The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-21 00:00:00

RINDSOR, Dac.• tO.

ihIitRICAN PAPtIZS.

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LOUSE OF -REPRESENTATIVES,

I,,IONDAY, NOV. 11,

Mr, SE7I3ItAT' presented th© petition of certain
Merchants in Philadelphia, having goods in Eugtand,
purchased previous to:their having knowletige at any
legal impediment to their Importation, and praying
license to import them now.—Referred to the Com-
mittee of Commerce and Manulatiures: .

. .
l‘lurcHeit presented the petition of i:ertain
Ironmongers- of New York, stating their having
purchased articles of hardware, &c. in Great Bri-
tain, u hid they were unable to .import before the
operation of the Non-Intercourse A6l ; they, there
fore, ask leave now to import, h.—Referred to a
Cotnniitiee.of Commerce and 111.muladures.

Mr. PITKIN, Mr. BRIGHAM, and Mr. QVJLNNEY,
presented similar petitions.
A petition of certain. Merchants of Salem, -pray-
ing relief, their cargoes. having been condemned at
Naples after the President's 'Proclamation an-
nouncing the repeal of the French D.cret..s, was re-
ferred, as bA'ore, to the Committee of Conunetce
and Manufa6tur,!s. • •I

firs.MAse,Ty iA no better than lie Was "yesterday.
freqnently.relusei to, take now i,hment.
Drs. MUNRO and,Sy.‘ploNns ainved here to.clay
about one o'clock, Pr. went to London
last night anit returned, this morning. An express
arrived here tiiis,moining from Kensington, stating,
that the Duke of SUSSEX. was worse; in conse-
quence of which Sir Herm,/ HALTOItD. set ofF io
attend his, Royal f-fighness,; be is expeaed tack 'to
the evening.

- Detachnients of the gth, itth, atul :14th Light
Dragoons, of the 11th Intantry, and seveial other
corps, have arrived at Plymouth, to embarlefor in-
rvign service. The 1 tilt Infantry are dekrined•inr
Gibraltai-r-the milers are to join their respectie
regiments in the Peninsula.

By a letter aildressed .to a 13:th Papp, it appears:,
that to the list of the survivors ot the crew of the
Saldanha should be added the names of Lieutempit's
FL Sm...rea and E. ATKINS; of the Marine, BWI
Mr. NORMAN. MidShiptlVlTl.

The death of that respect ble Prelate, Dr. Mos',
Bishop of Oxford, was occasioned by the borstuir,
of a blooi-ve,se..l, the hemon huge of wiiich was
beyond the aid of Ku rgica I skill etfcttuittry to stop,
lts 'Lordship tired at his 'house. in (Voivenor-
place.
Died at llawlkli, on the 17th inst. at an advanced
age, Mrs. GitAwi, mother ol the Master of the
Rolls.

We understand that the twelve nett who ar'e
charcr°ed With High Treason, io hat ing adhered 'to
the K:ing's Enemy. in the' Isle of Fr.otce, will bre,
tiled by a Special COrnmission, in the' County. of
Surrey. .
FlRE.—This morning, about three o'clock, the
sentinels, stationed at Carlton-house, observed a
light in an empty house, nearly.. opposite, whieh
appearing to inct ease, .they broke- open the door,
and found on the ground floor, shavings, timber;
and other comboitiola materials, which in a slum
time would tnost likely have fvdoced the house
tO ashes, and prohahly have sfiread an over the
tieighbovirliood. To much praise cannot 'be 'given
to the sentihels for their vigilante and aet;viry on
the occasion, as they prevehted all danger before any
,of The watchmen carte-to their assistdoce.
The body of a female servant was yesteldly taken
out of the Tower ditch, dad-and couch bruised.

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lede,e, in any instance bee I executed to the prep.
Ldice of. American property arriving since that tune.
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Nee-I'OllK, Nb.V. :3.—lt .s reverted, ZIA tiii 'On the .cootrary, the Grace :iiiin Green, coming
Vetted States'. slooped war, /Thence is ordered te be clearly within the penal terms of those,dtcreeS, hid
got in readiness feu et trip to Europe..; fee thy pia- they continued in force,. was.liberated in December ;
ose, it :is 'said, Of carrying on Atneiican Minister lass, and her cargo admitted in April. This vessel
Plenipoteptiary to England, Dr. Mitchell is spoken , leii!,. ,indeed, been taken by the English, and
in re-
ntles the person named for this honourable station. taken froebein ; but as this circumstance is not :.
I tideed,..we are inclieedecLbefieve, from the-serwitt, ettssigneifbere as the cause Of the- liberation of this
of this Gentleman, that he writild effect a recuticili. property, it ought not to.bo presumed to have opo
allot) 'between the two ceuntries
' ... _. rated alone as such. . . . . .
, Whatever special reasons may be supposed for
. the -release- of the Grace Ann Green, that of the
New Orleans packet must have resulted from the
revocation of the Freech edicts.
The New Orleans packet had been boarded by
two.Engtish vessels of war, and had been some time
E# an Etigli,ll port, and thus doubly trausgresied
ageinst the decrees of Milan. ' On arriving at hour-
deaux, she was in fate seized by the Direttor at the
Customs, - and these.' very transgressions expressly
as,iigned as the cause of 'seizure. When I Wes in-
formed of this precipitate act of the oflicer,Hi Baur-
d thatea l
u xi,tel remonstrated'deturee:u tlde againstwLi i
e il
it it
was on
made,he oliejagdro
revoked,: This remonstrance was heard. MI tar- .
titer proceedings against the New Orleans packet
were arrested ; and on the eth of January, both
t sole
vessel and cargo were ordered to be placed 01 !h°
disposition of the owners, on givieg .bond. ;ill-
band has been cancelled by an order of the (3""1-il-
merit, and' thus the liberation Of the propeqy per-
feeled. The Atli/ Orleans packet has been some
time waiting; in the Garonne, with her 'Teen Farpo
.
on board; lor an opportunity only of eielPing "I
English Orders in Council.
tt
jultakrriricyrwitolfhteioenottil3tierre ./.o`;tiiii,trd'itcwateiovretsisteel
itariirligticetado;::).-f.
Ataly, since the tst of Nice ember, to which the I,
crees Of Berlin and Milies could be applied.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant, i
. .
(Signed) JONA. 111.1331 V,.
I. S. Smith, Esq. Charge d'Affaires, Landau.

• ),IR. anssaLL TO ma. SMITH. •
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and (7; paris, July 14. ig!ro,
SIR ..... ' . .
the .Nero Orleans packet. The reel 0/bid'
I had the honotir to address you 00 the
5,15 inst. a brief adconnt of the Grace Ann'Grecir,
00
those, cases furnish, especially the latter, 0,
when • unopp-osed, as. it is, by any confliateg. cif
cumstatice, to be considered as conclosive of the
revocation of the French ediels, to which, it coo,
finuedin force, these cases would have been lii)ble.
jrl nedtion,•however, 'to their existence,'
the li-
now the satisfaalion to communicate to you
beration of the-Two Brothers, the Good InieN,i,ai'd
the Star, three American vessels ciptured -sieve the
'ist of November, and brought into this etn
into. ports under its coutrol; I should have, 00
doubt, been able to have announced the relen4e, by
the general decision, of every Aniet..!an veStid cap-
' tured since that period, if the only itt4uiy were
whether or not they had violated the ,Berlin and
Milan Decrees. ' Unfortunately', however,,tne prac. •
.tices of 1-.4e years render the wit!, or
question Of property
extremely difficult to be satisfa6torily decided tuoidtt
false papers and false oaths; after llie most minute,'
and. tedious investigation, it often remains dountiut,..
whether this property•belongs to a neutral or aa
tt
yed' in this investig
enemy. The time emp aiio
to •
has .surely no conne6tion with the
and Milae
Pt
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Decrees, and' cannot be consider
at ence
their 'continuance. ', - -: -: •
It is. possible that these- decrees may be Or j°
force in
, the confiscation of English meretrandise oo ikki(
their municipal character, and be aPP9',.;°;(611,,r- . •
I,inent —and.' to-prevent their iierfortning this 111.1!ca
iion does not appear to. be a concern of the 1111',11to 1
States ; nor can the measure adopted in refoli(11
of it, On the •part of England, be justly- exte.rided,be,
goad its limits, and ' made to reach an wiling.
neutral Power, which the art
Of het enetnt‘wei tint
~
affett;
Iris sOclent for us that the Berlin and .Milall de.
trees have ceased .to tie executed en tr,e high ',61%.
3114 it' the Orders in Conncit•Still continue 1.0.0P.10.
Oete, they surely are not Sepported by oil Pr'q(c;Pis
of 1 vs.:. law of retaliation, but must, be con4l‘fric d
4 simple and unqualified vio;a:ion Of eur c
...trtil all
national rights. .
1 pre-,The limo( now before you of ' the revr,cition °I;-•
the Berlin'and Milan Decrees, consists it) t'' t,
it.ttil)silleairt'ai:liclodl°ll;:ellicotriarniit:i'osaalilaificcilecee:l:::ir.ryei:iXt'lvi:i°llstsll,t e°ll:::tiltvrhitiieivlsits giliGt igc°.-)S1:10:11!:1:1'Ptt;reidel:i:tidruu;1°:lbni:10 '
since the first of November, to which 010 could
applied ;'. and every rvesttel forcibly brought 13 AsTor
that time on which there has been e LlCClSitin' ~,eoo.
such evidence, to pretendto doubt bt their iv"— it
.of something more than mere inpredulity.
iton. with I egard tout; would seem to be the rgstl`
• With much respeetf Sic.l.' - .
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604%. Ilussei.fit
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MR, FOSTER TO ;pia. MON'ROR. , •
the
t-tceivittg
I kid the Lamour to. reteiv'e your letter on
lio
:17°,1 just. together with its three inclosurest la :of
ro.td hetweett 'Baltimore atid thii city i 1 11°11'14- 1
ill olliWer to mine of the'vtiLlk.of hist• July. .
~
your letter dated oa, ,
at
i Ile"me' I im. Wasbillgt".'
(34.
12' I°ll*

, Silt:
l'"4 WELLSSLEY TO MS. JOHN S. 5h117114
;Sid,,
' Foleign Office, A ug• 14, have
..
Ilie honour to to form •yoo, That I h4s:e rec:eiever ja ~
triter twin Mr.- Foster, his' Majesty's.' '1.,111,.16,,it- dally
—smog. the .date- of, my last letter; 1 a
1111.1riej, by-which it .after s that IN Ilau meat.1P- of
e, ~tioiletict..(.l a negociation'svith the Qovernnr,l 5 ift
.i..,,
iL , ittd States, respeeing the lifitisli ,7,oriarS
(.(, it .Hi.. His -dispatches containing the Par— o.
:it, 11.: negociation have nut yet reached WIT copy
, .51 their: rircumstancts, I /cave tranciinitte' fi., wlr,
:;.; Y0,0r..,.)vt ter, together' with its inclosnr.e, ''' ewe,
ttu,iiter, Ili order twit LhoSe docortlelltS itlaY re:0011
, consideration in the prowess of tiw d''s°l-.1
nipar depending in America. •
. - I h.ite the honour to be, M.
' ••- . (Signed)
- • Witt.t.SOS/'
,
- la
his MajeStY
GUV '
rrutflertt lately, I have not ns ye( ret;eive..i• iti 4
t having had any dispatches from
..; A tift.
copy of .the :recent communication troll l'jil
1 . .-

stippoced repeal of tht Fretioh.cles
e Charon t ht- United States at
to ybo that iv!' underAtvid
le Illarquis Wellesley intended to trbnSinq to m-,
which I conclud- i; the same as that contained
I the letter of Mr. 'llossell, the. American Charge
!Atiaires France. I 'attl,_however, in daily ex-
ctation the arrival of. his Majesty's packet
oat, when it %ill io a.; probability r'eaet'l me; aud
'hen, if I should rec. ico any fresh instrubtit,ns in .
3tiseq"eoce, I will not fail itoinediately u acquaint
la the mean while,. however', I beg you will
'fermi(' me to to ,ke some remarks in reply to .your
tier of Ocn)her t heing.estremely anxious to do
t
~vay the imp.•c••sion Nine:. you seem to naive re=
red relanv,- to the "demand 1 had mide for the
Peal of the Non-importaeion Act of the I;resent

It is, I assure von, sir, with very great regrtt that
,
I"Ki you consider that demand as involving in any
I'vgree propositions tendingt6 degrade your- motion'.
an idea certainly never existed with his Ma-
V!)''s government,. nor .wonld it be compatible
IC' the, friendly sentiments entertained by them for
IC
ti,,Otted Slatea ; neither could I lime suffered
,4 self 10 be the channel' of -conveying. a demand.
Btu
I thought 'und'. such alendency.
,However
Btu. view the demand Mode on the part. of Great
otl.ita'n, I can safely Say, that it was made iu consb;
o'n'nee'tf its appearing to his Majesty's government
lio4tkrotig evidence that die— chief. of the French na-
listlitnad really- deceived. America, as to the repeal-of
to-v4Crees;
.and in the ;hopes that het
United States'
ph e.rnitient would therefore see the justice of re-
re
ctng this country on itA fortner footing of amicable
with
England; nothing appearing tobe more
ute'tttrat than. such an expetiatim', which sti.med a itt3*
OrY consequence of the dispOsition expressed by
tvineerira to maintain her, neutrality, an 4. desirable in
rr,uti'er point. of view. I Cannot, indeed',. bripg
ai„ s'4 to think, Sir, that your candour woUld'allow
„0/
iu,itori a consideration, to put any other construction
ca
were matter; and had my argument had siofficient,
with you in she Wing that the French decrees
Laq' Still in force', I Calitia doubt but you would
vouteiaKreed with- me hi the'conclusion I drew; it
the therefore only owing to your not viewing
thmc'eccillul conduct of the French Government in,
v,r;satne Light that it appears to his Abjesty's Go-
--ient, that a difference of opinion exists :be-
tw"
the "s as to the prot,osal I made : which under
c 1,4 ouviction entertained by theln, was surtly a,
y Just and natural one. • •
the earliest desire of vindicating myself and
"nverurnent from the charge of maid:lg any
Vding or unjust deMands on that of America, I
taken the iiberty to trouble.yon Si)fae; and I
It
yt,: "w proceed to shew why I thought you had
10',13,Hderstood t passage ot my letter which related
t '''e extent in which the repeal of the French Da-
trPvilas req aired by Great Britain. In tlie-expla-
th'l which you desired,un this point, .1 gave lou
114 Which the Marquis Wellesley gave to Mr. Pink-
-1"1,..Y.in answer to his letter of August 25,18.10; and
refer you to the.tncssage of the President of
united Sites on the opening of.cnpgress in De.t.
t 8 tojor a prow that. the demand of Great
j!. the extent in whiCh I have stated it, was
1,:°:..n.t0 your, Government several': months ago,
vat, therefore,, to luopo4e, the.tertio inno-
ci:'s, ~,,plted to the explanation giyen by rue,
tire' Yt)t; coal paean otherwise than some really new
halenbs'i!'n on the part of Great -Britain, such as
ca` France .should ',suffer British property to be'
into her ports for the purposes 4.f trade ?r,lt
14 :4111th I was betrayed into in endeavouring to
supp&.ed: imputation of this sort gave any
'uce' I sincerely regret it; andel will 'beg per-
ails''"? here to oy, Sir, that if unconsciously I have,
vey'r'Y of my remarkS, led you to suppose they con-
ofte.a „; left,
`IIIY improper insinuations, as one paragraph
would appear to imply,- I am most un-
spi7,:","y Sorry for it, 'as I entertain the highest re-
")r you personally and ..for your Government,
(4.4 Conk! only have meant what I wrote in the way
(~41•4'ntqnt, for the purpose of contrasting the pro-
111i.tti,g Of France .in her. conduct towards the
Sates with that of Great •Britain.
rwkttin. to the extraordinary and unprece

llivd it4l —.6
at' ' L 4tloo of titans that has arisen out of the
evid e, it would, seem ,needless to repeat the
a‘nt:,"' i-, that the lawl:.as 'and unbounaed
ot the 11 oler of Franco has been the ()right.
of
Co,' all ' cannot. be a secret to clic:United Siates'
cojrnn).-! that bis plan has beets, and avowedly
law "'II" r.,bri, not to scruple at I heviolation 'of •noy
Provided hoscan thereby oVerthr9w the marl'
powerotiAl o'Engiand. Is it not, tnerefore,
(lee; in Great Britain to distrpit pmbigur

71;1ing,suddertly given. up any pai
%el P'Y'r(tin itiots he thoughticalLpltect to produce
of i; ail"; effeM ? Von say'? however, that ihe decrees
be
Milan are revoked. America, es not
the w'rr, and, t t‘erefor.. , not seeing son ly into
bidV;;""
tiljFtance, may be leSs scrupulous as to the
PeAS3ry to prove the fact j.bui, Sir, it
tont,c cannot 'toot expected that Great Britain, who is
hat ,—Hmig (or every thing that is clear' to her, should
it j'equite more proof On .a point sornaterial to her.
,11n(loobtedly . very desirable thing for the,
\sit! 4 B'mes,tb love a free•ancl unrestricted trade
.00Oth brp it • ger(ints •senii;ll security and
s, •kh; but t lees
ih ttr,pi,r,
tuntnntlems of America are not involxed
hap as are those of Great Britain. France
tieldi-'"ed a blow ivbieh she hopes will prove
to tile rest urcei of, Great Britain ; and be-
t'le British Government can' with safrty give up
the:), e4surcß of defence in consequence adopted by
y'rY vtrong proof must exist of the cessation, by
11-e;,of 'her novel and unprecedented ,Measures,
.tov.:;)ores4, Sir, with the sincerest disposition to die-
'he part of the TOler of France. a return to the
eiv;li"l"'"hilsheci practice of warfare, as exercised in.
and if Burope, I have been unable to succeed
t
the Tench Government had really' meant to
hy r'w their Qbnoxiati4 decrees, it is inconceivable
ea:
laill-4dearl of allowlng their intention .to be
at 'Or • inferred, they Should not openly and
loogoage have. declaied so:. the decrees
,Te.'v(A hating been . clearly enough announcedht de'r enactment, why should nottheir reyocatinn.
)
p t
•
Itte hlt es however', nOierons declarations have
made on Iv
in of France of the continued
'414 of the Pacees and captaxes made under,
:4).f new ra I ships have occurred, a few of the
"nrStrmeis limed since Nov. t , have been
-"'4) and the foregoing, a very stuall part of his

4 t-- •
ner, c....tsited by Buonap.srle to be considered
as:a , roott_o the sincerity of his reVocation by. Arne= •
ilea; but. it must
,bp recolkaecl, that besides the
objet} of ruining the, British resources by his own
unauthorized regulations, he Jias also that.oll
voutingt o obtain the a;d of the r United. States fur
the sane putpose:.,aod bereiti.you will,. as I had the,
honour to remark in a former letter, be able
to observe. the • Causes .o f, the apparently contra-,
diaory /anguage,lnAd both by himself and his JVli-
niSters..
1 shall be extremely happy to receive from you,
Sir, the information that in a frankand unambig,u-
-005 manner the Chief of the French Government
lu revoked his Decrees. Why he should not do
so, is inexplicable, if be means to revert to the or-,
dinary rules of war but while he exercises --such
despotic sway,- wit, frever his inquence extends, to
ruin the resources of England; .it cannot be expetied.
thtat•Preat Britain shall not use the means she pos-
sesses for the purpoSe of makittg hith feel 'the pOs-
sore of his own' system. There is every reason ,to
•btilieve, that erelong, theetietis on the enemies of
'Great Britain will be s;'elt as irresistibly to produce
ct .change tiace place commerce on its
folrmer basis. In • the mean time, Sir, I, hope you
will not Oink ex,traorttinaiy if I h,ould COritOld,
thiat the seizure, of Anicrican ships by france,,,Since
g:nk. 1, and:i he positive And unqualined•dechratiOns
of the French Government, ate It,ti•ouiger. rit'onfi --of
Atte continued existence of the Fieneh,pticiees, and
-the bad faith of the Ruler of .France, than the re-
storation of 5 or 6 vessels, too pahrably given up for
fallaciOus purpthes,:or •in testimony of, his4stiktae=
ton at the attitude ta4eit by Ametica,• is •a-piaol of
their revocation, or of hist;eturnio the principles of

justice. .
• I will only repeat, Sir, in answer to your obser-
vat on -t he late condemnation of Ihe ships taken
under his Majesty's Orders in Council,. what I have
already had the honour to st al& to you, t hat the de-
lay which, took place Liu I heir coodettutti4ti was not
inconsequence of any, doribf existing in his Majesty's
Onvorinnent, as to whether ' the Frenilli L' trees
were revoked, as you wet:o.W but, in con-
sequence of its being .thoaglit' that the American
Government, upon.its appei#ling' ey were .tle-
ceived by France, wouldtiave ceased the it injuriott4'
measures against the British Commerce. •A, COIISI.
derable time elapsed before the-decrsion took place
on those ships, and there is no,
doubt, but that had
the tlnited States Government not persisted in the,ir
unfriendly attitude reward, Great Britain on .disco-
yering the ill-faith of _France, a spirit of conciliation
in his. Majesty's Government would have• caused
their- release.
In reply to your observations on-the pretensions
of Britain- relative. to the revocation of the
F.retrelr Decrees, I beg' to repeat, that the sent of
the demand made.hy England is, that Frataciahould
follow th.t established laws of warfare as. prathsed
in former wars in Europe. Her Ruler, by his De-
crees of Berlin and Milan, de:Jared - birsoll, ISO
longer bound-by them :he his openly renounced
in his vialtnt efforts to ruin the resources Of
Great Britain, and has trampled on the rights' of in-
dependent 'nations to elfeti his purpose. If- the
French Government mike use of means olunpre-
cedented violence to prevent the intercourse of Eng 7
land 'with unoffending neutrals, ran it be expetied
that England sheinid tatuely..sntier the establish-
ment of, such a novel systeto of war without rvti.
nation at'id endeavouring in her turn' to prevent
French from enjoying the advantages of which she
is unlawfully deprived •
Having explained.already the situation in which
the question of the blnclia,lo. of May, 1806, rests,
aecording to the laws of; nation,.,. I shell only advert
toast on this occasion, .for the purpose •of taking the
fiber!), of acknowledging to you:the very great plea-
sure I received trout the highly honourable
mark Of re31,e61 which you have taken the occasion
CO express for tlre.'illiistrious Statesman from .whose
counsels that meaeure emanated. •
I nerd not repeat to yon, Sir, what sincere satis-
faaidn it would give use, if4it hoot the saelifiee of
the essential.righti and interests of Great tirilarp, all
the poin:s in c•iartission. between our ts%o countries
could he Riially aclinOk e •
I have the honour to. hr, with the 11:-ghest con.;
deration and respeCt, . - yoqr most oecdie
I)umble servant;

To the lion. lames Munroe, &c.

AUG J. Ewrisit.

MR. 110gTER TO MR MONRO

AVashington,'Oct. 3t, tBtt.

. Sett--I did not reply' at great length to. the ()laser-
vatiotis cow:titled in }MI,' letter of the Ist iosiant;
on the.pteteci4ios of Great as relative
to
the French sy,itenr,' be-.:.tose you , seemed to me, to
have armed, as if. 1301 a part of the system cOntinued,
and that part bad ceased'to be'Considered as a mea,
sure of war agail'Great Britain. Fur me to have
allowed this,i worth' have been at once to allow in
the face of .la&s, that the Decreet.of France Were
repealed,. and that her unprecedented measures;
avowedly, pursued. in defiance of .the laws, of na-
tions, were become mete ordinary .regulations -Of
trade.. I thercfPre thought fit to confine my answer
to your remarks, to a generatslatement 'of the sum
of thedenrands of Great' Britain which was, that
France by efteCtually revoking her decrees,
revert to the usual method .of cat rying on war, cis
pradised in civilized Enrope., . •
The pretensions of France to prohibit all cam.
tueree in 'articles of British otlgin in every part of
the Continent, is one among the many violent, inno-
vations which are contaiced in tlve Decrees, rind
which are preeojed by the declaration of their be-
ing' founded on a :detertn-riation of. the 'toter Lt.
France, as he himself avowed, to revert to the prin-
ciples which charaeletised the barbarism of the darlr
ages, and to forget till ideas of justice, and even 't he
• common feelings of humanity to the new method
of- carrying on war adopted by him..
It is not, however, a question with Great Britain
.of mere commercial interest; as you seem to sup-
pose, which is involved in the attempt by Bunna-
parte to blockade her both by sea and land, bat one
of'feeliob and national honour, contending, As we
do, against the principles which he proleisealo his
new. system ,of warfare. IL is impossible for us to
submit to the doelrine, that he has a• right to com 7•
pet the whole 'Continent to break. off all intercourse
with us, and to seize upon ve,isell belonging to
neutral nations, (von the, sole plea of their ahving
visited,an English port, or of their being Wert with

articles of British or 'Colonial produce, fn wintit2.-
ever Manner acquired.
Tnis pretension, however, but a trait of that
systeto,_ the whole of which, under out couttroatioll
of M. Clrampagny,, of Augu4t 5, 18 tdr
rAted by many subsequent (it:IA-mons of the Es'rnich
Government, and nut invalidated by any unequivo-
cal deciarition'of n contrary tenor must be considei-
ed Is still in. full force.. - -

In the comniunication which you lately trans- I
mitted to me, I am sorry to repeat that I was Un. I
able to discover' any facts that satisfailerily proved
that the Decrees had been aaually repealed; and, I
have already. repeatedly stated the reasons which too
probably led to the restoration of a few of the Ame-
rican ships taken in pursuance of the Berlin and
-Milan Decrees,' after Nov. t. Rustelfdoes not
seem to deny that the Decrees may siill be kept in
force, only be thinks they have assumed a rrinnicl.,
palcharaeler : but, in M. Champagny's declaration,
ambiguous as it was, there is- no,such division of
them into two ditferent OhitraCteos ;, for it the con-
.tingency required bp- the French Minister took •
place, the Berlin and Milan 'DeereeS were to cease,
according to his expression, without any' quAlfi,
eine. It; 'therefore, apart of the'rn remain, or be
aEted upon again, as seems to be allowed, even
.here,
why may.not the whole be equally to ? 'Where
prom can be obtained of their existeece, have ,
it, namely,. in the ports of 'France, in w hick vessels
have been avowedly seized ender
.their operation),
since
.the tst day of
,November. Of their maritime
existence we cannot, so essi:y Obtain eyidenee:be.
"cause of the "few French ships of war who venture
to leave their harbours', \Via, can doubt, however, .
but that, had the Ruler of France a navy at his
command, equal to the enforcing of his violent
•crecs, he would, soon shew- that part of them to
be no de•id letter. The principle is uot elle less oh-
noxious because it is from necessity alMost dormant
for the moment,, nor ought it, thetelOre, to be less
an object to be strenuously resisted.
•
Allow rile, Sir, here to express my sincere. regret
that I have not as yet becea able to convince you,
by what I Cannot but, consider the strongest evi-
.dence, of the continued existence of . the trench
Decrees, and consequently of the unfriendly policy
of your GoVernment in enforcing the Non-Impor-
tation agaisist and opening the trade with our
enemies. His Royal Highness will, I am cou•
vineed, learn with unfeigned sot row, that such con.
tinnes teebe still the determination of America ; and.
whatever restrictions on the commerce enjoyed by
AArlerica in
.his Majesty's dowiniens may ensue or,
the pin of Great Britainos retaliatory
.on the re•
fusol bY•yotir GLVernment to admit the. produetinns
iof Great Britain, whiles they open their bat hours to
those of Ms Majesty's enemies, they will, 1 am
persuaded,: be adopted with
,sincere pain, and with
Pit:astir° relinquished, - whenever this country shall
resume her neutral position and impartial attitude
t)etw,:en hel woMonigureots. .
• b
• I have- the honour to e
, ••„, .
*With the gre.dest consideration and resPe6i,
Sir, your most tibedient humble servant,
•. AUG. J. fos.me.
ro the Hon.. lames Mnnroc, &c,

iIIi.E.4I)FUL MURDER LV Gi?A•I744L-LeINE.

(FPRTligit VARTICULAAS.)

Mr. and Mrs. Williarbion were eharaelers highly
tespk.tekt in the neightioerheoe, and for the space of
fifteen years 'l(:.pt the house in the most or-
derly rii3roiel;,. notwithstanding it was the resort'
or foreigners' of every descliption. .At eleven
o'eleelt. 'every night they invariably closed itp
their house. On rhersd night last, Mr. Wile
toSmi aeopted the same elan. Ten minotei
•
before (levet) Mr.. Anderson, a particular friend to
)Ir. and Mrs. Willianisoo, called for a pot of beer
at that,titne. 'Mrs. W. drew the beet, and said to
Mr: Anderson, " You shall wit carry the beer home,
I will send it." Durlng the time she was drawing
the beer, Mr. W. who was sitting by the fire, said
to Mr. A. " You are an otfitee ;• there has been a
mit*, listening at my &or; with a brown 'coat
'on; it you should see • tem take Wen into custody,
.or tell mo. Mr. A.anSwered "he certainly world,
for his and t.is own safety.'' These ecre' the
list words Mr. Atidersini mentioned, end then
retired, leaving oinly the loteeer, in the -Ileums:.-
The herr was sent try the deteeised's servant, and
she returned' betere -Mr. A. left the hotise. After
this it is supposed Lie lodger, John TurneT, went to
bed. Mr: AtelerSon liveAlext' dOor'hut one to the
deceased; het imeTn eo and 30. minutes after ee'lett
the King's‘Arres, he in:ended to go for another poi
of beer ; tl9 coon.is he eat out of els tie heard
a noise, when ho saw the lodger loweting himself
down into the seeett by the*, sheets being 'tied
together, and which were fastened to •the post of
the bedstead.- Mr. Anderson then ran into the
house fort his sword and I+o, and proceeded
theto
:sem.. The watchman, ced.ght the lodger
In his' arms, when Mr. Aedersote,ee bete-her,. with
an axe, and a man with a• pokeet, broke; tee ceihr-
flep-. open. 'They all then entered, and began 'to
look round Flip, bar cellar; on coming to- the .snairs.
case; they sew Mr. Williamson lying on his back,
with !his legs upon the stairs., his head dewnwatds
b iii side was art 'iron iestrumeet, similar Ito a
etonesnetson's crow, ;thee' three feet long, in dia-
meter ttiree.-qOartirs of ; it was wuch slant;
ed' :Ale W. had received a wound eti
flit head, his throat Was dreadfully 'cut,- and alsceles
-right Ire; wes broke bye hlow,abd his hand severely
tee been these marks of Violence, it is suppoird
'Mr. W. :leek! goett reSicance, being a very power-
fril WS:!0. Mr. Aederson was viewing the body
with It.eling4.; die parry heard a voice say
'.Weere is the old man ?" the words proceeded
leme the persons who had entered in at the ft Oat,
4uor, At these'Words. the party in the cellar pre-
ceededinto the setingsroom, when they saw Mrs.
n lying tat her tett side ; her Stijl' 'W.4
Irm.l,lred, anti her throat eet, bleeding most pros
fusel). ; t, tar ts 7 Mrs. Williarnson was the servant
weenne tyiog on her bscle,' sepposed to be in the'
act cis ltyiog• tee fire for the tellowittg morning, as
her fret were totted under the grate her
,sktill WAS
more dread tol:y trattured than that of her mistress,
her throat most ineumaely tut to the neck-butte.
The house was searched', and it was diecovtlred
that the murderers had nude their escape through
the back wiedow, winch leads to the London beek
Cempahy's premiscs. shutteis were marked
'Atte bleed, and the te•indow left oeen ; the baur.

derers, had jumped about eight kct
space at the hack It Mr. William; t,
Deposition of John 7urqer, who lodrd

4 :V I ..vent to bed 4bout,fice p.itintes :letifie rico ti
o'clock; I bad not been, in Mon.: to, t, ur
ten minutes before:l heard tilt; ery—' 4bari be

ail inaider, d,' w hicl4l.4iuppo4c vas tl cry of tho

wonvin s:•rvant.

1 went.down Maws, and & o;,e

of . the villains rifling Mrs. Witilli,truson's 1,0 k•,ts.---
the man, ai far as I could see by the ligln in the
rOOlll, W3S about slx feet in height, drc,-is. d in a
genfeel style, %k ith a long rC It;oso coat on. I
said nothing to him ; but terrified, I ran Tip Strliri
a rft,i tu3de my escape as has been betbre rnen I toned.--
When I wai down stairs', I heat d two or tin ee vt..iv

great sighs, and when I was &it, ahirmi'd,-; I heArd
'distinctly the words We We Shlll all be murdered."
Turperforthef deposes, !hat when,he vvitt up to
bed., there was no person in the Utilise hut the (tiailiy
and. himself,
,and NrilliAm'son, at that time,
wos on the stairs, taking up a silvcr tanton-lacile and
awatch, which was to he rslll.ftl for on. Monday
tid)it, into her bed-room fur security.
The grand-datight`er, altude,d to "I' ut tier's. evi-
dence, was so atieard, that the M;43;ttates niked

her bilt few questinhs.
The villains rohbe.d.Aft'. Williatnidn of his' Wateh,
hut' it is not known whether they rohbe.l him of
money.
.The watch taken A had
.flit nt,::er's
Willie on it, James Catch pole ; and the rospec.ti“:
pawnbrokers have received information' train tho
gistrates to Stop any pet-on who 71n;n:Id it.
Crowds of people a,sentbied round th, iiletn!se4
of the decea..ed tainily during the ‘k hole of the zi:ly ;
ever; individual seetno horroi%;•strnek at rhea‘x
spectacle' of another family being (lisp: died rti less
than a fortnight, since the atrocious murder. in Wit.
cliff-high way,
•
A person was examined at three 0,.c10c.1c, at Slfad-
well-street Office, on suspicion rd..being concerned
in thttse horrichntirders, He had in his posip.ssion,
at. the ti;pe, of his apprehpnsiOn, s gallon of brandy,
which, 110 said, he bought at a public-house in Comp-
ton-s, tact, for thirteen shillings, and sixpence ; a
tiunt of whiskey, and a Sample of British brandy,
The M,tgistrates examined the ptisoner, particular y
as to where he was at the time of the murder ; and,
in orderlo gain some posithe intornration, the man
was committed for a tardier hearin.g.
All-the Police-officers are on the alert, to diseover
some trace of= the horrid miscreant;,

The several Magistrates of the Thames, White-
'chapel, and •Shadwell Police Ricers, met together,
yesterday at the ?once for the purpose of
considering Sand adopting the must eftectnal measures
for the discovery of the perpetratois of the late atro-
cious murders, in the neighbourhood of their respec-
tive Offices.

l'h- Churrhwardeni and 'o...erseers of Shadwell
pdrish '.le.t:tirig, and ionn,:di.itely ;,dvrrtisca.
a rewarit of 1.00 guineas to( tile r4.:se,(.)vvry W tho

Ttio-NI-laistrates of Shad well con tinuel sitting the
clay; and the COllCtIliN, ot ,siwtators'hvtol'e
the ()eke wits tinnily numerous LO that. oh the spcit
wht.,e, the tatal.altudevs h.tppettecl.
The deceased. Mr. J. \Vllliatpson was about 60
years_ of wife, Mri. C. Wltialuson, about
tin and Widget Harrington, thu servant twuman,
50 yettri of itge. ,
A guntleimiri who has seen
,t he situal ion from Which
tl.e 'murderers made their e. ape from Nir.
.suit's premises, thinks it his duty to state that, they
must necessarily, have soiled themselves in front with
cl 4, as itt leaping frotn the window they alighted at
the foot of a eloping clay bank,, which b,,ing very
wet atid alipvesy, they must have gained the sum. ,
mil on their hands and knees "This. el; entititance,
it generally known, may read to the delectioi. of the
offenders, as cloy soil is not easily removed frinn,
eloarlts: it should also be known that one of - the'
Murderers had on a rough great coat.