The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-09 00:00:00

MR. PICrERLNG's SPEECH.

IN THE SENATE 01.' THE UNITED STATES or AMP,
RICA, ON, THE RESOLUtIONS OPPERED BY MR.
3111 L.HOU9R TO REPEAL THE SEVERAL ACTS' LAY-
, ENG AN' EMBARGO,, NOV. 313, 1808.

The subject of the. American Embargo has occa,
sioned so much 'misrepresentation in this country,
Mild excited such a clamour among the opponents of
Government against our ORDP46 IN COUNCIL, that
it must be gratifying. to our !tatters .to know wha
Opittidir Is formed by intelligent men in America re-
speeting' the policy of those Orders. We- have there-
fore great plensure in giving the Speech of Mr.
PICKUAINO, one of the most enlightened Members
of the American Senate, on the Embargo. As to the
Orders in qUestion experience has so. fully demon.-
strated their utility, that we trust Ministers will be
114 firm. in maintaining the measure, as they were
wise in edopting.it.
Mr. PRESIDNNT,

The ample discussion already given to the re-
solution on your table, leaves me nothing to detail
on the effeas, produced by the embargo, in regard
to France, to England, or ourselves. On the two
great belligerents, prnaicai men, who loie\V the
eharaeteis and. resources of those nations, fin saw
and pronounced, that it would hake no impression. This
we all now know to be the ht 9 ; while we ourselves
,q!verelyfeel its pressure. Why, then, nor remove
it ? Because, as we are told, those two nations have
violated our netitral and Mai ititne rights ; and see-
ing, that to compel their respea for these, we im-
posed tho embargo, and:they treat the measure
with contempt ; to remove it would be submission.
So we will endeavour to conceal onr mortification;
and because we cannot injure them we tvill'continue
to punish ourselves. ..To renew our commerce,while
their .decrees and order's remain uncancelled, would,
we are told, be abjett, and degrading submission :'
and that we have but this 1)1w-illative, to make war
with. both nations,' sir' ‘ continue and enforce the
present suspension of commerce.'
It has been justly remarked, by a Gentlemen
from Connedicut (Mr. Hillhouse), that to run
astayf'and abandon our rights, is abjed and de-
grading.
" To make war on both the belligerents, is the
• •
most strange, quixotic idea that ever entered into the
bend of a statesman. I. suppose, as we have a thou-
sand and a thousand times declared, that we have
maintained an impattial neutrality towards those
nations, so, to verify, our declarations, we must now
make Win' 'upon both, inipartia4y ! And as, their
injuries are said to be equal, or, we will not inquire
Jwhich has done us the,most haroi;' so wet must
measure out an equal qoantity of tesentnient, and
,siVe tOeach an equal number of blows !
" Iu .respect to our violated rights, so far as Great
Britain is, concerned, those presented by theadmini-
stration in the frat of our claims, are.;
I. An exemption float imprisonment of all sea-
men 014 board our tnerebot vesssls, ' •
" 11. A free trade, with the colunies of her enc.
, .

" In. An trxeinplieni from captare of our veacek
des;ined for. any Roil of her enecuiei not a6tually

" Inm escarp, of the tonsequi.nces of
ad-
vancing any r hit% from which conclusions may be
tirlwo adverse to the ,opinions of our own ;Rimini-
titration; which ,by many lose conceived to be indis-
putaWyjuSt. ' Merely to state these questions, and
to' tueption' sudl arguments as the British Govern!.
intent may perhaps have urged in their support, on
her to subjeet. a man to the popithir
charge of being under British influence, or to the
vulgar...slander of being a British Tory he will
be fortunate to escape the accusation a touching
Ari,tisb gold But, Sir; none of these things move
me.' -Tile patrons of the miscreants who utter those
slanders know better; but are nevertheless wink%
16 benign.' by the impression they may make on the
. minds of the people. •. From an early period of my
I was zealously engaged in every measure op-'
Hired to the attempts of Great Britain to encroach
upon our rights,.until the commedcement of our re-
Volitionary war; and, during its whole continuance,
4 'was uninterruptedly employed in important civil
'or military departments, contributing all my efforts
td,bring that v. ar 14 a successful termination.
Sir, am not the advocate of wrong doers, to
whatever country they belong ; whether Emperors
(.0- Kings, or the- Administiators Of a Republic.—
Its ries is my objat, tuld TWom tiny guide; and'
..Whereber„ site points the way, I shall not tear

to go.
. ,
• ‘.• Great Btitpin ha 4 doge us many wrongs,' When
W& wrre enlonies,.he Litlettyted to Oeprive its of some
of our dearest birthfrightsi rights du ived from our
L'oglih ancewori ; rights which We defended and
Onully established by the successful conclusion of the
koohnintviry war. But these wrongs; and all the
wounds of 'war, wore intended to be obliityrated and'
hcalod by' a treaty of peace, when all enmities shOuld
Nye co:ised. .
. .

4, (;rein a ritain wronged, Its in the captore and
((e.,(lctititation of oor •vessets wider .her Orders (4
179:3 and hbe has'inade reitarat ...Lin for these wrongs, ,
piirAtant, to a treaty negotiated on proaka/ princi-
ies. bs' a stntestnin %.4 ho, wit literal views And real
cuntlour, ritioght adjustment' and repitratiGn.
. " At subsequent period:4 she I,ias.uoinioitseti others
wroottg. ; :Arid Telianit.ot) 11..nt been demanded in
.
the Kline ipiritl cNndoor and lrmicess which were

;,,,,iiiie4tefi In 1704, IL:t precede:lli
filltfltirlZCA lOW

went pr .;1 rup . rt,i,.411t been'
alter a ye;,ir's
.volumes

-„f jetteri and ess,ty4 l.tlve been 'Mitten, it 1138, likca
the seven' ye'arts with Spain, ,Lwen
',brotght. (in the fon4t.in!,,e of the President) e to, an
ot bOttse sort thin every subject of dispute
Tfririatog n fAr, prob:),,ly farther from actiustment,
,thar, when'the negootit two were biogon. •
It is this- diSigiroits issue which now enters into
our deliberations.. Accordirvg id the sytteinents of t bet
administration, wore brought into a situation from',
which we cannot advance without war, nor retreat
without dishottottr, Their negociationawith France
bave also terminated in mortification and defeat.
" On the two questions of the- impressment of
AeatArtl on, board our merchant vessels, and a tratje—

with the enemies of Great Britain prohibited in tinie
of 'peace, the Gentierruin from Maryland, (Mr.

written by me last whiter to the Governor orMas-
sachnseits, to be laid before the' Legislature : and
on the latter,(nentral trade) be also read the journal
of the Senate, which exhibited a unanimous vote
declaratory. ()lour right to that trade; and then the
names of the Senators (mine being one) who voted
to request the President to demand and insist on re-
paration for the injuries done us in violation of that-
right,
,andfir this purpose to enter into amicable ar-
rangements with the Btitish Government.

1.; On these two questions, I should, add nothing
to the observations made yesterday by the Gentle-
man from Connecticut, but for the apparent inten-
tion of the Gentleman from Maryland; to exhibit
an inconsistency bet Ween my voles in the Senate and
the observations of my letter on the same subjeai
" It is sufficient for me to remark, that in the
passages recited by the Gentian-an from my letter,
my objeCt was to chew, by exhibiting in a few
words, to the view of my immediate constituents,,
and through them to the people of Massachusetts,
some of the reasons which might haVe influenced
Great Britain not to relinquish her ancient usage of
impressing her own seamen ; nor to consent that
neutral tassels should carry on (as we and other
neutials'were carrying on) the whole trade between
the countries of her enemies in Europe and their
colf,Eies ; to show, L say, that as, much was to be
said on both sides, tbose rights as claimed by the
United States," were not to be, considered so clear
and indisputable as iojuitify a war with Great Bri-
tain; into which the 'proceedings of the executive,
in n vat iety ufways, seemed calculated to plunge us.
BefOre I quit this subject, I will make one more
observation. It appears to be generally.supposed
'that the rule respeCting the colonial trade adopted
by Gies:it Britain, and usually called the rule of
17.50; which it seems she has.considered as' the an-
cient and established principle of maritime law,'
was peculiar to Great Britain ; and Mr. Madison
says, it is well known that Great Britain is the on-.
ly Ratinn that has acted up-on, or otherwise given a
sanction to it.' He also mentions this rule as having
been introduced, for the first time, in the war of
17.56 ; as-having been in operation only a few years
in that war ; and not afterwards acted upon until
1793. Let us examine the subject.
" In Valhi's celebrated work on maritime law (a
book in the Secretary of State's office) is'a regula-
tion of Louis the Fourteenth, in 1704, frOin which.
I will recite some passages.
" The title of the regulation is remarkable : it is
concerning pries made'at sea, to securelhe navi-,
gation neutral states andallirs daring War Mir
plying that this regulation was intended to abate
the rigor of maritime lag/ before that time praCtised
towams neutral commerce. •

" After observing that propositions had been
made to him by the DePuties ol the Council' of
Commerce, the French King expresses his approba,
tien of them, seeing he finds in them the means
which he has always sought ofprocuring equally 'to
the advantages of the subjetls cif neutral Pt inces anti'.
French cruizers:- }le adds, "Ile subjects of neutral
Princes will thus find, the care which his Majesty'
has taken to preserVe for them 14e snme extent and
the same liberty if cowmerce which
, they have beets
accusm toed to enjoy during itence:
" I will now read such of ,the Articles of this
French regulation as relate to the question under con-
sideration.

As tide t. Hi 3 Majesty forbids French Priva-
teers to stop or bring into the portb of his kireetna,
vessels belonging to subjects of neutral Princes, go-
ing from the ports of their dominion, and laden On
account of the owners or other subjAls of the said
neutral Princes, with merchandie of the groWtl7 or
tnanufaelure of their own Coutnry, to carry the same
direa/y into any other States whatsoever, even those
with which his Majesty. is at war provided never-
theless, that there he not in the said vessels any con-
traband goods.
Art. 2, They are in like manner forbid

—.• . .orbidden
stop' vessels 'belonging to the subjeai of neu►rail
Princes, going from the ports of any State whatso-
ever,' even of those with which his Najesty is at
yi4ron4 'laden on account of the owners or other
subjects of the said neutral Princes, with incOtlian-
dize which they shall have received in OK same
Country or State whence they sl►all have departed,
to return direetly into the ports .of the dominion of
their Sovereign.
_ _

Art. S. Ht also forbids them to stop vessels be-
longing to the subjeas,of neutral P.rinees, departing
from the ports ofotte of the States
.neutral or: allied
to. his Majesty, to go into another State nen-
tral or/allied to his Majesty ; provided they are not
laden with merchandize of the growth or manufac-
ture of his enemies; in. Which vivo the inch:hat:l-
- shall be good prize, and the vessels shall be re-
leased.

Art. 4. in like manner his Majesty forbidi Pri-
Nateeri to stop vessels belonging for subleds of neu-
tral Princes departing from a State allied to Ids Ma-
jestyor neutral, to go to a State the enemy Of his
Majesty ; provided there bo not on board the said
vessel any merchandise contraband,
,nor of the
grcwth or manufacture of the enemies of Isis. Ma-
; in' w hich capes the merehandize shall be good
prize, and the vessels shall be released.
AIL O. Vessels belonging to subjeas of Uoutrfil
States which shall depart from the ports of a State
the !enemy of
in'
Majesty, and there have taken
their lading, in whole or in part, to go tä the States
of any whet. Prince than their own, whetheraliied
to his Majesty, neutral or enemy, may be supped
. aod brought into his kingdom, and shall be declared
good pi i-0 with their lading, even although' laden on
41,;cotjut of Iht, sahleds of his Majesty, or of ati al-
lirtl neutral State.'

". This regulation of I.onis XIV'. in, 1704, (lie
being 'hen at war with England and Holland) was
ire.emiaed with Unis' XV. in '1744, (France being
agaiti at wu with England) with some exceptions in
.regard t 9 those neutral Nations with whom France
haci funned treaty-stipulatiO'ns. inconipatib:4 with
that regulation:
"Tyrthvso rave articles we have, 'if / mistake
..hOl, Om' tvhole doetrine of the British ruld of 1756.
'l'llo dircoi trade to and from neutral ports and the
enetny's ports; being permitted I But not the trade
to and 'from the port (done allied or neutral' State to
`and frorn't he portsOf another allied or neutral State,
ifl4l,udiog of the neutral vessels conr\i# of menhan-
Vize, 1:c produairigs of the wiemy's c9lmtry ; ,much
less Jolla" the same frotn: one port:. of the enemy,
to anottle?, port of the enemy.

MAILS.
A R rt t v ED —2 WatCllolll, Due—ti Cottenbu , I DiAtiliti,
z Waterford.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THU DAY AT 'TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUZI Dielitt !ALBUM AUDIATt

L 0 ND 0 A',

TIIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9,, 1809.

The Black Joke Lugger has arrived at Plymouth,
from Lisbon : on her passage she touched at Co-
runna on Fridt last, where neither the French or
Spanish colours were flying, owing to which she did
not come to anchor, but jproceeded fur England.
The town did not appear to have received damage
by fire, or wai there any unusual bustle apparently
in or about the place, nor was theArdsel fired at
froth the 'batteries, although within range of the
shot, and so near as to discover the carcases of the
dead horses strewed on the beach. '

We received last night i-fasnburgh and Altona
Papers, JO the 28t4 ult. from which we have made
copious extraels. •

The intelligence which they bring us from Spain
•
is not of so recent a date,as that contained in the
French Bulletins.

It has been stated in iome of the Papers, that the
intended attack upon Martinique has been abandoned.
We believe that no positive intelligence to that, e(-
has reached this Country, but as the Vroncir
certainly have succeeded hi throwing • supplies into
that Island, it is probable' that the. attempf•may be
postponed for sonte time.

We Mentioned yesterday that some more Ameri-
can Vessels .had broken the Embargo and arrived at
I,iverpool. • These Vessels are a part of 22 'Vessels
which endeavoured to escape' from New York har,
boor on the night between the 15th and tilt!' 'ult.'
They were however immedkitely pursued, by the
Gon,boats, and 15' out of the 22 were carried back
to New•Yot k. In consequence of the passing of
the At for enforcing the Embargo, all Vessels that
had taken ia their cargoes were ordered to unload,
and it was to avoid a compliance with the provision
of that A6l that these Vessels, which had been
laden sortie tinie before with cotton and, rice, en-
endeavopred to effea their eicape,
The elealon of the Pt-esiitent and' Vice-President
of the United .State 9 ling terminated ai we expetßed.
MAIMSON• is t( k kl;o rre,tid,Wits, and
CLINTON the Vice.Pres:dent.

A New York Paper of the 11th ult. has been re-
ceived, from which th6:following is an Extratit
Phe Bill for,enforcing the, Embano, which ori-
ginated in the Senate, underwent much 'discussion
and several aMendmenti, upon 'which the. Yeas and.
Naya•were called ten different times. The Bill was.
eventually agreed to, by a majmity, of more than two
to one Yeas 7t , Nays 32.
' " On Saturday the 7th inst. the Senate concurred\
in paiiiing the above Bill with the -ainendinents
which had been.made by the House of Representa-:
tires, and on Monday the Government would ta,ke
••
measures tier carrying it into immediate etieet. • •
The Non-Intercourse Mt is the next subjeti of
'congressional consideration.
The returns of the PeEtoral,Votes.for tke
sident and Vice,Prestdent were completed, and guild
as follows :

For the NESIDEMT.

J. MADISON
C. PINCKNkIY
C. Cx INroN

122

VIM:PILESIDENT.
G. CIIN.CON . . 113
RUPUS KII,IG tig

1. LANGDEN - - - 9
MADISON - - - 3
MUNliOlt • - - - 3
• " Of course Messrs. MADISON and CLINTON were
deeted."

Yesterday being the Fast Day, His MAJESTY, the
Duke of CUMBERLAND, Princesses AUGUSTA,
SOPHIA, AMELIA, and, 11.Lttiy, accompanied by
Lady ELY, and Generaii ,CAUTWRIGIIT and _MAN+
NINOTJA MI rode to St. George's Chapel, Windsor,
and heard Divine Service, and' afterward.; returned
to the Palace.. The Qv am.: and 'Princess ELI ZARETII
had Divine Service performed in the Chapel.
Tuesday morning His MAJESTY, ilicesies Au-
GUSTA, SOPNIA, and'Am ELIA, accorniianied by Lady
ELY, Generals CAterwarotry and FITRROY, and
CUI. TAYLOR, took an airing in the Great Park,..
aud Ketnrnecltit twelve o'clock to the Palace.

, ,
4400/cr_v and rrincess ELIZABETH took an
truFrit'inorei„pdgie and Gardens. -
..
Yesterday the Prinbas WALEs attended Di-
vine gervicerat the Chapel Royal; Sr.Jaines'iPalace.
On Monday Mr. o„mcaV was presented to his
MAJESTY, at the Levee, upon his• being appt?inted.
his MAJEsTy's Se2retary of •Legation to the 'United
States of America. , •; • • -

Dr. ROJ3INtiON received the honour or Ktlightheefl
on Monday by his MAJESTY, upon his being, ap-
pointed King's Advocate.
Yesterday morning the Duke or CUMBERLAND
arrived at Windor. .

The waters are greatly abated, but the road from

fos Ariinl4o.l; its

Txa Fast.---Yesterday the Metropolis Attuned
'solemnity suitable to the General Humiliation. At
ten o'clock the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the ArChbishop
of CANTERBURY,Lord WALSINGHADI, Lord HIATIIO
Virtu), and several Bishop's, met in the House. of
Peers, and proceeded from thence to Djvine Servica
in Westminster. Abbey, where a most appropriate,.
and eloquent Salmon was del,ivered by the Lord Bi-
shop of CARLISLE, from the 26th chapter of Isaiah,
and gth verse.--7 The Sea4Kan of the House of Cola-
mons, and several Members, ,also attended:Mivine
Service at St. Margaret's Church, where an inlPreaq
sive Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Gob.,'
FRET, Chaplain to the Hour. of Commons. Tbs
Westminster ,Volunteers were ranged in 'the gallery
of the Church, and the scene was of the most solemn
and pleasling description. The parochial Corps
mustered at every part of the _town, and went to
church.

• Yesterday morning the Lone' MAyo►t and Sheer
riffs went in state from the Mansion7House, a;,epni-
pania by several Aldermen, the Recorder, Comaloa
Councilmen,lcc. attended by the City Marshals ano
City Officers, to St. Paul's Cathedral, and heard Di-
vine Service, and an excellent Sermon preached by
his Lordship's Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Buton after
which they returned to the Mansion-House to
dinner,—The List London Militia attended at Os
'Cathedral.

Upwards of 1.4,00ei. have .been subscribed at
Manchester for the relief .of the Illantitatdurers of
that town and its vicinity, who are at pret.etit o.,it
employment.
Nothing .can so effectually calisole us for theA;s'
astrous events. of the late campaign in. Spain, as Ilia'
undeniable certainty of the superior
bravery ana
discipline evinced by the british troopsin the. bOtia
of Cotunna. -The •traits c,f individuat heroism
bited in the course ofthe campaign are inninerable.....
The following is one .0' !he most sit ikov t Lit II
reached us :—" In the retrem, petw een 1,0,;() and
Batanzos, a party of invaliti„ 6hietly men exhausted
by fatigue?, was closely prt,:s.se.oy a body (if French
cavalry. Serjeant Newnan, of the 2,i battalio
43d, who W:l3 himself 111111:11 exhantited,' owde
effort to pres 4 forward till he had passed three or
four hundred of these poor fellows; he Alien, with
the greatest presence of mind, halted, they. 110
up tp hirt.v ail those who were al* to Malc.o
resistance, and directe4 the rest to proceal a?n as
they could. Hi; S:orypetkllis.pa(ty rk..olarly into sub—
&visions, and commenced firing and roil:hien 3
slow and orderly Mitfmer, till he effectitallj, coved
the retreat of Jai; di;abled comrades, and made the
cavalry, about ‘..yo squadrous, give up ;he pursuit.
Genen,li Prazer, nth-, did sbuie tether,i; were ill"
mediately informed of ' the eireuinstanee,
expressed
their warmest approation at such iticlier tike con-
duct, and their determination not' toStitk it to P3',
unrewarded.

The man of tear, bid) Don l'n*ao CEVAY
I:ns is to be conveyed to E1)41:1Ad, .
is' the Hannitai.
tviliett souse 'h
e years ago fell into the ands of,
Spaniards -by running aground in stn
near Algesiras. She was one of the small squadron,
at that time under the contolata J,011%9
Ei‘kosiAitez. wa aiiervOis by 11)0
Kpikaiat.4s called the ingesiras. On Itc,r,`-ani,val^lW she will be fiattnally presented to his Ma-
jesty, as, a mark of the. esteem. and 'veneration in
which the Ktxn at GREAT! s heldly this
Supreme Jupa.. • •
. Much alarm licAving been excited by ill-informed
paragraphs respetting the British Officers attached to'
the.kpanislarnaie4„. we are happy to state that Col,
.14NNEDy is arrived in .town in pet feel heal; h. Gt
neral DOYLE WAS, tlCCOßlinig to the latest aciviceS;
'safe raid well at Valencia, ?tr wai
n AM at Cch Uncut; and Sitligngivk
SON were upon the frontiers of Portugal, and
• course, could easily retire,intn that cnuotry on .1114,
retreat of. the British army, and the advance of tim
enethy.' ColOttel CAREW. , was at Oviedo, tVltlr ;{
ample • means of escape by_ sea, in case of -iu!aeli"
sity. Colnßk qioo 6.known to be out of
danger. •
According to the last .accounts !rent Lisbot all !'
the principal,' fimiiei of that city had, resolvct• 1`
emigrate; the two most Wealthy men in Lisbl'
CiftIINDELLA arlti BANDEIJIA Will COMO tr; DIP 111
the Frigate tt%hich. is to thing home Go,CaXD°G''
qutzsrel4.A is the (it..ptleman, at ‘,,,hose
Jytsor had his licathquarters durion. his cornier 0
re-
sidence in Lisbon.
It was a titaXim laid dowi, by the celebrated,:
1).,t0r JouTiN, that." a sudden rise from a lob
Station, as it do ue limei shows to advantage the vie.
tunes. and amiable qualities which could not 03tIrt
thentselves,betbre, so it more frequently calls 'bah.
to view, and ,exposes to public.light, those spots of
the soul, thos4 base. dispositions, and hateful vices
which lay lurking in lecret, crainpe by penury 011"
veiled by dissimulatinn." How conspituously
Lifest is the justice of tbis'observation t'eridel.o In
the condud of the EMperOr NAZOLROS
On Tuesday the first Stage rehearsal of the fo-rth' 4
coming Opera, called The Circa.s.sio to"
place at Drury Lane. It is much the style of 11
Siege rf Belgrade. Thefinate to she first act is
delightful, and:was-applauded by all present. 111-
wholeof the Music is by Mr, Litsnor.
Mitts ManTYR, late of Covent-Garden "-el!eatl.°'
W 34 to make her debug at the Edinburgh l'hetttre 0111,
Saturday last, in the interesting Dirt of
. •
the Farce of that name.

BOXING.—A pitched battle ,for 'lOO guineas was,
tilfiev:l,oa,tecsneilitseiiterayn6eitifro:flplgaiebot:vitii,stritileceisia,:to,l:l? ogwr,t)tosi,n \i'Voi 161 sa,prt)ani 1,1;
Bantstead,• and a black .of the name of Gulliver, a
favourite at setting
liar
of an.hour anti 40 minutcs, the odds varied, In:
.071:11.))idecetd8)lt'aucaik:::%-araaskisiili,lxgttc)(l):sli:LObira the
were the‘ sante agoin in the last, round as at ,etting
to, but Wilson hit his adversary :May from him u;
a temple blow, anal won the battle. The c04P113"
tants were unable to walk to the. chaises waiting for
them. •It was all bitting during the battle, he Win"
net at the head, and the loser at the body.
This day the prisoners who stand folly committed
on divers charges of felony, will be removed fr°,..111
the different Gaols to Newgate, In order to to.!'
their trials at the ensuing Sessions, Which coin'
mence on Wednesday next, at Justice Halt, in t"'
Ohl Bailey,
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AND ALTONA id:PERS.

CowsTAtzTrstoPLE, DEC. 10..--eSo great a
~want of
the
,neCessalies of life is said to Prevail in the island
Of Corfu, that it is much to be feared the garrison and
inhabiOhis will be forced' to surrender.
The Russian Officer who arrived here lately from
Jassy is said.tt; have brought a letter to the Turkish
Government from the Russian derieral Prosorowsky,
lie returned on the 6th by Cevalla and Sophia. '
The General's letter seems to have contained-pro-
posals for peace; for immediately after the Officer's
departure, the Porte appointed Plenipotentiaries, viz.
Schalib Effendi and a son or Murat Mole, one'ninch
• skilled in the mussulman lawt. They are to treat
on the frontiers, and will, it is said, set out on the
inst.—Aeieu Zeitang.
The Ministers designed for the. Congress of Peace
with Russia set out to-morrow, or the day alter, es-
corted by a body of troops, as the roads by Sophia
to Bucharest are not safe.
The English Minister, Adair, stal remains on •
bciard his Frigate in the Dardanelles.
At last intelligence has 'been received of those
. :Janissaries who were sent to the village of the Chat),
of th'e Tartar Chan to seize the Captain Pacha and.
aidri P.icha. The number of these Janissaries hay-
ing increa4ed to more than 10,000 men, on their
Way .nlade ao'attack on the entrenchments, but were
beaten off. They lost two of their field-pieces, and
stitiered grelrt loss in killed and wounded. We now
hear that the Captain Pacha, Cadre Pacha, and the
Chan of the Tartars art; going to Ruitschuk. • '
No &pat nevi remains that Mustapba Bairactar
last his lite in the late revolution.-,-Correspondent, •
COPENHAGErd, Ai7 . 7.-r--Setne days bad; upwards
of e. t English prisoners of war
.from .the Crescent
Frigate paiscd through liete.tor Elsineur to be sent
to Swecten'; among them are five naval and One ma-
rine Officer. As the Sound is now full of floating
• tee, their passage will be attended with, difficulties.
For thee -seVeral days We have had a severe frost,'
which is become smarter by an .eniterly wind.—
Front the steeples We secs convoy of from -sixteen.
to twewy, Ships, which left the Baltic tun
late, surrounded by ice. One Ship of the Line, one
frigate, and three brigs, are said to be among tlietn.
The 'euirent which at one time pushes, by the help*
of the wind,' the ice together, atranother separates .
it, will soon decide their fate. The English ships
of war which were stationed betore Helsingburgh,
sailed just in time; had they remained but a few
dap loriver, they would base been blocked in by
the ice which has settled there. On the sth 'a large
merchantman was driven oft' Malmoe, by the ice,
• beyond Dragoc, where she was obliged to remain ;
but her. distanCe from land was too great for our
batteries to cannonade her with eff:e6l, as was prov-
ed upon trying. Sue set up tall sails to endeavour
to disengage herself, and in this she succeeded.-e-
-She was observed to" hoist Arneric:an colours, but
lowered th,An again. At Elsinettr it is rutiroured
that three pi ivateess•returning from Bbrnboltn o kik
a coNvoy of between 111,irteen and tuurieen shios iii
the Baltic, bet this requires eiattirmation. One of
our privateers returning fit* Bornholm was .chaced
by two of the 'enemy's frizat, h., but escaped. She
is said to hat's several prisoners of war On board.
COVENHA;EN, DeC. ;11.-1,--Accorcling to private
BCCOLiIitS tri.nt Sweden, sortie syrtiptoms oh discontent
had appeared among the Nobles.
The. Napo/eon privateer (Danish). has captured a
Swedish vessel llouud from StOckholni to Mahout:
ith regimentals for the I roops.—Correspondent,
HANAII, JAL 17.—A great number of the troops'.
of General Oedetiot's corps base been sent into the
country of Fulda. It is said, two more divisions
'will be united with the corps of the said General, so
that it will be ao,u-oo men strong, and be com-
m'and„ed by General Oudenot. A corps •of French
hussars, who passed through Frankfort, marched
on the 16th to Mentz, thence again to Frankfort.—
Correspondent.
AUGSBUIIGH; Jaw. fo.—The exchange of Cou-
riers between Vienna to Paris, through this place, is
'very brisk now. 'French Couriers also often pass
to and from Constantinople. .Last week two Coe-
liers for. Count Rotuansow in Paris passed thiough
this city. •
The King of ilavaiia will.nominate Generals De-
-toy and .Wrede Marshall of the Empiist.
BAtqts or THE ELBE, JAN. 27.—An the- mails.
'Still remain due; a greater dearth of news was no-
quer kuown-tlian for this last fortnight. The, French'
iitilletins from Spain 'fill all the public Papers on the
,Centinent.
Rumours even:are rare, and the exchange of the
lianse-Towns, once so fertile in them, hardly pro-
•ducea one at present.
The news of the continuance of the Embargo in
America has caused a great sensation among Mere
-chants in the North of Germany, as well as in
land; where Colonial produce begins to be scarce.--•
Some private. letters froth Austria state, that the
Archduke Charlei will, under certain, efreunistances,
. snake a journey to Berlin, and sorne persons seem to.
believe this report.
• AtiosedaGn, Dec, 12.—0 n. the sth of Decetn7
her an English Frigate, of 44 'guns and 265 men,
loiniderecl Off Londstrup, 'at ten o'clock at night.—
at. isto be regretted that Only five Officers wick 66
seamen could be saved..-Ncither ship' not- guns can
be Wed- every exertion was. made to save the
Cr‘elV..`.'Correspondent:

!Ica, DEC. 24.-Our Monarch has sent to their
Majesties the King and' Queen of. Prthdia, an ex-
tremely hue and valuable present of sable furs for
their journey, to St. Potersburgh. Our Emperor
goes to meet their Prussian Majesties to the'diNtance
of 40 wersts,

The approachipg nuptials of the Grand Duchess
CATHARINE with Prince GEOROZ of Holstein Olden.i.
hurgh„Governor-General of Revel, was to take place.
on the Girth-day of his imperial Majesty, the ;s3d
inst. t St. Petersburgh.
PRusats~ Din. 29.-00. the 27th inst. at seven
o'clock in the morning, the King and Queen set out
on their- visit to the Emperor of Russia at Sr. Peters-
burgh. Prime witeLihm (the King's brother) and
Prince AnOusios are also gone there. the retinue
of their Majesties is not numerous. Since the •J 6th

ins t. thw persons appoluterl by the 1,1.-nperottlymeet
them have been waiting at Polaniin., Among them if
Prince DOLGORUCKY who accompanies them to
•;•' ~ • • ,t
St. Petersburgh. He is also charged with present,
ing them the Valuable furs. At every post, horset
are kept in readiness, as are-the piquet§ of Coqsacks,
who are to escort them. Ten nights', quarters are
prepared for them on the road, but it is supposed
their Majesties will terminate their journey in eight
days, and reach Petersburgh on the 4th January.

BERLIN, JAN..3.—The worthy and meritorious
:General Von SCHARNskoksr accompanies their Ma.'
jesties to St. Petersburg!).

A number of French horses have passed,through
this city as a, present from' the EmPeror NAPOLEON
to the Emperor ALEXANDRE.

-As a change of Government is about to take place.
here, tield' Marshal Von MOLLENDORFF is about
selling his estate at Lichtenberg, near Berlin, with
all, the furniture and orangery, by valuation.
BANKS OF THU MAIN, D,ric,26.—At the regriest
of the Duke of NASSAU a meeting h:is been called of
the senior Sovereign Prince&of the second class, of
the Confederation of ihe Rhine, at Frankfort.. The
subject of these conferences is the furnishing of the
contingent of those Prim:Ts for the war in Spain.
VIENNA, SAN; I 1 LIU'S Court Gazer ze con-
tains the following intelligenCe from Turkey:

" According to the most authentic ad vices from Con'-
stantinoplc, tranquillity remained undisturbed. The
Grand Seignior MACIIMED had granted 16 the Janis-
saries all their further demands. The 'road to .11u-
mclia is also perlealy safe, and the most valuable
caravans of merchandize pass and repass quite on,
Molested:

A Halli Sheriif, or mandate of the Grand
Seignior,' etripowered the -new Grand Vizier ZIATA
MEPItiLSCH. PACHA, to the most indefatigably ac-
tive continuance of the warlike preparatiOils by land
and sea. • •

•
" On the Bth December, public notice was given
at Constantinople of the formal opening of a Con-
gress for Peace with Russia at Bucharest, alai that
the Reis •Etfendi and Ariti Effendi are ,detained to
be the Negotiators. The latthr has hitherto COW.
4ucted the neg:ilizaions at the Dardanelles with the
British, Minister Mr. ' The brother of Prided
Deuistrasky is to he interpreter on the occasion,

NAPLES, J. natural, phenomenon has
been itnessed here; unexampled in th..; Records of
our City front the 20th to the 24th of December,
it rained incessantly and very violently, with heavy
storms from the South-west : in the evening, the
wind changed to the North-west, and on the 25th
and Q.6th, ii prodigious quantity of snow fell, which'
now .lies in the City, two feet deep .and on the
•
neighbobring mountains, from three to four feet
deeLL lleaumerifirthermometer t,:is six and seven
degrees below the freezing point, (17 and 15 of
Fahrenheit.)

VENICE, JAN! 8.--• The mulberry trees in Upper
Italy have suffered mach by the cold, and most of
the young branches are frozen. This mn.t have a
considerable :effeel on the price of raw silk.

ST; PETERSBUiGII, JAN. 6.-The cold here is so
extreme that the thermorne* has sunk to.24.de-
grees
,below the freezing point.-- t 2 degrees of
. I
.Fahrenheit.)
RIGA, DEC. 31....-rA 1111110111* 110 00011 circulated
that a speedy peace is about to be concluded be-
tween Russia and Sweden.

ITi9,Y, Dec. 3.---In the Neapolitan territories
the .most active preparations are making. for the or-
ganization of the Matine, which at first cc ill consist
principally.
.of '(.gun-boats. A grelt body of troops
are marching to attempt to land in Sicily.
in the beginning of January the King of Naples
1,00 go to Reggio. - -
Ilimnotion, Dec. 7.—According to letters from,
Copenhagen, it Appears that those French Custom 4
house4ws which prevented the exportation•of Da.
niab,'manuf:naiired goods into Germany are modified,
and under certain regulations, do away all difficul-
ties, and' that the exportation will soon be
.entirely

free.

AMSTERDAM, JAN. 14.--The house of- the great
cloth Manufacturer, PETER VREDE, formerly a
member of the Mtraviau Directory,, has declared
itself insolvent.

Tl,e number of Physicians for the poor in thiS
City has been augmented from four to twelve. The
number of our poor increases every day many ne-
cessaries, such as salt, soap, and pot-ashes, as
,well
as the ColOnial •products, daily rise higher. The
prohibition of pavigation continues 'to last "with
greeter severity than ever.—(Correspondynt.)

VIENNA, DEC. 144—0 n the t tth a Courier ar-
,
rived here, who set out from Constantinople on ,the
20th of November, and who sass at. that period
iraiiquillity' was not restored. The Fleet had de-
clared far BAIRACTAft, and hod fired upon the Se-
raglio.' It is thought this last revolution will not
be ea'sily quelled, because it is thought that the
friends ,of IIAittAcTAR, . who- are spread In great
numbers th;oughout the limpte, wiil not coolly

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ibcp their friend s'iL-ificed a victim of this scene of
terror. XI is net knowt) what has b.x.orne'.or the
Gran4.s‘eignor ; • • ,
There tire many bOntradiaory,reports fespeOirtg
the tate of this OrinCe at Conit:tillitio.ple. It appear
certain that IVltikrArti,i IV. is ti0.r0n:,,,,r iu .exist-
ence, for after- the defeat of theSeyinenS gain/te-
r. Att, seeing that °the Janiss4riei werc ..x:alieg the
walls of the Seraglio, caused him to be strangled.—
Tie afterwards entered into his ',place, where he set
tire to a quantity of powder, which he had.amassed,
in case of 'necessity, to prevent himself froni
falling into-the bands of -the Janissar.ies.

VIENNA, Dec. Cosaton that had been
drawn on the frontiers of Galllcia in the late war;
has now been dissolved, and the troops returned to
their former.. quarters. The rumours occ4sioned by
•
so natural a dislocation are wholly unfounded.—
.
Prince DOLGORUCKY, coining from Bucharest, has
passed through this city, with ilispatches for PariS:
'Count METTERNICK. IS. already returned to his
Embassy in Paris. Prince ScuwAaspitiutton. goes
on the 27th instant; in the same capacity, to St.
Petersburgh, •
BANKS of TIIR ELBE, Dee. 9.---BERNADOTTR,
the army7under.. his conimattd, calls bin-15cl(
Cotilmaticler kosehief of the Army of the Hatiseatio

064,
The. Kingdom Of Denmark now fvels the effects
of 43 war With Great Britain, and its alliance with
France. The D:tnish Bank notes lose upwards of

Go per.cent. for ready cash.

All the inhabitants of iiamblugh are now oblig,ed
to pay sixteen pence a dav, to the tneanctt
.far
the keep of the French garrkon. All traFie has
ceased, and the distress of the lower classes is pitst
description.

'BAYONNE, J. B.—Gener4is Sr. Cfll • and
DUtliiiiME have began their march frOM B3I;CC+,
10113 ; a, part of their troops are going to Valencia.
They write from Madrid, that the greatest tran-
quility prevails in that City. Some Regiments of
light• cavalry have tiorched in the direction of Cu-
enca, and divcrsed the fugitives who,had shown
themselves sin that side.

The corps of Maishal .Vic Ten, ,Duke of;BEL-,
LUNG, has. begun its march, after , having 'been re-,
viewed by Khig Josartt. it ,c64lSiSii of three di-
. visions of infantry, amounting to about 10,000
dun. . .

J4tl. 9.4-7-It is asserted that the Duke; DEL
laraN-
TAnn is at Cuenca; and prcpAring to march to Ma-
drid, and though there should he any:truth in this
intdligence, his artily can only 'consist :01a small
Spanish ' corps, which may casily,he prevented, by
the manceuvres of the Duke of BF:441)&0, trout re-
tiring to Andalusia,' and unavoidahly he cut off ei-
ther by the troops near Madrid, which amount to
:10,000 men; or by the French anniei. which tic-"
copy Arragoo, and are marching truth eabilbnig.
The report that CAST NOS ha, been murdered by
his own soldiers appc•tri to pill credit. - .

General I.)r. LA BOI;LIE succeeds 'provisionally
with 'the Doke D'Alr RA NTES Conimaod
the light corps %t hieh i 4 de,olllefor Portug!d.
Smoral thousand eon,cript4 are lodged in the
barracks on the ghicis of our ,town.

ward.

BA YON N JAN. .10.-.-To-day 60 Sp111;511 Staff Officers,
who had ben d prispners, arrived
here') among illvt'n alc,. several General:.

'llO-morro‘v .6,000 men, ot the Aim), of Reserve,
Kell equipped and clothed, march for Spain.
O the ,2‘l instant, the siege of Saragossa was
regularly began.
• Letters from Burgos mention that the whole left
wing of the Spanish army had broken up from As-
torga and Benevente, for Portugal, in which king-
dom it must by this time have arrived.

JAN. '1 t.—According to accounts from Madrid,
.the Dt;ke D'INvANT4OO, who had advsnced to
Cuerica, bad been obliged to retreat from-thence
with considerable loss,

The Garrison of Madrid consiits of 3,000 men.—
(Correspundoce from Pio:di Papers.)

We regret very Much that such a respeaable and
independent Nobleman as Earl Gnosvalloa should
have joined the ranks of Opposition, alter baying
witnes.eil the
,inefficacy of 411 the Tahints when
they were in. office; but however ..we may disagree
with hirn in the general drift of his speech on Wed-
.,nesday last, we heartily concur with ttiitr in what be
said respeaing the lamentable degimeracy of the
Emperor of RosstA, and the false howl and folly
of iMputing the calainities of Europe to the st 'gnat kin
of commerce :—is it, said his Lordship very iiroperly,
to the stagnation .of maritime commerce that the
overthrow of the Germanic Empire, the incorpora-
tidal of Italy, the hubjugmion of Switzerland, the
overthrow' of the lOiepttildemee of Holland, the wit.'
between Sweden and Russia,. the distraeted state Of
the Ottoman Euripire, and tb.e atroeious attack upon,
Spin; are to be attributed ? Is it, to these, or to the
insatiable +ambition of every Government which has
been in Lance since 114 commetat!ement eta bra ,fle-
volui ion ? Bat the Noble Lord might have Married
on his arguinent by a peculiar aptilie,ition to the
conduct of Biwa:4)33e, wlio.has eye ti thrown mord ~
Ott tics,, and oecANtotted more- cat:ooo4.A 00 thc Cott.;
tifteitt, than all the RottAttlianary Itukri 01 prance
,who Kett {led u,iorpation (.1 that c. it! y* tiou
the diracifacareer of his insatiable. ambit

NT7 t r r
N A VA W Sp'

,pO7,hIQ.UyEL, FRB. fits IVLijeqtYs *8177.
H#Qrke„ of .74 gllps, C,lpt,,iiAlNJEft,,Srliti Fr )rhOund
Sloop of VCrtir, .C3pt. aitEENE,

7- •
Went up ~the harbour to refit the Espieja Sloop,.
. .
of War and 11 eazle Schooner. r •
Catiie down the harbour, and anchored •in the
• Sound, the' Pheasant Sloop of War, Capt. PALMER.
' Arrived the Portuguese' Ship Conde cle Penic
. ,
frail London, laden;with cocoa, ljnens,
; to Cortintia : she proceeded off the latter port; h
being.viarned by pn English Frigate that the.plac
*as in possession of the Enemy, she proceeded
this port .

Sailed the Amethyst Frigate, Captain -SEYMOUR;
and Shannon tsrigate, Capt. Baaxe, to the West.

Pp RTSMOUTII, Frt. 8.----Arrived his Mtje,ty's
Ships Castor and Dolphin, with thePersevertuice,
Nottingham, Baring, Lord Duncan, Carnatie, 'and'
Lady Castlereagh East "Indianten, and a Fleet of
other outward4bound Vessels, under convoy front-
the Downs. •

His Majesty's Ship Hinder has pasifNi by with
a 'Convoy to t be Wet word.

Majesty's Ship Scorpion is. appointed C)tivoy
to the Westward.

Sailed his Majesty's Ships Kirious and Undaunti.l

on a

FAL MOI/Tll, FEB. 6.—Put back by contrary winds,
after being out a fortnight, the Priniess duiusta
Packet, with !Mails tor jarnaum, with bar sails split.