The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-05 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—A letter-received in this
city:dated New Otlans,, .Nov. 20, says—" The
Colledor. of this Port list week robbed the United
Sates of about 200;000 dollars, and- Went oil with
an English felucca, which, it appears,'. he secretly
purchased, and prepared for that villainous purpose.
Adive means have been taken to pursue him, but
we think. be
.will not be found, as the vessel he
went in sails remarkably'fast."

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

RUPTURE WITH -MIL JACKS ON.

DEC. '2 I.—The House went again i❑ Committee
of tlie.Whole on the iesolulion from the St-..naie.
Mr. EMOTTconcluded'llis speech againsCit.
Mr. GHOLSON and Mr. ROsS spoke in favour
of ir.

And at half-past three, on motion of Mr. UP-
HAM, the Committee rose, and obained leave to sit

again,
And the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, DEC. 22.

The Honse resolved lt4elf into a Committee of the
whole, on the resolutions from• the Senate.—Mr.
BASSET in the chair.

Mr. GOLD spoke at great length and with great
strength Of argument against the resolutions.
Mr. MArobr opposed the reBolations,• but on dif-
ferent grounds from those who had gone before him.
He did not like to praise the President, when he
had done no more than his duty ; and he did not
like a declaration of war against Great Britain at
this time.—The Committee rose, reported progress
.and had leave to sit again. The House then ad,
Journed until Tuesday next.

" Co!leapt's Office, Norfolk, Dec. 13, 1809.

"Six--Observing that Mr. JACKSON, the late Bri-
tish Minister, had lodged a formal complaint with the
GovernMent for an insult offered bythecitizens of
Hampton,' to an officer belonging to the frigate 4fri-
coine, and magnifying this insult into a demand for
passport's of safety for himself and family; I ton-
*ceived it my duty to irnke immediate application to
the Collectur.of Hampton, with a request that he
would have the taCts relative to this transaction fully
investigated, and certified.—l have this morning re-
ceived 116 M him the inclosed 'documents, wh:cit I
hasten to transmit to you.

".lhave the honour to be, Sir, with very high res-
peo).your obedient servant,
" Jam? CAIN SMITH."
The Hon. Robert Smith, Secretary
of State at Washington.'

SO 1:),A.4m nitonin, ES4. COI-LECTOZI OF TIM ralir

OF If A M I.lro N
Hatilptoth izth Dec ISo9

`f. SIR-I received your note of the ti th instant,
respecting the cundutt of the British officers from
the Africaine frigate while in Hampton.

. " I consider it an inctimbent duty, being thus
officially called upon, to give such a ❑arrative of
faels as way tend to an 'eduircissement of the con-
dud of one of the British officers, the effeCl:of
which has, I presume, given rise to this inquiry,—
The day previous to the sailing of the Africaine fri-
gate from Hampton Roads to AnnapoliS, conveying
the late British Minister, a few of that ship's offi-
cers were on shore at Hampton.

" Returning home, I was informed by the Citi7
zens that during my absence one of the officers had,
in a very disrespectful manner, entered my house,
and was seen shortly afterwards retiring precipitate-
ly. The officer being pointed out to me, I accosted
him in the presence of the other wEcers, nearly as
follows : You have tak4n the liberty, Sir, to offer
an unprovoked insult by. :entering my house in a
disrespectful manner. What were yoar motives for
such conduci ? the rights of the citizens here are
held sacred, and no man is suffered to infringe them
with impunity. You, Sir, have been permitted with
the rest of the officers to walk in our otteets unmo-
lested. It is strange, considering the political situa-
tion of the times; that you should be among the first
to insult the citizens of Hampton.'

" The officer attempted to extenuate the offeqce,
by saying that he did not rnean.an insult. I after-
wards left intwand the other officers in company
with several citizens, who were expiessing their in-
dignation at his conduil.

Shortly after the return dare frigate to Hamp-
ton Roads I received several verbal messages from
th 6 same officer, requesting permission to make,nie a
personal apology for his recent conduCi. I return-
ed Mai this answer :—" That the citizens of Hamp-
ton considered the indignity offered to me as a gene 7
ral insult, and that if he wished to apologise to them
also through me, I was willing to hear what he had
to say on that subje&. Accordingly this officer was
introduced to me at my office, .by the name of
JACKSON, and after acknowledging that he did en-
ter my house, made the apology required ; he then
observed that he Was tearful, upon a future investi-
g.ition of this subject, that he might sustain. much
injury, as he had reason to expect a public trial On his
returu to Bugland.

• -
" In order to correct, misreiiresentatioti, I mdst
here remark, that during the coteittnanc;.;
JACKSON ill Illy 1101 Se, ilt! was not seett by any of

my lai-ni!y, except servants.
" I am, Sir, - .
" respea, your obedient Servant,, .
'6 -.lloncaT