Star.
London, England, 1814-11-19 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

We have received complete files of New-York Pa-
pers to the 23d ult. Their contents are highly in-
teresting ; but we must be brief in cur general notice,
haviv .i..voted a considerable portion of our columns
to the'Oilici tl Details respecting the Negociations at
Cowilt, to which we refer. In the American Journals
the opinions expressed respecting the demands of
Great firitain are various. On their first promulga-
fuin, the general sentiment seemed to be that they
were altogether inadmissible ; but on more mature
reflection, it is allowed in many of the Journals, that
they present bases which admit of discussion, and
which m iy be so modified perhaps as.to lead to peace.

The John Adams, which carried out these dispatches,

reached New•-York-on the sth of October. Mr. DAt,.
. tAs, son of the Secretary, was the bcirrer..They were
laid before Congress on the 10th, and 10,000 copies
were ordered to be printed andoirculated.
In several of the States meetings have been held

to consider of means for- the general safety, "bide.
pendent entirely of any of the measures or proceeding: of a
cued, dastardly, bider& Government.". Our limits do
no,t permit us to-day to do mere
_than. notice these
•,--o:d .
._procings, At Albany, in the State of New:York,
„prong • Resolutions. have been adopted ; but in the
-Senate of Massachniets, resolutions' have been pas-
' 'sett thnt-Deleiedtri; 'tanltti•in ntimbir,* shall meet others
be aptoinie4 Gy the otTier New England States,
an'd frm a SEAft MI 'to:NG g.gss—not how-

ever for the purpose of bartering aw iy the rights and
len it9r7:of the United Stares, .but to provide means
tor t.,eir defence and security, inspite of a weak and
inescient Administration. But, these, and similar

cl.:cuments, wetnust defer it sert3ng till Monday.
As to the military operations in Canada, these Pa-
'pers present little in addition to the information al-
ready beftire the Public. The latest accounts from
Sackett's Harbour are of the 14th October. Com-
modore CHAUNCEY'S fleet had returned to the harbour ,
on the 13th, and were moored head and stern across
the harbour, in battle order. Sir JAMES YEO'S fleet,l
including the large ship, came out on the llth, and l,
returned the next day. The guns on board the Oneida'
vire to be taken ashore, and a battery erected with '
them. It was expected (as Sir James reo had now
the complete command of the Lake) that the fleet would
trot again go out this season, but would remain in
tf.eir present situation to defend the place.
The Burlingt,,n Sentinel, of 7th October, annotmces,
tt part of Commodore MAcnoticucti's fleet, on
L the Ch..mpl tin, passed that town on the preceding
but-.day, for winter quartets.
the poceeciings in Congress, from its meeting in

Sep'ember to the ariival of the dispatches from
&,ent, by the Juhn Adams, did not embrace any
p )int conne. ted with the great puha cal q uestions, now
at isuie between the two countries. Thanks were
v.)ted to the N Iva' and Military Officers who com-
manded against Ow British in Canada, and a motion
was carried to enquire into the causes of the Capture
of Washington, &c. A proposal has been mad 2, in
Congress, fur a Grand National or State Bank, to
supply the public exigencies by the issue of raper !
At the date of the Papers now before us, no di ;cos-
si, la had taken place on the subject of the Gheqt
con!erences.

A letter from Washingur, 21.2tedgetober 14, statm
th4t 'Congress had sat that 'day for .two, hours with
closed doors ; atul that afterwards. another eommuni•
cation was pubbely,isade fres/2.th* Psieutoorr, with
a copy pf the various instructions sent, by him to the
Ghent Commissioners. first instruction he de-1
m4n,ls a total abandonment of the right of Impress..
merit tp this he adheres'until March last, when the
apprn.iching overthrow of his friend and patron, Bo-
ArAnvz, became apparent. In June and August,
he gives up all the causes fur which he wensto-waram
in ono breath

NORFOLK, OCTOBER 7.
We learn that two frigates and a bomb-ship have
kiined the English shipping at anchor in Lynhaven Bay.
OCTOBER 10.—The reports from the Bay side this
tnuining, state 30 sail of the enemy's shipping at an
chor in Lynhaven Bay—principally ships.
BALTIMORE, OCTOBER 19.

- -
LLTEST FROM THE ENEMY.—An American priso-
ner (a sailor) who was on board the Dragon, 74,
went ashore with a watering party in the Patuxent.
on Saturday or Sunday List, where he gave the offi-
cers the slip, and went over to Herring Bay, from
whence he arrived this evening by water. He re-
porg lying i.i the Patuxent the Dragon, 74., one fri-
gate, one bomb-ship, two transport-ships, and one
scliponer tender,. He says aeinforcements are confi-
denifiregOectedi:.*T attack will again
,he made.
Tistitspress fens A piserlis zepresents, that at five
o'clock, p. n yeetiNditykeeven•thips were discovered
li6,4lo.lhFp's 144 ag up. Immediately
fk.fr two entails* sa'a irere4trosied below the Island,
s:anding the' same
Iso.tosd down 01 Bey, tecurned last

night and tins morning. They had proceeded .dowti
as far as Sandy Point. One of them .saw a barge cap.
cure a schooner below Sandy Point last evening.
~•
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 11.
MOULT IMPORTANT. •
The following Message was yesterday sent to both
Houses of Congress by the President of the United
States. The sentiments it excited in both Houses
were purely national, and almost unanimous :

" TO TOL SENATE AND HOUSE Of REPILISENTATIVIS Or
TN! UNITED STATES.
ig I lay before Congress communications just re-
ceived from the Plenipotentiaries of the United States,
charged with negotiating peace with Great Britain ;
chewing the conditions on which alone that Govern-
ment is willing to put an end to the war.
" The instructions to those Plenipotentiaries, dis-
closing the grounds on which they were authorized to
negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace, will be the
subject of another communication.
(Signed) 44 JAMES MADISON.
" Washington, October 10, 1814."
DOCUMENTS.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM MESSRS. ADAMS, BAYARD,
CLAY AND RUSSELL, TO MR. 1410:4R0e, RECRF.TARY OF

bTATE, DATED " GIANT; Mit August', 1814.
" SIR—We have the honour to inform Ton that the
British Commissioners, Lord Gambier, Henry Goul'
burn, Esq. and William Adams, Esq. arrived in this
city on Saturday evening, the 6th inst. The day
after their arrival, Mr. Baker, their Secretary, called
upon us to give us notice of the fact, and to propose
a meeting, at a certain hour, on the ensuing day.—
The place having been agreed upon, we accordingly
met, at one o'clock, on Monday, the Bth inst.
We enclose, herewith, a copy of the full powers ex-
hibited by the Briti.h Commissioners at that confe-
rence ; which was opened on their part by an expres-
sion of the sincere and earnest desire of their Govern-
ment, that the negociation might result in a solid
peace, honourable to both parties. They, at the Lime
time, declared, that no events which had occurred
since the first proposal for this negociation, had alter.
ed the pacific dispositions of their Government, or
varied its views as to the terms upon which it was
willing w conclude tie peace.

" We answered that we heard these d-clarations
with great satisfaction, and that our Government had
acceded to the proposal of negociation, with the most
sincere desire to put an end to the differences which
divided the two countries, and to lay, upon just and
liberal grounds, the foundaticn of a peace which, se-
curing the rights and interests of both nations, should
unite them by lasting bonds of amity. •
" The British Ccmmissioners then stated the fol.
lowing subjects, as those upon which it appeared to
them that the discussions would be likely to turn,
and on which they were instructed :
1. The forcible seizure of mariners on board of
merchant vessels, and in connection with it, the claim
'of his Britannic Majesty to the allegiance of all the
native subjects of Great Britain.
66 We understood them to intimate, that the British
Government did not propose this point as one which
they v ere particularly desirous of discussing ; but that
as it had occupied so prominent a place in the dis-
putes between the two countries, it necessarily at-
tracted notice, and was considered as a subject which
would come ill der discussion.
" 2. The Indian allies of Great Britain to be in-
clude) in the pacification, and a definite boundary to
be smtled foi their territory.
" The British Commissioners stated, that an ar.
rangement upon this point was a sine qua eon; that
they were not authorised to conclude a maty of peace.
which did not embrace the Indians as allies of his Bri-
tannic Majesty ; and that the establishment of a de-
finite boundary of the Indian territory was necessary
to secure a permanent peace, not only with the In-
dians, but also between the United States and Great
Britain.

" 8- A revision of the boundary line between the
• United, States and the adjacent British Colonies.
" With respect to this point, they expressly dis-
'claimed any. Intention on the part of their Govern-
ment, to acquire an• increase of territory, and repre-
sented the proposed revision as intended merely for
the purpose.of preventing uncertainty and dispute.
" After having stated these three points, as subjects
of discussion, the British Commis,ioners added, that
before they desired any answer from us, they felt it
incumbent upon them to declare, that the British Go-
vernment did not deny the right of the Americans to
the fisheries generally, or in the open seas; but that
the privileges, formerly granted by treaty to the
United States, of fishing within the limits of the Bri-
tish jurisdiction, and of landing and drying fish on
the shores of the Britisb territories, would not be re.
newed without an equivalent.
" The extent of what was consilered by them as
waters peculiarly British, was not stated. From the
manner in which they brought this subject into view,
they seemed to wish us to understand that they were
not anxious that it should be discussed, and that they
only intended to give us notice that these privileges
had ceased to exist, and would not be again granted
without an equivalent, nor unless we thought proper
to provide expressly in the treaty of peace for their
renewal.

66 The British Commissioners having stated, that
these were all the std)jects which they intended to
bring. forward or to suggest, requested to be inform-
ed, whether we were instructed to enter into negoeia-
tiqn oa these several points ? and, whether there was
any amongst these which we tbousht it unnecessary

`'.114 to bring into the negotiation ? n they desired us to
state,, on our part, such other subjects as we might
intend to propose for discussion in the course of the
negoSietion. The meeting wasthen adjourned to
thenest day, in order to afford us the opportunity
of consultation among ourselves, b:tfore we gave an
anse er.
" In the course of the evening of the same day, we
received your letters of the 25th and 27th of June.
" There could be no hesitation, on our part, in in-
forming the British Commissioners, that we were not
instructed on the subjects of Indian pacification or
boundary, and of fisheries. Nor did it seem probable,
although neither of these points had been stated with
sufficient precision in that first verbal conference, that
they could be admitted in any shape. We did not
wish, however, to prejudge the result, or by any
hasty proceeding abruptly to break off the negotia-
tion. It was not impossible that, on the subject of
the Indians, the British Government had received er-
roneous impressions from the traders in Canada,
which our representations might remove : and it ap-
peared, at all events, important to ascertain distinctly
the precise intentions of Great Britain on both points.
We, therefore, thought it advisable to invite the Bri-
tish Commissioners to a general conversation on all
the points : stating to them, at the same time, our
want of instructions on two of them, and holding out
no expectation of the prohahility of our agreeing to
any article respecting them.
" At oirr meeting 'on WC etisuitig day eve informed
the British CominissioneisYttat upon the first and
• f,
third points proposed by them we were provided with
instructions, and we presented as further subjects con-
sidered by out Government aa.suit:ll4e foediscussic.n.
Ist. A 'definition or biockatie; and as far as
might be mutuelly agreed of ether Leutrel and belli-
gerent rights.
" 2d. Cleirns of indemnity in c Itain cases of cap-
ture arid Eeitur....

We then :::tted that 1112 two subjects, Ist of In-
dian pacific ttioa, Ar.d boundary. and 2d of fisheries,
were not etishiacci hy our instructions.
•4 We observe:l,ora as these points had not been
heretief:..re the grounds of any controversy between
the Government of Great Bi itain and that of the
United States, and had not been alluded to by Lord
Castlereagh, in his letter proposing the negotiation,
it could not be expected that they should have been
anticipated and nude the subject of instructions by
our Governniest : that it was natural to b. supposed
that our instructions were confined to those subjects
upon which differences between the two countries
were known to"exist ; and that the. proposition to de-
tine, in a Treaty betmeen the United States and
Great Britain, the boundary of the Indian possessions
'within our territories, was new and without example.
1"--No such provisions had been inserted in the treaty
peace in 178, nor in any other treaty between the
two countries—no such provision had, to our know-
ledge, ever been inserted in any treaty made by
Great Britain or any other European power in relation
to the same description of people, existing under
like circumstances.

We would say, however, that it would not be
doubted, that peace with the Indians would certainly
follow a peace with Gteat Britain—that we had in-
formation that Commissioners had already been ap-
pointed to treat with them; that a treaty to that ef•
sect miBht, perhaps, have been already concluded—
and that the United States having no interest, nor any
motive, to continue a separate war against the In-
dians, there could never be a moment when our Go-
vernment would not be disposed to make peace with
them.

G, We then expressed our wish to receive from the
British Commissioners a statement of the views and
objects of Great Britain upon all the points, and our
willingness to discuss them all, in order that, even if
' no arrangement should be agfeed on, upon the points
; not included in our instructions, the Government of
the United States might be possessed of the entire
and precise intentions of that of Gre'at Britain, re-
specting these points, and that the British Govern-
ment might be fully informed of the objections on the
part of the United thaws to any such arrangement.
In answer to our remark, that these points had not
been alluded to by Lord Castlereagh, in his letter'
roposing the negotiation, it was said that it could
not be expected that in a letter, merely intended to'
p
invite a negotiation, he should enumerate the topics
of discussion, or state the pretensions of his Govern•'
ment, since these would depend upon ulterior events,
and might arise out of a subsequent state of things.
In reply to our observation, that the proposed
stipulation of an Indian boundary was without exam-
ple in the practice of European nations, it was asserted,
that the Indians must in some sort be considered as
an independent people, since treaties were made with
them, bosh by Great Britain and by the United States;
upon which we pointed out the obvious and impor-
tent difference between the treaties we might make
with Indians, living in our territory, and such a treaty
as was proposed to be made, respecting them, with a
foreign power, who had solemnly acknowledged the
territory on which they resided to be part of the
United States.

46 We were then asked by the British Commis;
sioners whether, in case they should enter further upon
the discussion of the several points which had been
stated we could expect that it would terminate by
some provisional arrangement on the points on which
we had no instructions, particularly on that respecting