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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1813.

Captain Buovorn, of the brig Childers, arrived
this morning.at the Admiralty, from the Amefican
station. • We understand, that thlvintelligence he
brings confirms the report before in circulation
of the Russian mediation beeween•Great thitain
and the United States having been offered, and
promptly accepted by the latter. The whole
.coast of AltleliCa is now closely blockaded- by.
the British squadrons ; and we imagine the feel:

ing of the people of that country begins to
be a little more sympathetic on the subject of the
miseries of war. This accounts for the readiness
of their hestiie‘Government to enter into negocia-
tions but we trust they will have more reason to
be. facile in their entertainment of such proposi-
tions before our Tars have done with them.. Mach
as we desire peace, we confess it would 'remain a
sore upon our winds were it to be concluded be-
fore the Americans tasted a sample of British yen-
' geance and retributive justice.
Mr. BAKER; our late Secretary of Legation in
the United States, and who has been resident at
Washington since the war, :also reached town
this morning; he came passenger in the Childers,
which arrived at Fahnottth on Monday.

The Catholick Bill, which seems to satisfy no
one but those who framed' it, endured its first
handling in the House of Commons last night, on
& motion of Sir J. C. liIPPESLEY, for the appoint-
merit of a Select Committee to inquire into the
merits of the question,' before it was irremediably
determined. This unfortunate measure, like &de-
formed and ill-favoured Child, is the pride and .
de-
light ofits fondly doting parent 3; who think it the
most gracious creature living," while all the
world beside view it, with feelings of 'displeasure.
and sensations of di'slike. Its main characteristic
is, that; iricoinnirnl with middle courses in general,
it is agreeable to no party. It gives all that the Pro.
.tesrants value, utfti pat so much as-.the Catliolieks
zeiluire-- it surrendCrs Protestant rights, WlLhpttt
appeasing Catholick ,clamours—and it po'ssisses;
in a lire-eminent degree, the rare merit of offend-
those from whom it calls for sacrifices, with-
out reconciling those whom it is meant to serve.
As 'a legislative provision to set the matter for ever
at rest, it is now avowedly nugatory, and the
great' argu'rnent which induced a majority to en-
tertin• it at all is completely set aside ; fur no
o'e wilt venture to say, that it will establish ia-
tinnal unanimity and Concord by conciliating the
Catholicks. ,

The House, terrified by the voluminous mass of
Papers which ,the n►. Mover wished to drag
from the dust of antiquity, and the folios of eru.
(lite theologicUl.con'troversy with whiQh _he canna
aftmed to enlighten them, negatived the motion
by a majority of 48 the numbers being ,^:l5 for,
and 187 against it. They will therefore come ut
once to the grand question on the second reading
of the Bill, %%IIR.h is. fixed to-morrow, a►) then
we shall hear discussed the merits of thin famous
►nostrum, which, in spite of 'the evidence of our
senses, vice fire yet
.assured will have the effect
of composing the State.

A tieligola7.4 Mail arrived this Morning, but the
letters kirefe. nOt delivered, before we were pbliged.
,to go to press. We tinderstand, however, that it
'brings no iv' \‘'s of importance.--The next arrivals
from the
,North hittA be very interesting, atni', we
trust, as favourable as the present:happy aspect of
afl'itirti in diet tittarter us to antieipate.': At
all eyowts. Ave- congrattilate tlic public ott the re-
moval of the whole train of thtrgloomy prophecies
of the Party for tle':lait mOnth, with respect to
Stvezlen.---These, like their other illuSions, have,
passed away, and a new topic for croaking must
now be looked for.

An Aid-de-Camp of B N A DoTTE,bas.arrived in
town, and, it is said, he brings accounts that Swee
(feu find Denmark have made pea Ace.
Oirou (JAcoEk KLEIST, tile mbassadorty-
rAintedSo the Court alp G
(Great Britain by the King
of PLusst,‘, arrived' in town yesterday morning.
Ile came direct 11001 Gottenburgh in the Kind;
tietirgec riaCk eti. bad several interviews with the
Citow-N-PaiNen-previons Co his (lc' 'cure, and i 6
unileratood to be the -hearer of tie sit assurances
front liar Olcordiality in the conntiotr cause.
ltoinun Catholics of I:l4imoutit have, it
seemm, liar-ch4ved an old mansion in that town,
which, kf oat, But in 'their
,fayour should
,finally
pass, is to he CoaVelrfed into a 7111trilery• J ,

41.1t01t Tut;t.t.IONDOV rrE, mAyll.
.4,intridiy-tigire, AM!) !i, 18 13.
FAlti'dtt of a letter froidkaptaiki Cour4; dt hi" Ma'estv's
I.lop atidr6it,4 toJt.ear-Mbuirlit Lord Amelitig
Betmelerk,, unit trtiosmilipil by Admiral Sir Robert Calder
to Juba Crol4
Sloop Mutine, A 4 sea,
111 Y LORD, April is, DiLi.
have great -plea Sure in acquainting your Lord;
ship, that yesterday morning, while in execution
or your Lordship's orders, at daylight, a strange
ship was discovered on our lee bon', to which chace
was given immediately ; at two P. M. the stranger
hoisted French colours, and commenced a fire from
her steruguns, which, 'disabling us in our sails and
rigging; occasioned us to drop a-stern ; at forty
minutes past eight, being again within gun-shot,
he hoisted a light,' and opened a fire front- his
broadside, which was continued until forty4ve
minutes past ten,';hen his maintop gallant-masts
and jibs being shocaway, we were enabled to close
him ; still it was not until after a spirited resistance
of 50 minntes, that at half-past l 1 she hauled down
her colours. lam convinced that had the action
taken place during the day, it would ha,ve been of
much shorter continuance. Sheproved to be Plu-
vincible priu,ateer
_corvette, of Bayonne, Martin
Jortis, Commander, pi'erced, for 20 gums, mount-
ing 16-, viz. twelve 134pounder-carronatles (French
calibre) and four long-sixes, with a complement of
86 men (partly Americans), the remainder of her
crew being absent in priies.
It gives me pleasure To state to your Lordship,
that no loss luTus been sustained on my side, save
two men slightly wounded ; our "standing and
running rigging and sails' much cut, and masts
wounded. I have the honour to be; -Ste.
NEVISON COUItY, Capt.

, [Captain Sir Peter Parker, of his itiajesty's ship
Menelaus, has transmitted to John Wilson Cro-
ker, Estj. copies of two letters, addressed by him
on the 22'd and 28th March, to Vice Admiral Sir
Edward Pellew ; the farmer repOrting the capture
of L'Hirondelle French packet, returning from
Algiers to Toulon, with dispatches ; and the lat-
ter, that of the Noveati-Phenix. French privateer,
of six guns, and 75" omen, out three weeks from
Leghorn, and had only taken zone Maltese brig.]