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BARBAUOES, AUGUST fe. •
The Countess of Chichester packet arrived on Wcd4
nesday, in 29 days from halm uth. She is a remark-;
ably fine brt, on her first voyage,
.and commanded.
by the gallant Captain Rogers, who distinguished
himself in the Windsor Castle, by capturing the.Tena.,
French privateer, of nearly treble his own bl-ce. The
Chichester fell in with a French brig privateer, on
Monday last, to windward of th•sisland,. and fortu-
n tteiy prevented her cutting off the ship Ajax, from
Greenock for Grenada, then astern of the packet, by
hauling up to her support, which induced the enemy-.
to sheer off.

Captain Kempt, R.N. agent for prisoners of war,
&c. ; Major Preedy, and Ctiapt,.in Wilby, Aides-de-
CaRIP t,s) Sir George Beckwith, came passengers in
the packet, and have proc7eded to Martinique.
The ship Sally, from Cork, bound to St. Croix,
arrived on Thursday ; and is detained for having run
foul of an. American vessel, until compensation is
made for the damage.
The brig Pitt, from Newfoundland, arrived the
same day; and this morning the ship Alligator, from
London to Tobago, came in here. 'I. hirteen Ameri-
cans have arrived since our last. The seizure of the
Argo has been adjusted by compromise.
One of these fell in on the 1261 ult. with the home-
ward-bound trade, under convoy of the Acasta, in
lat. 31, all well.
Accounts from the Leeward mention his Majesty's
ship; Latona-and Fclicite (late Frcnc.h.frtate.) to have
encututered a severe gale, in which the Latona lost
her mizenmast, and was obliged to put back to An-
tigua from whence they had sailed for England, ,but
that the I'elicitc had not since been heard of. A ship
was seen totally di."-masted under the lee of Guada-
loupe, on the '2 instant, the day after the gale, sup-
posed to be the Atalanta, from Martinique.
The Saphionia hired Government schooner arrived
this morning from Martinique, with Brigadier-Gene-
ral WALE-, appointed Commandant of the garrison of
St. Ann's. The Brigadier's family arrived with him.

AMERICA.

WASHING i ON, AUGUST 16.

Mr. Secretary Smith received_ on the 14th inst.
from Mr. Erskine, a long and very satisfactory letter,
in answc: to one of the 9th inst. in which Mr. Smith
had JesFectfully requested a candid explanation, as
to th. conversation which Mr. Canning's dispatch of
the 21d of had imputed to Mr. Madison, Mr.
Gallatin, and Itmself.
Mr Eskinc has, moreover, in this Inner, stated
the reaz,ons, which in the exercise of the discretion
given him, had induced him not to lay his instructions
bz fore the Government of the Ugited States:
These Papers with no doubt, he communicated in
due time to Congress.—Nat. hatlligencer.
From our Correspondent at New Orleans
my last, we have little news here. French
knigr.olts, mulattoes, and negroes, continue to pour
in upon us. A few days ago, the number that had
arrived was about .5.300, of which about 1700 were
negr, slaves, who had been permitted to land, and
are d. livered to their owners by the Governor's orders.
One half of the remainder at least are mulattoes, and
the rest chiefly privateers men, who have been prey-
ity• on our commerce for years. There are 1500
Mire in tl:e river ; and, if the Governor is to be be-
lieved, the number expected in all will be about
18,090; Monsieur Desforgues, the French Consul,.
when some difficulty was at first made respecting the
+tiding of the sl ve.s, offered to give the Emperor
Napoleon as security to the United States for the
wh;tie of them.

• « Although most of the'planters of this c7notry
have no obkvion to the importation of slaves, and
think this hwiness of emigration will afford a favour-
Ole opportunity of importing neroes from Africa,
by w iy of Cuba, yet they are much afraid of the
I,,lzila!toes, among whom are many of the worst assas-
sins of St. Domingo, who have been recogrn?ed in
our streets by those whose friends and parents were
murdered by them, and were themselves fortunate
enough to escape from their hands. Such, however,
is th partiality of the Administration of this country
to foreigners and jacobins, that almost any persons of
th.tt cie,,cription are immediately provided for, and
p7:rces of trust, honour, and profit given them .on ar-
riv a, s; ;ti;,tit its being necessary for them even to
state an intention of becoming ciiizens. As a proof
of this, I shal give you a few names of characters
invLsted with the fi..st- offices, and assure you the sub-
ordinate ones have likewise their full share of them."

arrival of Mr. Jackson, your Envoy to our Coven.
ment, who is to patch up the matters in disputf be-
tween England and us. Some persons, when they-
heard ct the non-ratification of Ms. Erskine's engage-
ments, were, as you know, extremely violent, and
were for immediately dispatching Mr. Erskine back
to Great Britain.
When they first learnt that it was expected that•
matters could be composed, and that Mr. Jackson
was appointed to try his hand at another treaty, their
.age seemed to increase ; but reflection a good deal
cooled them, and they began to open their eyes and
to see.their own real interests. •

How much more to our mutual advantage *Mild
an honourable peace be than a bloody war, which
could benefit neither of us ! This mus the plain to
every man of common sense.
According to the date when Mr. Jackson sailed
from England to negociate here, he ought, by this
time to have arrived. Some letters are reported to
say, that he has already reached Baltimore ; but this
accour.t has been so often repeated that we are com-
pletely tired of it.
Notwithstanding the ferment the conduct of your
Cabinet at first created, now people have had time to
consider of it, the general disposition of their minds
is pacific ; and Mr. Jackson Will, I dare say, set things
in a right point of view.

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