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Resolved, Thet Mr. Thomas Telford, or some other emi-
nent Engineer, be desired to survey the cuswitry betweeta
Stamford and litoritun, mud from the Piet% of Lsnu and 11 m-
beach, by the River Nene, to the Wetimid, at Stamford, at.J
from thence to Oaktaarn, in various directiods, and to pie-
pure plan. and section. thereof.
Resolved, 'I hat (heard Noel Noel, req. Joshua lept •
Odd!, F.sq. Seth Buse, Esq. Samuel Calilecutt, Esq. Id ii-
ham Jecksou, Esq. tVilliam Jobuson, Em. Thurnas Blum,
lEol• George Gouger, Esq. M.. Octaima 6i:direst, Mr.
J'intes Broom, sod 31r. Within.' element!), he a Carionictea
to receive mach plasm and sections, Sad to consider the 1111%11..
Aud thut the above Committee treat lilieety to add each per-
sins to their number, a. to than shall appear ri oper .111.1 ne-
meaty, and to call General Mettle/. Irking time to tune.
Anil that soy five or more of the Committee be a competent
number fur the dispatch of baeioese.
Resolved, That a Survey hissing bees already made of the
country bete ern Sinnifued and Oakhaue, by Ms tVlii tomtit,
rod a plan published of the line on whirl., in his opinion, •
navigable COllliliUlliCali,il between tinier places may he ef-
fected i and it Neill necessary to eideph with the standing
Order of the liosuerobik the House of Commons requiring
notice to be given in The Loudon Gaset le, and is the nearest
provincial Newspaper, three different week*, is the months
of August or, Septranhar, term* any Hid f.ir ~ Navigable Ca-
nal cars he brogglitionto the House; and to prevent the time
which would be lust, if, aft:: the intended eatery; have bees
taken, it elenshi swim that no ea ire eligible plau than that
pointed eat by Mr. Whitworth eaa be adopted • that motive
be immediately given in The Linden Gazette and The State-
fiod Met miry, that an application Is intended to he mad,, is
the mkt .4..esion of Pariorsatst, for leave to In ine id a VIIe
fir otakiug and maihtaining a Navigable l • 131 (rum Itch.
hem to Stamford. upon the hue pointed oat so Mr. mat-
worth's survey, and fur extending the same fr ins Stinsfoitl to
Huston, temerity improving the present nerM .t ion by way of
Spalding, or by Is new cat from Staudt:nil, to jo.n the Forty.
foot-drain, at, or near, a place called Gethrein Cute, below
Bourn, in the rowdy of Lincoln, front whence the .JI.I Drain
is now navigable to Boston ; aid that, a. soon as the line a
the Cmial is determined spun, • prover person be directed to
welt spun the Pi aprietom of lands through which t• 4 same
shall pass, to provers their aural w the ICI
Resolved, Tl..it MIII.IIII. lackeun.ind Johmen, Numbers In
Stamford, he ammiuted Treasurers to receive all eubserip
thins and meows contacted 114th the proprie-ii wide...taking,
and that a bnuk he opened at their oilice Immediately, fs
the parmwe of I ecris 'nix mach selarcript toe.
Resulted, That • snlieeription be now emceed into for de.
frayiug. the eepi nee of soil surveys, and the other elpenws
attending the cronlnvoceoterit of the iiiidertakicg, tied !bat
the sums au:wished .14 received by Mimes. Jackvire livid
John:int, Rimier, in stainfo..il, and be by them !Sneed to
the account iii, sad be at the disposal uf, the Cinessittie ,
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poses, shall here:Attu be desirous of beruanc; • Proprietor
of any share ur shoe,* iii the iatended Line of Crane', ties
✓em of money which be shall subset ibe `Jr prehnisary ez.
penult, AMID.: takes as part of list pus chase-sau::ey of such
slaws ire skates.,
G. N NOET.., Chreissas.
After theeliairmer. had left the Choi, .t nee
Resolved stnesiimmety, that the Thanks ot nisi- Meeting
be Iltiv•D It. Airtahl Noel heel, Est for Lie able and norm-
tat combust in Oki:Choir.

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VITILICT ThOM ♦ N CW-YORK PAPU.

The late coxduct of the Bn,tit3h Ministry has
capped the climax. of atrocity towards this country.
Their first act, the outrage on the Chesapea4v, was
an injury of the deepest dye.—lt wits declared to be,
isnauthorised ; but the only unequivocal evidence
of its tieing so, a prompt and full atonement. was
withheld. Inotead of snaking a just reparation, a inis-
lion was instituted, whose termination added insult
to injury. Close upon the heels of this mission
followed the celebrated Orders of November 11 ;
which produced, with other causes, the Embargo
and Nun-intercourse with England. These, co-
operating with the disasters of her arms, produced
the arrangements made by Mr. Erskine smith our
Government. Every commercial restriction was
taken off by us, the door to commercial intercourse
with her was widely opened, iu consequence of the
plighted removal of her Orders ; and the interdic-
tion to her armed ships, to enter our waters, with-
drawn, in consequence of her solemn promise to
make a reparation for the outrage on the Chem.
peaks', designated by herself.—Our Executive, with-
out hesitation, accepts the proffered terms of amity
—the Nation applaud it—the Legislature sanction
it, in a manner that proves the most unsuspicious
confidence, by opening the intercourse without li-

saltation, and without the least re,ervation of E'e-

cutive discretion to saspend it on auy comm.
• gtocy—our property, to an immense amount, is
iciataatly embarked ou the ocean—Congress ad-
journ in security—.when, to the astonishment of
every honest man, these engagements, as solemnly
adopted as any engagements made by man, are di.-

avowed end *instilled. not in part, but altogether,
as writ those relative to the Chesapeake, as those
relative to the Orders in Council, in the language
of Lord Betharvt, " as wholly wxmttho►ised." How

eau this be?. Is Mr. Erskine a traitor to bit Go-
vernment, a fool, or a madman, thus to commit
'himself; " not only to have acted in a way," in the
language of Lord Liverpool, " unauthorised by his
instructions, hut in direct opposition to them ?"
What those instructions weie, we cannot tell ; but
we all recollect the language of Mr. Erskine, and
•if -.se believe into a man of common honesty, and
of the meanest understanding, we must conclude
that be was authorised to make the oecittw,,s he
proposed. They were not extorted from him, be
was the fires to propose them ; and, as proposed,
err:Attie. es literetisn, they were adopted by our Go-
vernment.
Mr. Oakley arrives in this country, in • British
sloop of war, and forthwith Mr. Erakise com-
mences a coriespondesice- with the Secretary of
State, with the following letter, dated April 17:—
" I bare the honour to inform yon, that I hav'eteccised His
c ootnands, to represent to the Lk:ornament of the
Vatted States, that His tlajtsty is animated by the must
sincere desire for an adjustment of the diaerences % hit+ have
un►appily so loog prevailed between the two countries, the
• recapitulation of which might hares tendency to imperle, if
sot 1 irscat, an amicable imilerstanding.
" It having been reprc;ented to His !lfejesty's Coverts-
went, that the C.mgrese of the Visited Stabs, in th..ir pro-
edings at the opeuin4 of the Let sct.iou, had et 'owed an
intention of passing certain laws, which would plate the re-
%idiom, of flreat &gain with the Unified States upon an
equal footing, in all respects, with t*, other Belligerent
Fowls a, ! have accurAiagly remised His Majesty's com-
mands, in the event of oath law, taklisr place, to utter, on
the part of His 31ijesty, au boucrisrabli reparation for the
aggressions committed by a British staral cam, in the at-
tack us the UcitedStates fiigato rheralkolte.
" Considering the Act, passed by the Congrres of the

risited Stites on the ist of March tamed the Non
• in tanonro Act; 26 Ismiiic pioduced a state of equality, in
the relations of the two Ballieereut rumen, with respect to
the United States, l ha.. to submit, e"ofeenisbly to iustrue-
tions, fut the conveleralio4 of the A aorrieln Governmeet,
such terms of ostisfsetiln aid rep.amiati, as His Majesty
fw hislueed to Lettere will he arreptcd, in the same spirit of
ouneihat ion, with whirls they are proposed.
" lu adJituat to the prompt disarms", made by His Ifs-
lest', on beitig appiOsed of the unauthorised set, eounnitied
by his astral ufficer, whose recall, as a mark of the King's
displeasure, from as highly important and Isonnursble emu-
, stand, imiuedistely finned, Ilia Mutest! is walla; to vesture
the men ("wilily taker out of the Chesapeake, al.d, if ac-
ceptable to the Atari lean Garerniuent, to tusk, a tide
Aprotrision for the unfortunate sul!erers no that occasion "
Nothing can be mere pease or. explicit. Every
stipulation offered t% n. übeasetice to the commatid
of Ilia Nlejeety. The terms are ouhreitatiogly a.c-
eeeltql to.

The nrst day the following letter is received
from 11 r. Er+Line
lot., tlw ►onunr of isforising yoe, that Ms Najr+h•,
►eeiue limo persuaded that t►e Itoetouratile reparation ototh
►e kart canoed to be iemlereell for the uoanthorired attack
'trust the Anieckrau fr,gate Chesapeake, ...mild be accepted

1);• the Government of the United Steite., in the lISIN 'pint

of cnocilini ion with which it was proposed, has instrurted
me to sal ivfactieu, should such a happy tenni-
station of tbst atbiir like place, wino!! as having removed a
painful ease of difference, but as affording • fair prospect of
etwitpkts and corals, nnikrttanding being re-establivhed
between the two countries.
" The fienurablu change in the relations of Ha Majesty
with the I rated States, *lnch had been produced by the
Act (usually termed the Non- Intelcourse Art) pawed in the
lost sessioh of Congress, was also anticipstol by His Ms.
jolty, sod has eurooraged sr-other hope, that a reconi.iiter-
ethos of the 'Mats( diStreoces might lead to their satisfac-
tory adjustment.
" On these grounds Ind imperial ions. I am instructed to
consimenicate to the American Government, Ha Nlajestt's
determination of 'midis% to the United States, an F.iivoy
Lc-
traurilinsi y (invested pith full powers to conclude a treaty)
on all the putrid; of the relations between the two coestriss.
" In the mean time, *alb a view to coutribate to the at-

&densest of so desirable as object, Ills Majesty world be in an its departmefite, will possess an indissoluble
witting re • withdraw his Orders in Council ofJantuul wed Unity, 14 ibi enaction and execution of its mea-
Novi:umber 1807, so far as respects the United States, to the
pentaanun that' the President would issue • proclamation
itJ
fur the renewal of the intercourse with Great Britain ; and a *hat these inetu.nres will be, it may he prelim-
that, nhatever ditference of opinion should arise in the in- tore to &rids, and useless to coijecture. The
terpretation of the terms of such as agreement, will be re- powers upplicable to this ease. possessed by the
toured io the proposed neguciation." Lt. :coney, are very limited. The measures taken
We have here the same clear unambiguous laa- by Congress remove every restriction with regard to
gunge. The proposition is accepted ; and Mr. a free inteicoarse with Great-Britain, without re! t-
Erskine couches his last letter in the following lug the President with any authority to suspend it.
terms, declaring that lie is asithorisell by His Ma- should, therefore, any immediate legal suspension
jesty to take his final step. be considered requisite, Congress must be specially
"la consequence of the acceptance, by the President, as convened. Beside this step, there are two others
stated in your letter, dated the teth inst. of the proposals
within the pale of executive power—the recall of
made by the ou the part of His Majesty, in sty letter of the
saute day, for the renewal of the intercourse between the Mr. Pinkney, and the refusal to receive Mr. Jack-
respective countries, lam authorised to declare, that His Ma- son, the new Minister. These, we believe, are the
jesty's Orders in Council, of January sad November, 11107, only powers the President possesses ; sail whether
will have been withdrawn, as respects Ilse United States, on they, or either of them, will be exercised, time will
Ilse loth day of Julie neut." disclose.

Let the impai tial_wodd pronounce, on the dot a,
whether the arrangements thus offered by 31r. Er-
skine, were, or were not, unauthorised. Vile fact
is, that Mr. El skine's instructions were penned while
the embargo was in force, and under strong evi-
dence that it was intended to continue and enforce
it. Such a coutinnance and enforcement threat-
ened the trade, and manufactures, and navigation,
of England, with. vital injury. The disavowal is
made, after its removal, and w hen there wre, more-
over, a moral certainty that the whole restrictions
attending the non-intercourse, were also removed.
Then she was suffering for the want of our raw
materials. our provisions and naval stores; now
her market is abundantly supplied, nod the dis-
avowal of the arrangements made with Mr. Er-
skine, baited by the instantaneous prostration of the
price of American produce in her ports, thirty per
cent. below the prices at which it previously stood.
But to close every avenue to doubt, with regard
to the authority, of Mr. Erskine t 6 make these ar-
rangements, on the lath of June ensiling, in in-
closing the British order of the :6th of April, Mr.
Erskine addres.es the Secretary of State as follows:
$. In consequence of official communication sent to me
Gum His Mujeut)'s Gsverantent, since the adoption of that
measure, I am emibled to assure you, that it has nu mime:ion,
whatever, with the overtures, which I have been authorised
to make to the Government of the United States, and that I
am persuaded that the tertus of the agreement, so happily
concluded by the recent ncgociation, sill be strictly fulfilled
oti the pint of His Majesty."

In the mean time, the principal risk of our mer-
chants has been already and irretrievably run.
Their property, to en immense amount, is either in
British ports, or will soon he there, ready to await
the tender mercies of the tyrant of the seas ; to Ise
sacrificed under the beneficent Order of Council
just issued, or adder some more favourable dispen-
sation of justice. We presume, that so long as
these dark, impenetrable clouds hung over us, our
merchants will listen to the precepts of prudence,
and, consideriug their own interests, embargo their
vessels, and thus save their country from any con-
siderable loss, that might otherwise arise from the
freedom of the intercourse permitted by the lawi.
During this stagnation of commerce, let internal
enterprise and improvement move on an elastic
wing, and expose to foreign nations the inexhausti-
ble mines of wealth and happiness which their in-
justice teaches us to open and work.
One circicostance, though somewhat out of place,
ought not to go unnoticed. Mr. Jackson, the new
Minister, is the individual who pronounced the me-
morable prologue that preceded the tragedy of Co-
penhagen.

The attack en the frigate Chesapeake, the af-
fair of the Cambrian, and the murder of Pierce,
were considered at the time, and.attributed to, the
sanguinary brutality ofinilividualsl we are new un-
deceived. The late act of the British Government,
clearly exculpates Whitby and Humphreys.

A Ministry, that thus sports with the plighted
faith of the nstinii it represents, to subserve a fugi-
tive interest, will have a dreadful accomst to render.
If that nation can be roused to a sense of its real
interests, to the glory it boasts, with what a tre-
mendous vengeance tray it not overwhelm the
authors of this unparalleled atrocity! lilt be alive
to the honour it certainly once possessed, and which
we hope it yet retains, a will at least consign thew
to the harmless walk of private life.
We rejoice to perceive, that as yet, on this bead,
but one feeling animates our countrymen, and that
federalists as well as republicans. Eastern as well
as Southern men, denounce the conduct of the
British Government with equal spirit. This proves
that, notwithstanding the collisions of party, the
great body on each side is at heart sound. Hence,
amidst the evils which this conduct will produce, it
si ill bring with it, perhaps, the greatest blessing that
coulti•be conferred, union. Honourable men of all
classes will unite and rally round their own laws,
government. and rights.
There are some individuals, who embrace this
occasion, to condeMo the credulity, as they are
pleased to style it, of their own government. But,
on deliberation, we are satisfied they will pronounce
a differeot judgment. Our Government had no
reason to question the authority of Mr. Erskine, to
offer the terms of accommodation agreed upon.—
They were such, as we had expected would result
from our measures; they were such, indeed, as were
dictated by the true interests of Great Britain her-
self. They were proposed by an agent of the high-
est rank, were explicitly declared to emanate
directly from his government, and were ratified
with the utmost solemnity. For the breach of a
contract, thus spontaneously and formally made,
the annals of civilised communities did not furnish
11 precedent. The personal character, moreover,
of Mr. Erskine, for intelligence and probity, stood
fair and even high ; so fair and so high. that Mr.
Canning, though a political enemy, in Parliament
represented him as distinguished for his fidelity and
talents. Under such circumstances, to have refused
to accede toahe terms submitted, would have ren-
dered the Executive obnoxious to the imputation of
an indisposition to restore the amicable relations of
the two nations, and have given a handle to faction
to further its worst views. The wisdom of the act
has been attested by the aliu,pst universal approba-
tion, not to say jay, with which it was received by
the people.
• It has afforded them, too, the occasion of proving,
to the blindest hostility abroad, the sincerity of
their wishes to be on good terms with England.—
And, the approbation of Congress, it Is be-
lieved, without a dissentient, has fixed a seal upon
it. It has, consequently, served more effectually
to unite the people of all parties, sod the sevend
branches of the Government, then any other course
which could have been pursued. This, then, is an
inappreciable blessing, for which we ought to be
grateful. We may entertain a rational, a confident
hope, that the nation will rally its whole strength
round its Government, and that the Government,

THE BRITISH PRE SS,

LONDON.
FRIDAY, Novewsze

We have received some German and Dutch
Paper% but none of a lati.r date than those pre-
viously in uur possession. The report of an action
iu the Mediterranean remains prectiely u it was
uu 11 edursday.

We this day give Liu uvw COUititUtiOn of the
Kingdom of Sweden.

Some of the Treasury Journals of yesterday ex-
pressed great satisfaction at the arrival of an Ame-
rican paper, of the 35th of September, which con-
tradicts the report that Mr. Jarreasou had re-
fused to receive our Minister, Mr. JACKSON, as
Envoy Extraordinary, in tlte•place of Mr. ERSKINE.
Now. it so happens, that poor Mr. Jew VERSON has
retired from office into the body of the community,
and that Mr. Msntsos, not Mr. Jerreasou.
is the President of the United States. But this
is not all. There never was any suck report as
that now triumphantly asserted by the Treasury
Journal►, for the sole purpose of giving a colour to
their cause, by flatly contradicting it. The lest New
York Papers, which we believe were to the 17th of
September, stated, that the American Secretary of
State being apprised of Mr. JaCksom's arrival, im-
mediately repaired to Washington to receive him ;
that Mr. ERSKINE also went there for the
same purpose ; and that Mr. Jtcasoa was re-
ceived in due form at the seat of Goverment,
as the successor of Mr. ERSKINE. Such was the ac-
count given ou the authority of the New York pa-
pers, in all the London papers, including the very
prints which. now re-produce the subject, as quite
'new. But when they presume to abuse the credu-
lity of their readers by Odin, that Mr. JACKSON
was received with respect, we see their drift,
and must undeceive the public. Mr. J ACR•
SON was certainly received with respect, at
Washington, by the SECRETARY of STATE,
the only Minister then in that city ; but at his
lauding, and on his way to the Ansel ican capital,
he and hie retinue received limn the populace
every possible mark of cutiteaupt and imliguation.
We gave, in our paper of yeaturclay, au extract
from the New York papers., which .hews the popu-
lar feeling on this subject. %Ye insert another of
the same description this day.

The Bucephalus frigate, of 38 guns, Captain
Pt L LT, sailed on Wednesday, with dispatches for the
East-ladies. The Abundance store-,hip sailed un-
der her ernivoy.to the Cape of Good Dope.
We noticed, en Wednesday, a Roman Catholic
Meeting. in Dublin. on ►he preceding Thursday;
when a Committee was appointed to revise the
draft of the Petition to be presented to Parliament
in the ensuing sessions, when it is the intention of
the Catholics to press forward their claims to entire
etuanc.pation. This, we understand, will be ilmie
by distinct Petitions from the several counties of
Ireland, and not us before by one general Petition,
on behalf of their entire community.