The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-04-26 00:00:00

Or TNT. UNITED RAVI'S.

lactose, fur theinformatuin of COO geese, letters re-
ctally received from oar ministers at Paris and Loudon,
communicating their representations against the late de.
cress and orders of •Frasice sal Great BritMa, heretofore
transmittrd to Cos:trawl. These &legitimate will contribute
to the information of Congress, as to the dispositions of
these powere, sad the probahle morn of their proceedicirs
towards neutrals ; mud viii anohtleas have their dursintlueurit
in tiaptiii; the measures of the Le stature to the actual
etif.l4.

atitlintmh nothing forhiele the general ratter of these let-
ters tire.% hi ing spoken of without reet.rve yet re the putalt-
eattoo of paper.' of this deeeription would reetraiu injuri-
ously the freedom of our foreign eenvepoodeore. they are
corno+naticaird, an far, confidentially, and with lralucst that
after tieing reed to the satisfaction of hoth hinut..s they way
be etiolated THOS. JC.l'ELH3Oitt.
Feb. y 35, ISMI.
The said message and pagers accompanying the
same, bring read,
A motion was made by Mr. QUINCEY, and se-
conded, that the llou.ie do come to the following
Resolution:
Resolved, That previous to a returnuf the papers secone-
ponying the message of the Pc,,..aident of the limiter, States,
the, day eernutonirnted, t►e tied. of the House, Lake sad
minis copies thereof. .

Mal ou the oilov.tinto that the House do now pro-
ceed to take the maid pmposeti rcaolutiva into eon-
intleration,

It per4se-d in the negeive.

Another motion wai motile by Mr. l I l"fcFY and
seconded, that the {Louse do come to the tONowing
resolution:

Relatscd, that the president of the relied Sutra he re-
qnested to lay before this Wave such letters recently re-
ceived from the American Minister at Purls ea accompanied
the said Minister's representations against the late ISerrees
and Orders of France, enesinuoirated to l'olig-ress in his
message of this day, woke sorts rc-tricrtens as in his opinion
the puhlic interest may require.
And on the question that the Ilnuse do now pro-
ailed to take the said notion Ilito consideration,
It passed in the negative—peas no, UA: s

Another motion was then made by 31 r. Qui M 7E1%
and seconded, that the injunction of weird, so
far as relates to the proceedings of the House upon
the foregoing Message of the President of the
United States be removed, and that the calms he
published, and debate arising thereon. An a li.ittr. -
ineut W:l3 called for, on whidi the seitrAl orders of
the day were farther pefttionivAl trail to-morrnw.—
And then the 110n.,e adjourned until to-morrow
morning, eleven o'clorlc.

We untlerNtanil that the papers ennitnititirateil
by the Preintlent in his Ines/Awe, cans;..t u
spondence between Mr. Armstrong and the !..;t-ere-
tary of state, and Mr. Pinckney soil the Secretary
of State.

The letters of Mr. Armstrong ure not very re-
cent, and altogether relate to the 4.lllllllnititution of
the ship linrizon, w1►0,.• ca,e a... kt..l) gii en at
length in this Paper. They are con,,rntotly an-
terior to the date of the Milan ibwrec. The groinill
taken by the ;rand Judge, in juditival..iii of the
condemnation is, that the ve,,wl Lriu„ limier the
Freitch decrees, a good prize at sea, awl not less f.o
when driven on land.

The letters from Mr. Piorkney to Alr.Miuiison
are fluted No% entl•er .2.1, December It; Derea.per
119, :via! Jtvattitrk

Th,• first It tter i, of consicleral,!e koolt, awl

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• TIES wu prubabl-, a rtesulutioa to expel '.ll Gur.lrnier.

detail` sauced -coowersatiotts with Mr, Cans*
rehitiro to the late British Orders; to which the
subsequent letters are merely appentlnges. In
these commut.ications Mr. I'inckney takes a wide
awl
.foreihle view of the iiijiistice of these Or-
ders; states an opinion, that though puiiiilar,
theY will not be of long continuance; and
mutes, that from his cosiversatiocs with Mr.
Cuaoing, there is saio hope of their relaxation.—
Mr. Raise is said nwitsto have been acqtviinted wit
them on his departure ; having been secants a ape-
clot and it Laing intended that Mr. Ers-
kine should be continued as Minister resident.
The merchants had desired an explanation whether
American produce might not pass unmolested, the
answer given to which was in the negative. Mr. P.
in his discus...ions with Mr. Cunning, contends,
that the French Decree of 'November Ist is no
justification of the British Orders, the former in-
volving only the exercise of municipal powers.—
(A al. !Wel.)

WASHINGTON, MARCI 7.

Mr.ecorenst submitted the following resolution:

Resolved, That a Committee ►e appointed it; iuqu;ve into
the cxpixticticy of continuing iu force for a further time the
art for the more effectual preservation of peace, in the'ports
sad liarboug of the ()oiled States, and is the waters ruder
thin and that Vier have leave to report by Bill
or utlict ise. Agreed to.—.l4jdansed,

VAI-VOILL,MARCII 5.

An unnecessary Oahu of failure ought not to gc.)
abroad ; of the seven spoken of yesterday as hav-
ing taken place on Monday last, there were iu tact
only two, and those by uo means of the first suer-
caaile standing; one of them, I will venture to
say, hus been labouring under difficulties, and put-
ting off the evil day for more than two years past,
the other you a house or firm composed of two boys.
not et of Ina months growth. It is very probable
that the latter has been brought forward by and for
the particular convenience of the former. Many
similar stoppages have already, and many more
may possibly take place; but the greater propor-
tion of our merchants will be found able and ready
to meet their engagements.—(Public Adeertiset.)

if Evi-roalc, IkARCPI p.

_ .
The intelligence which has excited so much
alarm, relative to the re-assembling the conspira-
tors under the influence of Butt and Bleunetbasidett
is fortunately totally untr.unded.
We have seen• a letter from a Gentleman at
Washington. mentioning that nothing Thither can
be done, by Mr. Rose, on account, it n said, of his
instructions being too limited. This Gentleman,
the two t7instimajort, Mr. Erskine, jun. and
Mr. Foster, are to return home shortly. in the
Stairs. Mr. Erskine (the Minister) and Mr.
Mansfield remain here.

MARCH 10.

Captain Aver who arrived vestenli4 from St.
Pierre's, Martinique, informs, that a few dais pie-
vitals to his sailing, t*o French frigates arrived fro=
itacitelle, landed sou troops, and sailed again oa
the 14th 'February. .

. .
We 11;eeIsti1;fa;lited to the isolitenese of Captain
Avery, for a list of the duties laid by Maessrs:Joyeuse
and Law, which necesiity alone has obliged them to
prescribe fee the colony. These duties are assessed
according to the ability of the inhabitents--the
merchant pays 500 cillers, nett in proportion each
mechanic, etc. pays has frintive proportion, down to
the barber, who pu)slaut
NI. Villaret, ut his arrete, meutious, that the
Emperor of France having reduced the automat of
money granted for the use .ef the colony, to one
million of Frew., it is necessary that the colony
should, from it: in .ernal resources, supply the defi-
ciency, which is at present necessary ou account or
the accumulated expenses attendant on the present
situation of the nation, from the wars in which it is
cugaged.
It is understood, that the Court-Martial, 'which
lately air on Comma:lore Barron, hive acquitted
him of all the charges alle4eti against hits by.the
Court of Inquir. it is strange, that the proceed-
ings are not made public.

MARCH W.

♦ Freach squadron (says a Baltimore paper)
has arrived at limseterre, Guadeloupe. with .inuu
troops, which were disembarked.
Extract of a letter received by this morning's
mail, dated thatleusburgli, March 8 :
" Mr. (lardenier yesterday and this morning
wrote a letter to Mrs. Gap.killer with his own hand,
and iu a few days I think it ptohable he will ad-
dress a few lines to you. His wound suppurates
very well, and his fever has entirely abated. He
is, however, very weak, having lost upwards of tuft
ounces of 1.10041.

" Mr. Rom: told a friend, 'yesterday, that in ten
days he should he off. Mr. Foster goes with him.
Mr. Nlanstrield will reinain as Secretory to Mr. E.
skint.. One of the Cassumajors uterus to take a
look at some tart of the \Vest Italia Islands, and
the other a ill pay the Eastern States a, vibit."
A letezthy protest has been published against the
proceedings of the meeting, held in the city of
Washington. which uoiniunted James ALulibuia fur
the liresidenev.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

G4YrTENBC itGil MAILS.

GOTTRIIBURGII, APRIL
N'eiterclay At!mind Sir S. Hood, in the (.'enterer,
with to u other ..5...1., tiailei for the Sound.

Secyral more regiments are marching to the fron-
'tiers of Norway, mid we expect soon to hear of ua
attack hraviiig been made iu that quarter. IVe hare
no news froni Demo:irk ; indeed all communication
with it is for the present suspended.

♦PRIT. 13.

A traveller has arrived this morning fron11:41141::k,
which. place l►e Icrt the 1-4 April. The vessel lie
came in cleared for Fisineur, but made the port of
Ystailt, from whence lu• .:ante hither. On the 31st
March, he ass at Mealierg, where the principal
part of the vessels are assembled for the embarka-
tion of the French troops for Zealand. and a great
number of them were at that time embarked,
lint a contrary wind prevented them sailing for
four days, at the end of which time the English
frigate the cherher made her appearance, and put
an end to their project. This traveller says, that
the French bad 30,000 men in Holstein, and a
co:isiderable slumber of Inca in . uttaii.l.
From the frontiers of Norway we learn, that the
Norwegians have cut down the a oods, and laid the
branches ..f the tr., ca the loads, so a. to Ica-

dm them impassable, espreini!; ftri artillery bat
we do not learn that any other operatiou, of too.
sequence hioe yet taken plucks. Ge
has joined the army there.
His Britannic Majesty's ships, Dictator, Sistely,
and /Vassar', with several aiiiiller vftisels, reuisiu
her.,: the 1,wc(611 gillt-hunts are all going to the
Sound. Accounts frotu are very gloomy;
the Swedish arse is Still rrtivating. SWeabtlfgh,
however, Cagithle of Illaklll4 a goal INNlStanty, from
it, very stroa; 'situation, and having., it is undo),
garrison or 7udiu inen.

sTOCOIOLII, APRIL n.
General Lunn Arndt:tilt has reported to Ms
Royal ;Majesty, from the head-quarters iu Carl-
stadt, under date of the 7th• of this month, that
the Sardis!' putrolea are frequently akinai,hiug
with the eueusy, but that no action of may toast-
queuce hax taken plaLe...

Extrect of a I;tter from Helsinglhurg, March'
29—.4 This day arrived here from Drianiark,
Swede, who was detraued there, but at length ob.:
tained leave to depart. He rtatesthat Bernadotte's'
bead-quarters are at Fredericksburg, near Copra-
haAeu, where, according to accounts, 400 heatfi
ti Jurs are encamped, and that be saw there several
soldiers who did not appear to be Danes. lu the
night, between the ii3d and 24th of Mirth, a great
number of hones wore put in revaluation in C'o-
penhagen, to convey General Bernadotte and his
suit sod escort to Corfor.—The above Gentleman
went afterwards to Fredericksburg, and found it
evacuated by the French. According to a general
report which prevailed in Copenhagen. the Gene-
ral's departure was occasioned by the disorderly
coaduct of die French troops in the Isle ef
Fatima."