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"wlti. i we could procuic, we were tnablcd
t‘» kc.-p her from sinking, still keeping unJt r tie
}«..,< the #1 :p. By this time it w..» ,bout 7 i>.
>i when the boat being hauled near to the ship
for the |uu-lM<»eof gettingcanvas -».<l oakum to
►top the leak, as many Hits* as could reach tin
intig boat jumped into her, ami finding hue boat
would be again sunk if we remained so near the
ship, we were obliged to veer the boat to lee
WHiitof tlie ship atthe dsiam «. of 15or 20 fa
thorns, heo g 12 in number in the boat : we had
not lam in tins situation but a short time before
one man jumped from the ship into the sea and
tnadc for the boat ; we took him into tlie boat,
and boding at the same time ui. tut board were
determined to pursue the same plan, we w ere
obliged to veer the boat further from the ship
We stated to them or board our situation, v hteh
was also evident to the m, as it r< <ii tired ali < ur
exertions to keep the boat from puking. Dur
ing the night we lay with a rope 1 st from the
ship to lho host, ami under her iee, when l!ie pro
pie on board the s*np being exceedingly anxious
to get into the boat (which h.ut they effected v *
should all have been inevitably loM) kept luiul
:,‘K the boat towards them : we then bent r"h a
notln r rope, am! veered out as they henled ;
but finding they were determined'io sink the
boat by getting into her, we were obliged (after
stating repeatedly to them otm situation' to till
them that provided they p«-rvsted in getting into
the boat, we should be obliged tho' wry reluct
smtly, to cut the rope and leave them ; after which
they desisted from hauling the boat towards the
"hip. At this time wo were 13 in rumber in the
longboat, besides? men who were in the *,{« m
boat laying noder the lec of the ship, continually
bailing to keep her from sinking, which aimnuMi
ted our number tomo-e «hun could with any d •.
grce of safety attempt to leave tit.* ship in the
h,nS boat in the shattered condition she was then
m
Monday Morning, moderate breezes and sea
Oieiable smooth ; at which tint' the people on
the wreck were about hall <>f them on the tafTrel
tail, and the remainder on tee bowsprit & wild
Tlass,.every other part ol her being under w-.ter,
contmualiy, and they kept entr<•:■< ng t|S to tske
-.hetn into the boat ; we then told them otir deter
mination was to continue In the ship while she
k- pt tcgetiierand tliat the boat was not m a situ
ation to leave them unless they attempted to
■, ii aiiv i*i uirrH once made me
' .... VM' ' ’IMUl. I.III
• ■ttemj:t we’shuuld be nude* the necessity of leu
ving them notwithstanding OUr wretched silna
turn, having neither compass, quadrant or anv
instrument what ver l»y which w- * could direct
tmr course, nor a single drop < f fresh water in
the boat and two nun con .-tar.Fy oaf-ng; aH0|
which circumstances were known to t! ->n
About th 13 tune, casks of Brandy and sundry
other articles of the cargo were 'drifting from
the wreck, amongst which we picked up tl>f- nil
rjen top g.d’i tad, ° s; arS «> .rs, I cask ufoil 1
< drowned) pig and 1 goat, 1 hag of bread, and
they hove us a gallon keg of brandy from the
ship ; we then fixed a s.il for he boat fr ,rn the mi
vi n top gallant sail, it being now about 11 a m
■When the people on the wreck u re determ ucd
1l> ®othe into tii'e boat and b* gun !>v jumping into
tile sea, at which we veered me boat further dis
t cnG liom the ship und they again returned to
lier, after which we again repented to them our
nimation to continue by tin m so long as the
"hip lit Id together, bet if any other person at
tempted to come into the boat, we should that
instant leave them notwithstanding our desperate
situation : at tins time they had secured on the
wreck 2 quadrants, 2 compasses, lhhd of water,
bread, flour, and a plenty of provisions, as they
frequently informed us, but they would not spare
• is any ot those articles unless we consented to
come along side the ship with the boat, which
had we have <l -ne vve sh"u!d have been sunk in
an instant as they were prt-paicd to jump, having
oars, cheats, &c- ready for toe purpose on th
l atlrct Rad ——Notwithstanding tttey lcnevv’our
determination and the impossibility ot our taking
li.em into liie boat, they still pi rusted in g< tiiiu
into her, and one of them jumped into the sea anil
made for tie small boat which lay veer'd to tlm
leeward of the ship, which boat ie readied and
finding we. would not t. kc him into the lung boat,
he returned to the ship with the small boat, by
which time seeing they were a’l determined i>
pursue the same plot as this Isrt m.n, we were
under the painful necessity of cu.ting the rone
by which vve were fast to "the sliip, and row and
nail from them for tbs preservation of our
lives, being in hepes of falling in with a vessel
to relieve us, which was almost the on’y hope
we had left, being about <10'J miles distance from
the rmarest land, and in the desperate situati >u
before stated. At tin is time it was about tr.eridi
an, with moderate wind from the southward and
westward, vve made our course as nearly Ess’ a -
possible, for the Island of Corvo ur Flores, and
the lust wc saw of the ship she was I <v ii g m the
same situation as when vve parted f rom ncr ; it
\yr.s now about 6 r m llie 22 l of May, we con.
tinned nor course for the Eastward, having the
■Winds variable from S. S E. to Noith West ai d
two men constantly biding, steering in the night
hy the stars, when to be seen, and when (lark
cloudy weather, by the heaving of the sea, and i .
the day time by judging from the bearing of the
sun, when to be seen, and when not, by the best
of our judgement. We continue if in this situa
tion without seeing any vessel until Saturday,
26lh of May, at 1 p m. when to our great joy
vja espyed a sad which proved to be the brig j'o
acber of Boston, Capt James Dunn, from Ali
cant : who took us on hoard and treated us with
every attention and civility while on board his
se srl, for which vve return him cur most gr teiul
acknowledgements, Stal-o to capt. Richard Fed
r k, vvno very generously, af crvvai d* took 6. f us
on board his vessel, & brought us into Marble*
head, treated us wuh the greatest jmliune s.
W illiatn Fan field, Joshua Safloid.
I.ouis Barney,
Zerul/1 I: mp,
"WilliarnG; avts,
Robert iV-ele,
K'.lw. Richardson,
I .eft on the VVrcr,k
I’ickcd up in the boat
Tots* I
46
Washington, June 2J.
The Secretory of the Treasury has le
turned to this city.
From the Motional Intelligencer,
COMMUNICATION.
The Hoston Gazette has lately published,
with an air ni peculiar importance, an •* Ex
tract of a letter from Mr. Arm strong to
Mr Madison, dated February 22, 1808.”—
Impressions have been excited, by the ap
pearance of this document, that it is a n< w
evidence of the di honorable practices of
certain federal politicians: hut the troth
is, that it is an old Jiublicution re vived ; for
it appealed, among other productions of the
Jsind, in the Mo*ton Centinel tome time in
February or March, 1802. The genuineness
of it w as never fully ascertained ; but i’ was
supposed that the extract had been confix
flentially communicated to Congress, and that
H f.ayy of it had been cla*-lestineiy procur
ed for * lie press by th" person whose pro.
bi-y was thus sacrificed to pany publics.
1 hose, indeed, who charge thr adminis
t rati on with the crime of conceadtig i,»r si
nister pun po s the correspondence </f our
minis er at Paris, or with having bided to
give timely notice of the probability o; Freiu h
l p ■< r.y, trust most no., zn glv to the trniltt
yt bad memories’ TIte messages to Coo.
gtT«s of both the Presidents, Jefferson and
j Madison. ever since the »u umn of the year
' !St7, ate record evidence that the E^ccu.
tive has never tailed to admonish the-nati
on, in a consti ntiouul way, of the dangers to
he apprehended, as well from tho French
Emperor as from the llritish Cabinet
L -t us g> to the lacts sit once, and appeal
to testimony which is universally notorious.
Extract from Air Jefferson's Message to
Congress, of the Uule of December 18,
1807.
“ The communications now made, show
ing the great anti increa*- rig dangers with
which out vessels, our seamen, and merchan
tlise are. threatened, on the high seas, and
j etsewhei'e, from Hit belligerent powers of \
Europe ; and it being of the greatest im- ;
, portuncc to keep in safety those essential re !
sources, I derm it my duty to recommend
the subject to the consideration of Congress,
who will doubtless perceive all the advan
tage which may he expected from an in — j
hibition of the depnrtute of our vessels from
the ports'of the United States.”
1 he words "on the high seas'* manifest- •
ly refer to Great Britain ; whilst, the words
** and elsewhere,” as clearly indicate the j
ports ot Franee and those of her allies. — j
1 hat France and her dependencies were in i
eluded, appears also by the phrase "belli-j
gerctu flowers of Europe ;” which, of course, ]
referred to all the powers then at war ; as
».ell as by one ot the documents accompany*
ing the message which announced the deci
sion of the council of prises, in the cuss of,
W'.e Horizon.
Outlie 22d of March. ISOS, Mr. Jeffer-1
son transmitted to Congress another tnes*
sage, with certain documents relating to j
French affairs, among which was a letter I
trom Rt gnier, grand judge and minister of j
justice, wherein he says, “His majesty no. i
tilies me that since he had not thought pro I
p> r to express any exception in his decrees |
j [of Berlin] there is no ground to make any
iu the execution, with respect to any thing '
whatsoever." No warning could be nmrecx
piicit than this.
A I tter trom M. Champagny to General j
Armstrong, of the date of October 7, 1807, {
also communicated to Congress hv the Fre I
sident, states “ tiiat liis majesty has consi- j
tiered every neutral vessel going tram Eng
li h ports, with cargoes cf English merchan- j
i dize, o. of Faiglibh origin, as lawfully seiza- j
| We by French armed vessels.” 'Flits was j
quite sufficient notice to nut our merchants
oil their gtjard.
On ihe 50th of March. 1808 Mr. Jefferson
1 likewise communicated, to Cougiess a letter
! trom M. Champagny to Gen Armstrong,
I uated J tnuary 15, 1807. In this letter the
French minister says: His majesty ready to
consider the Uni'ed Stales as associated
with th« Cause of all the powers who have
to defend themselves against England, lias
not taken any definitive measures towards
the American vessels which may have been
I brought into our ports ; he lias ordered that
j they should remain sequestered, until a de„
| cisinn may be had thereon^according to the
j dispositions which shall have been expressed
j by the government of the United States
This language was sufficiently explicit to be
, comprehended by the most shallow under
standing.
Indeed, so particular was Mr. Jefferson in
giving information to Congress, and so lit„
j tie did he rely upon the luendiy intentions
i of (lie European powers, that in a message
1 bearing da’e the 22nd of March, 1808, he
• says, «• When we find mat no conduct on our
part, h.-wever impartial and friendly, has
been sufficient to ensure from cither bellige
rent a just respect for our rights, I am deni
rous that nothing shall be omitted on my
part whi 'll may anti to your information on
this subject, or contribute to the correctness
of the views which should be formed." Ac
cordingly he submitted to the representatives
of the people the documents from which we
have quoted, together with others, all hav
ing a palpable tendency to shew the encreas
ing dangers to commerce from the French
as well as from the English system of res.
trictions.
At l!ie opening of the second session of the
tenth Congress, on the 8th of November,
18C8, Mr. Jt fferson, after seating that new
efforts had been made to tiled an adjust
ment with the bellig-t'ent powers, declares
that “ J'rom France wo answer has been
received nor any indication that the re
quisite change in her decrees is contemfila
id . ’ Can any arrangement of words, in
the English tongue, be more plain and In
telligible l This message was accompani
ed by the documents on which the assertion
was made ; and, in particular, by an •• Ex
tract ot a letter from Gen Armstrong to Mr.
Madison, dated Paris, 5th April, 1808,”
wherein the General says, “ The Emperor
lias left Paris, [it is said for Spain J and had,
at no time before he set out, indicated any
(du ration in the views which originally firo
duetd the d cr ees in question.” What could
I be more admonitory l
I i here also accompanied the same mes
I age, an •• extract of a letter front General
Armstrong to the Secretary of State, dated
Paris, 2G u July, 1808,” in which our minis
ter uses the following language : •• I owe it
as well to you as to myself, to decla. e that
every attempt for that purpose [ in adjust
nunt of d fie rentes] hitht rlo made, has fail„
ed. and under circumstances, which, by no
means, indicate any change, in this resfiect.
for the better.”
: K' fhe time Congress met in the summer
•of 1809, Mr. Krskine’s arrangement had ta
i ken place, and a new complexion was, for
tne moment, given to our foreign affairs by
that transaction. Kecoociliatinn with Eng
j land, i . was confidently believed, would lead
: to reconciliation with France ; and there is
igiei’t reason to presume that such would
I have been the result, if the British g »
! vcrnn-.Cnt adhered to the convention enter
ed into v. ith their authorised minister. Such
being the state of things, Mr. Madison, in
i.is message at the opening of the session
of Congress in May, 180f, referred to our
concerns with France in the following
word :
i he disrontipnarce of the Bi itish ordrrs
as they respect the lJ, S. having been thus
ar ranged, a communication of the erenthas
been forwarded, in one of our public vessels,
i to oijr Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris_
I wit.i instructions to avail himself of theiuu
port ant additions thereby made, to the con
I side rr. i if ins which prtss upon the justice of
I the French government a irvocatinn of its
I decrees, fir such a modification of them, as
• list they shall cm e to violate the neutral
commerce of the U. S.”
1 he hopes founded on this arrangement
were all blasted by the disavowal ot Mr. Kr_
ski tit's act. F.ugt.and refusing to yield t
! rhe coils of justice, France continued to*
I per everc in her decrees: And at the open.. {
J mg of tfie second session of the. eleventh j
i Congress, Mr. Madison announced to the
Legislative body, that, 11 with France the
posture of our relations doe# not correspond
with the measures fatten on (he fuirt of
the 17. S. Co effect a Jhoorublc change"—
This annunciation was accompanied with do
cuments which demonstrated that the
French Emperor still adhered to his decrees
in spirit ami in practice.
We will not extend ovir quotations from
the correspondence with foreign govern
intuits, laid t»y the President before Con
gress, further than to introduce in t ».s place
a passage from the note of Mr. Champagne
to General Armstrong of the date of August
22, 1809. which note, although it had up.
peured previously in the tic wap a hers, wu *
communicated to the / rg;shuure l"* '■ Ir.
Madison. in order that the doctrine which
it proclaimed might he authenticated' and
ajficiaUu made known to the x^hole nation.
•* The continental powers, (says Mr. Chat!)
pagny) leagued sig linst England make a
common cause, they aim at tue same object,
they will reap the same advantages, they
ought also to run the same risk.a The
pm'sol' Holland. of the ILlbc, of the Weser,
of Italy and of Spain, will not enj iv any ml
vantage of which those of France may he de
prived. They will both bo either open or
shut at the same time to the commerce of
which they may be the object.” Here was
a precise declaration made known i>v the
Pivsi lent, to the people of the United States,
that . ranee would not permit to her aili. s
a trade which she did not enjoy herself. It
as a new epoch in the operation of the
French decrees ; for previously to that pe
riod the government of France hul al
lowed her allies to superintend the executi -
on of the Emperor’s edicts under an adoptive
principle; but a practice was new introdu
erd quite the reverse : France began to
compel the continental powers to enforce her
system. The custom-houses of most of the
nations of Europe, from that moment, were
put under the direction of French military
agents; and whatsoever was decreed at
Paris, or by Bonaparte, was absolute law to
all his confederates and dependants. H >w
can the Executive be condemned fur a ne
gleet of duty, whenlte continued to give?uch
public and universal notice of the prevalence
of evils so afflicting to trade !
a. iiu muv.ii i.'i. uur mcrcnanra nave too
much disregarded the warning voice uf
their government. Impelled by a spirit of
adventure and a thirst for gain, stimulated
bv the incessant clamors of the federal par„
ty that there was no danger to cotnmerce
from France because France had no navy—
confiding, in short, more to the misrepre_
sentations of factious men than to the honest
truths of their own rulers, our merchants
have risked their property in opposition to
all the maxims of prudence, suffering their
pecuniary desires to outweigh their actual
knowledge of the existing state of things.
But, it seems by the Boston Gazette, that
the seizure of American property by the
French government ought not to occasion
surprize. The Gazette is entirely mistaken
in his application of republican feelings on
the occasion. Surprize, indeed, prevails,
not that Napoleon Bonaparte should com .
nnt such an outrage but that the merchants
of the U, States, after the repeated .and inv
pressiveadmonitions which the government
had given, should put their property within
his grasp. Towatds France, the sentiment is
nut that of surprize, but of indignation, at
the policy of a sovereign whose official and
public declarations, in the face of all 1 .mope,
held a language totally the reverse ct that
which attempts to palliate the act of sei
zure and confiscation.
But why need we speak of past impru
dence ? Even lately, when the tact of the
violent sale of out property could no longer
be doubled ; when it is proclaimed, from
French authority, that all American vessels
and their cargoes which proceed to the ports
of tlie continent of Europe within French
control, shall be seized and se<juestcred ;
when the recent advices trom our minister
at Paris are staring our merchants full in
the face ; such is the singular cupidity of
the times, that millions worth of property
has been sent thither by our traders, who,
at the instant they are cursing Napoleon
for his late conduct, are hastening to fui_
nish him with fresh opportunities lor audi,
tional rapacity !
Extract of a letter . from a gentleman at
A'atchez, to hi* friend in A or folk.
'• Your friend \V-has overiaken me
at last at this place, from whence we shall
go in company to the Opelouaa country. As
usual, he is full of ne ws, hut what is most
surprising, he actually brings us something
unusually interesting. He informs me, that
in descending the liver, he fell in with a
a party of four men. (nr rather iieroes) who,
after suffering shipwreck <-n the North -West
Coast, had not only the spirit to plan, hut
courage to attempt, and fortitude to perse
vere and succeed in one of ihe most daring
undertakings! ever heard of, viz.- A Jour .
ney across the continent, Jrom ihe J’ac fic
to the Atlantic Ocean .with no o her firov:..
sion* than their guns, with 6 founds of
fioivdcr, and 20 found* of shot. Incredible
as tuis circumstance may appear, the short
account given by the head of the party, Mr.
Baptiste Lavall, to Mr. W-, carries the
stinngest evidence of the fact.
“ Mr. L.tvall was born in the city'of Phil,
adelphia, and although a epublican himself,
yet the attachment ot tiis father and family
to the king rendered it necessary for them
to remove to Canada after the close of the
war. where he ever since has been engaged
in the fur trade, i’hat having fallen heir to
an estate, lie went to England o receive it,
and there embarked on a trading voyage on I
the North West Coast, on board die schoou
er Sea-Otter of 170 tons, mid commanded
bv Jonn Ni es—tiiat he was part owner, as
well as supercargo—and on the 23d August,
1 M0-», the vessel, cargo and crew, consisting
of 9 souls, were ad lost in a violent gale, a.,
bout 200 miles south of Columbia liver,
while lie, together with Michael Connor,
Jean Lozier and Emanuel Silver, were pro
videnti.dly saved by being absent on a hunt
on an uninliabi ed island—That ..fter wait
ing some time, in hope of meeting with some
vessel, they g ive up that point in despair —
when he prevailed on his companions t<>at
tempt in eio.s over the continent by land —
1 hat after passing thiough an endless mini
her of strnnge and savage nations, amongu j
whom they were often d. tallied as prisoners, |
and fuifli:ring every privation and hardship!
that u iv.ii possible to endure, they happily
succeeded in accomplishing their desperate
undertaking ”
Napoleon has published a ‘Vnafns Consul
turn of four articl.*s, it provict* s, that the
territories, lately taken from Holland, shall
form an integral p irt of the French empire I
••'ii cli sh illsaiid five deputies to the Legis
1 Alive body'.
t
i Robert GorJim, F.nq. hw been appointed
(Lieut Governorof Derbies ; and Sir J. T.
Duck wort t\« Guveruor and Commander iu
Cht**f of A esi'found'and.
Nai*olf.on l»a>- decorated tlie Archduke
Charles with the Grand Rjbbni of the Le..
r.lon of Honor, and rd:.o with the Cross of
«l>c same Legion; “ the former,” says the
; r.nperor, in .1 let'er under his own hand,
a tribute due to your genius as a
General, tnc latter, to your bravery as a
Soldier.” *
1'lie most vigorous measures are about to
j be adopted bv France, Prussia and Austria,
; to com pi t tha Porte to accede t> the cnntineti
ta! svstem, orto nvvke her pay dear for her
condescension to the common < nemy. The
P^t-e «m tlie contrary husdeclared iu favor
of England.
more British friendship.
Britannic Majesty’s sloop of war j1
ta/urt’t'A Hb'>ut the l--' of Mny.io the vici"
Pity of the Western Islands, brought too the
| schooner Alaru. ,,t It .stun, James Petcivui,
master ; and after the schooner’s gib and
'mainsail wore hauled down, the English offi
«:cr. in a most wanton nianm r, run his ves
M'i tool of said sen r. and stove in her broad
suh*. File officer and crew of the sch’r.
after getting on hoard the sloop of war, re
quested the use of u boat to save their clothes
and a considerable amount of specie, from
1 board tlie schooner. They were insolent
: lv reiused ; at 'he same time their boat was
I ordered on bo ml of a fi ig ito then in compa
icy. with the news of this their nriOit gallant
| and humane exploit i-li .aton Patriot.
* Supposed to be an 13gun brig, FJiED. HICK
EY, coin milliner.
D R117 51! PA R LIA ME A'2
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
March 12, 1S10,
SLAVE TRADE.
(Concluded. )
Mr. Stufiip;n wished that his honorable
friend on the other side (Mr Rrougnam)
had not thought it necessaiy to preface his
j motion wi h any remarks, but had spared
, his observations till the production of the
I papers, lluc as the American government
I had been represented ns unfriendly to the
;abolition, he was anxious losay a few words
| on that point. There was a great deal of
I slave population in America; but stiil there
was evidence to shew that the American
i government was as friendly to tl\e abolition
as it could be. in consistency with a due re
gal d to popular feeling. To pr .ve this,
'Mr. Stephen mentioned that a slave ship
had been brought in, and condemnation up.
, plied for in the prize court. It turned out
that tlic shin was American property, and
there was no doubt but she must be restor
ed. Mr. Monroe, tire American minister,
stated at that time that the American go_
vernment wished ta give no protection to
1 the claimant ; but if the ship was to be re
stored, then lie claimed her for the govern, I
nicut, on account of tier carrying on the 1
trade contrary to the law. He also instan
ced another case of the same kind. Amo g
the commissioners under the Treaty the
majority were Americans and consequently |
almost all the disputed points were carried
in their favor; but when a claim was made
ior a slave ship it was rej. cted with indig
nation. These things went to prove that
the Americans were not unfriendly to abo,
licion. He thought that a distinction might
be made between the slave trade and eti.cr
branches of trade, and an arrangement
made on that, particular point; hut liieart;,
cle in the abortive Treaty could never have I
answered any very good purpose. It ought
to be kept in view. Iiowev r, that at the
time the slave trade had not been altogether
abolished He believed that there was a
disposition in the Aineiican government to
c ncurin this object, and he thought it but:
just to state that oninion
Mr. Brougham was aware, -hat in order
to effect ilie object, there must be some ar
rangement with America, because, other
wise, there could be no proceedings in the
Tnze Courts; but what he submitted was,
that there appeared in the correspondence |
a disposition m the A merican government to j
concede, so far as *.o afford hopes that some
arrangement might be made on this partic
ular point. The right honorable gentleman
opposite, in bis opinion, had dealt harshly
with tiie American government, i hey had
given proof of their disposition to abolish the
slave trade. It ought 10 he recollec ect that
they had set us the example of abolition,
a pretty strong proof'that they were sin
cerely anxious for the success of the tnea
sure. And yet the right honorable gentle
man had said-and so grave and serious
a charge had seldom been so lightly mule,
(/:ra r ! hear !) that the only object of the
Americans was to g;t possession of a part j
of our slave uadef He did not believe
that this was the case, and if lie had bclicv
id it, lie would have been cautious bow he
stated it. (Hear l Heir ! J lie would hum
bly recommend to the right Imniirabie gen
tleiimn, who had so lately treen secretary of
s .- e for foreign affairs, and might, perhaps,
be very soon called to that ofiice again, to
he cautious how he preferred -•> grave and
serious a chargt. (htur ! hear !) I he right
honorable gentleman has said tout the per
mission to seize must be mutual. Hut ibe
same argument would be applied to the or
ders in council. America had been then en_
gagtd in war, she might upon the principle
oi reciprocity have annoyed our whole trade
by searching for pieces of black and white
paper, called certificates ot origin. But the
aigument, however, never was wrought for
ward till now. lie concluded by again ob
serving that the inference he had drawn
from tin. correspondence was. that there was
an opening which affn tled some hopes of an
arrangement on this particular subject.
Mr. Vanning in explanation s,Hid, matins
nbsorvation was that the Americans Would
co ne to no express agreement on the subject
of permitting -.nr cruisers to seize ships vio
lating their own laws
Mr. Barham had always been of opinion,
ih;u unless the trade was abolished by other
governments, it would soon revive in our own
colonics. It was only by treaty wj h other
flowers, that the trade could be effectually a..
oolished
Mr Wilber force expressed hi; pr(.at *a
isfaction trtat whatever littie diif tent
there might he on minor points, there whs
'universal concurrence in the desire u
c .t t y th • object '-f abolition in;., comph-i.
effect. On that object hr bim elf and »h- s
•vlio had taken afjiuhicul ir interest in tin
measure, had constantly kept their ey^s fix
ed. He thought the right honorable gentle -
man (Mr. Canning) had gone too 1m- wh u
he said that the American government wh
ui'.Irieiully to the abolition, li had been we!
stated by his honorable friend (Bjuugham)
>\ho had out of the House, done so much for
the cause, and now exercised his great tu_
len;s in its favor in the House——that the
American government had been before us
in tlie abolition. 1 here was, lie firmly be
lieved. a general disposiiion in America to
abolish this traffic——and it ought to he re*
meinbered that they had done more than
ui selves on this subject, fora great many of
die slaves there had been emancipated——x
niost lavoiable <<meii of the future exertions
in ttie cause. lie hoped the attention of the
House would be fixed upon this great object
and the great ben -fits which it was calcula
ted to confer on human nature.
Mr. Brougham’s motions were then agreed
r »'T-r-r.-r, Nkw-York Juoel2.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
A friend in Boston writes to the Editors
o. the Mercantile Advertiser, und-r da.eof
1 uesday noon, as follows:—" The Schoon
er Kcsolu ion, Bates, arrived here thismorn
ing in 31 days from Plymouth. She sailed
j on (lie 18th May, and lias brought London
| papers to the 15th. '1 lie accounts in them
! from Cadiz are to May 2d. On the 2Cd of
Annl ’he British and Spanish troops evacu
a’ed *»"• important fort of Matagorda, in
consequence of its becoming untenable from
t.ie f. rmidable attacks of the French. The
possession of this fort has grven the French
a gieat advantage in prosecuting their ope
ration against Cadiz They had fired red
h u shot on some of the British shun*
aral compelled them to change their p. d
lions. *
“Accounts are published from Sweden
of a plot to res-ore tlie late King, ft was
unsuccessful hut produced much fermen
tation, winch had nut entirelv subsided.
•’ CnUi,t Bernstoi A’ lias ri s^ned his office
of Danish prime minister, hisgus ed, it is
sa.d, at the devotion of his sovereign to the
ruinous continental system of rii~ i."
Emperor.
1 iie London Gazette of Mav 10‘h an„
nounces the appointment of John Philip Mol
i ier as Secretary to the legation to the Uni ~
ted States.
“ Napoleon was travelling with his near
Empress. Louis of Holland had met him on
the Dutch frontiers, and he had visited
Dunknk
1 he papers contain an account of an.
attempt to procure the escape of Ferdinand
MI. to Spain; but it is added, that lie
refused to g<>f and informed against the a
gent who had succeeded in getting into his
presence i
1 i»e brig Lyon, Taylor, and a ship be
longing to Newbern, had sailed from Ply_
mouth for Loudon. Spoke nothing Leu at
Plymouth, ship Brutus, G todrich ol Wca
thersfield, repairing ; Reindeer, Sulger,
still detained by the captors ; and brig
iris, from Ameha_Islatid, recaptured from
the I* tench. 1 he Desiree had cap.ured
anil sent into London an Auu-iic.oi ship
w ich she cut out of one of the ports m
Holland, with a valuable cargo on board.”
From the Bouton Centinel of the 2Oth inst.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
By an arrival yesterday, we received L'm
tlon papers to the 14.h ivlay. They are nut
irimtul of events.
Excepting that the appointment of Mr.
Moritr as Secretary of Legation to the Uni
ted S ates had btjen g recited, we find no*
tmng oa the subject of our relations with.
England.
Every thing remained quirt in England :
Bindett was in the Tower and his mends
difl nut increase in Parliament, 'i'hr great
opposition Lords, Grey and (Jrenvid , hadL
declaied in favor ol Parliamentary priviie
gcs. I he Speaker ol the Com.nuns had
obtained leave to defend against Eurdeit’s
action.
a singular attempt had been made by thes
British government to induce Ferdi iiud ths
7ib ro escape troin his piison m France.—
Hut he had refused to accede to it-bad.
given intimation-, to his prison keeper ot the
attempt, and had obtained the arrest of the
agent ; and had r< quested to be adapted as
Napoleon's son.—So say the French papers.
Circumstances render tuc account hi tho
attempt probable.
Their Li soon accounts are not so late as
ours Massenawas to command the invaders
oi Portugal, with Ney, Junot and liegnier
under him,
Napoleon was making tours in company
witn his lovely lhnpiTts. v/ho was said to
have acquired a comnnnding influence o
ver him. They were visiting Antweip —
I he Archduke Charles ^as oec imiug a fa
vnrite with Bonaparte ; who has advanced
him to the highest dignity in ms L gio.i of
Honor, and it was s.i.d would make him
king ,.>f Spain.
I lie:-- were no indications of peace._\
British fleet had arrived in the Halite.
i rom fiafter» by the schooner Resolution, 1
lliu ji, from Plymouth, Eng.
. . I’amts, April 29, 1810.
1 lie minister of P »(ce £F nicheJ nag an"
n ounce d to die emperor, that the com man**«
d.tm ot the Castle ot V ilancuv has given in
l innation of die introduction into liiat c.;3
tic ot a Ha on I) * Jv; ili, calling himself a
minister o. Lngland to prince Ferdinand,
(tne legitimate kmg of Spun, a prisoner in
mat c I Stic.) K. Hi is now a prisoner in Vin
c. nnes. I lie diamonds,.flee, of which -ir was
tne bearer, are deposited at the Police oflice.
[i Lie follow, a letter from Ferdinand up
pi z.ug toe 1- reach g >verimr of tne conduct
V;. :—tal>o. a cei tideate of the Marquis
Wellesley as a credential of K -Hi :-.\|3„, a
letter from the British king to Ferdinand,
assuring the latter of his friendship and alii
anev. of the means employed to rescues
Spain from her invaders ; and exhorting him
to escape from his servitude. Tnen follows
a letter from the governor of Vulancay, r iv
ing an account ot the celebration of the 1st
/»pnl, in honor ot the emperor’s marriage at
wmen the Spanish Princes rest.fi d their joy
mi thcevi.it. and when Ferdinand 7,h r, iv»
as a mastOur .aigust sovereign Napo
leon the (.rent, ami Maria Louisa his au
gu it spouse and also a letter from Prince
* ei Oman. 1, (U’dariiisg Ins wisii to become thf
adopted um of Napoleon.]
On the examination of Kolli, he x,.
vm , Charles L -.ipold, ba....i of K. .!:i,
i. at. 'ive of LeUml, ;ind minister to l’.-r
anand 7ih:—That hr cam- to JV.uicr with
proper credentials and t .di .and,