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SATURDAY, AUGUST L
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AMERICA.
We have this morning received New York Papers
to the 12th ult. They were brought to Liverpool

on Thurfday by the Swift, which left New York aa
the 14,h of July. Their contents are of extreme
importance : They contain the Proclamation Wiled

by the Prefident of the United States on the fubjea

of the late fracas between the Leopard and Cho-
fapeak, TMs document is not couched in that via'
lent fpirit of hoßility towards Great Britkint which
the American papers led us to expel k would.
Negociations had commenced at Wallington be-
tween Commodore DougLae, of the Ulan*. and
Mr. Eassixt, on the part of Great Britain, and the
Secretaries of State for America. The rank of thefe
negociations was underilood to he of a pacific ten-
dency, and a fpeciAl Envoy from the Ametican Col
binet was immediately difpatehed to this ennatty OM
board or the Revenge American fchonster,
In the mean time the Plenipotentiaries had 'rod
that no ad of retaliation whatever lbould be corn.
mitted byAmerica, until an asfwer was received from
London, to the above difpatcher.

by multiplying, injuries and Irritations, to frig eta
Aspire Moven the tow nation:. This agrees ,fore
equally tweed so the ineerills of lath, Wit it togfurenten
of the welfriesuPy efifixijiioen on the part of she Brisj, Go-
, vormitni, in the midtl of which this outrage has been
committed. In this light the fubje& cannot but pre-
fent Nat' to that Government, and strengthen the
motives to an honourable reparation of the wrong
which has been done, and to that effeEtual controul
of its naval commanders, which alone can justify
the Government of the United States in the exercife
of thofe hofpitalities it is now conßrained to difcon•
tinue.

On the other hand the American Papers a* fill
filled with coarfe inveelives againtl this couritryi-and
no exertions are wanting on the part of the French
party in America to hLv► the coals of &fund between
the two friendly nations.
The American Government has ilrued orders for
the immediate equipment of so gun boats, and the
militia is to be augmented to too,ooo men, in cafe
of any ultimate rupture with this country.
All apprehentions of a rupture with America have
for the prefent fubfided among the American mer-
chants in the City, and Infusances have been' this
morning eff.Eled at LLOYD'S for American veirels on
the ufual terms. The following is the

In confideration of thefe eircumnances, and of she
right of every nation to regulate its own police, to
provide for its peace and for the fafety of its citizens,
and confequently to refufethe admiffion of armed vef•
fele into its harbours or waters, either in fuch num.
bets or of fuch defcriptions, as are inconfifteik with
thefe, or with the maintenance of the inthority of
the laws, I have thought proper, in purfuance a the
authorities fpecially given by law, to iffue this my
Proclamation, hereby requiring all armed veffels
bearing commiffions under the Government of Great
Britain, now within the harbours or waters of the
United States, immediately and without any delay
to depart from the fame, intcrdiaing the entrance of
all the raid harbours and waters to the Paid armed
veffels, and to all others bearing commifflons under
the authority of the Britini Government. _ _ _

And if the (aid vefiele, or any of them, (hall fail to
depart u aforefaid, or if they or any others, fo in-
terdiaed, %hall hereafter enter the harbours or waters
aforefaid, I do in that cafe forbid all intercourk with
them or any of them, their officers or crews, aid do
prohibit all fupplies and aid Rona being (woad to
them or any of them.

And I 'do declare and make knawn, that if any
perfou from or within the jurifdiaional limits of the
United States !hall afford any aid to any fuck veffel,
contrary to the prhibition contained in this Procla•
mati.n, either in repairing any filch veffel, or in fur-
nithing her, her Akers or crew, with fupplies of
'any kind, or in any manner whatfoever, or if any
pilot (hall atilt in navigating any of the Paid armed
unlefs it be for the purpofe of carrying
them in the fiat intlance beyond the limits and
jurifdiEtion of the United States, or ualefs it be in the
cafe of a veffel forced by diarefs, or charged with
public difpatches as hereinafter provided for, inch
perfon or perfons Mall, on conviainn, !offer all the
pains and penalties by the laws provided for fu,h
offences.

And I do hereby enjoin and requite all perfons,
bearing office civil or military within or under the
authority of the United States, and all others, citizen*
or inhabitants thereof, or being within the fame, with
vigilance and plowtitude to exert their refpetlive
authorities, and to be aiding and affiaing to the car•
vying this proclamation and every part thereof into
full effeit.

PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
DNI TED STATES.
Wallington City, July 2, dcy.
_ _ _

During the was which, for tome time, have us
happily prevailed among the powers of Europe, the
Uuited States of America, film in their principles of
peace, have endeavoured by juflice, by a regular dill
charge of all their national and focial duties, and by
every friendly office their fituation has admitted, to
maintain, with all the belligerents% their accullomed
relations of friendfhip, hofpitality, and commercial
intercourfe. Taking no part ht the queftions which
animate tilde powers againfl each other, nor permit,
ting themfelves to entertain a with for the reßoration
of general peace, they have obferved with good faith
the neutrality they affumed, and they believe that no
inflance of a departure from its duties can be julllT
imputed to them by 4ny nation. A free life of their
harbours and waters, the means of refitting and of
refrellment, of fuccour to their lick and fuffering,
have, at all times, and on equal principles, been ex•
tended to all, and this too amid& a conflant recur.
rence of aes of infubordination to the laws, of vio-
lence-to the perfuns, and of trefpaffes on the property
of our citizens, committed by officers of one of the
belligerent parties received among us. In troth
there abufes of the laws of hofpitality have, with feiir
exceptions, become habitual to the Commanders of
the Britith armed velrels hovering on et•r coatis and
frequenting our harbours. They have been the tub-
jeft of repeated reprefentations to their Goveinfnent.
I .eljarances have been given that proper orders fhould
reit rain them within the limit of the rights and of the
refpea due to 4 friendly nation ; but thofe orders
and afTurances have been without drat ; idler:cc
of punithment for patt wrongs has taken place. -
At length a deed, tranfoanding all we have hither-
to Peep or fuffered, brings the public fenfibility.to a
ferious cars, and our forbearance to a neceffaryfaufe.
A frigate of the United States, trolling to a Rate of
peace, and leaving her harbour on a diflant fervice,
has been furprifed and attacked by a Britith veal pf
fuperior force ; one of a 'fquadron then lying in one
waters, and covering the tranfaition ; and has been
difabled from fervice, with the lots of a number of
men killed and wounded. This enormity was not
only withont provocation or jußifiable cattle, but
was committed with the avowed purpnfe of taking
by force, from a thip of war of the United States, a
pan of her crew ; an?, that no circuntßance might be
wauttaft to mark its charailer, it had been previtrue,
afcertained that the &amen demanded were native
citizens of the United States. Hawing effelted Ma
purpofe, he returned to anchor with his Iquadront
within our jorifdittion. Hofoitality, under fach
cumßances, ceafes to be a duty : and a caurivaquer of
with loch nncontrouled 411ufes, wool/ tend onlh

Provided neverthelefs that if any fuch veffels !hall
be forced into the ha►bours or waters of the United
States by chtlrefr, by the dangers of the fea, or by
the purfuit of an enemy, or than enter them charged
with difpatches or Wines from their government,
or !hall be a public packet tor the conveyance of let-
ters and dirpatehes, the commanding officer imme.
died, reporting his veffel to the colleßor of the dif
Oating he object or caufes of entering the laid
hal bnstrs or waters, and conforming himielf to the
regulations in that cafe prefcrited under the an•ho•
rity of the laws, (hall be allowed the benefi, of fuch
regulations refpeCting repairs, fupplies, stay, inter.
Ilcourfe and departure as (hall be permitted under the
fame authority. _ _ _ _ _

In tellimony wherenf, I have caufed the real of the
United States to be affixed to there prelims and•
rigged the fame.
Given at the city of Wafhington the feeond day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thoufand
(La ]eight hundred and feven, and of the ft,vereignt
ty and independence of the United States the
thirty fire. THOMAS jkFFEILSOR.
*she PrOdera, JAMBS MADISON, Secreary par;

FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS.
A meeting has been conve•ted at Newark, July 8,
very numeriufly attended, at which feveral very fpi.
rited refolutions paired, we fele& thelollowing:—
Refoloat, That it is the opinion of this meeting,.
that the Government of the. United States hub
the whole courfe of the unhar was

plunge his conalry in a wicked and inlet war avid
the will of the nation.
Refolved. That although this meeting greatly de-
precate the calamities of war, yet lhould this become
neceffary for the prefervation of the perfunat right,
of their fellow citizens, the defence of their country,
and the maintenance of the fovereigiuy and ;adepts.
deuce of the Uoion, they will engage in it with ala-
crity, and (atm* pledge to our country and our
Government, our lives and fortunes is defense of the
rights of an independent nation.
' Similar refilutions have been palled at different
meetings held at Philadelphia and other wens of the
United States.
logAitimaomngeeotitnhgerhreelfdolauttronorfs,rawlke,reJuane s 6, the follow-
piniongretofd ttohls Cont.
dmitotaeftedcb,l'acehilsauttoganimthceop:rifiliiiafhtmaosiltffiontche:r,toswehgro daytihdifshc onbrruoio, gnolest
having hoifted a flag before his approach to our har-
bour, was not afterwards entitled to be so:initiated as
coming under the proteeion of a lag of trace ; and
as Inch he Ihould not have been diaarged, bat
fhould have been held in cufiedy until the pleafure
of the government was known.
RefAed sosaniaseafly, that it is the opinion of tibia
Committee, that any Britillt officer coming to this
place, Bull be confidered as a prifoner, natil the de-
' Wl,* of the government be known.
li Frain the National IstehVeseer I yody s,
A Pilot Boat yellerday arrived with as exprefs to
the Secretary of the Nary, from Capt. Decatur,
communicating the following insportaut intelligence;
On the afternoon of the 3d init. the four Bri:ifh
(hips of war came into Hampton Roado, and occur!
pied a nation between Hampton and Norfolk. Ten,
den were feen to leave the frigates, and to afcernin
the founding, beyond the narrows, in the direction
' of Norfolk.
This, with other circumftances, led Capt. Decatur
;41) believe that their objeEt was to take the Chefa.
peak and a French frigate lying at Norfolk, if not to
threaten the town,
On the fueceeding morning a private wail patio;
from Norfolk to Hampton, was flopped by the Ils
Io
ties (hips, and a demand made to carry a letter bact
to Norfolk. This the captain at fiat refaced, Out on
' the Britifh commander threatening to fink him in cafe
of non-compliance, he agreed to take the letter, Tbe
Amer was addreffed to the people of Norfolk, and
declared that tint& they refcioded their recitations
there Oiould be a rigorous blockade, by which the
i or departure of all velfcls would be pro,
hibited.
The exprefs left Norfolk en.the 4th late in the day,
After the boat had palled the frigates, which was
effcaed with to much fuccefs as altogether to creeps
their notice, the Commander law a boat palling front
Hampton. towards Norfolk, hailed by the BOO; ri
and afterwards return back towards Hampton.-o
. From this it is inferred that the blockade was then
in actual force.
Here then is a Rate of things well calculated to
excite the highea folicitude.
Orders have been iffued from the War*Office nth;
Governors of the leveret Rated, making a requifition
of One Hundred Thoufand Militia, to be ready to
take the field at a moment'♦ warning, and atohoriffog
the accep:ance of volunteers, • Wong men of 4 !At
ilea l rally round the flendard of tour country, ;44
prepare yourfelves, in cafe of neceffity, ro over whet .
with irrefiftible energy, the vidaitors of your rights
121
In the corirfe of a very (Sort time between 6o an
Ro gun boats, fully equipped, will he (tabooed at the
molt ea pofed poiot s of the United States* to repel all
aggrea ns that may be offered.
.Fivers the Whin:tea Fears? of 74, 8.
Mr. Erfkine, the Britith Minifter his arrived-or De.
dares the late agoreffion, unauthorized. and i• about
to forward an immediate difpetch to the Bririfis Ai
cer commanding at Hampton.
The Pre6dent has required the crovernors of the
different Suite; to have their refpettive quotas of Mi.
lid, in readinefs to march at a moment's warning.
The whole number required is loose= ThcqUlAll
of this dirtriet i. Laid to be goon.
• All the Lietoeo.ants in the miry, and Midthipmen,
are ordered to repair immediately to N'of ilk: Thole
;who were in this neighbourhood have already lit cif•
' A fchooner freighted with arm; and ammunition"
Wt the Navy-yard two days fence for Norfolk.
A number of veffels_slisins Baltimore, which were
on their way to fea. poi beck, the owners or macre.
not confidering it fafe to proceed.—New York Mee
eantik Advertifer, yid 9.
The United States fchooner Revenge, now at Bal-
timore, is under orders to be in readinefs to ari:
to fea. Sheis to convey ;o our Minifter at
difpatches inffrueing him to demand of the Bridal
Government the explanation and fatisfaelon'whaft
the late outrage on the frigate Chefapeak neceffaril,
requires. Confidently with the ufage of civilized na.
tions, the aet of its peaty officers cannot be considered
as the ad of the Br itifh Government, until an oppor-
tunity be afforded them of avowing or difav ,wineit.
The Melampus frigate has captured fix Anisocau
veffels bound out of the Chefapeak..-..Phil. wagtte,
' Yefferday evening the Committee received info?:
mation from Hampton, that an attempt to land at
Brit' - -

throughout ti _ .._ - -"aPPY -• that place would he tea' de from the itith (hips
that has fo long dißurbed the repofe of Europe, con- below. Nearly goo citizens immediately volunteered
dialed itfelf towards the nation of Great Britain, and their fcrvices t Than the gun boats, and proceed
all the other belligerent powers with a fernpulous inftantly to Hampton, end they will go off this gap,
noon, four in number. No place can be better de!
regard to the duty of a neutral and a friendly na-
tion, at the fame time obferving a cordial hofpitality fended by gun boats than Hampton, on account of-
accompanied with a Iltia and rigid impartiality to all the bar, which prevents the access of large retie's.,"
AO/wed, That this meeting approve of the mea- There may
be no foundation for this report, bur the
fines purfued by the Executive of the Unions in this unprepared Rate in which theCherapedt was attacked.
critical and important crifis of our political affairs, as infpires an uncommon vigilance and tufpieion.—isee
far as they have been communicated, by the Prods
.firti Paper, Jose a 6.
minion ahis Excellency the Prefident of the United It Is reported that about zoo of the Englifb at.
States, -of the ad inftant, in refufing further bor• tempted to go afhore at Lynnhaven Bay, .do woo
pitality to Sips of war, the commanders of which fn
oppoted by 400 Americans; aight ealued, .twu tw
manifeßly- disregard the laws of decorum, and
the three Americans were wounded, and four or five
i plaineß principles of jultice, humanity, and the right ! Euglifit killed It is alfo raid that sue Brion' ripe
of fovereignty ; and notwithßanding the indignto tit it
, have cannonaded N rtolk, threatening deitiudiAi to
feels it the rat ties, outrages, and intuits offered yhe the town. utiles their refolations were reicinded, and
country, yet it cannot but acknowledge the wifdurn ' the fuppties tninifited. The fleet; it is reported, bavs
of the executive in leaving a door open to peace, by
handed at Point Comfort, and dog wells i they have
which useafure time will be given to the Brit 1T ' alfo carried off about so head of otitis nom OF
nation to paufe a
. ..
nd reflect before it engages in a was
as calamitous to Wel!. as unjult and oppreffive to us. thore near Hampton Roads.
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This meeting in this refne4 (peaks of the Brit.ith
.na- I Lot4DON: penu.d
and
pobatied 6,
tvci.
irra.
vitro.
i lion becaufe it yet boats of its freedom, believing i century-Fume. lambed) as the ST4a-Or7ica. N. 4: POP
. ...... .
1 that the executive of a free people will never dare to l- • area, ?utata,ca fa as the 01.a.41/6,cs, usbotho