The National Register.
London, England, 1809-10-29 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL IttGISTER.

OCT.

action, to prevent his reception on the part of our Co-
Vernment, " Copenhagen J.:cltsin must not be received,"
vas the'Cry of the old cur—and ". Copenhagen Jackson.
must not he received." was echoed and reechoed by every;
tillage whely throUghout the country. Indirect contempt,
'however, of the denunciations of these noisy creatures,
Mr. Jackson has been received, and by the Government
treated politely. it it said, to be sure; that he was insulted
by the Jacobins of Annapolis—and that, at Norfolk, his
effigy was burnt before his facet This may he very true,
such conduct, from Jacobins, might naturally enough be
expected. It is perfectly in character. •
Afore proiligicy.—The two following paragraphs are
from The Baltimore Whig, of Tuesday last. They require
no comment.

Murderers are ever afraid of ghosts; tiiis accounts for
jtieksotes mounting guards and blunderbusses behind his
thing short of open and direct war with that nation would
satisfy 'them, this very outrage' will give the lie to such
assertion.
' Does Jackson's walary enable him i44naintain servants
by the dozen; or does his quota of the plunder of Corn-
bagen make up all deficits ?
Francis James Jackson, Esq. Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty to the
United States, was, on Monday last, received by the Se"-
"cretary of State, as successor to David M. Erskine, Esq.—
(Nut. Intel.)
The Baltimore American, of Wednesday last, says, " We
ire authorised to say, that American vessels, permitted by
the .British Government to go to Hollaud under Mr. Ers-
kine's arrangement, will not be permitted by that Goverti
went to bring return cargoes."
Extract of a letter to the Editor of The Evening Post t
" The Africaine frigate arrived off' our harbour at three
o'clock, Mr. Jackson, &c. on board.
• " A long-boat has been sent e; shore with Mr. Jackson's
steward and servant, to engage a vessel' to carry his luggage
4u the city. A midshipman was left"on• the wharf to guard
the sailors. As he walked to and' fro, a'couple of them
seized a favourable opportunity, jumped ashore and made
their escape, no one attempting to stop t.hetn."—(New York
Gazette.)

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BRITISH DESERTERS.
;lase of the men arrested as Deserters from the frigate L'Afri-
tamale, by John Hunter, Esq. Sheriff of Baltimore, at the re•
quest of William Wood, Esq. British Coastal for the Port of
iltimom.
An Habeas Corpus was applied for to Judge Scott, late
'on Thursday evening, on behalf of seven men arrested and
keitl in custody by the. Sheriff, at the request, and on the
statement of the British Consul that they were deserters, by
their Counsel. The Habeas Corpus was issued as prayed
for, returnahle'the wit morning at nine o'clock. Accord-
ingly, this morning; the men were brought up amidst an im-
rnetise concourse of citizens, who filled 'the Court-house and
the neighbouring street, and the Sheriff made return that
he had arrested and detained the men iu custody, in virtue
of the following, from the British Consul:-
6f British Consul's Office, Baltimore, 5ept.6,1809.
" John Hunter Esq.
SIR,—Having reeeivid InformatiOti that thitieen seamen
hive deserted from'L'Africaine frigate, and areio* in this city,
I have to request that you will he pleased to secure them till
they 'tap be sent On baard.' I am, &r. Woos.
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.By virtue of th4i u authority, have arregled and put in
prison the folkowitig persons, to wit :--JohrifNowlaild,
Wil-
Whokes, Dennis Murphy, Richard /Uwe's, John Earp,
John Burwell, and Jacob Lamb.
The Judge said, that he coneeiveda his duty to give no-
tiee•to Mr. Wood (the Brits!' Consul) of the. application,
go that he might appear and shew 'cause, if any he had,
w,by the men should be detained.
Ole course of a few minutes Mrs Wood came into

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Court, and the Counsel for the prisoners, Messrs. Gleua
and J. L. tiOnaldion, moved the Court that the mealk
discharged, sufficient:L.lo,e for• their detention not appear-
ing on the return. Mr. Wood's Counsel, Mr. Waller Dor-
sey, requested to be allowed time to inquire into the Ifiw
and said, that they, would be ready to prove that these
men were deserters from his Britannic Majesty's ship. I'he
Counsel for the prisoners objected to the delay. The Chief
Justice stated that the opinion of the Secretary of Stabs
had satisfied him, that deserters from British vessels ought
not to be arrested or detained under the antiwrity of tl
Government of the riiited :States, for thejomrpote of de-
livering them up to the officers of the Britisti•GovernYpeAtis
be therefore ordered. the prisOners .to. be immediately dir
charged. The audience expressed their approbation oflos
•decision by three loud tumultous huzzas and execratioiks of
the Torries, and carried oft the deserters 'Au

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