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TAIAIIHN, AUG. I.
An Officer of the Plasencia 'Volunteer., who lIMS
artieed here, and who ;eft listerto ,le 11,,n0f the
itti Met. states, that he saw et the find place the
Alcition of Sly R. Wilton, engaged with the French
/Fern the lgab to this 11th, end that it lireasne
wily for him to rrt;fr ;lie Si.ri ade F.11:11:1.1,
b) the teen of Nloittensiqur, ill the Ili of font. d
Hosirlot; that in the attack, the regiments of Seville
end Merida distinanished thr•neelvee greatly, path.:
robots+ the fires, fermis!, and fifth compels) of the
latter, repulfinz the Freoch" cavidry, owl
eonfitieralde loc. to the enemy, who afterward,. pro-
eeeded to Salmnitocii, in iiumlwr 15,01 m men.
with corresponding artiller), leaving in
:init infantry, and al t 1000 ciivtlry in (iilistrz.
I r .A.ls, that Sir It. Wilson killed two ll:rend:men
.Ith hi. eic is halal; that the Nlariplis de la Romana
a. at lienerciite Oil the f.t or this mouth, posioog
I.:. advanced 1)0..U., C0M1)..51.21 of the cli i.frursi of
t.astile and the Queiso's within a few
league* of Salfmalica. The seta officer a•urrics
;,..fp••rt from Sir It. Wilson, an.•l proceeds for one
keen-quarters.— / bieriu de Paarljos. Aug. 26.)

'rernment of an ingintibio pftepOset unllldited by
time or circumstance, tither slot to onske‘te
reparation for the outrage cbminitted on the
Chesapeake. or not to rewind the priaciple of theft
Orders of the 7th ofJauuary and I I th of November.
ft. The temporary relaxations of the old Orders
in Council are ad coupled with one sweeping con-
dition, to wit, a withdrawal of protection from any
vessel that shall attempt to enter any port ac-
tually blockaded by any of His Majesty's ships of
war." Is there not reason to fear that the whole
of the enemy's perta will in this way be blockaded
by a naval force altogether insufficient for the
complete investment requisite to a legal blockade ?
and that vessels leaving ports thus " blockaded,"
will, on their return voyage, be seized on the
high seas by British cruisers, and carried into
Briti,lo ports for adjudication, for a violation of
the blockade ? There is the more reuses, to appre-
hend that the species of blockade here referred
to is not that recognised by the law of nations, as
if it were, the re would have been no reason for such
a provision.

3. The Order professes to indemnify American
merchants, indeed to avoid any interference with
their adventures under the arrangements made with
Mr. Erskine. But this will be found, en investi-
gation, to be an idle pretext. The larger n ttttt ber
of American vessels were destined for, aid will
have entered, British ports, with CO raroodities, in
part meant for cvsumptiou in England, in part
for consumption on the Continent. The valve of
these commodities must materially delimitt en a
sale for them on the Continent. This being almost
totally cut off by the Order of -26th April, sub-
stitived in the room of the previous Orders, the
rice* of these coinmodities in British porta have
..t tual.y sunk, and may be expected to fall much
noire ; and the American nierchisitt, instead of
making a profit, will incur a ruinous 10111. A large
!swum' of these shipments to England were, doubt-
less, meant to be deposited in that country, with
a view of future tratuportetios to the Continent.
This resource hieing now entirely cut off,
II great and steady depression of pricer will be

By the disarotral of the British 'Ministry, the
Order of April lust comes into operation in lieu of
the Orders of January and Noventher. 1807. Now,
tut. Order of April, although otherwise represented
it, twist of the public prints, will be found eien
more rigorous and oppressive to our tride than
the preceding Orders. Under these Order., the
dont trade between the United Staes and the
i'olonies of the enemies of Britain, and front the
anited States to the Continent of Europe, through
a British 'port, and the transportation of American
;,.•!.•tore. cotton excepted, through a British port,
~, mien ports, tinder certain conditious, were
el. By the Order of April they are, with
;tine; exceptions, Interdicted. The principal
antsy ituthoristd with the continent by this Order,
is to the ports of the Baltic ; allowed, no doubt by
Britain, fur the express purpose of obtaining na-
val supplies through American bottnins; a trade
e,;:ich will be likely to be inhibited, as soon
us it is seen to have this effect ; and wind.,
independently of this eneurnstance, would be of
very little vulg.e tv us, hut as a small portion
of our produce would there find a market.--
ilesides this trade, the Order allows a ttade to the
•t.utheru parts of Italy, contpri.ing Naples and a
part of the territory of the Church, the whole of but
inconsiderable importance, cotnpared with this
porta of Genoa and Leghorn, it; the northern part
of Italy, with which all trade is interdicted. To
this may be added, a qualified trade to certain parts
of Sputa and Portugal, lel endent upon their pos-
session by Englund, which are, however, too tri-
fling and precarious to be of much value to to:.—
Under this view of the subject, the arrangements
made with Mr. Erskine, attended by their recent
disavowal, will be found to operate as a mere decoy,
the emollient lenitive, of the Order of May 24th to
the contrary notwithstanding.—(Washington Intel-
ligeacer.)

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