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iA7 TE LLJGENCE.
Washington, Dec. 2,
We hear that Mr. trlkine, the
BritiHi M nifter, has received
d.i itches fr m his government,
containing the ultimatum of th t
governme nt on all the fubjecr of
negociation now pending between
the two countries excepting the
affair of the Chefapeake. This
is to form a feparate objec t of
negociation, for which a Miniffer
Extraordinary will be difpa died
by the Britilh court to this coun
try
We do not underftan 1 that Mr.
Frfkine has laid this ultimatum
befor * our government; nor have
we heard the principles which it
embraces.
[ I! 'ash ir'fton Federalist.]
We learn that our government
received no letters from Mr.
Monroe by the Britifh packet
Jre!y arrived. It was before
known, that on the 7th Sept. Mr.
Monroe addrefled a note to Mr.
Canning, i 1 co ifequence of his
inftiu&ions by the Revenge,com
plaining of rhe aggreflion on the
Chcfapeake, calling on that go
vernment for repar tion of the
wrong, and for a final difeuflion
and un.lerftanding on their claim
to take uhomfoever they choofe
to cal. their feamen, wh rever
found ; anJ alluring him at the
fam time, that he was authori
zed to concur in arrangemen's
iin. rady c lcu ated to take away
all ground for that pradlice It
i > now rumoured that the aufvver
that by the PrefiJ nt*s pro
clamation we had ta en the bu
linels of fa i ,fact ion for the ag
^rellion oh the Lh.fa^eake (o far
into our own hands; tha* fliH, I
however, the Bririfli. government
was ready to ter into a difeuf
fion of that act, if it could be
, done fep.irately leaving their ge- j
n ral claim to future negociation; 1
but as Mr. Montoe conlidered
hi.nfeif unautho-ized to fettle
this adt feparatJy, that govern-:
ment wou’d enter,with him, into
no explanations concerning it, 5
bur would fend a Mimfter to this
place for that fpecial purpofe.— !
Whether this is i mere manceu- I
; vie to void a fettlement, an.', lofe ‘
• the subject akogether in tlieend
1 lefs mazes of negociation, is to
be judged of by f he promptitude ■
or the delay of this million. In ;
the mean tim * our pc >ce is ] ft at
the meicy of their officers,whole
; intend and wifh is war with a’l
| mankind.. How can it be pre
tended that the fubje&s have no
i connexion ? They claim a right
to take thofc whom they call
thei; feamen (and under thatco
i vcr ours alfo) wherever they can
find them, even without their,
own jurifdi&ton. And i ft. I heir I
office s arc in the daily pra&ice |
oi taking them fVom on board !
of our merchant veflcls, and with
them many more of our., than of
theirs. 2. They have r pcatedlv
done the fame in foreign ports &
countries, particularly in Canton,
in 1 ilbofl, and now lately in Ma
deira, going alhorc and feizing
i them in the ftrects and houfes of
the place. In the inltance now
j in queftion, they have ex.ended
i it to the taking them hy force
from our national armed (hips.
And 4 I he next llcp m iy be to
pitrol by tiieir prefs-gangs, the
ltrerts of N' w-Y.-rk &: Nortolk,
, and take irom thence all thole
who may fuit them : their prin
cipJe evidently goes to this ex
tent. Is it then fufficient, to re
ceive fatisfadfion for an adt done
under one particular branch of
this abule, without any afTurance'
that it will not be repeated the
next day under the others. I er
tain it is, there never can be
friendfhip, nor even a continu
ance of peace with England, fo
long as no American citizen can
leave his own fhores, without
danger of being fiezed by the
firft Eritifh officer he meets, and
made to ferve as a common Tea
man on board their fhips of war:
and equally fo, that if the general
principle is not fettled now, we
may give it up forever, and let
our citizens underfland that they
arc abandoned by their country ,
to the unbridled powTer of every
Britifh naval commander.
[National hittlligenccr.J
Genoa, Sept, i.
Admiral Collingvvood is Hill
in the Archipelago, where he
colletts the whole naval force
wInch vvas hitherto in the Levant
and at Malta, in ord r either to
renew the attack on the Darda
nelles, it the Turks fhould not
conelu !e a peace with England,
or attack the Ruffian fleet under
the command of Admiral Sinia
vm, in cafe 'he emperor of Ruf
fia fhould manifeftany hoftile in
tentions againft England.
Constantinople* Sept. 2.
'Die Ingliih Ambaflador, Ea
get, has completely failed before
the DarJane les Their fleet has
not ventured to advance any fur
ther. 1 he infidious proportions
of the I ngliih cabinet have been,
rejected with difdain.