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MONDAY) MAY 4, 1812.

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This morning a Heligoland Mail arrived : the
following is the only intelligence it brings
:
HELIGOLAND, APRIL 30.-By an arrival from
the opposite coast yesterday, we have been informed
that a native of this island who, -with 'two of his
companions, were seized, on the other side, had
been shot, and his companions sent to the fleet, in
pursuance of BUONAPARTE'S Decrees piohibiting all
intercourse with this Island. .

In Hamburg() the most profound secrecy is ob-
served in speaking of any subje&s of a political na-
They hear of the movements of troops, but
as to the objeEls of these movements ►hey are per-
,
lea ly ignorant.

ture.

French Papers to the 29th ult. have arrived. We
have made some extraCts from them, but they are
very unimportant. BUONAPARTE has not yet left
Paris; various causes have been suggested for this
delay. It has been supposed, that the negotia-,
tions with Russia are likely to take a favourable
turn, and that his presence in the North may
Dot be necessary. We have heard another
cause assigned, which we state merely as a report.
It is said that, notwithstanding the alliance between
the Emperor of AL STRIA and BUONAPARTR, the
latter is by no means sure of the assistance, or even
of the neutrality, of the former, in the event' of a war
with Russia. We are unable to determine what
degree of credit is -due to this report. It is certain,
however, that- something must have occurred to
prevent his departure from Paris. His force in the
North was colleted, the season for operations had
arrived, it was, therefore, natural to suppose that he
would strike the first blow as soon as pOssible ;
such has-hitherto been his praetice, and nothing but
necessity, we are convinced, has made him deviate
from it in the present instance. ,

The secrecy which has been so properly observed
by Government, respecting the Flags of Truce which
have lately arrived from France, has given ample
.scope. for the exertion of speculation and of inven-
tion. It is said by some that BUONAPAATE has
proposed to open a Negotiation with this Country,
in which Russia is to be included. In the opinion
of .others, 'the correspondence carried on by
these Flags of . Truce relate merely to some
commercial negociations which BUONAPARTE is dis-
posed to adopt. If we were inclined to give an opi-
nion upon this subjea, we should adopt the latter
rather than the former speculation : we are
convinced that BUONAPARTE feels most deeply
the etTe&s of his own anti-commercial regula-
tions and of the measures .aopted by the Govern-
ment of this country to counteract them. We believe
that the firmness and perseverance evinced by this
.country have forced him to relax, and that he will
be forced to relax still more in his system. We
therefore see with surprise, ps well as regret, the
efforts made by men_ in this country, calling them-
selves Statesmen, to force Government to depart
from that system which has ma`de our enemy feel the
mischief which he meant to inflict on us—to re-
peal those ()ales in Council, which have re-'.
duced the dominions of BUONAPARTE to the com-
mercial distress in which they now are, —inn word,
to remove all the obstacles to the trade of France,
and her dependencies. If, by repealing the Orders
in Council, the obstacles which restrict t the trade
both of France and of England, would be removed,
there might be some weight in the argument; but the
fa& is, that the repeal of the Orders in Council would
afford immense commercial advantages to France,
while the trade of England (except only to America)
Would remain exposed to all the impediments with
which it has been clogged. • To revert, however, to
the subjea from which we digressed, we shall not
be surprized.to find that the correspondence carried
on by these flags of truce originated in a desire of
BUONAPARTE to relax trota his anti-commercial
system, because we believe that the distresses and
discontents of his subjeas have rendered that re-
laxation necessary.

With respect to the Flags of Truce that arrived
'on Wednesday and 'lhursdsy, they were merely
sent over- with apologies to our Government, be-
cause our Flag of Truce was fired at by the batteries
of Calais.

It is to us a subjeet of deep regret that we are
unable to announce to our readers the restoration of
tr3ncptility in the disturbed counties. We did, re-
ly.ng upon .the acknowledged good sense of our

countrymen, empress our firm conviction that the
deluded Rioters would soon be convinced of the
folly as welt ai the witkedriess of their conduct, and
that they would desist from practices which not
only exposed them to the vengeance of the laws; but
were calculated to aggravate the very evils of which
,they complained. We are satisfied that if the
misgkilded periple to whom we are alluding, .had
been left, to the exercise of their own understandings,
the result would have answered our expeolations.
But these disturbances have now assumed a character
very different indeed from that which was at first
supposed to belong to them ; they are no longer ex-
cited by men who, from the want of work, and
the high price of provisions,-Might be driven by
distr.-en to acts of violence, but by men (if the ac.-
counts which, we have seen are true)—tegirlarly
organized, paid, and trained to mischief. Where,
it has been asked, does the money come from ?
The answer, we think, is not difficult : if money
has been expended for such purposes, it must have
been furnished by an implacable enemy, who, hav-
ing failed to succeed against us by force, would wil-
lingly have recour,e to the means of treachery and
corruption. Wehave no doubt that, by the vigi-
lance of Government, these machinations will be
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completely defeated but' we cannot omit this
opportunity of again calling the attention of Go-
vernment to the enormous ournber of Foreign-
ers at present in this coun-ry. We have before
said, that we by no means wish that an asy-
turn should not be granted to those unfortunate per-
sons who fled hither to avoid the persecution to
which their loyalty exposed them, in their own
cOuntry, but we do not see why, •in times like the
present, we should tolerate such swarms of o her
foreigners, who either endanger our safety by their
treachery, or corrupt onr morals by (heir profligacy.

We have no room this day for the remainder of
the Documents which we have received respeming
the charge brought by America against. the British
Government, on the authority of the person named
HEbTRY,.but we, insert the following passage from
the official Paper of the American Government on
this subject :
" The whole affair is one on which comment
would.be superfluous. It speaks in a voice of thun-
der, which .the very deaf shall hear. Instead. of
applying it as a stimulus to party favour, let if be-
come a bond of union against a common foe, who,
whilst she was making lavish professions of friend-
ship through our Minister in England, and her Mi-
nister in this city, was perfidiously stirring tiP.te-
bellion, and:compassing disunion in this land, by
secret agencies; at the moment she was pretending
to hold out one hand in fellowship, with the other
.she was feeling for the vitals of the Republic, to
which she might in the dead Of night direst her
poisoned dagger."—National Intelligeiwer, March
10.—:The same Paper .also says, " Whatever may
be thought of the past, the public will not fail pro-
perly to appreciate the views of him who shall, af-
ter this disclosure, trumpet forth the justice, cle-
mency, and forbearance of Great Britain to the
United States.—lf such a one shall be found, let
him be marked as the foe to freedom, as the par-
ricidal enemy of his country."

The Archbishop of YORK and Lord CASTLE
REAG 11 had audiences of the PRINC.E. REGENT 'fester
day, at Carlton House.

The Address presented at the Levee on Tuesday,
the handy work of our City Demagogues, was only
deficient in one point to make it complete •fiom the
hands of such workmen—,a panegyric on their idol,
Buonaparte; far 'hard indeed have these patriotic
bawlers worked of late in his cause. The few fol-
lowers attendant on their leaders fully testified their
insignificancy. It is with pleasure we turn from
contemplating this_preciouscomposition to that now
offered to the consideration .of the Livery of London
by Mr. Alderman' CHRISTOPHER SMITH and the
Committee of the' loyal and independent ;part. of
them. Its sentiments.at mice-become theta as Ci-
tizens of London, and members of the British Em-
pire. We are convinced that if the respectable in-
habitants of this kingdom Would only step forward
with the same energy as this Committee, much
might be done in counteraaing-the delusion so stu-
diously propagated by men who haire so little of their
country's welfare at heart.
IlioTs.•'--The last accounts received fro:o Man-
ohester, on the subject of the riots, are rather im-
portant, as will appear by the following extrad
MANCHESTER, APRIL 30, 1812.—" We are
all quiet here at present, but are still anxious to see
what may happen the next two or three days, as the
general meeting of the Luddites is said to be fixed
for to-morrow, but the place we have yet to learn.
Be that as it may, we are fully prepared, and so far
I do conceive there is not the-least danger. The Bol-
ton Rioters' Committee, or rather the Delegates, had
planned a secret meeting, at which some important
matters were to bedisctrised. The faa became known"
to the Officers of Police, and it was deemed pru-
dent not to prevent it taking place. The conse-
quence was, that last night the whole assemblage,
consiting of 25 men, were taken by surprise, toge-
ther with all correspondence. A man has also been
apprehended at Eccles, in attempting to seduce the
Local Militia, by offering five guineas bounty, and
fifteen .shillings per week, to all that would be
twisted in (the term for swearing in.) Many of
the delegates are going round the country tau the
same service.