The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

• • : NEW YORK, JULY 15..=—Captaill WEYMOUTH ,of
• the. Schooner Weymouth, arrived here - yesterday
from Richmond; inforins, that 'on Friday morning
he was boarded in Hampton Roads by 'a boat frem
his Britannic- Majesty's Ship Bellonai and- treated
politely. The. Officer of the boat enquired for
news, and informed Captain W. that the Presi-
dent's Proclamation had been received the day be-
fore, and was in hopes that in a few days'all dis-
. . . putes would be settled.. The same evening Captain
W. was boarded off Cape Henry by .a boat from
the Melam pus (which Frigate and the Triumph, 7a,
had dropped down two days before) : they asked for
some poultry, which Captain W. was obliged to re-
fuse giving them. They, . stated that they were in'
much want of fresh provisions; that they had plen-
ty of water and salt provisions ; and that the Ships'
crews were getting the scurvy. On Captain WEY-
MOUTH'S enquiring what they had done with' the
seamen taken out of the Chesopeak, and if they were
..' English, the Officer answered,' that they were :dis-
tributed among .the Fleet, and that they, were Ame-
ricans; but they had received the King's bounty
and signed the Ship's paper's in England ; that they,
: run Off with the Captain's Pinnace, but had. no
, . Officer in the boat, as had been reported.
• FROM THE kaRFOI4:rUBLIC LEDGER OF JULY 8.
, .
" Our last noticed. the correspondence, between
Captain DOUGLAS and the 'Mayor of our
.Boroilgli.
We are now enabled ' to present our Readers with
• the following Report made.to the ' Mayor, together
with the second Letter, of Captain Detioees.., '
.. . " Nurfork, July 15, 1807;
(r Ste—ln pursuance of your .requqt; I this day
went down to the British Squaciroo, lying trOdenip-
. .• tou Roads, for the purpose of delivering the letter
with which I was charged 'to Captain DOUGLAS.
On arriving along-side his Ship,, the &Ilona, I was.
invited on board, and received by Captain DOUGLAS ,
himself at the gang-way, and ccknduded to his.
cabin; where I. found 'assembled all'the Captains lof
the Squadron. I, immediately informed hint;. that.
you had yesterday received a letter from hitn, the
answer to which I had been requested to deliver,
and placed it in his band. He read the letter very
. attentively, and then handed it to Captain HARDY,
from whom it passed to the'other, Captains in, sue- .
cession. When , they had all perused it, Captain
Douglas observed to me, " I presume, Sir, you are
acquainted with the contents of this letter." I told
• him I was;perfedly so. Ere then stated that his
letter must have been misapprehended, that it con-
tained no expression of menace which he recolle4- •
ed,,,aud‘that it certainly was not his intention to use
language which could be construed'to convey such
ideas; He referred to Captain_ HARDY, saying, that
he had shewa hell the letter previously to its being
sent, antrhad requested his opinion as to its setiti—
ments, Captain HARDY concurred with Captain
n)uoLAs in the opinion and objets of the column-
vicatigh. I then remarked to them the particular
expressions in the letter, which I coesidered as the
language of threat, .and adverted to the circumstance
or. the words i.‘ immediately annulled," being under-
scored. He said that this underscoring must have
been done-by his Clerk, without his direction, and
had escaped his obServation ; but again assured me,
upon his honour, that if any expression inaheletter
wore the appearance of a' threat, it was net to' be
• so understood.. • .' .. ,'. .' ' -:
.
f` Capt.. DOUGLAS tiekt adverted to tne conclusion
1 of the letter, in which the 'alternative -of Peace or
'War is left to himself. He said uperi this subjett,.
that he had no orders to commit .eny ad of hostility,
.and that there was no man from whose intention or
' wishes such an ()Vied ' was More remote; that 'lie•
was anxio'us to preserve the relations of amity which
had existed between the two Governments, and 'that
no at of hi; should tend to interrupt their harmnny,'
unless' he was ordered by his superiors to p6form
,• . such ads, in which case, as an °dicer, he must do
He repeated,however,
l' his duty. that he had at
!! present no such orders, nor did he exped to receive
such. Hestated that he had it in his charge gene-
rally, to guard his flag, and those Ceder . its protec-
i Con, front insult or eissaillt of any kind, and' that
this in all situations he must unquestiouahlydo.; hilt
that any further measure be was not at present
• authorised, nor was it his intention, to' take. ' I
... here, stated to him the many insulting.. menaces,
: !which had been
,c.orntnuoicated in Norfolk, as corn-
ing from him.
•He positively denied ever' having'
uttered any such; declared, if they had heed aised
by any of his Officers, that they were unauthorised, ,
and disapproved of by him, remarking, at the same
time, that he hoped all who knew him would 46
him the justice to believe that he was, not in the
habit. of using the. of threat. .He here too
again referred to all the Officers to say,"if they ‘ had
ever heard him at any time, even while speaking
confidentially to them, utter such expressions; and
they united in declaring that they had not.
" A desultory conversation then took ' place be.
• tween Capt. DOUGLAS, the other Captains, and my- -
self, which confirmed, nearly an hour, in the course
of which many remarks were, made. which had no
' reference to the subject of your letter, or were in
on.v way connected with it. These, Sir, I have al-
ready communicated to yourself; and to all, my fel-
low citizens with whom I have conversed upon this
!`'Lleft ; but as they are not connected with the sub,
pet, 4)f yourletter, I presume it would be unneces-
sary
againtdetail them here. In the course of this
conversation,
I described to them, as well as I was
able,. the sentiment .which universally prevailed
i through the country at this time, , the cause from
Whence it proceeded, and the effetis it would pro-
, duce, provided any effort on their part ' should be
made to oppose the public resolves, new intercourse
or supplies. • I explicitly declared, that we bad as
i yet received no authority from our Government to
proceed toads of aggression, but that we were audio-.
lised,,; and were prepared for defence, and for the
prottaion .of ourselves and property; 'to prove
Which, I placed in the hands of Captain DonoLes
as extract from the letter of. Governor CAaELL to
.Brigadier.-General MATH sws, which I had made for
that purpose. .1 concluded by warning hint again
' rot to send any of his officers or, people on shore;
41 for that if he did, the arms of the civil authority, .1
aid not believe, would be able to prote& them froM
lbe vengeance of an enraged people.; that this might
s,aci 4), consequences which might probably; -be yet
. . %,: !tea
had ; and if he was- sincere in the sentiments
! 4" expressed, he would be anxious to prevent

.
such results. Captain Diitiots,S, :stud all the Cap:.
tains, declared, that they were aware of the present
state of the public feelings, and" deplored the
cumstance which had excited it; that they did,not
intend to expose any 'of their people to .the resent-
ment of ours, which they' could conceive was highly
inflamed ; that as to supplies, they did not want any
at present, but when they did, they should not at-
tempt 'to procure them in any way which would ex.:
cite the opposition of the citizens of this country.
" Upon the subje& of intercourse, he did not
expea to hold any with the people. of this country,
nor was there any occasion for it. lioonly wished
to be permitted freely to communicate with the ac-
credited Officer of his Governaent here, who had
been formally received and recognized by our Exe-
cutive, and whose funaions he presumed none but
the Government had a right to put dowb.
,As to
the particular manner in which this communication
tnight,be carried on, it was a matter quite indiffer-
ent to him. He bad no objeCtion to that being re-
gulated by ourselves, in any way which is judged
proper, and that he would certainly pursue the mode
which might be suggested as.most agreeable to us,
provided the channel of communication was kept
free and open. To this I stated, that I had no au-
thority from any person to enter into any engage-
ment with him ; but that as an individual I would
state, that the letters he had forwarded under cover
to you had been safely delivered, and that therefOre,
I presumed any other dispatches of 4 like kind would
be treated in the same way. But upon this subjea;
could only refer him to you and your associates for
information. He then stated that he would to-day
write an answer to your letter, which he would for-
ward as before, and I left his ship, Captain DOUG-
tis'again.repeating the substance of what,l have al-
ready stated. •
"'From the moment I approached the Bellona, to
that On-which I left her, my treatment from Cap-
tain'. DOUGLAS, and all. his Officers, was' matked by
as much _attention, politeness, and respect, as any
gentlerhan" ever received from others. , .My pardon-
lar friend, Mr. Janes TAYLOR, Jun. acCompanied.
me on board the British ship, for reasons that will
at once suggest themselves to you, when you re-
member the delicateand,embarrassing situation in
which I might be placed. He remained on board
the whole time with me, and was a witness to every
thing which passed. I have read to him this corn.
Munication, Sir, in order to ascertain if my recol-
leftion was correa, and he accords With me in every
statement here made.

" I have forwarded a cagy of this letter •to the
Governor of Virginia, and to the Federal Exec-
utive, believing that at this time it is the duty of
every Citizen to keep his Government well in-
formed of every thing which may be useful.
- " I am, respectfully, Sir'
" Your most obedient Servant,
" L. W. TAzewELL."
"To Ft: CHARD E. LAX, Esq. Mayor •
• of the Borough of Norfolk."

6 Ws Majesty's Ship Bellona. Hampton Roads,
',SIR, the 6th I uly, 4807.

` I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your Letter of the 4th instant, in aniwer to mine of
the preceding day, requesting that the British Con.,
sul might be restoredAo his powers.
As every circUmstante relative to . the above
communication was so ,fully discussed in presence
of the Gentlemen deputed by the Magistracy of
Norfolk, as•bearers of your dispatch, I have only in
addition to remark, that as far-as lam individuay
concerned, every exertion shall be used that can,
consistent with the honour and dignity of the British
klag, tend to an amicable termination.
I have the honour to be, Sir, •
= ' Your obedient humble Servant,
J. E. DOUGLAS.'
,4 To RICHARD E. Les, Esq. . Mayor 0 ,
• the Borough of Norfolk, Virginia.'

Letter from the Emperor of MOROCCO to the.
Commerce of Mogadore
_ _

" To all the Merchants in Mogadore, Moors,
Christians, and Jews : •

u At this time I have found this place destitute of
goixis and of all such merchandize as is .wanted in
the Country, and I observe the reason is, because
you do not bring goods which pay duty, but you
only bring hard cash, which is no profit tome, and
ballast, which is an incumbrance: I wish you to
bring such•goods as are necessary for the Country,
and also benefit and fill the port ; for my own part
GOD has not made them needful to me.
For which, reason, I now order BEN ABDESA.-
DOCK, that whoever does not-import goods to the
benefit of the Country and employment of the port,
but brings only ballast and empty ships, not to suffer
such empty ships to remain in the harbour, but to,
send them away.
Sufficient time will be alloWed to convey this
Order to their friends ; and peace be with you.
" Dated tst day of Rabeh, 1223, which is the
gth May, 1807."

In the followinicharaEter which Mr. PAVI.x gives
of Sir FRANCIS BURDRTT, there is, perhaps, too
great
,an affectation of candour ; but, when we
recollea that he is speaking of one whom he was
once led to consider his friend', every allowance is
to be made for the tenderness with which' he treats
him :

" But before I take my leave' of Sir Francis,
allow me to give him a few words of advice. Not-
withstanding all his conduCt to me, I do not think
him a bad man ; but I fear that the only palliation
which that condud will admit of is,- that he is a
weak man. Nevertheless, with his popularity, be
maybe of great service to the country, if even the
slender abilities which he possesses be properly di-
reeted. Let him then throw off those ignominious
trammels of intelleCtual submission which have so
long disgraced him, and let him ad from the dic-
tates of his own heart. His conduCt, then, will not
display much .talent, but, I think, it will shew more
integrity. He may,
,inconsequence, for a time, be
less popular; but .let him recoiled that there is no
secure and permanent fame but that which is-gained
by. fair and honourable means..
When that Season. of honesty arrives, I shall
med. that justice which follx, and pride, and Ma,
lignity; 'have hitherto denied me; I shall exped
ample atonement for the wrongs which I have re-
ceived from him and -froM his gang ;—injuries,
however', which it will never be in their power- to
compensate."