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ktn of a if conciliation as itarx ns t'.iilhlul, 1 shall
present (lie hand oiofthe A re lulu chess Maui a
Louisa to the Delegate of the liie:»t Monarch
whom you represent; and 1 nray ym, my Prince,
to publish to France my ardent wishes that the
virtues of the Archduchess may re ■faertt forever
the friendship of our Sovereign*, and the happi
ness of llu-ir j>cople.”
JLeytUn, March 23. The Archduke Francis,
brotiierof the Empress oi Austria, into imury
Maria Augusta Jnsionetie, Piinccss of Royal
Saxony and will bs created King ol Poland.
I.onbos March 23.
All the continental papers are tilled with arti
cles on the subject of Bancrpartr's marriage.—
From a theatre of war the different States appear
to lie converted into one contending scene ol
gofcsipning and chit-chat—With what levity dees
tiie mind of man move limn the extremes ,.f hor
ror, to the veries. littleness of coffee-cup confer
ences—from the trutuptet’s blast** to the lascivi
ous warhlings of the lute *!”—from Death, to
dance, and song, and revelry !
Trieste March 3—The Russian fleet,
which has been ceded by Russia to France,
consists of four sail of the line, besides fri
gates and corvettes. These vessels are
partly at Trieste, and partly at Venice.
The Russian crews have already set out on
their return home, and tin* Freuch have ta„
ken possession of the vessels.
Bayonne, (France) March 17
Every thing is prepared for the seige 0"
Cadiz : that of Lerida will also soon ccm
jucnce. Yesterday a great quantity of hea
Vy artillevy and ammunition was forwarded
hence. A corps of mariners who were em
ployed in the last war on the Danuhe, has
passed through this town for Spam. Officers
of the engineers anil artillery are also con.
stantlv passing-Twenty squadrons of
gens d'artnes have inarched through for
Spain———and it appears, they are destined
to serve in the interior of that country.
General Count Suchet, is gone to Valen
cia.
New York, May 21.
LATEST FROM CADIZ.
Last evening the ship Charles and Harri
et, Turwilliger, arrived here from Cadiz,
which port she left on the 13lh April.
Captain T. informed us, that Cadiz held
nut against the French, and that a reinforce
ment of 10,000 British troops were daily ex
pected. The French army continued bom
Larding Cad.z, and had killed a few of the
British troops.
Capt. T further states, that it was repor
ted just before he sailed, that a French army
of one hundred thousand men, were march
ing from Seville to Cadiz. Twenty two sail
ot the line, (Biitish and Spanish) several fri
ga-es and gun brigs, and about 40 British
transports were in Cadiz Bay, some of which
were embarking French prisoners for Eng
land.
From the Aforth of Europe.
A let er from Christiana, of 22d February*
4 says—“ Nineteen vessels only have sailed
from St. Petersburg for the United States
this season ; 9 Americans are there, viz
ships llesper and Janus, of Nev.buryport ;
Chesapeake, of Baltimore ; Polly and Hope,
of Marblehead ; Hope »f Providence ; Eliza
beth, and Anawan of Philadelphia ; and
Horace, of Salem.”
Extract from St. Sebastian's, dated Aprh 1
[Communicated for the P hiladelpkta Ga
zettei ]
In December last, sore hopes were en
tertained tout American property would be
released, but a new order has been issued
commanding all American property in Spain
to be transported to France—Vessels with
cargoes are daily going.
Extract of a letter from Bordeaux, 2d A
firil, 1810, to a hom e in this city.
“ The greatest part of the American car
goes seized by order of the French govern
ment in the ports in the Bay of Biscay, have
been already transported to Bayonne, where
a public sale of them is to take place and
the proceeds to be deposited in a public chest,
until further dispositions. We fear the ves
sels will share the same fate, although this
yet apptars yet undetermined.”
N t w-yowk. May 23.
LATEST FROM SWEDEN.
Last evening arrived at this port the ship
JlhoiU and Betsey, from Gottanburg, which port
she left on the I7lh of April, at which time capt
Marshall informs us that it was reported the
Danes had orders to capture all American ves
sels.
Captain M further stales, that a French a
gent had arrived at Stockholm, and another was
expected .it GnUenbnrgh. Markets at Gotten
Jburgb doll, except for t-ugars and logwood. Cot
ton about 37 ctn'.s—ill~r. Adv.
New York, May 24.
I, A TEST FROM ENGLAND.
To the Editors oj ihc Mercantile Adverti
atr.
Poston, May 21.
Gentlemen,
“ By the Iris, captain Con
way, arrived at Salem, a Dublin paper of
April 9th. containing Loudon dates to the
6th, has been received At that time the
city of London was in an uproar respecting
the affair of Sir Frarci* Burdett, who had
not then been committed to the Tower, and
refused to yield obedience to the warrantor
the Speaker of the House of Commons. The
Tower guns had been loaded, and the guards
doubled. A mob had broken the windows
of many distinguished ministerialists, and
further riots were expected. A meeting of
Sir Francis Burded’s constituents had been
called.
“ Mr Armstrong had engaged a passage j
jn a private vessel, the John Ad.iris not af„
lording 1dm sufficient accommodations. Ac'
counts from Paris in London were to March
2&ih. Mr Armstrong had forwarded a letter
to Mr. Pinkney, to which an immediate an
swer is required, and to its transmission the '
British government had afforded facilities.
A war ?/as expected between Franee & the
U. S
“ Mr. Morier (formerly minister at Con
stantinople) is appointed by the British go
vernment to succeed Mr Jar.kr.on as minister
to the U. S. ; and the John Adams frigate
bungs out terms of adjustment tor ratifi
cation.
” The schooner Betsey, Stanley 100 days
firm Ali< ant, and a schooner from Kiel, last
from Cork, hare also arrived at BhIc' i.
*• A vessel from Algiers has arrived at
Portsmouth.”
Boston, M y in.
Accounts from Naples to tne 27 .,i of Ft b.
mention the arrival th« ir. of the sc hr. Loui
siana, New hall, which vcaasi wa* captured
>n entering the port, and would most likely
share the same fate with the vessels previ
ously seized. The Trent’s cargo had been
confis -ated and sold. The brig 1’henix, Has
kell, had-arrived from Algiers empty ; and
government had been petitioned to have her
cleared and permitted to load with oil, but
no answer had been given ; although the
minister bad express verbal assurances that
American vessels, arriving empty, would be
allowed to load with Neapolitan produce.
2E>egt=3jninc$.
Kingston (Jam. J jlfiril 21.
An American brig, in 25 days from Mas.
sacliitsetis, with lumoer, arrived on Monday.
On the 4th inst. off Bermuda, she
fell in with the Emulous and Halifax
sloops of war of 13 guns each, with a large
French privateer of four guns and 90 mCn,
which they had captured two days before
The John was brought to on the 9th inst.
off Nevis by the Swaggerer brig of 16 guns
the commander of which informed Capt.
Clarke that lie had been chased the preced
ing evening byseveh French line of battle
ships, and requested him m deliver a letter
to the Governor of St. Kitty, apprising him
of the enemy using in these seas.
An American schr. from Amelia Island
and a sloop from the United States, atid last
from the Havanna, arrived on Thursday.—
On entering Port Royal they were immedi
ately detained by the Garland frigate.
By the different orders in council receiv
ed by the packet, our readers will rejoice
to observe that the permission, granted by
the order of the 12.h April last year,
lias been extended to the 21st Ilecem
her next, and a power given to the Gover
nor still further to extend it to the 21st De
cember, 1S11, for the importation from neu
tral colonies of the articles of«.lnmber and
provisions therein enumerated, and for the
exportation to them of rum, molasses. &c —
The duties laid on vessels and goods belong
ing to the U .ited states by the Legislatuie
of this Island, have in these orders been re
cognized and confirmed; and we are glad
to notice that the necessary articles as staves
and lumber are allowed to,be imported in
any ship or vessel, although these articles
are not the growth and produce of the coun
try to which such ship or vessel belongs.—
Ilis Grace the Governor in his Proclama
tion, which follows the Orders, has with e
very attention to the welfare of this island
been pleased to grant the permission to the
utmost extent of his instructions.
Captain Ridgeway, who arrived here (N.
York) this morning from St. Bartholomews,
informs usgthat Admiral Cochrane had an
nulled his proclamation interdicting trade be
tween that Island and the British posses
sionsin the West Indies. This information
Was received at St. Bartholomews a few
hours before Capt. Ridgeway sailed.
jY. Y. Com. yldv.
^omegtic.
Washington, May 23.
YVe understand, on the authority of a let
ter from Mr. Forbes, Consul of the U. Stales
at Hamburg, written at Copenhagen on the
3d of March last, “ that by a royal order,
privateering was immediately to te*xom_
mence.” There is therefore reason to fear
that the trade of the U. States to the North
of Europe will have been put in as perilous
a situation as that to the other parts of the
Continent.
The extraordinary delay of the Marquis
Wellesley' in answering the letter of Mr.
Pinkney /rrovea the British ministry to have
been governed by events in their occuirence
posterior to the dismission of Mr. Jackson.
Had they, as they should have, been, exclu
sively influenced by that act,with the circum
stances that led to it, no reason for delay
could have existed. The case was tooqdain
and isolated to embarrass the most ordiha..
ry judgment. The facts were amply stated
by botli parties. The wide field of antece
dent negociation on the complicated affairs
of the two nations in this instance presented
no obstacle, and Mr. Jackson was at least as
fully heard as our government. The requi
sitions on our part were lew and simple, and
called for dispatch. In such a state of
things the reflection of a day was as good as
that of a month, ami thejudgment must have
been as ripe for decision as it ever could be.
A prompt compliance with our requests
! would have been no less honorable to the
British government, than promotive of the
, best interests of the nation it represented.
It would have revived the wanting good will
of the two nations, and produced, certainly in
this country, a zealous disposition to yield
much for the sake of an entire restoration of
harmony. On the other hand, tiiat govern.,
ment must have been sensible that a reluctant
fc tatdy acquiescence in our demands, would
assume more the air of policy than of justice,
of compulsion than of a spontaneous disposi
tion to do what was right. Such must have
been the feeling of the British government,
had it considered onr requisitions reasona
ble. On the contrary, haditviewed them
as unreasonable, the obligation was equally
strong to give an immediate answer, that
we might be enabled to form an unambigu
ous estimate of its disposition, and pursue
measures dictated by the actual state of
things, instead of be mg bewildered in the in
extricanie mazes ot doubt and mystery.
The demand made by us, indeed, ho loudly
called for a speedy decision, that the annals
of diplomacy may be ransacked in vain with
out finding an analogous case attended with
such dtiay* even in those dark periods when
force was the acknowledged arbiter between
nations. /Yt this day such a delay would not j
have been tolerated by any European gov.,
eminent, which would, long before it elaps
ed, have done itself justice by dismissing the
( trending milliner. England hefself would
most unquestionably have pursued this
The delay, then, was unequivocally there
salt of circumstances foreign from thecrigi,
nal i «. These Were, either—
1 The existing stale of partiei in Eng
land :
2. The political divisions among us ; or
3. The line of policy of France towards
us :
Separately, or collectively, these causes
dictated the stately and measured answer of
the M (i quit Wellesley.
1. VVc Know that the present English min
1 try tottered to dissolution at die very mo
rat nt it drew its first breathy and that it has
ever since been exposed to the sevdSatt par_
( xy ms of which the Parliament has been
the theatre, in this state of mixed infancy
and dotage, it was all important, to avoid any
thing like u t epturn with America, hi the
m:dsi of a wide spread defeat and tliseoir.fi •
tare of ttie British arms, when every ray of
hope was quenched in the fatal bogs ofWal
chcrcn, and the right arm of British powei
paraiisetl by the rapid disappearance ofspe
cie and the consequent depreciation of the
paper currency, when added to all this, so
great was the demand for grain, as to have
rendered necessary the licensing cf vessels
trading to France, which at one time a
mounted to above fiv\r hundred lying in the
Thames, it wao not fioliiic to add to her en
emies or increase her ddficulties. The non
intercourse with her was still in, at least
nominal •. xistencc. and might he enforced;
at any rate, the apprehension of such an c_
vent might have thrown a weight into the
adverse scale, which, added to that already
in it, might have been fatal to live retgning
party. Hence the importance of assuming
the air of great candor, and of a resolute spi
rtt of conciliation towards this country, a spi
rit that would, in the activity of its zeal, ex.
tract good from evil. In the mean time, the
session or Parliament was passing away, the j
ministry were pluming themselves on the i
amicable relations with this country and j
gaining no mean accession of strength from
the reputation ; Mr. Pinkney was, with un
suspicious, and even injudicious, eloquence,
panegyrising the ministry, and, perhaps,
more than all* the impression was senia
cross the channel that America and England
were soon to be the best friends, thus awak
cning the jealously, if not active hostility of
France towards us, fur causes which had no
existence. Even on the 5th of April, twen
ty two days alter the dclivtry of Lord Wel
lesley’s anwer, we find the British prims,
ministerial as well as others, exulting in the
prospect of an accommodation and evert trea- !
ty between the two nations; nay, the treaty
itself is said to have gone out.* In this ex
pectation the British Parliament will in all
probability ere this have adjourned, and un-1
derthe same expectation the good people of
; England, in all likelihood, will for months to
come, be gaping for the returned treaty
an expectation which will gain strength from
the removal, instead of enforcement, of our
non intercourse, which they will not fail to
ascribe to the confidential good understanding
between the respective governments.
2. Our political division.? have eminently
fostered, if not imperatively dictated, the
conduct of Britain towards us. So long as
we presented a united front, while the spi
rit of faction slept or feared to raise its
head, so long as the loud burst of indigna
tion resounded through the country, and so
long as the representatives of the people
appeared to uphold, with unhesitating reso
lution the course taken by the Executive,
the British government exhibited every dis
position to do us lull justice, not merely in
this case, but in al! others. Attend to dates
and contemporaneous events, and mark the
effects!
Mr. Pinkney received his despatches on
the 27th of November, and on the Saturday
following had a conference with the Maiquis
Wellesley, in the course of which he ex
plained to him fully the grounds upon which
he “was instructed to request Mr. Jackson’s
immediate recal.” Lord Wellesley’srecep
lion “ was trank and friendly and he left
him •* with a persuasion that we should have
no cause to be dissatisfied with the final
course of his government.” At this time we
appeared to be united. Most of the federal
presses espoused the side of the government.
Only two or three formed an exception to
this honorable spirit. This state of things
remained unaltered until more than a month
aher the meeting of Congress, when the
proceedings in the Swnatc held out the flat.,
tering prospect of an almost unanimous sup
port ot the President by both houses; and,
under this impression Mr. Pinkney on the
2d of January presented his letter to Lord
Wellesley, whose immediate answer was
expected. Had the answer been promptly
made, there is the strongest reason to be
lieve that its tenor would hare been very
different from that given ten weeks after
wards; it is probable, that it would have
officially admitted Mr. Jackson to have been
in the wrong, announced his immediate re„
cal, and named a successor of rank and ta
lents actually substituted in his stead; con
nected with the expression of an ardent
hope that all existing differences might bo
settled without delay by Lord Wellesley and
Mr. Pinkney, under the assurance of the for
mer that he was not wedded to any set of
men or to any particular doctrines.
But, unfortunately, while the pen of the
noble Macquis was probably engaged in
drawing up such a note, intelligence was
quickly conveyed across the Atlantic, that
chilled the warm current that flowed fresh
from his heart, and afterwards gave it a
contrary direction. Party had again raised
her hydra head in this country, and through
the channels of communication with the
British government, held out the hope, that
she would be able to carry every thing be
fore herf.
Averse to yielding more than was requi
site to gaining their ends, the miuistt-y he_
sitated to take any decisive steps, resolving
in the interim to watch events. This in
decision, no doubt, emboldened the enemies
of this country, as well in as out of the ca„
binet. For if the ends of Britain were to
be attained in consequence of our divisions,
without making any concessions on her part,
or abandoning me ground she had taken, it
is easy to calculate the odium that would
have been cast upon men, who had resolute
ly formed a treaty of reciprocal stipulations,
involving important sacrifices, which, how„
ever just, could nut fail at once to shock
powerful prejudices and to Wound the nati
onal sensibility. This pause proved faial;
every arrival from this country painted in
glowing, and probably exaggerated colors,
our divisions, and the enereasingstrength of
the opposition, until the conviction was pro
duced that not only no effectual measures
* “ It is generally believed,” says tbe Courier
of March 28, fourteen dcys subsequent to the
date of the Marquis Wellesley’s answer—** that
a project of an arrangement between this coun
try and the U. S. has been agreed on with Mr
1'inkney, and that it has gone on to America in the
John /.dams ”
t Take the following extract from a London
pr.nt published in March, as an evidence of the
effect ofour divisions on the public sentiment
in England :
“ Aifttncan papers arrived in town yester
day.
“ The question on the comparative disadvan
!• gc» of w.ir with Great Hritain and France, has
occasioned much discussion in Congress, and
indeed throughout tiie United States’; and wc
aie happy to find a more just disposition to ap
preciate llics consequences of a war with this
country,than has hilheito been displayed in A
merics, begin* to be prevalent, rite rctofuiiont
of the local /efit/utwe of MnttadntteUt, on tin
dumnatl of Mr. ynekton, refer to this tuojert,
rmU tannotfaii, wr thouid hope, no incite a due
imprution c n every totter minded nt'th tn the Uni
ted Sweet * i
would he taken to resist die aj*»rcsi»iofis on oiir
maritime rights, but that ev* u tUe existing
measures, inadequate as they were, would
most probably be abandoned. Sooii, ivp have
no doubt, - as the purport, and such the cl.
feet ol the intelligence sent from this coun.
try about the beginning of February,
u. Easily, tire line ut policy pursued hv
France towards us may have ii,-»d no ineoo
side ruble inlluence. on the conduct of the
British government. The ste dy object of
each of these powers is to embroil us with
the other. If, consequently, we would a
gree to make war upon France, England
would revoke her orders in council; or, if
we would make war upon England, France
would rescind her edicts. As this appears
to be the end at which they aim, so nothing
short of it would seem to satisfy them. This
makes each government jealous of the least
aspect of our conciliation with the other, He
studious to take steps to avert it. Accor,
dingly, when, on the dismission of Mr. Jack
son. there were strong indications, manifes
ted by France, cf a disposition to revik",
or essentially modify her decrees, under the
impression, perhaps, of a serious rupture
between us and England, the British minis,
try may have deemed it good policy to lower
then* ordinary tone to us, and to give us and
France to understand that the dismission of
Mr. Jackson, solar from impeding, would be
converted into the moans of accelerating the
complete adjustment of onr differences ;_
calculating that this would have trie effect
of cooling the amicable feelings of‘France
towards us, anil of inducing her to wait for
the is.ue of our depending negociatton with
Britain The fact is. that the disposition of
the French government shortly after under,
went a considerable change, and that a pe
r'rcl was put to the relaxation of her edicts
Ilad that government, on the other hand,
assumed either the attitude of ro oked hos
tility, or marked friendship towards us, it
is highly probable that Britain would have
seen it to have been her policy to grant us
without delay all we asked.hat. Inr.
Some doubts have been expressed in some of
onr prints of the genuineness of the note of the
Due de Cadore lo General Armstrong. \Ve have
received a Paris paper, which dissipates ali doubt
on this'head It contains the note which, on ex
amination, we find to have ben faithfully, though
rather clumsily translated. The note itkl 11 .s
not dated ; but “ February 8:h,” is added in wri
ting by the person in Paris, from whom the pa
jjpr is received, which probaly indicates the
luaie.—Mat lnt.
Triplicate.
Extracts of a letter from Clcn jtirmstreng
to the Secr-'ary of Stare, dated
Paris, 17lh February, 1810.
“The note from Mr. Cbampagpy, a co_
py of which is enclosed, was received ves
lerdav”
“This goes by the way of England and
may not bu much later in reaching you than
my dispatch of the 28tli ult. which took the
same road.”
The undersigned has rendered an account
| to his M jesty the Emperor and King, of
the conversation he lias had whh Mr. Arm.
'strong. Minister Plenipotentiary of the U_
niied States of America. His Majesty au
, thorises him to give the following answer:
I His Majesty should consider hi3 decrees
of Berlin and of Milan, as violating the prin
ciplcs of eternal justice, if they were not
tlte compelled consequence of the British
orders in council, and above all, of those of
November, 1807. When England has pro
claimed her sovereignty universal, by the
pretension of subjecting the universe to a tax
on navigation, and bv « oiling the juris.,
diction i,t her Pard -.ent over the industry
of the world ; iiis Majesty thought that it
was the do y of all independent nations to
defend their sovereignty and to declare as
denationalised (denationalises) those vessels
which should range themselves under the
domination of England, by recognizing the
sovereignty which sue arrogated over
them.
Ilis Majesty distinguishes the search (la
v:site) from the recognition t(reconnais_
sauce) uf tne vessel. The recognition has
no other end than to ascertain the i.-,iity of
the flag. '1 he search is an inter’oi i- quest
held, although the verity of tin i.- g as_
certamed, and ot which the result i. either
Hie impressment of individuals, or toe con
fiscation of merchandize. or the application
of m bitrary laws or regulations.
His M'-ijesly could place no reliance on the
proceedings el the United States, who hav .
ing no ground of Complaint against France,
comprised tier in their acts of exclusion, Sc
since the month of May, have forbidden the
entrance of their ports to Franch vessels,
under the penalty of confiscation. As soon
as his Majesty was informed of this measure
he considered himself bound to order repri
sals on American vessels not only in his ter
ritory, but likewise in the countries which
are under his influence In the ports of
Holland, of Spain, of Italy and o£ Naples,
American vessels have been seised, because
the Americans have seized French vessels.
The Americans cannot hesitate as to the part
which they are to take; they might either
to tear to pieces the act of their indepen,
dence, and to become again as before the
revolution, the subjects of England, or to
take such measures as that their commerce
and their industry should not be tariffed
(tarifes) by the English, which rentiers them
more dependant than Jamaica, which at
least has its assembly of representatives Sc
its privileges. Men without just political
views, without honor, without energy, may
allege that payment 6f the tribute imposed
by England maybe submitted to, because it
is light; but why do they not perceive that
the English no sooner have obtained the ad
mission of the principle, than they will raise
the tariff, in such way that the burden at
first light becoming insupportable, it will
then fie ntce-sary to fight for interest, after
having refused to fight for honors
The undersigned avows with frankness
that France has every thing to pain from
receiving well the Americans in her ports.
Iler commercial relations with neutrals are
advantageous to her. She is in no wayjea..
Ions of their prosperity. Great, powerful
and rich, she is satisfied ’when by her own
commerce or that of neutrals, her exporta
tions give to her agriculture and her fabrics
the proper developernent.
It is now thirty years since the United
States of America founded, in the bosom of
the new world, an independent country, at
the price of the blood of so many immortal
men, who perished on the field of battle, to
throw off the leaden yoke of the English
monarch. These generous men were I nr
from supposing when they thus sacrificed
their blood for the independence of Ameri
ca, that there would so s.x.n ne a question
whether there should be imposed upon it a
yoke -..ore heavy than that which they had
thrown r>ff, hy subjecting its industry to at*
ritl ot liritish legislation and to the orders in
council of IK07.
It then the minister of America cun enter
into an engagement, that the American've»
^els will not submit to the orders in council of
i£ 'gland, of November, 1807, nor to any do.,
crce of blockade, unless this blockade should
be real, the undersigned is authorised to
conclude every species of convention tending
to renew the treaty of commerce with Ame
rica, and in which all the measures proper /,
to consolidate the commerce and the pros- ^
perity of the Americans, shall be provided
for.
I he undersigned has considered it his du
ty to answer the verbal overtures of the A
mcrican minister by a written note, that the
President of the United States may the bet
ter know the trier.diy intentions of France
towards the United States, and her favora
ble dispositions to American commerce.
The undersigned prays Mr. Armstrong
to accept the assurance of his high consi
deration.
Champagny Due de Cadohe.
Paris, 14ih Feb. 1810.
His excellency the Minister}
Plenipotentiary of. the U- >
nitedStates of America. j
Extract of c letter/font Mr. Forbes, Con
vul of ihe L/lilt'd Staten at Hamburg, te
General Armstrong, dated
Cofenhacen, March Sd, 1810.
** Agreeably to a royal order privatoei ing
is immediately to recommence.”
[translation.}
Trieste, 7th March, 1810.
Air. In afire tor General,
The confiscation of the American
schooner Elizabeth, captain Jeffery Farroll,
has taken place in consequence ot the orders
ot his Imperial anti Royal Majesty, agreea
bly to the communication made to me on the
4:ii ins.ant, by the Governor General.
1 b t\ c <ce been no ifii d ot the intentinna
of his, majesty in a more formal manner, by
the letier which the l)nke of Gaete, Minister
of the Finances, wrote to me on the 24th of
February last.
According to the terms of the letter, and
conformably to the o* dors of his majesty, it
was enjoined immmediately to lay an embar
go on all the American vessels which should
ue found, or which should arrive iii the.
ports of the Illyrian provinces, and their
caig-vs were directed to be confiscated.
I hese particulars furnish an answer to
the enquiries contained in your letterofthis
day, and I think it would be expedient t»
communicate them to enptain Farroll.
I have the honor, Scc.
.(Signed)
DAUCHY,
Count of the Empire,
Councellor of State,
• and Inteudant Geo* *
Paris, March 26, 1810.
SIR,
I have but a moment to enclose a
copy of M. de Gallo’s letter to Mr. Ham.
met.
I am. Sir,
With high respect.
Your must obedient servant,
(Signed)
JOHN ARMSTRONG;
t Hon R. Smith, So ?
I cretary of State y
[translation.]
Naples, 9th March, 2810;
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of hit
Majesty the A'trig- of the Troo Sr cilice,
to Mr. T. ilnnmei, consul of the Unit„
cd States oj America :
Sir,
I have laid before his majesty the re
peated de.nahds which you have addressed
to me in behalf of the American citizens and
vessel* lving in the ports of his kingdom.
His majusty cannot contemplate, without
pain, the little consonance winch appears
to him to exist between yonr solicitations and
the principles adopted by the government
of tHe United States, which are contained la
the provisions of the act of the first of
March of the past year, operating against
the commerce of France and that of those
states leagued with her in the political sys
tem of the French empire.
After that act, you ought not to be sur
piised, sir, at. the vigorous'measures which
his majesty the king has been compelled to
adopt against the vessels of your nation,
laden with prohibited merchandize.
With respect to the Americans who com
pose the crews of the confiscated vessels, his
majesty has directed his minister of the ma
rine to procure passages For them, in order
that they may return to America.
I flitter myself, sir, that the alterations
which may take place in the resolutions of
your government, will dispose his majesty to
-measures more conformable to his views and
to those sentiments of friendship and good
understanding, which the king is desirous
should exist, ami which tie wishes to culii..
vate with the United States of America.
Accept,
Sir,
The assurance of my very distin
guished consideration.
(Signed,)
The Marquis or Gallo*
The preceding official papers, respecting
the state of our relations with France, go far
to show that but little chance exists of an
earl/ accommodation of our differences with
her, on any principles compatible cither'
with justice or that respect which every
independent nation owes to itself. These
communications remove all doubt of the ge
nuineness of the Due De Cadore’s note to
General Armstrong, which, in point of lan
guage, as well as substance, is equally re
prehensible. The principles it assumes are
such as we never could adopt without dis
grace, and the terms are an outrage on dig
nity and decorum. With such features, it is
not surprising that its genuineness was ques
tioned, for it was scarcely credible, that a
government that, we were told, from vari
ous quarters, professed friendship toward*
us and a respect for neutral rights, should
use language only fitted to excite indiguati
j on. VVe are authorized to say, that our go
vernment had no official knowledge of the
existence of this note, until it was receiv
ed through England, a few days since, by
the Camilla. The publicity given to it must
have been by the French government, as it
made Us appearance in the Paris papers
a few days subsequent toils date—a memo
rable fact, indicating the resolution of that.,,
government* in ibus conuoi:tit»g itsel# to the- -