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I acted, I have considered it my duty to return au
answer, of which the enclosed is a copy.

With great consideration and respect;

am, Sir,

Your assured and obedient servant,
(Signed) JONA. RUSSELL

ite-lion. James Monroe, &c.

MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH.

London, 19th Sept. 1812.

My 1.40110-1 had the' honour to receive, last
evening,:, your Lordship's- note of yesterday, and
have learnt, *ith great regret. and disappoimment,
that his' Royal Highness the Prince; Regent has
again rejected the just and moderate propositions
for a suspension of hostilities, ,whiCh I have been
-instructed to present on the part of my Govern-

Inca:

After the verbal explanations which lad the
'honour to afford your Lordship on the 16th inst.,
both as 'to the object and sufficiency of my in-
structions, I did not expect to hear repeatee, any
objections on these points. For itself, the Ame-
rican Government has nothing to disguise ; and
by varying the proposition as to the manner of
coming to a preliminary understanding, it merely
intended to leave•to the British Government that
which might be most congenial to its feelings,—
The propositions presented by me,• however, on
the 24th of August and 12th inst. are distinguish-
able by a diversity in the substance as well as in
the mode of the object which they embraced ; as";
by the former, the discontinuance of the practice 4
of impressment was to be immediate, and to pre- '
cede the prohibitory law of the United States re-
lative to the employment of British seamen; when,
by the latter, both these measures arc deferrext,
to take effect simultaneously hereafter.
Having made a precise tender of such law, and
exhibited the instructions which warranted it to
your Lordship, I have learnt with surprise that it
does not appear to your Lordship that I autho-
rited to propose any specific plan on the subject of
impressment. • I still hope that the overtures Made ,
by ,ine -may again be taken into consideration by
his Majesty's Government ; and as I leave 'town
this afternoon /fur the United States, that it will •
authorise some agent to proceed thither, and
adopt them as a basis for reconciliation between
the' wo countries, an event so devoutly to be
Wished. ,

. I have the honour to be, my Lord,
• .Yeur 'most obedient bumble servant,
(Signed) JoNA. RussELL.
The E.;..-ht Inn: Lord C4.stlereao,

NR. RUSSELL TO MR. MONROE.

[Pr ivat e.]

On board the Lark, 7th November, 1817,

Si a—l have, the honour to inform you that
am now passing the Narrows, and expect to WO
in New York this day. I conceive it to be my
duty to repair to the seat of government, and shalt
;et off as soon as I can obtain my baggage. Irk
the mean time !" am sorry to inform you, that the
second.proposition for an armistice was rejected
like the first, and i vigorous prosecution of the
war appears to be the only honourable alternative
left to us. I have the honour to be,

With great consideration and respect,
Sir, your very obedient servant,

JONA. RUSSELL.

The Hen. James Mcnroe. &e. &c. &t.

The Meisage and Documents were read, and
ordered to lie on the table.

LEY TALIONIS:

On the motion of Mr. WRIGHT, who preface('
the presentation of the resokution by some spirited
remarks, it was