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ceredesirs of|»W Majesty a go
which mighl
•bstruet tha renewal of
itercourae W
tween the two
" fiftidiil.
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hren
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IC1SWVU* ' • ' H; P .*,'4 S&
Hie majesty hai cffiiinanded me to express hie
concern, that the oflirut communication, between
Sets majesty's minister in America and the govern
ment of the United States, should have been inter
rupted, before it wee possible for his majesty, by a
ny interposition of hie authority, to manilest Ins
invariable disposition to maintain the telatious 01
amity with the United Statee.
I am commanded by his majesty to inform you,
that 1 have received from Mr. Jackson the most po
sitive assurances, that it was not bis purpose to
give offence to the government of the United States,
by any expression contained in his letters, or by any
pert of his conduct.
< The expressions and rondoct of bis majesty's mi
nister in America having, however, appeared to the
government of the United States to he exceptiona
ble, the usual course in such cases would have been,
to convey,ja the first instance, to his majesty, a
formal cnrrfplHint against his minister, and to desire
such redress, as might be deemed suitable to the
nature of the ulledged offence.
This couise of proceeding would have enabled
Jiis majesty to have made such arrangements, or to
have offer such seasonable explanations, as aught
have precluded the inconvenience, which must a)
ways arise from the suspension of official cnipomii
catinn betwee#friendly powers.
His majesty however is alw ays disposed to pay
the utmost attention to fhe'wishes and sentiments
of states io amity with him ; and lie has heretofore
been pleased to direct the return of Mr. Juckson to
England.
But hts majesty has not marked, withnnyfx
pression of fits displeasure, thernnduct of Mr. Jack
Sou ; whose integrity, seal and ability have iong
Wen distinguish*.! in his majesty's seme* ; and
who dues oof appear, on the pr*s«nt occasion, to
have cootmitted ariy intentioiul offence against the
government,^ the United States.
I atn commanded to inform yon, that Mr. J-irk
ton is ordered to deliver the charge of his /najest' ’=
affairs in America, to a person properly qualified to
■carry on the ordinary lulerrmirse between the two
gov’ernmtnt«, which his majesty is sincerely desi
rous of cultivating on the most friendly terms.
As an additional testimony of this disposition, I
am authorwed to assuie you, that fns majesty is
ready to receive, with sentiments of unrfiniinish*/4
amify and good will, anycommuiijraiion whicheihe
government of the United States may deem benefi
cial to the mutual interest of both countries, through
any channel of n gntiation which may appear ad
vantageous to that government.
I request that yon will accept the assurances of
the high-consideration with which 1 have the ho
nour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient aud
1 turn file servant,
(Signed) WELLESLEY.
William Pinkney, Esq. 4-r. SfC 4 c.
SIR FRANCIS BUDRETT.
The following extraordinary publication appeared
in Cobhet’s Register of March 24.
Sir Francis Burden to Ms Constituents ; denying the
power of the House of Commons to imprison the
People of England.
• Gentlemen,
1 he house of commons having passed « wit-,
which amounts to a declaration, tha* an order of
theirs is to be of more weight than Manila Charta
and the Laws of the land, ( think it mv duty to
lay ray sentiments thereon to my Constituents,
whose character, as free men, and even whose per
sonal safety, depend in so great a degree upon the
decision of this question—a question of no less im
portance than this : whether our liberty be still to
be secured by the laws of our forefathers, or to lie
at the absolute merry of a part of our fellow sub
jects collected together by means which it is not ne
cessary for me to desrribe.
In order to give to this subject all the attention
to which it is entitled, and to avoid the danger to be
apprehended from partial views and personal feeling,
it will be advisable to argue the question on its own
merits, putting the individual (however we may de
plore his pr>sent sufferings) out of view'; though,
at the Same time, every man ought to consider the
case his own; because, should the principle upon
which the gentlemen of the boose of commons have
thought proper to act in this instance, be once ad
mitted, it is impossible for any out to conjecture
how soon be himself may be summoned from his
dwelling, and be hurried, without trial, and without
•alh made againsihini, from the bosom of his fatni
- ly, info the dutches of q jailor. It is, therefore,
now tbe lima to resist the doctrine opun winch Mr,
Jones has been sent to Newgate ; or, it is high
lima to cease all pretrnsious to those liberties which
were acquired by our forefathers, after so many
Struggles, and so many sacrifices.
Either tbe house of commons is nnthnrised to
dispense with the laws of the land or is it not. If
tbe constitution be so delicate a texture, so weak
a frame, so fragile a substance, that it is to be
otlly spoken of in t-rms uf admiration, and to ha
viewed merely as a piece of curious but unprofitable
workmanship; if Migna Charta, and all the whole
•omc laws of England, be a dead letter ; in that rase
khcaflirmativeof tha proposition may he admitted ;
but if the constitution lives, and is applicable toils
end, namely, the happiness of the community, the
jieirfcct security of the life, liberty, and properly
of 'each member, and all the members of the so
Ciety, then the affirmative of the proposition can
never be admitted ; then must we be free men;
for we need no better security, iso more powerful
protection for our Rights and Liberties, than the
MJ* Constitution. IVe seek far, and we
odjp seek for, nothing uew ; we ask for no more
than what our I'mefather* insisted upon as their own ;
we ask for no more than what,they bequeathed unto
us; •• ask (or no more thou what they, in the
Testament which some .»f them bad sealed, and
which thaffost of them were ready to with their
Gloud, expiessly declared to bethe (Ntth right of
the people of Englae*!," namely-, “ tbe laws of Eng
land." To these laws we have a rig'.t, to loon,
will} confidence, for se^nrttv J .t«* their laws the
individual now imprisoned Las, through me, ap
I Sjpji
weakly
___ -voice . .. ..
'Wy command greater respect; and; f am_
w»» hope, that it may pro re irresistible, i) -ft,,—
c»«m to the hous^gf commons, in the same lone a.
the tongues of our ancestors proclaimed to the kibjs
of old, “ Nirlmnus Leges Anglias Mutnrj«(r m
our own mors clear and not Iras forcible language,
“ The laws of England shall Out be changed.”
The principle, fellow citizens, for which we are
now contending, is the Same principle for which the
people of England have contended fiom the earliest
ages, and their glorious sdcceSs fa which contests
ure now open upon record in the great charter of
orr rights and liberties, and in divers other subse
quent statutes of scarrrl} less mipmwince. h was
this same great principle, which was again attack
ed by Charles the first, in the measure of ship mo
nies, when again the people of England, end an nil
corrupted house of commons, renewed the contest
which ended in the imprisonment, the trial, the
condemnation, and the execution ol that ill advised
king. The self same principle ft was, that Wfrs«n
daringly violated by his son James ihe se.aond ; fm
which violation he was compelled to flee from the
just indignation of the people, who not only strip!
him of his crown, hut who prevented that rfuwn
from descending to his family, In all these con
tests, the courag», perseverance, und fortitude of
our uncestors, conspicuous as they were, were not
more so than tbeir wisdom s for talk as lone as »<
Will about rights, liberties, franchises, privileges &
immunities, of what avail are any, of nil of these
together, if our persons ran, at the. sole will mm
command of any man, or set of men, he seized on
thrown into puson, and ther* kept during the pie.>'
surv of thatmr.n, o- set ol tnenf If erery ohehfj-on
!>r liable at any time to be sent to jail without trial,
and without oath made against voo, and there tr
he detained .is long as it pleases tiie parties sending
you there Rerbaps to the end of your li!e) without
■toy «ourt to appeal to, without any means of r< -
di S8JJ. this he the case, shall we still boast of the
I ('as and liberties of F.iiglund ? volumes have been
written t yi foreigners as weil as by our own cnun
tryimn in praise of that part of our law, which, in
s > admirable .a mann r. provides for our personal
9deiy against any attacks of men in powei. This
has indeed, bet u, tn oil ages, tl e pride of oui coun
try ; ..ad it is the niro ten mice rf this principle
which enabled us to escape that bondage, in which
all the states i’i;.f kmgd ms in Kuiope were enthral
led oy ab; ml m'Hg and yielding it up ; and we may
i e-assured, that it we now ahandon it, the bright
«*”>’• I England's gh ry will set in the night ot her
iifUK.
But I would fain balieve that such is not to he
mr tii-.. _Oor 'forefathers made stern grim visaged
Pt rrogtitht hide his h-ad : they broke in pieces his
-,|fl massy sword. And shall we, their sons,
.e air ti i entci the lists with undefiueri Priviltdgt,
of assoni.ng the powers of Prerogative ?
I s. ai! .e told, perhaps, that there is not much
da.iper .d mis power hemg very treepienily exercis
'd- 1 m apology may he nude ,f..r the exer
cise ol any power whatever. ! do not suppose that
lbi» gentlemen of the house of commons will send
uv oi y ou tn jail, when you do nut displease them.
Mr. Yurke did not move lor the sending of Mr.
Jones to jail, until Mr. Jones displeased him; but
it is not a verygreat compliment to pay sny consti
tution, to say, tbut it does not permit a man to I e
imprisoned, unless he fans done something to dts
.(lease persons in power. It would tUf,‘ difficult, I
should suppose, to lino any nun upon earth, howe
ver despotic his disposition, who would not be con
temed with the power of sending tn prison, during
his pleasure, every one who should dure to do any
thing to displease him. Besides, when I am told,
that the gentlemen ol the house of commons will nut
olteo exercise this power, I cannot help observing,
li.at though the examples may he few, their eflect
will naturally, be great anu general. At this mo
ment, it is true, We see but one man actually in jail
for displeasing those gentlemen, but the fate ot this
one man (as is the eHect of all punishments) will
deter others from expressing their opinions of the
conduct of those whb have the power to punish
bun. And moreover, it is in the nature of all pow
er, and especially of assumed and undefined power*
to iik reuse as it advances in age ; and as ^lugtia
Chsrta and the law of the land have not been suf
ficient to protect Mr. Junes ; as we have seen him
sent to jail for having described the conduct of one
of the members as an outrage upon publrk feeling*
what security have we, unless this power of impti
sonment be given up, that we shall Pot see other
men sent to jail for stating their Opinions of Rotten
Boroughs, respecting Placemen and Pensioners sit
ting in the House; or. in short, the making any de
claration, giving any opinion, stating any fact, be
traying any feeling, whether by writing, by word of
mouth, or by gesture, which may displease any of
the gentlemen assembled in St. Stephen’s Chapel )
Th- n again as to the kind of punishment j why
Should' they stop at sending persons tn jail ; If they
can send whom they please to jail} if they can keep
the persons, so sent, in jail as lodg as they please i
it they can set their prisoners free at the end of the
first hour, or keep them continued for seven years }
if, id short, their absolute will is to have the tbrrr
/si loiw iuU..t a.. __1 _ a . a ... -a.
» . »V ' 7WU UOYB uiry win
•top at imprisonment ? If they have the absolute
power ol imprisoning and releasing, why may
they not send their prisoners to York jail, as
well as to a jail in Iamdon ? Why not rontine men
■ n solitary cells, or load themwith chains and bolts?
I hey have not gone these lengths yet; but what
is there to restrain them,' if they are tp be sole
judges ot the extent of their own powers, and if they
are to exercise tlieir powers without any controul,
and without leaving the parties, whom they choose
to punish,any mode of appeal, any means of ad
dress?
That a power such as this should exist in sny
coup try, it is lamentable to be obliged to believe ;
but, that it should be suffered to exist, nod that its
existence should be opeuly and even boastfully a
vowed, m <s country, whose chief glory has been its
free constitution of government, Is something loo
monstrous to be believed, if the proof were not Be*,
fore our eyes. Had the least doubt hong upon my
mind of the illegslrty of the proceedings in tha pre
sent rase, it would htve been altogether removed
by the answers given to the references made by be
to the Great Luminaries of our Law, and to the
laws themselves. The Argument, fcy which I *o
Sxlem, Bpy it.
fftOM GOTTP.ftBlRU.
The ship Concordia, rapt. Ring-, arriv'd-at Ports
mouth ofl Saturday Ian!, Irom Gott# nfurg* from
which place ih« Sailed the Sr) April. Passengers,
Mr. CharfesC. flaveti, ot Portsmouth ; rapt. Wm.
I .reel), latem-irfer of t) e brig SWtwarrnw, <.f |'.ever<
!v, and rapt. John Bucket, late of barque Pacific, of
Sill 111, the vessels of the two latter, having been
condemned by the Danes in the high foQrl of admi
rally of Norway. Capt. Be« kfl, who came to ton h
on Sunday evening, ha* politely favoured uo with
ihe billowing interesting minutes :
“ At the lime of sailing, the ports of Sweden
vtare open to the introduction of American r«m>
merre; but apprehensions were entertained, that
the Trench minister who badarrived at Stockholm,
would cause such restrictions to be imposed, no
would prevent a free trade troin being continued
long. By an order published soon after bis arrival,
all British vessels, manufactures ft produce, except*
nS tjre aiticle of Salt, weie to be entirety excluded,
diler tlfe 24th of April. It was generally believed
injDoltenhurg, by the best informed f/mf it nas fii/o
//apart c s intention shortly to cause the sequestration
aj all American Vessels and pi i>perty. in , very po/t
on the continent where he had any influence, and tlmt
he only waited the arrivul of a great number Of v.s*
aels,/xperted on the opening of the Baltic, before
carrying his design into execution, Aire idy the
transportation of foreign pi,unite between Zeal nd
an ! fbe continent, and likewise from Alton*, hid
been prohibited, aflrl several seizures of prohibited
artirles had been nude.
By acrounts fiom liiiisla, as late as the middle
of February, nothing <>f moment h»d transpired m
that sbipife. IIs ifanqtiihty was said to be owing
to the engegotnents of Buonaparte in the relebralt
ou of his nuptial contract; hut notwithstanding
many rumours bad been in circulation that the etn
parors Alexander and Napoleon bad b*"ri-m- di»,f
fueled with ea< b }. yet it was confidently s ai d that
no war was likely to lake place imtu t ately ; for
though (be nobles nd people were much ut satisfied
wiih their servilegilli.in.'e to Tram e ; yet the tin ,n
ces o! the country were so mm b exua^usted, the va
lue of its coin so much depreciated, uhdso little con
finence placed in the stability of the government
that an event, of this kind wAs considered impossible
at present.
“ By the interference of our minister at St Pe*
tersburg, many ves els h,ve been dund-mned Which
were detected with lorgeu papers { and suit t
animation was made by him to pievent impositions
on our commernal character.
“ Seveial ruptures of American.vessels haveheen
made this season by the Danes. Their ships of war
have orders to bring in all vessels of stuple iotas rha*
racier; but the privateer* which were to have re*
(eived tbeir commissions front government to rum
.liit lunber depredations on our commerce, on the
I5tb March, were pr-vmted for the present by li e
interference of the Russian minister, claiming «
right by treaty that the Sound should be kept open
to all neutral ships.
“ The condemnations of those vessels, whose «.
gents bad appealed from the fi st decision, wer« e.
q 'Ally unjust and unreasonable in the Ingb courts >n
Cop nhagen ano those of Norway 5 the judges be*
ing in many ruses subj-rt to the bribery of li e Cap
tors, and ihe most tr fiiiig pretences admitted . s
sufhciertt ground for cunilrUinatiofi. 1*. e barque
VVilhan, Gruy, of Salem, raptured coming down
from Rossia, was condemned at Copenhagen sobly
for having joined a British convoy iu going up the
Baltic. Seve1.1l others wtfe waitiUg trial, under
similar pretences.
nwnnr» aiav 15.
We learn that'the passenger in ihe vessel which
arrived on Sunday tram London* mentions, thut lie
read at a port in the cbanuel a paper of April 8.
which contained ah account rtf the sailing of th*
John Adams from Morlaix tor lbs Uoiud btaus,
with Gen. Armstrong on hoards
Pricts at Quttenhutgh, April 2.
Georgia Upland Cotton 33 cents, Surat 3$, lla
eanna Sugar white 17, brown 15, Tobacco 13 to
18, Coffee 26, Jamaica Rum, per 70 gale. 114 dole.
N, E. 92, Indigo 3 to 4. Markets at Copenhagen
20 per cent, better (bail at Gotteuburg,
Lc1fDfc&, March If,
The folldfcihg is ab extract ol a If iter from lief.
Lin
“ Tbe contraband trade alledged to have beeh
carried on through nor elates, may be Very easily
explained.—Towards tbe close of tbe summer of
1809, the Danish privateers ceased to interrupt the
American fl tg; alter which, several under that
dag, and belonging to that nation, arrived at Col
berg, with cargoes of colonial produce, as they did
in Tonuingen, In the ports of Russia, and also in
ports not so distant,
“ These Ameitcan vessels passed the Sound, and
regularly paid the tall there, alter being searched,
and their papers examined. Now, every man, who
knows the strict execution of orders in the Danish
ports, and the scrupulous attention there exercised
to insure the total exclusion of English commerce*
will readily conclude, that the vessels in question
have been most unjustly denominated “ iuppmid w
»ret ended X. Amei kan*.“
“ But ‘he instant »ur sovereign, who was limn,
resident at Kwuigsbufg, received information of this
trade, the mtm appropriate and rigoryus measures,
were taken to prevent a, continuance j and Abe
French government, : which has been completely
niomied upon this subject, bps iully approved of
he measuresadapted." ■ » •
snunrem
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NOTICE*
election will be held at
change Codec-House, on Monday thettih „
June next, between the horn* of ten and two !
forenoon, (the 24th being bnMUy) for two i
represent ward No. i, in tte Coauawn £ __
the Borough.
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