Star.
London, England, 1809-06-22 00:00:00

PRIESMENTS MESSACE.

This day, at t*elve o'clock, the Parstnan of the
United States communicated, by Mr. GRAHAM, the
following Message to both Houses of Congress :
•' Washington City, May 23, 1309.
" Fellow Citizens of the Seneca, and of the House of
Repeesenratives,

“ On this first occasion of meeting you, it affords
me much satisfaction, to be able to communicate the
commencement of a favourable change in our Foreign
relations ; the critical state of which induced a Session
of Congress at this period.
46 In consequence of the provisions of the act in-
terdicting commercial intercourse with Great Britain
and France, our Ministers at London and Paris were,
without delay, instructed to let it be understood by
the French and British Governments, that the autho-
rity vested in the executive, to renew commercial in-
tercourse with their respective nations, would be 'ex-
ercised in the case specified by that act.

Soon after these instructions were dispatched, it
was found that the British Government, anticipating,,
from early proceedings of Congress at their last Ses-1
sion, the state of our laws, which has had the effect of
placing the two belligerent Powers on a footing of
equal restrictions, and relying on the conciliatory dis-
position of the United States, had transmitted to their
Legation here prov isional instructions, not only to
offer satisfaction for the attack on the frigate Chesa-:
peake, and to make known the determination of his
Britannic Majesty, to send an Envoy "Fxtraordinary
with powers to conclude a treaty on all points be-
tween the two countries ; but moreover, to signify
his willingness, in the mean time, to withdraw his
Orders in council, in the persuasion that the inter-
course with Great Britain would be renewed on the
part of the United States.
" These steps of the British Government led to
the correspondence and the proclamation now laid
before you; by virtue of which, the commerce be-
tween the two countries .will be renewable after the
10th day of June next.
16 Whilst I take pleasure in doing justice to the
Counsels of • his Britannic Majesty, which no lorzer
udberi.ig to the policy which made an abandonment
by France, of hor decrees, a pre-requisite to a refo.
cation of the British Orders, have -substituted the ami-
cable course which has issued thus happily ; 1 cannot
do less than refer to the proposal heretofore made on
the part of the United States, embracing a like resto-
ration of the suspended commerce, as a proof of the
spirit of accommodation which has at no time been
intermitted, and" to the result which now calls for on;
congratulations as corroborating the principles by
which the public councils have been guided during a
period of the most trying embarrassments.
11 The discontinuance of the British Orders as they
respect the United States; having been thus artanged,
a communication of the event has been forwarded, in
ono of our public vessels, to our Minister Plenipoten-.
tiary at Paris, with instructions to avail himself of
the important addition thereby made, to the consi-
derations which press on the justice of tte French
GbVernment a revocation of its decrees; or such a mo.'
dification of them, as they shall cease to violate the
neutral commerce of the United States.

" The revision of our commercial lawi, proper to
adapt them to the arrangerrient which has taken
place with Great Britain, will
.sloub!less engage the
early attention of Congress. It will be woKthhat the
same time, of their jest and Provident care, to make.
such further alterations in the fawsias more espe-
cially protect -and foster the sA4ral.hr-Intlifs::ott nia"
nufactpre which have beet; iio,e_4l)Cl4..4oltd- or, gr.
tended by the 1411dAsbile

44 It will rest wistrilleffigieleit of Congress to de-
cide how far the ehanviiiil Out external prospects may
aathEitibe,inf ifjoinotionVtif thiYawi Mating' to the
army'-and newt •
'‘g works of defincerflOitik.'sea-port towns and.
harbours have proceecld With as much activity as. the
season' of dif year and older circumstances would
adrnit.—olt is neceisity; • however, to state; that the
appropriations hitherto made being found' to be de-
ficient, a farther proviskai WM claim the early *cOnsi-
deration of Congress.
44 The whole of the 8 per cent. stock remaining
due'hy -the United States,. amounting to 5,300,000
dollars, had been reiMburted on the last day of the
year 1808.' And On 'tht 'lst day of. April last, the
surnin the Treasury exceeded nine and a half millions
of dollars. This, together ;with the receipts of the
current year, on acebunt of former Revenue bonds,
will probably be nearly, if not altogether sufficient, to
defray the expellees olthe year. But the suspension
of exports and the -consequent decrease of importa-
tions, during the-lest twelvemonths,' will necessarily
cause a great diminution in the receipts .of the year,
1810. After that year, should our foreign relations
be undisturbed, the Revenue will again be more
than commensurate to all the expenditures.

" Under the existing aspect of our affairs, I have
thought it not inconsistent with a just precaution, to
have the gun-boats, with the exception of those at
New Orleans, placed in a situation incurring no ex-
pence beyond that requisite for their preservation,
and coviveniency fir future service ;'and to have the
crews of those at New Orleans reduced to the num-
ber required for their n.ivigation and safety.
`.! I have thought also, that our citizens detached
in quotas of militia, amounting to 100,000, under the
Act of Match, 1808, might not improperly be re-
, lieved from the state in which they were held N. im-
mediate service. A discharge of them halt been ae-
cordingly directed.
" The progress made is raising and organizing
the additional military force, for which provision was.
made by the Act of April, ItoB, together with the
disposition of the troops, will appear by a report which
the SeOretary of War is preparing, and which will be
laid before you.
" Cf the acklitional frigates requited by an Act of
the last Session to' be fitted for Actual service, two
are in readiness, one nearly so, sand the fourth is ex-
pected to be ready in the month of July. A. Report
which the Secretary of the Navy is preparing on the
.subject, to be laid before Congress, will shew, at the
same time, the progress made in ofileering and man,
ning these ships. It .will shew also the degree in
which the provisions of the Act relating to the other
public armed vessels have been carried into effect.
.Aware of the inconvenience of a protracted Ses-1
sioo at-the present semis' of the year, 1 forbear to call
the attention of the Legislature to any matters not
particularly urgent.
.1t remains therefore only to as-
sure you of the fidelity and alacrity with which I shall
co-operate for the welfare and happinessof our country,
and to pray that it may expetieF.ce a continuance of
the Divine blessings by which it has been so signally
favoured. (Signed) " JAMBS MADISON."

We have already :Mentioned the reoccupation of
St. Andero by the Spaniards. Tice Revertge,.arrjvedi
at Plymouth, brought a brief detail of the particulars,'
and about 100 French prisoaers, out of 300 whoswarn '
from the shore of St. Andern, and 'saved themselves
froth slneghter by' throwing themselves into the aims
of the English.' They report that the Spanish Patriot'
Don tie Poi.taa, a, young mats of twenty-two years
of age, who took the field some time ago with a few
follewers, armed with pikes; fusils, and other weapons,
had now with him'. a • Volunteer body'of five' thou
send rnee--;.that he had. set tiut with the
.avowed
purpose of
.giving no vaster to the invaders of his
country, whose atrocities Ird roused the •spirit of in-
satiable revenge. He had sueceeeded in every skir-
mish, and had excessively harassed the enemy. At
length he tpok St. Anderci by assault, and cf the gar-
rison of 800 men lie put 500 to sword. The re-
maining body had got on baud the STATIRA, which
lay in the Roads ; and, as we have stated, ibOve 100
-bf them are arrived its the REVIIIitfE sloop-of war.—
M. de Pomertis a young man.c.f.a noble family, and
his proclamation is entirely foinidcd op the atrocities
committed in cold blood, by the French in all the
open villages of which they had got possession. The
people are flocking to his standard.
The capture °ltem of the priaeS taken by the STA..
mut and Astriaa.wasOccirisioned by the above events
at St. Andero.. On the entry of De PoLIER they im-
mediately quitted tlratiArbour trot Corenna, as sta-
ted yesterday by sisistake) and put to sea for safety.
These prizes, vtie are happy* to announce, arrived
at Plymouth on Tuesday with ilse.SrArinA. Qne of
them is the French brig la Rejouie, Laden with' spars
for masts. She is -very .fint brig, and has the ap-
pearance of a sloop-of war. Another of these -prizes

is a. French' schooner, name unknown, in-ballast, with
a great number of prisciners on board.
The SziTIOA has also brought in with her la
Mouche French National corvette, of l 8 guns, arid
180 men,- from. St. Antonio. having on board s°l-
- cloathing, some linen, and•a great:tprantity-of'
specie and other vahiabfes, plundered from the ;po-
niards... . , - . • .•:
iaimp Inge row-bet: (*rt.
StrisadAbaniakibtsik.inst..feted:moutirthi itegek,

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having about 14000 do iti On ----.A6There vrp,
another in company with 30,000 dollars on board,
but, to the great grief of our tars, they could not come
up with her.

Letters from Bilboa and Madrid arrived yesterday,
dated the 23d and 25th. The former contain little
that is political. They represent every thing as in a
, state of gloomy inactivity, and complain of the dear-
ness of All the articles of life, from the total suspen-
sion of commercial intercourse. The latter express
in confident terms the hope, that the French will soon
leave Madrid, and that a correspondence between
that capital and London will be restored. We.ez-
.pect," says one of these letters, c, to communicate
direct with London in the course of two months."
The most recent letters, from Caaalonia are of the
. SOth April. They state that the French had retired
from Barcelona, excepting small garrison in the ci-
tadel (Montjuie). The farces which had left that
neighbourhood, it is added, had oracle a sort of ma-
rauding expedition over atride circuit of the adjacant
country, and were collecting beneath the fortress of
gueras, preparatory, as was Supposed, to their depar-
ture for France through the defiles of the Pyrenees.

,
A Telegraphic communication from Yarmouth
was yesterday afternoon received at the Admiralty, ,
which was said to announce the arrival of a Mes4en.
ger from Heligoland. A. report was immediately
circulated, that 4, the Archduke CHAnt.m, having
passed the Danube, had made a general attack upon
the whole French line, and succeeded in totally 51%.
fcating the enemy." No particulars were mentioned
nor have we been able to learn, that any such advice
had been officially received. Most happy shall we he
to receive a confirmation of sc.) pleasing a a report.
Some. German Papas to the 1 Ith inst. arrived
yeiterday afternoon. One of them gives what is
called a Supplement to the Fifth Austrian Bulletin,
It is in substance the same as the short extract we
gave of it on Monday, from the Dutch Papers. -
The head-quarters of the Archduke CRA BLEP were
on the gBtl# at Neusidel, on the Russback, about ZWQ
miles from the Esslingen, and the army of the Arch.
duke Rom, according to the latest accounts, ha
reached Koermens upon the Raab, about 90 Eng-
miles from Presburg. 14

_Accounts have this day been received in town fittla
Heligoland, which state that a battle had taken. piaci
at Lublin, inAustrian Poland, between theAtntriansi
commanded by the Archduke FERVIiTAiD, ltd
Saxons and Poles, under General tougsaows4lzi
wllizli the latter were defeated with great less, asni
General DEMBROWSICI himself killed. 'fhir intents
Bence does not come in an official thope, bat
think it. entitled to credit.

Yesterday, about two o'clock,
.his
private Levee at the Queen's Palace, wikieh was are
tended by •
. .
l'he Archbishop of .`anterbury, the 1.0r4 President of Au
Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the 'first lotrd of the Trtanui,.
the Mavtet•Gencral of the Ordnance," Lord of the AU-
miralty, the President of-thee Board of Tilde, the three beers.
tat;cs of State, the Chanevlior of the.Excheidei,"die &rear, tie
War, the C.:oramantier-in-Cidef, the Jodge-Athoeate. the I,4rd
Chamberlain, the Lord Stewaid of the lioquelaidd, the DO
Montrose, the Marquis of litleadford, Sart Malthus; Lords'
Cower, licathAeld, and' Wenesvallies; Sits P. Mater., b
Cottrell, and J. Pultenry ; Dr. Lieltdrdni u itsoltreish*
Portuguese Ambassador.
The following had • theIhonourofbeing. presented
to his MAJESTY.;
Lord Es.tor, upan.,tds beta appoint 4.lenternent-Col6siet.
CoMmandant of the first Cornwall Local Militia.
Mr. Pnatrs, upon his appointment of Lioutimint of the 'Toni
men of the Guard.

—Tityl\7las BLAtintoi*. upon hir ippOinpient to tint
commaud of the ltayal Bisoks'Local Militia. •
• Cosnmissinuer Boyar, upon his appoints:mato theT,tangpo,
Board.
Lord GtiAttvtr.tt Lavzson Gostri,ppon his being hppolittil
Secretary at War. • 1
Doctor HMIZRDZ, upinalis being appointed,Pititiciat tabilx
Majesty.
. Chevalier FARRA,CI took leave of his MA.rrs.srir c ha
was introduced by the Portuguese Minister. •
His hitarstr keld a Privy Council,. aed *e au-
dicnces to the Doke of PoittLeEn, the test of- the CA::
hinet Minister's, Sir DAVID Duiinmi, and. Mr. Rtatit
who laid before hi s.MA.IIISTY the prociedings of several
Courts Martial.

Yesterday, at one o'clock, her tflAfip-nr: tJae P„,rin'
cesses AvousTA'and ELIXASETIII 1101104 rid tam. LAIR
and Countess of CA aD:OA N with a visis, at their house
in Upper Grosveaor-streit. The Noble Berl volt;
ducted her Ma.msne, from het carriage into the house,
The Prince of WALLS followed soon after, and pat"
took of a sumptuous cold collation with her Minorri.
and the PaiNcassEs.

The CHANCELLOR of the Exafiscteign gave an eiegani
dinner yesterday, to a number of -his. Friends) at his
house in Downing-street.

The Cabinet Ministers dined yesterda with. the
Duke of PORTLAND, at his house in ricta4llli..

Lord LEVEsON GOWER succeeds Sit JAWS PTATE•

wrY as Secretary at War.
It is reported that Lord tmonicrizTil iitOSUCCCea
Mr. DUNDAS as President of the Board pf.Controul.
Six carriages belonging to Lord W*Ljr,SLEAC vrere
shipped yesterday morning, at Portsmouth. • •

Extract of a Letter from an Officer in the. ,7th
Regiment to his Friend in Glasgow, clatO Sittilty
12th-April, 180S.—"' Mount Etna lnisr.out .4n.the
26th or 27th ult. in a most tremendous manner.. The-
first great eruption was from the very top: 'twelve
new craters ~pened shortly afterwards, about half
way down the mountain, and have Cotitinue4, to Ot9if
out rivers of burning lava ever since. Several otatiM
have been covered with the lava SO-or 40 feet deep..
The first three or four nights, I saw it-Yeryivrvltifrovir
this, and a very large river of -red
.11ut la,ya
down frpin the crater. Y interur; '44 s, „to
visit this tricst wonderfulpheaomenon. anti svil4reeenTA
apy &ode eeegiption I may tie, Age tt.refe
next."
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--7jIiYALXICrSI4IGENCZ.

eAtm ou rti, JUNE 19.

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Silea the Elven packet, with mails for C*4lz.--
Wind N.

iLYNfOuTH AND PLYmotrni-DOCIC, JUNE 110. I
Arrived the Dryad, 38, from Cork ; the Smtira,
38. from off St. Andem ; Reina de Portugal, 74, from
Spithead, to rake convoy for Lisbon ; and the Endy-
rnion frigate, 36, from Spithead.—Sailed the Nimrod
hired cutter fir L'Orient - Six light transports came
in to-day from the Eastward ; and I understand they
are to receive the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion, which
itte to embark for Madeira, under convoy of the En.
--dyrrlitin, which has the Blae Peter hoisted for sailing.
—A convoy of transports from the Eastward passed
'down Channel. They have horse artillery and ca-
lvalryon board- for Portugal.—Lieut. JOHN BULL, of
the Isti.,:TuEtrx, was tried by Court-Martial, for be-
having diirespectfully, to hie ga-ptain and to the First
-Lfetitten.int of the said ship, *which charge having
'been Only in part proved, the prisoner was sentenced
•to be *dmonished. Twelve men belonging to the
- abbot': ship-tale • been sent for trial for riotous beha-
viottl..en jgtitiday last:
Arrived la Mouche French corvette, of 18 guns.
ind.lld Men, from St. Antonio, captured by the
ST4TIRA also a schnouer with prisoners, from tfrt.
Antiero.