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

WASHINGTON CITY, JULY 2.

The frigate Essex, Capt. Smith, has at length
arrived in this country, having on board William
Pinkney, Esti. our late Minister to Great Britain,
after a nass:tge of 49 days.
Mr.. Pinkney arrived in this city on Sunday from
Anapolis. Mr. Foster reached the city the same
-ther wish his suite.
lsex, dispatches are received from France,
of which rumour has not yet wafted

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On Tuesday last Aug. J. Foster, FA. liras pre.
sented by the Secretary of State to the President
of the United States, and exhibited his credentials
as Envoy Extra Ordinary and Minister Plsnipoten•
dairy film Great iltritain to the United States.
Mr. Morier was also presented, as Secretary of
Legation, and Mr. Baker attached to the Legation.
(Nat. Melt.)
Sir Grenville Temple came over from England,
in company with Mr. Fofter.
NEW YORK. Jinx 11.
IsfpottrAwr.—A Gentleman arrived in this
'City from Washington mentions, that the opinion
of the best informed persens there, before the arri.
val of Mr. Foster, was, that there would be a war
wilt Great Britain—that since Mr. Foster's arrival,
he and Mr. Munroe had several long conversations
together, one of which lasted nearly a day—and
that it is now confidently believed that an amicable
termination of all disputes will take place very spec-

lily.
We fervently hope this information may prove
correct.—( Freeman s Journal.)

JULY it.

RELATIONS Wins ENGLAND.--CirCUlTlstances
have reached our knowledge of a nature to produce
al settled opinion, that the principal negotiation
with Mr. Foster has not commenced, but a rupture
or suspension of further discussion has taken place
upon some preliminary point, which will not be pre.
sumed until further instructions from England.
There were 74 deaths in this city, for the week
.ending the sth inst.
Letters from Washington state, that the Pre.
sident's Proclamation, convening Congress on the
first Monday of November next, will *mar in a
few days ; and that the President will tiecomutand
to Congress the extension of the Non-Intercourse
Law to 'France.
The brig Mount Vernon, ao- this port, is to
come home as a cartel, loaded with American priso-
ners ; yet our democrat* pretend we are in perfect
amity and good tmderataisrling with the great Na-
poleon !--,(Front the Federal Republican. f
IMPRZUMF.NT.—The friends of Gideon Caprian,
.who was not long since impressed on board his Ma-
jesty's ship Guerriere, have favoured us with the
sight of a letter from Colonel Barclay, addressed to
Admiral Sawyer, and a copy of the Admiral's an-
swer • the latter of vhich they have obligingly per-
mitted us xo transcribe, ana to present to the Ame-
rican public, for the purpose of placing in a true
and fair light the manner in which snch impress-
' ments are regarded and treated by the proper au-
thority :-.Essessigsg Post.
" Halifax, June Id, 1811.
445,*.—1 had the honour to receive your letter, dated the
nOth alt. retake to the persolas named in the margin, (John
Digio Gideon Captain, Josh. Leedi,), oh, my arrival at Halifax,
the nth inst. *Web had been previously opened by Captain
Pec.hell, of his Majesty's ship Guerrieri, the senior officer, who
immediately discharged John Digio, its tonipliaatoe with your
request.° He won have given up Gideon Caprian also,
had he not entered into his Majesty's service, and wished to re-
main; from which circumstance he conceived it to be his duty

e I mart here, in justice to Captain Perla, of his Majesty's
ship Guerriere, assure you that he never was, by Leagues) ao
near the American coast as Das been represented.

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to detain him for my decision respecLaiat,
ceived your letter expressing. his father's request _ send
home, I have now sent him to New York by the Prince
Ernest packet, and will order the discharge of Jos. Leeds, on
the arrival of his Majesty's ship Eurydice, if he is (as I suppose)
on board her.
" I assureyoul Sir, I shall he ha2py to receive any reptesen-
tathiiiyou-thai ineased-to make vie, ?with 'all the dererenee
to which they will he entitled, as I perfectly coincide with you,
that when American Citizens are impressed by mistake or other-
wise, they should be immediately released.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient humb!e Servant,
" H. SAWYER, Rear-Admiral.

44 Thomas Barclay, Esq."

IRELAND.

An Irish Paper received yesterday morning, contains the fol-
lowing paragraph ;
,4 It is said that the Duke. of Richmond is to be re-called, and
that the Duke of Keat, contrary to the policy hitherto adopted
with respect to the Royal Family, is to be appointed Lord Lieut.
tenaat of Ireland. Connected with this arrangement is the no_
urination of Lord Moira, as Commander in Chief of this Island:.

Different parts of Ireland are proceeding In the election of de-
legates, notwithstanding the law which declares, that if any
purses shall attend and vote at such election or appointment, or
by any other means vote or act in the choice or appointment of
math representatives or delegates, or other persons to act as such,
every person who shall be guilty of any of the said offences re-
spectively, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be
deemed guilty of a high misdemeanour."
It appears from the Dublin Papers of the 6th, that several
counties have held Meetings on the subject of the late Proclama-
tion issued by the Government. The Catholics of the county
of Kildare held a Meeting, which was also attended by several
Protestant gentlemen, at which it was resolved to proceed on the
Resolutions of the Aggregate Committee in Dublin, regardless
of the Proclamation enforcing the Convention Act. No Magis-
trate appeared on this occasion to act under the late Proclamation.
It is, however, to be observed, that thb was a Meeting called
to consider the Proclamation, and not for carrying into etfect the
Resolutions which it condemns. The county of Kilkenny met
for the same purpose on the sth; and a Requisition for a simi•
lar Meeting in the Queen's County, of which Mr. W. Pole is a
representative, has been signed by a number of its inhabitants.
Mr. George Udell a Protestant Magistrate, has written a let-
ter to Lord Manners, stating that the Convention Act does not
apply.to the Catholic proceedings.that he considers them per-
fectly legal—thatin this opinion be is supported by that of some
eminent lawyers—and that so far from obstrticting, he will, on
"tbeteontrary, protect these proceedings.
Her Grace the Duchess of Richmond, and two of the Ladles
Lenox, have set off from the Vice Regal Lodge in the Phcenix
Park for Scotland.
A gentleman of the name of Courtenay, who has a large
'estate in the county of Limerick, has lately let out the same in
a manner worthy the applause and imitation of every land-owner
in Ireland. He has leased the lands in s -nail convenient f. rms to
the actual occupier for 31 years and,a life; and has allowed to
make deduction* at the rate of 20 or 30 per cent. on the rent for
the first ten years, providedsligy.will shew to a certain value, laid
out in labour or otherwise. The good effects of this system are
already betinninglciappeir. Several of the poor tenantry (made
industrious by-thistle advantages) are building small kilns In the
stountainatanddrawing limestone from the quarries in the low
lands. They ase also raising manures and draining the lands.
No system could tend more to give the peasantry a taste for
industry and peaceable habits.

Notice is hereby given, That a. General Assembly of do Pro-
prietor* of the THAW". AUCLIWAY COblP.% NT will be held at
the Globe Tavern, in Fleet-street, London, on Wednesday, the
21st instant, between the hoursof Twelve and Two o'Clock, by
Ihrther aljournment from the 7th instant, pursuant to the Act
et Parliament in that case made and provided. Dated the 9th
day of August, 1811.—S. W. WADZION, Clerk of the Com-
WY-
A few days ago, a man who was mowing bay on the Berming-
ham estate, near Tuam, had both his legs nearly cut off by the
Scythe of a fellow-labourer. The sad accident was caustA we
bear, by a sudden and inadvertent turn of the baser, in order to
ilaswaree with some other men cOgaged in the same avocation ;
awl in an effort to .place his scytke, it turned in his hand. and in
asw came in contact with tip legs of the unfortunate sufferer,
wise pr kin but a few fads. .

'OUN7' t MEETING.

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A respectable, though not very numerons meeting of the
Freehoiders and Inhabitants of the county of issex was held on
Saturday se'nnight at the Town Hall, in Chelmsf rd ; at twelve
o'clock about 200 persons asstnibled, when Mr. Burgoyne pro-
posed that Mr. Du Cane do take the ch..ir. Mr. Du Cane was
then unat imously call ,:d to the Clair
Mr. Du Cane having stated the nature of the requisition, and
the object of the Meeting,
The Rev. Mr. Only rose to propose a series of Res dutions,
declaratory of the present corrupt state of the Repre,entation in
Parliament, and of the necessity of a radical reform. He said,
that if ever there was a time at which it became the landed in-
terest of the country to co-operate with firmness and cordiality
against the factious intrigues and designs of what was ailed the
monied interest, that time had now arrived. He then adverted
to what he alleged to he the more notorious proofs that the
Commons House of Parliament had not for a ting time spoken
the sense of the natihn, and concluded a speech of considerable
length, by proposing the following resolutions, which were seve-
rally put, and unanimously agreed to :
" 1. Resolved, Math was averred in a petition to the House of
Commons, on the 6th of May, 1791, and evidence in proof of
the facts at the same time tendered by the petitioneri, that
three hundiTd and seven of the Members for England and Wales
only, are not sent to Parliament by the valrages of the people ;
but are, through numerous breaches and evasions of the free-
dom of election therein set forth, returned by one hundred and
fifty-four Peers and Commoners. And also, that the al' Cations
in the said petition still stand in the journals of Par:lament un-
contradicted.

" S. Resolved, That it appeats to us undeniable, that this a -
plorable decay of popular representation in Parliament, co-, pc-
rating with the Seeeennial duration of the same Parliament, is
a gross and palpable departure from the only Constitutional cha-
racter of the Lower House of Parliament—." a full and free
Representation of the Commons of this realm."
" S. Resolved, That the elective franchise was by " an esta-
blished principle of our ancient and excellent Constitution,
distributed between the freeholders and the householders; and
therefore, that it is the opinion of the meeting, that in addition
to the land-owners, and in lieu of returns to Parliament in the
name of depopulated, or close, or venal Boroughs, the house-
holders of Great Britain and Ireland, directly paying certain
assessments to the State, ought, except in the cast of Neer: of
the Realm, to have a yoke in the election of the Members of
the Commons House of Parliament, _ _

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" 4. Resolved,- That in the opinion of this Meeting, a law for
taking th-, Poll of the Voters under such regulationa as would
prevent in future the ruinous expense of contested elections, is
'not- more necessary toward the independence and int.7grity of
Parliament, than it is for the preservation if public morale.
" 5. Resolved, hr hat the county of Essex, which, in respect
olr its extent,population, coninietee, and taxes. is one. of the first
'counties in the kingdom, may no longer be deprived. as it is at
present, of its
,fair and just proportion in the representation of
the people, nor its inhabitants left under the oppressive influ-
ence of decayed, dependent. and corrupted h ,roughs.
" 6. Resolved, That a petition from freeholders and house-
holders in Essex be presented ti the [fuse of Commons, pray-
ing for a Parliamentary rrstora:ion of the undoubte I and fun-
damental right of the people to a represkntation by free riect.on
to short Parliaments; and at the same time Resolved. That ail
such Reform in the power: of electing the Members to sit fur
them in Parliament, ought to p-oceed on the approved princip 'es
of the English Const tutionof Government by the three Estates
of King, Lords, and Commbus, arid ought not to infringe the
the privileges of the Peerage, nor the prerogative of the
Crown."
Mr. Montagu Burgoyne congratulated the meeting upon t 7 a
able and constitutional speech they had jou hr aid from le-
verend and respected friend.-.He was }'lad to sue so nary
Clergymen then present. 'lnv union of the Clerg and the
Laity in so good a cause, .could not but be productive of dig
happiest effects. The objections to a Reform wet-. , first; rho
danger of a revolution ; but the friends of Reform wanted no
revolution; they wanted nothing but what was to he Mind in
the records of the Constitution. At the same time he thought
it most desirable that Parliamentary Ref ,rin should not 'use
too late. He rather wished that it should be cone d;:11 (hair ex-
t irted. Late reformation, he agreed witTi Mr. Burke, was im-
posing terms upon a conquered enemy.
Mr. Western, Member for Mahlon, pronounced himself
a steady friend to Reform. He thought that the inl a-
bhants bad a right to assert their claims to the tight of
petitioning, at the same time he could have wished that the
meeting bad been convened usider c.irc,unist=tices more sus•
piclous.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
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