions. Agrt
‘culture and commerce are the two pillars of j
nur prosperity ; but the political system of
he other hemisphere, where our producti.
ons must be consumed, has given to G. B.
an influence over mercantile relations as
poweilnl in general as the duties which our
gratitude to her, our geographical position,
our political youth, and our industry, discou
raged by the opptesinii we have thYown off,
impose on us in particular. So many obsta.
e’e-i to our prosperity cannot 1** overcome
wiiinmt assistance, and this cannot be obtain
ed without a reciprocity of sacrifice. In vain
we shall open cur ports to the other nations,
when this one alone possesses the trident of
Neptune : ill vain wc shall cultivate the
rich territory we possess, when she alone j
can carry to or permit our productions to:
arrive at the markets of Europe : and in ,
vain we should arm ourselves to defend our
fire sides from French rapacity, when she a -
lone can shield from all toieijju aggression
our immense ex'ent of coast.
A commercial distinction in favor of a na_
tion who possesses such power and who so
much desires to favor our efforts is what
may now secure such requisite and various
services-and the governmen , when ii a
giees to this sacrifice, docs it lor no other
pui pi.se but the better to entitle American
Spain to sacrifices on the part of G. B equal
to.ihose she has made in favor of European
Spain.
Our liberality cannot be mistaken when it
is soen that we deviate, in favor of this res
pectablc ally, from the orders by which the
regency, prohibiting our foreign commerce,
would have ultimately deprived even G. B.
of the Advantages w hich we offer her, to
compensate for the benefit we promise pur
( selves from her projection, and to recom
l pence her for what she has done for bur vaL
liant countrymen in Europe. Our own liber
ty is toi>e-tiie *gis of our preservation T, a$
our patriotic indignation will be the rock on
which will be wrecked all the proj-cts-Which
do not correspond witn the liberality *if mur
designs, if, as we ought not to expect, at
temp's should be made to take advantage of
our situation. tJiidcr the incontrovetible
principles of civil liberty, of moderation, of
dignity—and subjecting to the sanction of
the body conservative of five rights of Sir
Don Ferdinand tjve Tih, \^hich is about to be
installed,and to what cur commissioners to
His Britannic Majesty may directly
stipulated, the provisional measures w hich
circumstances may have required—the jun- j
ta for the present has acceded to the propo
sition which in the name of IFs lkitai.Aic
Majesty and in consequence of despatcltes
sent to the government ot Curracoa from
London on he 28.h of June lust, has been
made to it by Col. Kobettson, Secretary ot
th.it government, granting in favor of the
British nation a reduction of one fourth part
of the duties which are now received from
foreigners on their importation, or exporta
tions through our Custom Houses—assured!
that in ihc iexpectable personal qualities of
Col. Robertson and in his beneficent and de
cided sentiments in favor of our stability,Veu
ezueia has a guarantee in addition to those
which the high respectable origin of lus
mission insures to it.
Having agreed on its measures, the Su..
preme Junta has demanded, that in the
English colonies, there should be ns to us,
that reciprocal correspondence, which the
generosity, of our couduct dictates.
Our vessels must enjoy in the British
purls of the Antilles, the same privileges and
tariff of duties, that the English do; and un
der our flag, from the publication of this
decree, any thing purchased in our territoi y
may be introduced there, although it is not
the production of our country* provided that
it is nut prohibited in British vessels
These equitable conditions have been /c
Copied by C..I. Robertson, authorised hy h s
g iverninent to do so—add the Junta is satis !
fled that the generosity with which it has
wished to exceed itself in favor of British
commerce, must immediately obtain for us.
in the island ofCurracoa those exemptions
which. several individuals have obtained by
conduct less liberal than ours, until that
sancliot) shall arrive from London, of which
nur proceeding and the favorable opinion of
the commissioner assures us. Let i his be
understand in the Department of the Tr,ea
sury and communicated to tho-.r to whom it
belongs to act on it. Given at the palace of
the G iverninent at Carracca3 on the 3rd of
Sep 1810
(Signed)
TOVAR PGNTE.. president.
LOPEZ MENDEZ. Vice President.
Baltimore, Octtbcr 13.
FROM SPANISH AMERICA.
Captain Dow son, who arrived this morn
ing trom Carthagena, reports that there
were disturbances in the interior of the
Spanish Provinces.——He is unacquainted
with particulars—being only informed that
a partial engagement had taken place, in
which the *• Independents” of St. Fee had
repulsed an advanced detachment of the
“.Eiyal” Mexicans. Both armies march
ostensibly under the patriotic banners of Fer
dinand VII.
Captain D. brought three (one white,
two black) of Mirauda’s men. ——Federal
Cadet tie.
LATEST FROM CAR Til AG F.NA.
Captain Dow ton. who arrived here on Sa
tur day from Carthagend, reports, that dis
turbanc.es Zip.’/ arisen in the interior of the
Spanish South American provinces, the de
tails of which he was unacyuuined with.
Captain- It. says -hat a report prevailed at
( art hag inn, that a partial battle had ta
ken place between the revolutionists• of
Saute J e and the “ te'yul" Mexicans, who
were, repaired by tht former. This must
be incorrcc', us he distance between (Ire
uada. of which Satita Fc de H goto, is the
capital, and Mexico is too great to suppose
such un event probable IVc are inclined
to believe that the engagement took place
between the fortes under the direction of
the governor of the Maracaibo district
who ore reported to h ive been furnished
,»i<hpowder and nioney by the viceroy of
Mexico, and herevoin iOlds’s, as Muracu
ibo and. Acw Grenada are contiguous to
rath o her. We have been promised papers
from Santa Fc de llogold ——should they
contain articles oj in’erest, they w ll be gi
ven tn our next*——Bull. Amer,
, \
SPANISH AMB11ICA.
The Editors of * lie Federal it m ilicin hare
received the “American A g »■»,” «>ffi id Ga
/• ••tie, ptf dU'icd at Csrltugeiu, to 17th Sopt.—
From their cxir,c'.* it appear* tliat ti»A spi
rit of Independence .» spreading thro ugh Uie
Pr ovhiuo* Tn, following m l he Tu test :
Ca.utha.ocna, S r pi. 17 — It ippejN, that
a l tile people ot A neficaliAVe lelt tin- n.-.ysdty
of changing me g n/cmm-.nt anil freeing tlr-m
selves from ihe tyia.niy 01' ibeir cruel oppressors., ,
A.-cording u> the latest loiters which li ne at* #
rived from Guayaquil, it is said that Uuenos
Ayres was in a slate of revolution, and alihnugli
we arc liot fumis ied with particulars, wc are
assured that ihe Vice It >y lias been deposed.
au;l tiio p.-opie have established then* govern
ment
On the 7th current the Supremo Junta re*
ce.ved by express olK.nal letters front Ssnta
Fa, complimenting it upon Us happy installa
tion.
[From (fie Ac tv York Gazette.)
New York, Oct. 10;
Cap'itin Brown, passing* r in the brig Mv»
tdda, Arnold Iro n Laguna, gives us the
f 'Mowing Information in writing——That
late on the evening of the 6 h Sip. the brig
Jane, of New York, captain S nart, arrived
81 Laguira from Calcutta. On the morning
of the 7th, captain S. hoisted his colors, as
is usual in a foreign port, viz ensgn pen
dant and jack. A" 8 o’clock, A M cap.
S. went on h.ae and at about 10 A M. a
bout from II li. Al’s biig-Chailenger, cup..
Hitler, ( hm» lviug ai L <guir<t, near the June)
canie alongside ihe J«ne. ; tne officer o£
winch ordered the rria c of ilie Jane o haul
down his pendant ; the mate replied that he
shoiilil not, having noortle's from his captain
to that effect, who was thcuonslioie. Tlije
officer.ot the boat ' lieu ordered one of
men to haul down tire Jane’s pendant, winch #
he did. About 12 o’clock, capt. S. with
several other gentlemen, ot winch capt. H.
was one, came on board the Jane ; capt h.
a^ked his mate why the pendant was hauled
d. wii,,he informed him of what had happen
tjd. and that he eudeavo: ed io prevent it.—
CaptainS. then ordered ihe pendant hois'.ed
again, which was done ; anil in about half'
an hour the boat from the before mentioned
brig Chhllenger came alongside of the J ae,
with'three officers, four marines, and four
jailors all completely armed ; the Challen
ger having previously three of her carriage*
gutis lbaded and levelled at the J me —The*
hist officer of the boat, who w supposed to
be the first lieutenant, then ordered capt. b.
to haul down his pendant; capt. S said lie
should not do it, not considering himself un
der the restrictions of a British man of war.
*-The officer of the boat then ordered oho
of.his men to haul ihe J Jie’s pendant down,
which he and they did by force of arms, and
took it away with .them. On their leavi ig
the Jane, the officer requested capt. S. to go
with him on board the Challenger, which.
capt. a. clul ; and on getting on hotrd, Cap .
R. asked him by what authority he wore his
pendant ; capt. S. in reply asked by what
authority he hauled it down. (Jap-. R then* .
ordered his officer to take capt. 5. un
del- fa. gmtrd on' shore betoie the -comman
dant ot the place, which-.he did, and with
his‘marines entered “the gate, passed 1I.5.
guards, and arrived at the house ot the com
mandant tfitboiU tuolesiation. The gentle-,
mer. whohad been on board with cap.. S.
followed tc the commaudunl’s, and 01 a re
presentation being made through the mt'di
um of an interpreter, the Commandant seem
ed dissatisfi d at what the British fticer
bad done, and told tire effiegr that it would
have been better to have come to him in he '
first place, and then dismissed capt. S. and
when the ofitci r had retired, cap:. S. was
informed that he must not wear i.is pendant
any mare in the port, as no merchant ves
sel would in future bo allinved to wear a
pendant.
Capt A. confirms the above as stated to
him by capt. Smart—has also to observ.*, in
justice to others, that three British ves.cls
of war. viz. a ship, brig, and schooner, had
been at Laguira a few weeks befoi e, and did
not notice several American pendants that,
were hoisted frequently. Capt. A under
stood at Liguiva the duties m imports and
exports were lessened one fourth in British '
bottoms.
.Washington. Oct. 15.
G vcnment, we .understand, has receiv.
ed despatches from Gen. Armstrong, by the
ship Sally, arrived-at B tVtimore ; but tliry
ate of a date antbrior to rhat of the Icfer
fioin \I. Champagny to our minister at Pa
ris relative to the repeal of the Berlin and*
Milan decrees.—Aar. Ini.
From certain paragraphs which have rec
centiy appeared in the English prints, it is
pn,liable. that questions may hereafter afise,
between the American and Hri.ish govirn.
nunts, on the subject of block ules. On re.
curring to the documents comrtiunseated to
Congress on the 23*1 of December, 1808, w»
find the followi* g letter from Mr. Merry to
Mr. Madison, explanatory of the British doc
trine on that topic. It embraces, we believe,
the principles cordially admitted by the U,
States,' b yond which they have never ad
vanced any pietecsions, and contrary to
which, it is Imped, G. Britain will set up rtn
new rule :—Id.
MR MERRT TO MR. MADISON.
Washington, April 12, 1804.
SIR,
Mr. Thornton not having failed to trans
mit to his majesty’s government an account
of the representation which you were pleas,
ed to address to him, under date of the 27th
October, last year, respecting the blockade
of ihc islands of Martinique and Guadaimipe,
it is with great satisfaction, sir, that I have
jjust received his majesty’s commands sign!
■ fied tome by his principal Sect eiary of State
! for Foreign Affairs, under date of tnc 6 h of
January last, to communicate to you tbe in.
•'ructions which have, in conseqtience of
your representation, been sent to C'ommo.
dore fl;>*>d, and to the judges of the vice ^ad
miralty courts in ihe West Indies.
I have, accordingly, tbe honor to transmit
to you. sir, enclosed, the copy of a Ittitr
from fcvean Nepean secretary to the b >ard
of admiralty, to Mr. H irnmond, his mijes
ly’s under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, specifying the nature of the iimruc
lions which have been given.
H » majevy’t gorr*rn u .*ni d mV n >t that
*he pronp i u 1e witch na. been tnalife-ted
in ?cdreusing 'he GRiitVANCK fom/t'ai/iei
•jfhy (he goi/erumfn. ,f he Uni id £> a
will be c Hindered b/ tire Gtter a* *n add',
tional evidence of his majesty’s enstan' 7:
sincere ds re.to re n ivu an) groumt o mi -
jndtrs'.andingthat coo'd n*vc a ten k ilj t>