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'■1‘tfjjinrrrtwl*. ritjhdir riftM brata of philosa-'
nJP^ivirw t*a. i&t ;
J^MhrtftN#’ lteg^p|>it tfca litdif nation of u
jffl^^afcwiMd, nu^LolokM^irwnfd people, will
■R^R^tjtsir anther*, »oon*r or ialer-^-Let any
^Lp hooMt'nun, ask out of th»«e vutacrr* for
«K ftiaaat&hm noA-importalion an| n«m-inur
enUrte |aw? were adopted ? Ifheaaswer*, then nsk
kin if tip M«n« reason does not now **i»t I
Tberednr tiouof tht army and navy, will proha
Hy be laid over; the friend* of, tl»e navy need not
le atarm^al tl»e vote apnn the r**olmion fur re
dertion; the federal member*, who *re all friend*
(0 a iia*«l eetaWishment voted in favour of the re
solution, as the means of getting at the little ex
emaieurW* oif the nnv*—ThrGim Rnntt; and then
loppng them «ff. The B*nk It'll and Revenue Bill
will, both be finished; the charter of the United
State* Bank will he renewed. It is said.
Overwhelmed by tbs irrasistilde body of evidence,
from both puhliek and private eonrres, winch is
before the American people, proving the hostility
•f the French emperonr towards nor country oml
It* eoronitrce; his contempt for us as a nation,
ini many the subserviency of the Vassal nations
of tbs continent of fcurope to his views—the
French partisans were confounded. One or two of
tbit leading denrnerntick paper* to the north, de
clared the’otter of the Due dt Carlore, (Cbttmpagw/)
was a forgery—The Aurora knew better things,
and well considered, that in denying iis authentici
ty, there Whs an implied acknowledgment, that the
contents Would be nfiensivv to this nation if true ;
that paper admit* its authenticity, and offers the
rfMCrhs which fellow, and which contain the sen
timents,of a great proportion of the demnt ralick
pitly. ft is W wonder that France ireats us a -
#hedrt«—l ot let the remarks of the Aurora sffi!<
for themselves; they are given as we find them
without the alteration or point, dash, italick, or
capita).
uBy the note from the Oik dcCadore, t!ie French
ta&istar for foreign aft.irs, to gen. Armstrong, pub
IKhcd m the Bns'ifeb newsjmpers, France appears to
«M*r.
as favc
______ ' disposed to the commerce of
this'country, as wider the circumstances of the world,
HSd odrjwn wavering snd unequal policy, we have
i4,r# ta ex/iect. We have for a considerable
length of .time been in a state cf uncertainty as to
wVM would be the ennduct of France to our com
nterfed in c'jse we armed, our ships and forced our
way mto her port*. If w?s very generalli believed
that aha would permit us to carry on no commerce,
•n^w<mW sell* our vessels and cargoes as soon as
they arrived. She now repeats what she has for*
merly said—that he vtiil tes/ieci the Into of nation*
and tip righ:t tf. nation/1—and recognizes the U.
States** » neutral nution, whenever the U. States
■MpeCts herself; and the French minister proposes
^Hekly—(pro*ided the United States will enter in
to an mnagament no/ to •ubmit to the British orders
in.eowaU.hmr to any dreree of blockade, unless It
lntooacu, iwr iq any decree oi oioctacc. ur
* ’*■ “ ■'‘“'“fl i to renew
shall b« rr«f> to enter into a convention, to
thajrreHjr- hr. commerce with America, and
and to ar
ra^e in measures proper to consolidate the
. S the com
I nMItthe prosperity of the Americans.
“in bosioms then with France is brought to the
iMfUli TM€fi«i» bas arrived, an l°ng fore
I, when mo matt make a choice between iodepen
i*nd submission—between freedom and htaVe
Imr rights and wrongs. We must nov)
r the question to France and to the whole
, hr wrey'er be silent and contemptible,
tre.w* willing, to suimit to the British orders in
_. sf, which we nave declared ten thousand times
over tube infamous, illegal and, subversive of our
Tichfelfs independent neutral nation, or will w
“ff wnSy ww will not subipittothem-then is the
commerce, wotonly of Frimce but of all Kuiope, o
pou to us, which takes off mere than four-fifths of
•ur opfiii ' ' i
If we hesitate to maintain our own right*, whom
e^werttpect toTegard them ; if we even remain
eilfent, we aMpi trice in tlje Bi itisH order* in enunc.il
~*nd thniMlcprivc ourselves of a market for four,
fifth*.of m»r cirttnn, tobacco. rice, wheat, fcr. ton
KVK.HT POUT Qtf
T«t*OKi>t**WT OF Eu«o»r< »nd be viewed in no
igbUlMO T !t F. CuLONJ >TS A:.D VASSAI s
«"Jhr: equation of cotton h increatht*. in Twr
ley aiwthe Archipelago—ami the culture of tobacco
InCMM?* wrapully in ftsawce, Germany, kp.llnt
«u»w wt on, bf speedily renewing the intercourse
with-the^ntinent. arrest tint progress of that in.
crCmg,, ihnf Will hy and hj-t have no eccavkm
W tawplie* of thaw of attieies from the United
EUtffc^lfa* acmoment k now m heiost in coming to
trewkthm wArthy nf a frie people. '
« We.jh*v«hut the eltenmke to declare our de
termination to maintain out rights, to resist the'
cfl.i atod follow it op by'arming
prf cotpmtroe wherever
... tiatyl ■' ■
f shy thing to he more prepo*.
patJMUives of justice will in
• —, —-i any Concessions to the United
f dfmrate iw the >** itgamst her into.
■tCIMWCf b*t strong Ones ever have nr
nytistieg from that nation.
PffcW*®* .i>Wv m**VU*>. contrary to
“*! I* itht ppena,
’V tfcuthorr ii no >«>otivc for hr>s*
—fwhlwP»%ii(ce*. and that »cv poli
** '**?'**** i* ih out favaur.
"‘fwi|(llrfcv day* hef we the present adviced
tea
-'ijjte' —^ '**r ■
'llfr W*«ifboro* Citt, April 19.
The SejMli for the two last days has been prin
cipally engaged is the discussion of the bill provid
ing for the establishment of a National Bank.
Geu. Wiutnrsox arrived in thia rity last even
ing.
PHinancLnua, April 16.
fitters, by the last arrivals irnm Kurope, state
that the Americans were leaving' France under the
apprehensions of an immediate rupture
Among these letters we understand there is one
from Mr. Short, to that effect.
April 17.
Extract of a letter received by a commercial bouse in
this city, from their a fra t in France, dated
“ Bordeaux, Feb. 4.
“ As I was about rinsing this letter, D.-, who
■ ante from Bnideuux, and was earned into St. Jean
I.U2, has received add shewn me the following let
ter from General Armstrong, dat*-d Paris, Jan. SO.
“ I hr e rneived your letter of the 24th inst. and
exceedingly regr-t the embarassments with w hirh
you have met: the explanations 1 have received
with regard to tb» sei/ura made of all our ships, &r.
m in* puns in jpam hip not oi a cnaractcr to trau
qu'iize you.. Tney are said to be the r*suh of *
prill ipie adopt <1 by his majesty, that a roinm. rce
denied to Fran«e«hli; not l«e permitted to her allies.
The presumption H that ronr rase will be s*nt be
fore-the council of prizes; you should therefore
make your protest before competent authority and
forwaid it with power to employ att.-raies if neces
sary, to Mr. I). IS. M irsden, our agent here, signed
J. Armstrong—You may formas good conjecture
as 1 can at pr-sen' rrom :he contents of this letter.”
From ihe Rrmfon Pulladium of Friday April 13.
VERY LATE NEWS.
By the ship .Juno, w hich arrived yesterday in a
very short passage fioin London, papers to the 12th
‘March were received.
The Morning Post of March 12, savs, “ we have
reason to hope that the-negotiation between the
mat quia of Wellesley and Mr. Pinkney has taken a
favourable turn and thus, we trust, the evident
designs of Napo1-on will be frustrated
An order oi council has been issued for' eontinu
ing open the West India i-Munil* to vessels from the
United St ites, until Dec. 181! and six musts af
ter pence if the colonial government think proper
1 be' free exportation of cotton from England, to
pla. eg not blockaded, is allowed,
1 be subject of commercial licenres have been un
der consideration iu the British parliament; and pa
pers relative to the subject were railed for and
granted. The earl of Lauderdale pledged himself to
prove that th«r Licences bed actually injured the
cummercml iutaresis of the country.
The earl of Chatham had retired.
Paris dates lu the London papers are to the 4th
March.
Intelligence from Cadiz is the 2.9th of February.
It had nearly 40,000 troops within its walls, fit was
well supplied with money, water and provisions—
The British him! Spaniard* had prevented the French
iroin attacking the city. Several furls they had e
i ected had been destroyed by the gun boats ; end sc
vcral surcesstul euterprizts had t*ea made against
parties of them on the main land. Deputies from
Joseph lied beeen refused admittance Ht Cad’z, and
his proclamations burnt by the hangman. Thr
members of the supreme junta are said to hat e been
arrested. Cadiz will withstand « long siege. In ’
Catalonia the Spaniards have gamed some trifling
advantage. A body of French troops were near
Uudujoz, on the Ironlieis of Portugal ; but we do
not find that kingdom had been invaded up to Feb.
2->, although the duke of Ahmutcs, on bis way to
Spam, has arrived at Bayonne, destined speedily to
subdue the Portuguese.
The French have unpored • contribution at Alge
ziras, at Turiffe end at Seville. The British and
Spaniards hud been successful in some enterprizes
against the Flench mi the main land near Cadiz.
A Paris paper of March 1, contains* communi
cation Iroru Hie emperor Napoleon to the senate,
announcing that he had concluded a treaty of mur
• iagu with the archduchess Maria Louisa, daughter
ot tiie emperor *f Germany.
A French tribunal has bteq employed at Treves
to try a prodigious number of persons.accused of re
volt in the department of Sarre, in which the insur
gents had been joined by the national guards.
A letter from Paris, Febroaby l 7,mentions the
condemnation, by the council of prizes, of four A
nerienn vessels and their cargoes ; among them was
the ship H-nriett* (late NieholsV <>f Boston. The
lame letter adds," There are many American* here
whose ships and cargoes are gone, past redempti
on.” ,;} J ,*r t ■
Despatches from Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Pipk
uey wer* brought in the Juntn 1 *
EXTRACTS
■' Mj/tke Jitnn, from l/mdon.
" . ' L*kdos, M&rr|j tf. .
‘ fa a letter received yesterday from Wotlind, was
enclosed the following abstract of aftrmf:
'fbe ehief secretary {of hi* riiAjesly’s [Louis]
roiiaciL authorised by the resolutions of February
11J hereby acquaints the director;of the rwf
tarns, itmt it is hi* majesty’s iicm and positive di
rection that [provisi'uiuliy] no American vessel
rball.ba allowed to enter the harbours of t|iis king
dom, under- any (ireteist'whatever, Je» the cSrgb'
rSbsist *i Whatever it tmtji: The plWe from whence
she com* is an equal indifference : «4fether she
nf«y not hare been in England, nr- has nof been vi
sited hf the flag ut lhn{ nation «■ her voyage. Such
vewsef* on the contMrv, will be permitfcd to felqrn
tc swb directly, without being allowed to ditrfcargr
<t ewlsin»rt of her cargo. Th* director of She ms
iqmsii ordered tn give the oecessery direction* for
the immedisit and strict efceentioirof these order*.”
M
Do«to*. April 15.
The shin Jana, Rates, arrived yasterday in this
w#"
- M* *■ «*»*
All wsre *b
the expe
chndsmnedin that
'<»«**»«« farther
r __v . .„f>t were embark)iu
-tssndtHh fi*r5pain sod P.mtlgsl. Buonaparte
---- marching troop* u> Molstein, and the n»«r
cbants were afraid every thing would be seised
there. In Ilolliaad all was French ; every thing
that arrived was seized, and alf vessels approaching
wer* ordered on.
The sister of the emperour of Russia has refused
marriage to Napoleon—war with Russia will pro
bably he the consequeurr.
The attempt to justify the Berlin decree, which
;»»«s*-d in 1806, by the orders in council, which pas
sed in 1807) would have been thought loo absurd in
any country of Knrope, but Buonaparte’s inimstei
• as taken it from the advocates of Fr.-.nre in the U.
States. Monstrous as this foolish pretence, must
appear, it has been uiged with some success by tu»
partizaos of France in this country.
The condition alone on which Napoleon will ad
mit us to a tieaiy as expressed in the concluding
p-uograph of the note to Armstrong, justified com
pletely the principle of the British ordns in council
—and it reduces the dispute to a simple question, *
question of idct—inmely, whether the Beibn de
cree of 1806' was in po ut of time prior or posteri
or to the British orders in council of 1807'—let not
this statement excite wonder—it may well excite
blushes.
Extract of a letter from John Webb, F.scj. of Ltg
horn, dated J„n. 8, 1810.
“ I have only time to inform you that all ih
cargoes at Naples, either arrive/! with ftll'rfrtciuopnt-*
rlear, or taken, are ordered to he sold—i.n leasi n is
gi ven, not can any cause he assigned : artlorgM then,
are vessels which had discharged their cargoes, and
returned horn America with certificates of tnigm
withoHt being visited. Not any process nr trial
has taken place. The Mary, at Cevits Tecchia,
had hern eh ared in the trihun.il of prizes and the
captors hniiug appealed to the council «>r state, the
sentence that the Maty was not a good prize Jwas
roniinned. Notwithstanding this, his majesty of
Naples has ordered the said v-ssel to be condemn
ed. There is not a possibility of reasoning or nc- I
minting for these events : especially as all letters |
from France say, there is a gr.'at probability that a j
treaty is actually concluded between America and
Frame.”
Letters from London speak also of the vessels be
ing condemned, as well as the cargoes.
London, Fell,22.
Letters have been received irom Berlin, which
state, that a complete revolution had taken place in
the administration oi Russia, in consrqnenre of the
exertions of the Empress Dowager. Rnmanzuw,
Araktse je, Traverse, and Kurakin, are stated to
have been disgraced. This measure, it was added,
was absolutely necessary, as the discontents, both
ol the nobility and the people, were getting to a
height that thieateued the must strious consequen
ces.
it is now said that the emperor Alexander having
assembled a large'army, apparently with the rnten
to n of sending it against the Turks, bus an a sud
den ordered it to proceed to Poland, ar,rt that it has
actually' crossed Nieincn—that be has also sentdirec
tions to bis gen-rnl acting against the Turks to
conclude an armistice for the purpose of negotiat
ing a peace with Turkey.
Salem, April JS.
Yesterday the Juno arriv at Boston, in the
short passage of 27 days -a , England. Mr. Ed
ward Lander, and Mr. Benjamin T. Picknfan, of
Ibis town, came passengers, to whom we afe indebt
ed foi .tiles of London papers.tn the 12th March.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Notwithstanding the late irritations, we have the
pleasure to hod in the English papeisslrong expres
sions of goodwill towards America and of the de
sire lor peace and. friendship. The “ Courier’ of
Marrh 9 contains the following paragraph :
1 he John Aduon ssfas expected to sail yesterday
from Cowes with Mr. Pinkney’s despatches: she
was to loach, at a French port to take up d<-spat. ti
es from the American minister at Paris. The.John
Adams, it is said, carries out with her the basis on
which it is proposed to terminate all different ■ * be
tween this rountry and the United States : it is
stated to have obtained the entire concurrence of Mr.
PinJcneu. •
Parliament had voted a subsidy to support a Por
tuguese force in Portugal.
London, March 10.
Information has been received from Holland, by
I vessel that arrived yesterday, which gives, addin
anal strength to the report of a rupture betwet n the
rnurts lit Pans and Petersburg. It is supposed
that in surh a war France would be suppirrfed'fi'rit
only-by Denmark and Austria, hut also by "Sweden
and Prussia; and from the r«htents of the foreign
Oasettes in our possession we observe that the
week befoy* lastfcajon Lagerbakee* the plenipoten
tiary of the former^ end baron Keusemnrk, the am
bassador of the latter, delivered their credentials at
hecThuiWriestandweff very graciously received.
| Match 12.
j Yesterday we received Moniteur* and other Paris
pkpersAai th% Idthinkt; The Intended marriage
inpears to occupy the public a,tte»tinn at Paris and
Vienna,. to; thj exclu^ipuof almost ^very other tub?
j A letter from the Duke of ibalitlatia (Soult) states
the enirauce jjf Sebastians into hialaga on the oth
ntt.after « combat, in which ISOOnI the Spaniards
were killed, whilst thcFrtnch, according to custom,
fosLmtriy 30 men.
! We received Germtln papery lis^night to thc^-tth
•It.—An article from the,Batiks'of the Elbe dated
ike pryct(hngd.iy mentions the additional meastres
adopted by Napoleon for the purpose of preventing
thenseduhante in rite NuUMuf Germany fr.-nrtnMl
iog with this couniry ; a division of the French ar
inyer-t* Occupy ttambnig and its dependencies ;
the lint <if the French pustom houses at Hamburg,
Ikeuita-aOdfLiiheclL ts to he tripled ; and a French
fserve was expect^y ohibifang the introduction of
ill cotnniaLproduc^ahsthcr American nr English,
mining frowsAltona yr any part of thy Danish ter
riiotyr It it sveB eekl that ad army of 66,00(1
Frenchman ts to he station on the shores of the
Oh;
purpose ofconqusnr
tibia
V*on tint .
iiS&TBS
onnot avoid
reminding the prtljtk, that t8* letter m
nur last
from Mr. Canning to..«* fcrakii|g,.ia ihe
kite*
fh,rb K.#l->ttSwitb<i^a»r.mhia of hi8 rorrMpnn
4-nra whI. Mr. Jarkatuifcclarad would b* found to
contain a second set of instructions, authorising fa
arrangenw-nt made betwefo hirnahd Mr. Erikine
in April lart. ffl’he |ru»rW,lid§id, and *o far from
giving additional latitude to MyTtrskine. ;S at least
equally restrictive and jjfrecis^witb aoy thimr be*
fore seen.—What will the administration and their
, partisans say now ?]
STATE PAPERS.
( Continurj.j
CKKAT BKITAH AND AMERICA.
Corrctfiondi ncc hetmetn AM Secretary Canning
and t/it hen. D. Rr.,kine. ■
(Laid before Parliament.)
D-spatch fron. Mr Secretary Canning, to the ho„.
I). Lrs-me, dated Foreign Offir.e, Jan 53,
.lit It there really exists in those individuals,W
who arc to have a leading share an the new edminis!
ti ation rt the United States, that disposition to tome
to a .complete am! cordial understanding with Ore it
Hritam, of which you have received from them such
positive assurances 5 in meeting (hat disposition it
won t! be useless and unprofitable to recur to a reca
pitulation of the causes from which the differences
iH-tweeu the two countries have arisen, or of the Hr- '
g"meets already so often repeated in support of
that system of retaliation to which his majesty has
unwillingly had 1 eenurso. J 7
That sy stem his majesty must unquestionably coni
tiruie to maintain, unless the ol.jeet of it can be other
wive accomplished.
rjr^r v,-p ,rn nn u,cP"m ^ vadfne
n’emliers of the government of the United States,of' a
sincere desire to contribute to that object in a nian
nrr which w«akl render the continuance of the sys
tem adopted by the British government nnr.ccessart
»t IS thought that a fair opportunity should he oilovd
fn» °.mlCto n'*r,Can ?,7.rT,n,ent to explain its mean
mg, «nd to give proof ot its sincerity.
1 he extension of the interdiction of the American
harbours to the ships of war of France .is * el] as* of
Great Britain, is, as stated in my other despatch,
an acceptable symptom of impartiality tow/rdi the
belligerents ; the first that has been pubtirklv ma.
nitested by the American government. The iiite
extension of the non-importation act to the other bel
ligerent. ts equally proper in this view. These mea
sures remove those preliminary objection* which
must otherwise hat e precluded anv useful or amica
ble discussion. In this state of things, it it possible
for Great Britain to entertain propositions which,
while sneh manifested partiality was shewn to her
enemies, were not consistent either with her dignity*
or her interests. ° ’
from the report of your conversations with Mr.
Madison, Mr Gallatin, and Mr. Smith, it appears,
1st. xiiat the American government is prepared,
in the event e.t his majesty's consenting to withdraw
the orders m council of January and November 1
to withdraw contemporaneously on its part the in
terdiction of its harbours to ship* of war, and U1
non intercourse and non importation acts, so far as
respects Great Britain, leaving them in force with
respect to France, and the powers which adopt or
act under her decrees r
2dly. What is of the utmost importance, as pre
cluding a new source of misunderstanding which
might arise after the adjustment of the other questi
ons. th it America i* willing to renounce, during th«
ptevent war. the pretension ofcatrving on in time of
w..r, all trade with ihe enemy’s colonies, front which
she was excluded during peace !
3dlv. Great Britain, fur the purpose of securing
the operation of the embargo, a„d 0'f tile bona fllle
intention of America to prevent her citizens from
trading with France and the powers adopting and
acting under the F rench decrees, is to be considered,
as being at liberty to capture all such American ves
sels as may tie found :itte;i>pting to trade with the
ports of any of those powers; with ui which securU
ty tor the observance r»f thfj eml)'«r^o, the raising it
nominally with respect to Great Britain alone, would
in fact raise it witli respect to all the world.
On these conditions his majesty would consent to
withdraw the orders in council of January and No
vember 1807, go far as respects America.
As the first and second of th«&e conditions are sug
gestions of the persons in authority in America, to
you, and as Mr. Pinkney ha* recently (batfor the
first time) expressed his opinion that there Will be
no indisposition on thp part of his government to the
enforcement of the naval power of Great Britain,
of the reguiutionsof America with respect to France,
amt the countries to which those regulations cohti
nue to apply, but that his government was itself a
ware that, without such enforcement, those^regula
tions must be altogether nugatory, I fitter myself
that there will be no difficulty in obtaining a distinct,
and official recognition of these conditions from the
American goieinment,
r or inis purpose y«u are at liberty t„ rnrrtinuni
cate this despatch, in rxteftso, to the A me rican . se
cretary of state. , „
Upon receiving through you, on the part of the
American government, a distinct k official reengui
tinn of the thsfce above mentioned conditions, his ma
jesty will lose no time in sending to Americn. a mi
nister fully empowered to consign them te.a formal
regular treaty. ' f
As, however, it is possible
that the delsV Which
must intervene berore .the actual conclusion of a
treaty, may appear to the American government Wf
deprive this arrangement of part of its benefits', I
am to authorise you, if th%{ American governmi tX
should be desirous of acting upon the agreement be*-*
fore it is redur.ed-t« a regular form, either t>y theim- ’
mediate repeal of the embargo, and the other acts in
question, or by engaging to repeal them on a parti
cular day, to assure the American governmeftf'of Ilia
majesty’s readiness to meet such a disposition in Hi®
manner hestcalnila’ed to give it jminadi ute effect.
Upon the receipt here of an oftkhf note, ebht|»
ing an agreement for the adoption,- bv th® AmerwHr
government, of 'the tUreq^org^tions above specified,
hjs majesty will be prepared cm the faith of such en
gagement, either immediately (if the repeal-ifi'all
hyve been immediate inrAroefici} nr oh-any day*pe£'
c^ficd by»the Aateric -in government for that repea%';
remprorally triwr.sl the orders of council, without '
waitiqgfor the cgncji sio i of a treaty.
And you are author w U iu the circumstances herd >
in described, to mg(t«i such reciprocal engagement
on his majesty’s behalf —I am, See. • *'
(Signed) GEORGE CANNING;
No. 4.—-Despatch from Mr. Secretary Cary ling, to
the hon. David- Ei-vkiae, dated Foreign office, Jan.
■23, 1809. . i ,
Hi ft—In your despatch, No. 47, aiming the other
impofpun suggestions which you state yi'qr-elf to*
have received from Mr. Gallatin, is one. the rurput
of which is, that supposing ail the existing di# mi
ce* between the two countries ibhe tfi»ne irwcy./ th®
system of their commercial intercourse miyht (iebrt.
ter regulated by the short and simple v«r«rnu-nt. ei
ther to admit each other* producfkns An oo a«l
reciprocally to place each on the fom.ng < mV iy»at
favoured nation, t^an by any mute minute Siidconi
<* Which this rejjeirio*Hp*