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rte!( LAST NIGIIT'S
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ADmrstALTY CE, 23. •
t.ettar'from Admital Mc ntagiser Commander in Chief .
Calef of a --•
teries asps and Vessels at Portsmouth and Spithead,;
othie ?Ole, dated on board the Royal WU:tau,
to the
.d. •
the fath instant.
pleasedslthe•-- to lay. bdate the Lords Commissioners of the
ed letietfrom Lieutenant Perdriew, corn-
Abilrl,c.iselaj,ity's pun bitg Haedy, stating the capture of la
tune privateer. I have the hOsour
pais, (signedy GIG. MONT cos.
....1N Gun Brig Hardy, off Little Hampton, Fels. i 9.
to acquaint you, that at eight o'clock this morn.
begeitelecbnei,;gE. by about five leaves, &Covered
"cashore, and made sail In chace of her. Shortly
' 'Aar/ d inrevenue cutter also in .there astern of us; and
'ripenera :sailing, Muse up with her. 'lltst. Two other
nt,'" joined intim chant*, At ten minutes part eleven she struck,
.4- oared to be la Reads, Captain Friesmanton, mounting six-
,f tit
erwo to sla phOndeis, and 48 men ; left Dieppe on
""inrisiisc,sr° hid made no capture. I have the honour to
Oci (Signed) stare. PERbIIZAV.
ite'
NORSE GUARDS, If EB.
maiesty having been graciously pleased to command, that,
oat' on of the brilliant and decisive victory obtained
I° "Iris Waif his unity under the command of Major Gecieral
h„ stain 4th July 1806, on the Plains of Maids, the un-
ins of the Army, engaged on that day, should
mentioned airs
rho privilege of bearing a ; and his Majesty having
the Medal which halt been struck upon this occasion;
ieicr—ned-431t, command that it should be worn suspended by a rib-
" colour of the sash, with a blue edge, from a button of
tot alt
to neon the lefSir John t ude.
Stuart, -
ahia Contest K.
. • Commanders of Brigades.
Driesa., Geed Hon. George Lowry Cole-Ist Brigade.
Gearal W. Pahne'p,•Acland-sid Brigade:
uinnaosid-sti 13rtgade.
Clod of Corps, having the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Kenttasortammanding Bar. Light lhfantry.
Peszt:' W. 0* n--Battalion Grenadiers.
goistot Ross--20th Regiment.
r atemegetcsleid Havilanal Stnitlf--27th ditto.
George fah:lion-LsBth ditto-since dead.
eTintiaonel Patrick .Macleod-L7Bth ditt6--sinie dead.
rie-anst -Cannel Lewis de Watteville•--Wittevilles Corps.
outersuttolonel Jo Lemoine-Witoysl Artillery.
Lmiteent.Closlel Hedry Edward. Blinbury, Deputy Qbaitere
ilaster-Gerta. • • (Slgned)
FB.Elf/ERICK, Cdmmandel• in Chia'.
MILITATtY PROMOTIONS.
NeAR-oFFICE, EBB. 23.
eiiLiife duards-Liebtenant the Hod. Edward *n-
ifty/4Mb s Calstaiii of a Troop, pi purchase; vice Grant,
Pauncefurt Duncombe to be ditto,
do• gatporelitorettres:; --•-r=. Berger, Gent. to be Cornet and
',winnow, by purchase, vice Welby, promoted; W. E.
oosGost. to be ditto, vice Lacy, promoted,
of We Dragoons-J. K. Taylor, Gent. to be Cos.-
• Idieletonideceased.
Cokes Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
promoted:
lliallwCiptain runty %Nally, froth the 19th Light Ira-
' ssig-bte Calitain of a Troop, vice Ross, who exchanges ;
Henry Edward Lynch,-frchn the 6th Garrison Bat-
t* be Lisiltenant, vice D'Arcey, who exchanges.
lob..l,•eutenant John Thomas Raynes, from half pay of
taw° be Lieutenants vice Harding, who exchanges,
aids* die difference.
isanitaCaptain Archibald Roes, from the Ilth Light Dra-
NAMhe =ll of a Troop. vice Yonge, who exchanges.
H Mate John Richardson to be AssistantSur-
*eke Hickson, appointed. to the Royal Waggon Thin.
splue•Olset George Kele to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
stechaWoo, promoted in the 4th t)ragoon Guards ; Thomas
limps, Gent.to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Turner, appoint-
ed* ffit std Foot.
ollitto---Asdstant Surgeon Francis Smyth, from the 9th Foot,
to be Assittant Surgeon, vice Little, who resigns.
esh Attu-Cornet 1. S:S. Walton to be I ieutenant, without
nodose, vice Thorn, promoted; Cornet Henry Jaelc,a a Close
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, *lce Bean, promoted;
Henry lackson Close, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase,
Yin Waite ; Assistant Surgeon Robert Dunn, from the S9th
Foot, to he Assistant Surgeon, vice Sparke, deceased.
Renabottt Foot—GeorgeHetwbod, Gent, to be Ensign,
without path*, vice Keht, promoted in the 63d Foot.
Pitto-I. D. L Gordon, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chair, Tice FazGerald, promoted in the 82d Foot ; Assistant
Surgeon Daniel 011aherty, from the 4th Garrison Battalion,
to be Assistant Surgeon.
Itillino-Michael Flanagan, Gent. to be Enrign, twithout puss
Base, vice Fraser, promoted in the 4th Garris-m Eattalion.
104 Ditto-Assistant Surgeon Arthur Bell, from the Ist Carri-
on Battalion, to be Surgeon.
IlikDitto-Lieutenant W illiam Frith to be Captain of a Com-
pany, Tice Cavendish, deceased.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensign George Cole, front
the 69th Foot, vice Frith ; Ensign William Reid, Nice F:
Center, who resigns ; Ensign Janis Taberville, vice Fogarty,
proraoted in the lelst Foot.
Tote Ensigns, without purchue--Jantcs Keappock, Gent. vice
Tee, appointed to the 74th Foot; Jonathan Gustavus Foster,
Cent. site Taberville.
Ditto-Eris:lin Henry Burnside, from the 40th Foot, to be
Unmeant, without purchase.
lith Dino-John Leggett, Gent. tote Ensign, withova purchase,
Tice Allen, who resigns:
lel Ditto-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wifiaau Bowyer, from
the ath Wen India Regiment, to be itajor, vice Mahon, who
Milt on tali pay of the 95th Foot, recessing the difference.
22c1 Regiment of Foot.
Tele Lieseenasano-Eissips Charles N. Davies, without purchase,
'let Le Sage, whew appointment has not taken place ' • Ensign
RA Sys, vice Bagnall, deceased ; Ensign Charles Younge,
VI punka*, vice Kelly, promoted in the. 34 West India Regl,
wat-To be Ensign-Lucius French, Gent. vice Le Sage.
ids Ditto-NI/jot W.F. Wyatt, from the ii9th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires.
24th Regiment of Foot.
To it Liettenants--Ensigns David Warburton, Richard Walton,
A. N. Hodiater, John Mee, J. Medlyeott, Charles A. Stuart.
I.° k Ensigns-Ensign Robert Robison, from the 14th Foot,
net Warburton ; Thomas Allen, Gent. vice Walton.
llti..Ditto-Lieutenant William Lawrie, from the Stirlingshite
MlLtial to be Ensign, vice Archer, promoted in the 4th Cirri*.
eon Battalion.
:-th 'l'm-Ensign Henry Beaver, from the Nova Scotia Fenei-
aes, to be Lkutenant, without purchase.
To be Ea 34111, without purchase-Joseph' Smith, Gent. vice
Elm,
promoted ; James M'Ceard, Gent. vice Talbot, pro-
moted; John Black. Gent. vice Lennon, promoted.
3k Ilitto- Arundell, Gent. to le Ensign, without pur-
„.ree, vice Popham, promoted in the 29,h Foot.
• .`" Ditto-Ensign William Penrose, from't. Sth Garrison Bat-
talion, to be Lieutenant, without purchase Floor, ..--- Pop-
Eat, from the 28th Foot, to be ditto
Ditto--Ensign R. Hobs Taunton. to be I ieutynant, with-
out purchase, viee Macleod, who rezigns,
Dino--Enaign J. H. Clisugh to he I .'.cotenant without pur- I
„'"'se, vice Daly, promoted ; Ensign T
Thomas. Fustace to be
isoutenant, without purchase, vice Craig, promoted in the Si-
Regiment.
awiDitto-Assistant Surgeon ~-.-.-. O'Connell, from' the 7th
Curliest Battalion, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Mount Gar-
et*, appointed Ensign.
30
.Ditto--Ensign James Pollock to be ieuteriant, viee
4 gretlell, ; WOliam Madden, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Pollock.
--"veto--Brevet Major Henry Johnstone, from half pay of the
%
"Fort, to be Captain of a Company, vice Bridge, who Ca-
dgers, receiving the difference • Ralph Ouseley, Gent, to be
gn, without purchase, vice liillington,promoted In the 112 d
0; —Tyler, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
v nenoglicie, promoted in the 48th lout.
isals Ditto-Lieutenant P. Edward Fleming, from the Sd Oarri-
'on Battalion, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
524 Ditto-Lieutenant Colonel John Roos, from the 91st Foot,
tobe Lieutenant Colonel, vice Mackenzie, who exchanges.
lobo Lieut, nants, without purchase-F.nsign William Chambers,
vice Merry, promoted ; Ensigns Woodgate, Charles Kin-
Robert Brownrigg, Baker Coate.% George Brooke, Tho-
Mos Goruon, Thomas Ramsay.-EnSign Thomas Whichcote,
by Parebase, vice Dots, promoted ; Lieutenant 'Tristram Rant-
dile, from the 94th Foot, without purchase.

Company.

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To be Ecisigns....William Roids, Cert. by punkas!, vice Lord
James HayrPrometed; Tisorna! Dundee, Oeht. vice Chalmers;
_Charles Paget. Gent. by put-chuck vies Whichc )to.
83d Ditto—Hospital-Mate Divis,.tO tbe Assis ant.Surgemis
vice Crosier, appointed to the Bth Garrison Battalion.
ith Ditto--Ensigno C. W. Bulkeley, from the loth Foot, to be'
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott, promoted. .•
Stith Ditto,—Michael Henley, Gent. to.be Et sign, without pm,
shut, viee Alaekan, promoted; George Sunbolf, Gent. to be
Ensign,* purchase, vice Farr, promoted.
Seth Ditt4-*-Lientevant Benjamin Sankey, from the Loath Militia.
to.bc Eitsign, vice B. Garin, whose appointment has not taken
pike.
60th Ditto—Lieutenant Colin Campbell from the 72d Foot, to

be Lieutenant, vice Liddle, who achinges.
67th Ditto-e-Lientenant Peter Ruttledge, from the 34 West India
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without ourchaie.
69th Regiment of Foot.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Georg Robertson, Dent. vice
Cole, promoted in the 12th foot ; Willi Ant Hambtin Burroughs,
Gent. vice West, promoted; and John Folahtode, Gent. vice
M‘Phereon promoted.
71st Ditto—Ensign John Duncan King to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Brisson, who retires.
72d Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Liddle, from the 60th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, who exchanges.
78th Ditto—Ensign Alexander M. Came'ron to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mansell, promoted in the 76th Foot ; and Ensign
Charles Robertson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Came-
ron, promoted.
80th Ditto—Ensign John Bowler to be Lieutenant, vice Watson,
deceased ; and Francis Browne, Gent to W Ensign, without
purchase, vice M'Gregor, Whose appointment has not taken
place.
84th Ditto—E. Hyde Gramlick, Gent. to be Assistant Surgeon,
vice Hall, deceased.
87th Ditto—Ensign James Campbell Barton to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Ferguson, promoted in the 58th Foot.
90th Ditto—Captain John Dickins, from the 7th Garrison Batta-
lion, to be Captain of a Company, vice Boothby, who embanges.
91st Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel K. Mackenzie, from the 52d
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Roos, who exchatiges.
924 Ditto-Ensign Andrew Will, from the 91st Fout, to be Lieu-
tenant. without purchase ; and Ewen Campbell, Gent. to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice M'lntosh, promoted.
94th Ditto--Lieutenant W. A. Irwin to be Captain of a Company,
by purchase, vice Gordon, promoted ; Ensign Alex. Kyle to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fraser, promoted ; East-
court Cresswell, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Kyle, and Assistant
Surgeon James Scott, tole Surgeon, vice Smith, deceased.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Alexander Gordon, from
the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain of a Company, by pur-
. chase; vice Moultrie, appointed to the 6th Garrison Battalion.
6th I/jab—Lieutenant William Kent, from the 61 st Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Lorimer, eppointed to the Royals.
Bth Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel James Willock, from half-
pay of the late 95th FolX, to be Major, vice Bowyer, appointed
to' he 16th foot.
Major General Champagn6's Regiment—Lieutenant Charles
Parkhurst; from the 7th pax, to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Rickets, appointedto the 44th Foot.
The Sicilian Regiment.—Lieutenant Pante, Stopford, from the 29th
Foot, to be Captain of a Company, without purchase ; Lieute-
nant Thomas Kennedy, from the 7th Alot, to be Captain of a
Company, without purchase. e
3d Garrison Battalion—Ensign Haire to be Lieutenant,
vice Fleming, appointed to the filth Fat ; Ensiet James
M'Gregor, from the 17th Foot, to bit Ensign, vice Haire.
4th Ditto—Lieutenant George Stonebridge, Etom half-pay of the
112th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Archer, who exchanges ; En-
sign ---- Yorke, from the 35th Foot, to be ditto ; Eissign
Thomas Fraser, from the Bth Foot, to beditto.
Stb Ditto—John Everitt, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Penrose, pro-
moted in the 29th Foot.
6th Ditto--Lieutenant William D'Arcy, from the 17th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lynch, who exchanges.
7th Ditto—Captain William Booth's', from the 90th Foot, to be
Captain of a Company, vice Dickins, who exchanges; Assis-
tant Surgeon --- Leigh, from the Armagh Militia, to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice O'Connell, appointed to the 38th Foot.
Bth Ditto—John Rutledge Kell, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Flana-
gan, cashiered; Thomas Fraser, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Eve-
ritt, cashiered.

BREVET.
Captain John Minns. of the S9th Foot, to be a Ma jnr in the Army.
Captain Sackville Berkeky, of the 16th Foot, to be ditto.
ME.\IORAMDUM.
Ensign Joshua Gladstanes, of the lath Foot, is superseded.
Captain F. 1.. Senn, of Meuron's Regiment, is superseded, being
• absent without leave.
THE UNDER-MENTIONED APPOINTMENTS,
(As stated in the Gazettes of 14th March, and 14th May, 1807,
and of the 9th February, 1808),
HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE, VIZ.
99th Foot—Thomas Peacocke, Gent. to be Ensign.
72d Do. —Ensign James Bean to be Lieutenant.
94th Do. —Lieutenant George G. Monro to be Captain of a

ERRATA,
M the Gazettes of the 2d January, and 2d and 13threbruary, 1008.1
13th Foot—For Lieutenant Philip Taylor, from the 9th Foot,
to be Lieutenant without purchase—Read Lieutenant JAR
Taylor, from the 9th Foot, to be Lientenant,without purchase.
43d Do.—For Ensign and Adjutant Bernard Murphy, from the
54th Foot, to be Adjutant, with tie raid sf Ers
En Z vice Mur-
chison, who resigns the Adjutancy—Read and Adju-
tant Bernard Murphy, from the 54th Poot, to be Adjutant,
with the Posh of Liesitenant, vice Murchison, who resips the

Adjutancy.
94th Do.—For Ensign Tristram Ratcliffe, from the 35th Foot,'
to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Mon'', promoted--Read
Ensign Tristram Ratcliffe, from the 35th Foot, to Le Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Irwin,pronseted.
BANKRUPTS.
John Webb, of Manchester, calico-manufacturer, dealer and chap-
man, to surrender March 14, 15, and April s,"at two, at the
Bridgeivater Arms Inn, Manchester. Anoraks, Mr. Ralph
EDO, Cunitopstreet, London, or Mr. Morgan, Manchester.
Edward Grey, of Monk Wearmouth, Durham, coalfitter, March
9,10, and April 5, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bishop Wear-
ma tti& .Attornles, Mr. Robert Davidson, Bishop Wearmouth ;
or Messes. Wharton and Dyke, Lamb's Buildings, Temple.
Alchard Humphreys, of Stamford, Lincolns Lire, linen-draper,
Much 9, 10, and April 5, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Stam-
ford. Attorney, Mr. Thompson, Siamford.
Joseph Randall, of Leeds, Yorkshire, grocer, dealer and chapman,
March hree
3,4, and April 5, at eleven, at the T Les Inn,
Leeds. Attornies, Mr. Lee, Leeds ; or Mr. Bettye, Chagncery-

lane Legea n.
JamesiMoon, of Manchester, and William Maymon, of Hasling-
deo, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturers' dealers, chapmen, and
copartners, February 29, March 7, and April 5, at three, at the
Bridgewater Arms Inn, Manchester. Anomie., Messrs. Duck-
worth, Chippendall, and Denison, Manchester.
Robert Hutchinson, of Manchester, joiner, dealer and shapman,
February 29, March 7, and April 5, at four, at the Bridgewater
Arms Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Philip Hurd, Temple,
London ; or Mr. Morgan, Manchester.
'ohn Graham, of Cheeky, Lancashire, and John Harrison, of
P escort said county, liquor-merchants, dealers and copartners,
March 7,2, and April 5, at eleven, at the Bull Inn, Preston.—
Attornie.,Mr. Startifant, Preston ; or Messrs. Barrette, Gs-4's
Inn, London.
?ohn William Henry Mason, of Heartley-place the Kent Road,
parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, paper-banger,
stationer, dealer 2nd chapman, March 1, 12, and April 5, at ten,
at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Rippon, No. 11, Grange
Road, Bermondsey.
DIVIDENDS.
Feb. 29. Morgan Parry, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, shop-
keeper, dealer and chapman, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn,
Gloucester.
Feb. 24. Joseph Phillips, of Blcester, Oxfordshire, linen-drapes,
at eleven, of Guildhall, London.
Fe.o. 25. Samuel Blower, late of Ellingham, Norfolk, miller, at
eleven, at the Tuns, Bungay, Suffolk.
Feb. 22. Samuel Stretton of Willingdon, Sussex, shopkeeper, at
eleven, at the Star lan;Lewes.
Feb. 27. Samuel Dawtree the
teen,'youner of the Crescent, in the
Minories, London, corn-factor, at at Guildhall
Feb. 16. John Kenos
the elder and John Kennion the younger,
of Nicholas-lone, London, brokers, desders, and copartners% at
one, at Guildhall.
Feb. 23. Moses Elliott, of Chatham, Kent, shopkeeper dealer and
chapman, at eleven, at Guildhall, London.
Feb. 23. William Rlgg, of the Old Bailey, Landes, giove-mer-
choir, at ien, M Guildhall.

S7t_flE PAPERS.

PAPERS rrtr.tENTNTI Pri lIIS NIAJESTT'S COMMAND TO
BOTH HOLCES O! PAR/ IANIENTI FEBRUARY, 1808.

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UNITED STATES.

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s., • No. t.
Note from Messrs. Monroe and Ptukuey to Mr. Secretary Can-
ning, ilattil London, Jilly 24, 1107.
The undersigned, comntissionet•s extraordinary and
plenipotentiary of the United States of America, have
4e,honour to inform Mr. Canning, that they are in-
structed by the President of the United States to pro-
pose to his Majesty's Government a renewal of new); I
dation relative to the objects of the mission of the
undersigned', with a view to a more satisfactory result
than is found in the instrument signed on the 31st of
December last, by his Majesty's Plenipotentiaries, and
those of the United States.
Ths unOrsigned are persuaded that his Majesty's
Government will see in this measure, an unques-
tionable proof of the sincere desire of the President to
place the friendly relations of the two countries be-
yond the reach
,of those misunderstandings which I
either the absence or the inadequacy of precise ar-
rangements on subjects of the greatest delicacy and
importance Might from tithe to time occasion.
It is under the influence of this solicitude, that the
Presicjtnt has charged the undersigned to express to
his Majesty's Government his unfeigned regret that
the instrument above-mentioned does not appear to
him to be such as he can approve, and at the same
time to declare his entire confidence, that the just and
liberal sentiments which animate, his Majesty's Go-
vernment, corresponding with those which belong to
the Government of the United States, cannot fail to
lead, without delay or difficulty, to such an issue of
the ne&ociation which is now proposed, as shall be
suited in all respects to the rights and interests of both
nations, and therefore calculated to insure a long con-
tinuance of the friendship which so happily subsists
between them.
The undersigned have already had the honour to
present to Mr. Canning a paper, which, taken in con-
nection with a project on the subject of impressment,
and another on the subject of certain claims to com-
pensation by American citizens, presented by the un-
dersigned at the same time, will be found to exhi-
hibit a complete view of the alterations • which the in-
strument above-mentioned is deemed by the President
to require. They forbear to trouble Mr. Canning with
a recapitulation of the details which these papers con-
tain ; but there are some explanations upon the topics
of impressment and compensation which they do not
furnish, and which it is therefore incumbent upon the
undersigned to avail themselves of this occasion to

give.
It was one of the primary objects of the mission of
the undersigned to adjust with his Majesty's Govern-
ment a formal and explicit arrangement relative to a
practice by British ships of war, which has excited in
a very great degree the sensibility of the American
people, and chimed the anxious attention of their Go-
vernment. The practice alluded to is that of visiting
on the' main ocean the merchant vessels of the United
States, navigable under the American flag, for the
purpose of subjecting their crews to a hasty and hu-
miliating inquisition, and impressing. as British sea-
men such of the mariners as upon that inquisition the
visiting officer declares to be se. The effect of this
practice is, that the flag of an independent power is
dishonoured, and one of the most essential rights of
its sovereignty. violated ; that American citizens,
either mistaken for British subjects, or assumed to be
such without inquiry, are forced fronuthe quiet pur-
suits of a lawful commerce into the severe and dange-
rous service of a foreign military navy, to expose their
lives infighting against those with whom their coun-
try is at peace i and that the merchant vessels of the
United States are frequently thus stripped of so large
a portion of their hands, before their voyages have
been performed, as to bring into the most imminent
peril, and sometimes to produce the actual loss of the
vessels, their cargoes, and their remaining crews. It
cannot be thought surprising that a practice like this
should act with peculiar force upon the feelings of those
whom it oppresses, and that the sensation should ex-
tend itself to their countrymen and their Government.
The Government of the United States has accord-
ingly made this pretension the subject of frequent
discussion with Great Britain, and when an extraordi-
nafy mission to his Majesty's Government was last
year determined on, it was one of the instructions to
the undersigned, to whom the duties of that mission
were confided, to make no treaty which should not
provide for that object. In the first stages of the Ne-
gotiation, which followed that mission, the under-
signed were led to indulge a confident expectation that
such a provision should be obtained. At length, how-
ever, the rejection by his Majesty's Government of
a project of an Article on this point, which, without
touching the question of right, offered on the part of
the United States an effectual equivalent for the mere
forbearance of the practice, having extinguished all
hope of an immediate adjustment of this subject by
Treaty, the undersigned felt that they were called
upon by candour, as well as by their. duty to their
Government, to inform the British Commissioners,
I
that the project relative to impressment having failed, I
they had no power to conclude a Treaty upon the
other points which had been discussed between them,
so as to bind the Government of the United States.—
The undersigned did accordingly give•them this in-
formation in the most explicit terms, and the xsegoci-I
ation was in consequence for a short time suspended.
It was soon afterwards, however, suggested by his
Majesty's Commissioners, that, if this topic should
be expressly reserved for future conventional arrange-
ments, and a pledge giien to the United States for
resuming the consideration of it at a convenient sea-
son with that view, and if, in the mean time, such an
informal understanding should be substituted, as in
its practical effect would remove the vexation com-
plained of, it might, perhaps, be yet possible to con-
duct the negotiation to a result which would not be
unacceptable to the respective Governments ; and in
pursuance of this suggestion, the British Commis-
sioners presented to the undersigned, en the Bth day of
November last, the Official Note, of which a copy is
herewith enclosed. The undersigned transmitted to
their Government, for its consideration, a copy of this
Note, together with a statement of the circumstances
connected with it, and, without giving it their sanc-
tion, agreed in the mean time to concur with the Bri-
tish Commissioners, as they were invited to do, in an
effort to adjust the stipulations of the treaty upon the

:emaining objects of their mission, and to leave the
effect of what shouWt be adjusted to their Govern-

meat.
It appears that the President of the United States
considets this collateral proceeding upon a concern of
such paramount importance, as unsuitable to the na-
ture of it, as well in the mode as in its terms. In this
opinion the President does but continue ro respect the
considerations which heretofore induced him to be-
Hew- that an arrangement upon this point ought to
stipulate w'th precision against the practice in ques-
tion, and that the manner of it would properly be that
which should be chosen for the arrangement of the
other points of discuision—and in the instructions
which, in conformity with that opinion, he has now
given to the undersigned, he does but mtitifest his re-
liance upon the spirit ofjustice and amity, which he
is assured his Majesty's Goverement will bring to the
renewed consideration of a subject so interesting to
the rights and -feelings of a friendly nation, for such
an adjustment of this, as well as of every other ques-
tion belonging to the relations of the two coun-
tries, as shalt confirm their dispositions to mutual
kindness, and promote the happiness and prosperity
of both.
The Subject of compensation will perhaps be suffi-
ciently explained by the inclosed copies of two notes
from the undersigned to Lord Holland and Lord
Auckland, and to Lord Howick. It will appear from
the last of these notes that this subject, for which the
projected treaty did not provide, was not to be affect-
ed by it, but, on the contrary, that the rights of the
United States, and the claims of their citizens, were
understood to be reserved for future adjustment, as
completely as if no Treaty had been made—and it
will occur to Mr. Canning, that the project of an ar-
ticle on this point, which they had the honour to
leave with him at their late interview, is in the spirit
of that understanding, and is besides so entirely free
from objection, that no motive is likely to exist against
the adoption of it.
There is another subject, to which the undersigned
have the orders of the President to invite the attention
of his Majesty's Government, as affecting materially
and giving a new and unexpected character to the
proposed Treaty. They allude to the written de-
claration relative to the French decree of the f2lst of
November last, by which his Majesty's Plenipoten •
tiaries accompanied their signature of- the treaty—a
declaration which, in its actual form, creates unneces-
sary embarrassments in the way of an acceptance of
the treaty by the United States.
The undersigned persuade themselves, that as this
proceeding, to which no sanctio‘ was given on their
part, imposed on the United States no new obligation,
and could only be intended to declare that, in signing
or ratifying the Treaty, it was understood by Great
Britain that nothing contained in it would be a bar to
any measure which, if no such Treaty had been signed,
would be lawful as a measure of retaliation against
her enemy—and as the occasion which produced it,
does not appear to exist, as then supposed, it will
not be thought that any thing is sacrificed by with-
drawing it as unnecessary.
The undersigned request Mr. Canning to accept
the assurances of their distinguished consideration.
(Signed) JAMES MONROE.
Right Hon. George Canning. WM. PTNKNEY.
The first inclosure referred to in the above Note is
a copy of a Treaty signed on the 31st of December,
18 by Lords Holland and Auckland on the part oi
his Majesty ; and by James Monroe and William
Pinkney on the part of the United States. This
Treaty in many respects reembles that of 1794, and
as it has not been ratified, we shall not detail the ar-
ticles at length. The alterations proposed by the
President of the United States are printed with the
Treaty in opposite columns, and all that are impor-
tant in these we shall state, in order to shew the nature
of the objections of the American Government.
The first article declares the usual declaration, of
peace and friendship between the two States. The
second confirms the several articles of the Treaty of
1794, not expired. The third article relates to the
trading of American vessels with the British domi.
nions in India. By the words of the Treaty, this
trade is permitted to vessels only which clear out di-
rect from the United States, and which return there
te unlade. The alterations proposed would have the
effect of laying open the trade to American ships and
citizens from any part of the globe, as well as direct
from the United States, and to authorize the Ameri-
can ships to proceed with their cargoes from India to
China, and unlade there, or other places beyond the
Cape of Good Hope, &c.
Articles 4 and 5 secure the freedom of commerce to
the people of both countries in their respective territo-
ries. and stipulate a principle of equality in the impo-
sing of duties. The alterations proposed on these ar-
ticles are merely explanatory. Article 6 declares,
that the High Contracting Parties not having been
able to arrange the commercial intercourse between
the United States and the British West Indies, agree,
that until that subject be settled, each party shall re-
main in possession of its rights. Article 7 regulates
the appointment of Consuls.
By article 8, it is agreed, that in all cases where
vessels shall be captured or detained on just suspicion of
having on board enemy': property, or of carrying to the
enemy any of the articles which are contraband of war, or
for other lawful cause, the said vessel shall be brought
to the nearest or most convenient port 1‘ and if any
p r4serty.of an enemy should be found on board such' easel,
that part only which belongs to the enemy, or is othertvia
confiscable, shall be made prize, and the vessel, unless
by law subject to condemnation, shall be at liberty to
proceed with the remainder of the cargo; without any
impediment . On this article the President proposed
the following alterations, viz. to omit the word's 44 on
just suspicion of having on board enemy's property,
or of.carrying to the enemy any of the articles that
are contraband of war." To omit the word e Other"
and substitute ge any." To omit the words " if any pro-
perty of an enemy should be found on board such
vessel." To omit the words " belongs to the enemy,
or." To omit the word e otherwise."
Article 9 describes what is to be esteemed contra-
band of war. Among the exceptions allowed of no.
ticks of naval equipment, the American Governenent
propose to add turpentine and rosin to those enumera-
ted in the treaty.
Atticle 10 relates to vessels sailing to ports not
kmown to be in a state of blockade at the period of
their departure. The American Government prop 'sed
to add to this.article a description of a blockade to tilt

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