The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-11 00:00:00

AMERICA.

American Papers to the 15th instant have been
received. They announce the arrival of Mr. Fos-
rpm, and also of Mr. PINKNEY, in that country.—
The progress of the negotiation could not of course
be great when the papers came away ; and still less
cook the particul t:e • nown. Every thing that
is said in them, therefore, as to the probability of
an amicable or unf: iendiy termination, must be
deemed mere conjecture. Congress, it is supposed.;
will be convened on the ist of November ; when the
President, it is said, means to recommend the re.
enforcement of the Non. intercourse against France,
upon the convictio:i, N e suppose, that she has not
repealed her offensive Decrees.
It should appear, by the I,ccounts from Louisiana,
that the Spanish Governor, Foul!, is not so much

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disposed to surrender West Florida to America as
he was at first supposed. This sudden change in
his intentions may he• easily accounted for, when
the same papers state that he had just been promoted
by the Spanish Government, and been paid all the
arrears of his salary, which he complained of not

receivmg.
We noticed, some weeks ago, the attack made
by 'he late American Secretary of State, Mr. R.
SMITH, on the PRESIDENT, and reprobated the
dis-
closure of official secrets as dishonourable. A re.
ply has appeared in The National Intelligencer,
which, although announced as the production of
the Editor, was, no doubt, written, or at least re-
vised, by Mr. MADISON himself. It declares, that
Mr. SMITH was dismissed from his office as Secre-
tary of State, on the grouir!s of incapacity and
want of integrity, and investigates his conduct with
great severity and no little abuse. The most in-
teresting part to an Englishman, will be the follow.
ing account of the principle and provisions of Mr.
MAcoN's celebrated Bill, as it originally stood, as
it will serve to elucidate the political relations bf.
Great Britain and America.
The h'll proposed to exclude—l. all armed vessels of Beige-
rents---2. all unanne t vessels of Belligerents.
its effect, as applied to England, would b, as follows:—her
vessels not being admitted into our ports, ad our exports to and
imports from her dominians would have been in A tnerican ves-
sels. un!ess she exclueed these; and to meet this contite;eirey
another clause of the hill was to prohibit importations of Eng-
lish produce or manufactures, unless bra ght in A • erican ves-
sels, and from the place of growth or produce ; that is, British
manufactures from Great Britain alone, ~nd West India goods
from the British Wes India islands alone.
What must England, then, have done?—Either, 1. Submit to
our I tw, in which case all com•nerce would be carried on in
our vessels, setting al her shipping interest against her Govern.
merit : Or, 2. Exclude by ret diation our vessel, • in which ease
(by reason of the cause of :mi. bill last alluded to) she herself
weuld forbid the exportation of her manufactures into the
United States, setting all her manufacturing interests against her
Government.
The consequence of all this would be, 1. As to ourselves, we
should have either a monopoly of commerce and navigation with
Great Britain, or a complete and effectual nor-intercourse; which
net d not 1w enforced by our own obnoxious laws, and of which
domestic enemies would not attach the blame to our own go-
vernmeat.
‘2. As to Great Britain, it afforded the strongest weapon to
force her to repeal her Orders in Courted, since she could noe
keep them without offending her manufacturing or shipping in-
terest, or bo h.
3. We could sustain this system for ever, thereby avoiding the
unpopularity and inconvemencies of perpetual alterations. And
this being wa known to Great Britain, would enfoi ce still more
the necessity of repealing her Orders.
4. It entaegle•i us with neither power by pledges or con-
; tingent acts, and left us on perfect.y independent Americas
ground.

A merchant ve:sel has arrived at Falmouth from
Corunna, in eight days. She brings intelligence
that the Spaniards throughout Galicia are in high
health an..► spirits, but complain much of the want
of arms and clothing. General S.xN.rocunEs and
BONNET remain in their termer positions, the one
without, and the other within the walls of Leon.
The Spanish Commander had a force exceeding
20,000 men under his orders. Great activity pre-
vailed among the Patriots throughout Galicia and
the adjacent provinces.

MOMM.