The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-08 00:00:00

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANC}:.

Pants, Fen. 1.--. The Monittiir contains a Royal ordinance,
elevating the Count de CIZI'm tilt• dignity of a Peer of Ill,:
realm, as 4 reward "fur th.. g and loyal vvrvices which
ht• has eittlered,anticoutinues tu,endcr to the King's person,
and the Slate."

The Doke of Wellinvon iytd on Saturday at nine
o'clock. Ilia Grace" hod in hi:. carriage the I)nclicss of Wet-
iiiigtoii, his sister-iii.lois, and Cu!. Harvey, Ilk first Aid•Oc-
Camp : iu anothcr carriage %vete Col. Frcensantle anti lAA 41
Arthur 1144.
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SURREN DER OP WAN' -')."‘1;1. 1

By the Commodore Potter, we learn, that the United State*
corvette John Adams, Commodore Henley; brigs Muterprise
and Saranac, and schooner Lynx, with one 1:1111410ili, arrived
off Amelia Island Ull the 18th nil. On thu 22(1 Commodore
Rory vsas s ttttt moiled, iu the name of the United Safes, to
surrender the island to the United States force ordered there
for that purpole, which 8111111110113 was complied with on the
23J, wheu 2:30 Diiited States' troops from Point Prtrc took
possession of the island. A messenger to N ash ington,
patched by Commodore Anry, argieed in the Commodore
Porter, and furnishes a copy of the document :
The Ailavtor of Oeneral Amy to a letter from the American
officers, ilemaniling tire surrender of F,•,11411.1111•1.
Bead-quarter!, Fernandina, Dec. i 2. 1817.
" Gentlemen,—l have feceivcd par official letter of this day, by
' it. in th name of the tAiverninent of the Culled States, you su.r...
mat us to evacuate this place with the troops under my command.
as -non as it will be convenient, as passemiion mereof is to be taken by
the to-ces under your command, under certain conditions specititd ip
your said letter.
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•• Neidt2r Pit:: republic, that of Mexico, nor any other of Fou'h
America. being :it war with the !Tinted States. obliges me to shut ta
you, that the contents of your lettor greatly surprised this Goveta-
men. and the people of thu State. You have, nevertheleas, intimated.
that in case of our neptieseene.. in your &num!, we shall be per-
mitted to evacuate this island, which neither is, nor (merlins been, a
part of the Coked States.
'• Allow me to °Name to you, gentlemen, that from the tnomer
we t,:ulr.Ferniunlina. *the force ai our arms, we entered into the
full 14.01-Nion of all the rights twpettaining to our enemy, and to
thi4 day we have :uppurted these rigate, at the rick of our lives alai
fortunes.

" Tise bmintiaries between the Floridz and di,. Caned Stat.:
haring been fairly settled on the e7th 041.1795: we ate at a lass Imw
to ascertain your :autunite to interfere in our iniental =cern.
" Chic surprise Mei...uses when we reflect, that your cuinatiunica-
tam cdmes authorised by the Gosernment e a people who, in tp;s
[eve, t, liory in the right:: or nations, witetber Ei. it ur a ....I
who, doubt, sympattii;-e K ith their southern be, thorn in the striae-
gle tua hot rty and independence iu wfiLli they are engaged, us n. r:
the Stat.:l.l4(lyear> iigu.
•• On the other haunt, )on promise to hold sacred such of our pro-
perty as umptestentably belongs w unr citi7ens. Who is to b.: tits
judge in that cue? The l:nited Stat:s ? They can by no men/
claim any kind ofjuristlietion, from the source of the riv:r St. Star 'e
down to the °swan, on title side the centre of the channeL We enter.
lain ton inm:h venerarion to believe for a single mosn-nt that yc a
(supposed already in laza-,ion of this isLind, which has never in:
euneesitil by the King of Spaim'or by its inhabitaats,fto the Una. rd
Atktesl can bring with you a competent tribunal to decide upon 0.'4
.icAitin. The only law you can adthice in your beialf ii that it
torn-, w!tich alwayi is minim:int to a republican Government, a ; 1
to the principle: of a just and impartial nwure. The same id, er-
Vanua may be appliud to your interference for die Itmperty of Om
inhabitants, wincia we lhive always respeeted.and considered as fib.

" You order us, also, as if we were subjects of your fluvernm.tt„
to leave behind. when Fernantlina is evacuated. ad the public pro-
petty that W 4.% bound at its surrender. This demand is directly con-
tatty to el.: putaie rights, by w!liel puldie property captured froia
the enemy ',avowedly that of thee:goon, alien not wfurwiste Riper
laved. Are you acting in the name of the King of Spain or of his
AIM*: ? As we consider the people of the United S;ates to he un-
questionably the only tree people on the surtiwe of the globe, we
cannot admit 1.11;U you have already arrived to itt.th a point of degra-
dation. Otherwise your demand as inadmisseble and unjustitia*Lle
ill the eyes of the world ; and if we must submit to it, all Me blame
rats with you.
" Penult, me therefore. gentlemen, to request you to lay before
the President of the United States these rentark.., in order that
matter of so serious a tendency may be duly considered. We have
read his Excellency's Message ut the opening of rungreis with the
itemost concern, and have concluded that the political situation d
this Republic has been greatly misreirresented 1d the ('piled States,
through theinteigiws our eiamtics. We lisvc certainly a right to
be heard; for wired) purpose I shall have the honour of t'orwar,liaA
to your Ooverrunent the neem,nry documents. If you are not di,-
posed to let the thing 'remain i!. pro, until the l'resident's
further detennimition he known, l Kin antitorLod tionsmare youtlist we
respect and tsteem too highly the people tithe Unit,.d Stan s, It carry
matters to extremities.

" I have the honour to remain, with the highest ronahler:fition,,
Gentlemen, yours, &c. (Sio'miee.) Aukr."
" S. L. flames, Secretary."

The &Hedged indecent and mercenary conduct of
some persons attached to St. Geurge's Chapel, at Wind.
sir, on the ceremony of the funeral of the late lament.
ed Princess Charlotte, has drawn upon thcm the ca.
ger of the Prince Regent Not only, it is said, were
immense sums di:l:landed for admission to the body of
the chapel, but the Prince Regent's Pares, and other
Members of the Ruial Household, wee.: excluded, to
make room for this pcolit,ible traffic. This subject has
brought about a new arcanizcinent.—By order of the
Prince livaent, the Canons tire removed from the Stalls
which they have occupied for many years, anal ace now
to sit behind the poor Ihnights.