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London, England, 1813-05-07 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM MR. BARLOW TO MR.

MONROE, DATED PARIS, MAY 12, 181 2.

" After the date of my letter, of which I have the
honour to enclose you a copy, I found from a pretty
sharp conversation with the Duke of Bassano, that
there was a singular reluctance to answering my note
of the Ist of May. Some traces of that reluctance
you will perceive in the answer which finally came,
of which a copy is here enclosed. This, though
dated the 10th, did not come to me till last evening.
I consider the communication to be so important in
the present crisis of our affairs with England, that
I dispatch the Wasp immediately to carry it to Mr.
Russell, with orders to return with his answer as
soon as possible.
" I am confident that the President will approve
the motive of my solicitude in this affair, and the
earnest manner in which I pressed the Minister with
it as soon as my knowledge of the declaration of the
Prince Regent enabled me to use the argument that
belonged to the subject.
When in the conversation above alluded to, the
Duke first produced to me the Decree of the 10th
April, 1811, I made no comment on the strange
'manner in which it had been so long concealed from
me, and probably from you.
1 only asked him if that decree had been pub-
_

lished—he said no, but declared it had been commu-
nicated to my predecessor here, and likewise sent to
Mr. Serrurier, with orders to communicate it to you.
I assured him it was not among the archives of this
legation : that I never before had heard of it—and
since he had consented to answer my note, I desired
him to send to me in that official manner a copy of
that Decree, and of any other documents that might
prove to the incredulous of my country (not to me)
that the decrees of Berlin and Milan were in good
faith and unconditionally repealed with regard to the
United States. He then promised me he would do
it, and he has performed his promise.
66 I send you a copy of the April Decree, as like-
wise the letter of the Grand Judge, and that of the
Minister of Finances: though the two latter pieces
have been before communicated to our Government,
and published."

TUE DUKE OF BAMAKO TO MR. BARLOW.
[TRANSLATION
" Paris, May 10,181 E.

" SIR—Tn conversing with you about the note
which you did me the honour to address to me on
the Ist of May, I could not conceal from you my sur-
prise at the doubt which you had expressed in that
note, respecting the revocation of the Decrees of Ber-
lin and Milan. The revocation was proved by many
official acts, by all my correspondence with your pre-
decessors and with you, by the decisions in favour of
American vessels. You have done me the honour
to ask a copy of the letters which the Grand Judge
and Minister of Finances wrote on the 25th Decem-
ber, 1810, to secure the first effects of that measure,
and you have said, Sir, that the Decree of the 28th of
A pril, 1811, which proves definitely the revocation of
the Decrees of Berlin and Milan in regard to the
Americans, was not known to you.
44 I have the honour to send you, as you have de-
sired, a copy of these three acts ; you will consider
them, without doubt, as all the present answer which
I could give to this part of your note. As to the two
other questions to which that note relates, I will take
care to lay them before the Emperor. You know
already, Sir, the sentiments which his Majesty has
expressed in favour of American commerce, and the
good dispositions which have induced him to appoint
a plenipotentiary to treat with you on that important
interest. (Signed) " THE DUKE OR BASSANO."
[TRANSLATION.]
Palace of St. Cloud, April 25, 1811.
‘i Napoleon, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. On
the report of our Minister of Foreign Relations.
44 Seeing by a law passed on the 2d March, 1811,
.the Congress of the United States has ordered the

exeedion of the provision' of the Aet of Non•lnter.
course, which prohibits the vessels and merchandize
of Great Britain, her Colonies and Dependencies from
entering into the ports of the United States.
a Considering that the said law is an act of re-
sistance to the arbitrary pretensions, consecrated by
the British Orders in Council, and a formal refusal
to adhere to a system invading the independence of
neutral powers, and of their flag, we have decreed,
anddodecree as follows :
" The Decrees of Berlin and Milan, are definitively,
and to date from the Ist November inst. considered
as not having existed, (non avenus) in regard to Ame-
rican vessels. (Signed) " NAPOLEON.
(Signed) a THE COUNT DART/.

" NEW YORK, MARCH M.

a The alarming accounts received this morning
by the Executive from General Taylor, commanding
the forces at Norfolk, leave some grounds to expect
an immediate attack. The letter is dated the 9th
inst. stating, that an express from the Bay shore had
just brought information of there being 16 boats,
with about 50 men in each, then making their way
from the squadron towards Old Point Comfort : the
Constellation had dropped down to Crany
where the gun boats were also stationed.

" The. Notional Atelligineer of Friday says, the
President promptly accepted of the mediation of
Russia, offered through Mr. Dashcoff, as mentioned
in a former paper.
" The Federal Republican informs, that Mr. Craw-
ford, United States' Senator, is appointed Minister to
the Court of St. Cloud, in the room of Mr. Barlowil
5
deceased.

ts We are informed that the Marshal of the

(New-York) has received positive orders from the
Department of State, to remove all alien enemies
concerned in commerce into the country, forty miles
from tide water."

44 WASHINGTON, MARCH 15.

64 The Poictiers, of 74 guns, and the Acasta, of
44 guns, left the Chesapeak on the 9th instant, for
the purpose of blockading the Delaware, and on
Sunday last they were seen 18 miles up the Bay;
which has caused considerable (though we hope un-
necessary) alarm.
•, We state upon authority, that has seldom, if ever,
misled us, that the intention of Admiral Warren has
been ascertained to penetrate and scour all the navi-
gable rivers of the South, and destroy the shipping—
this is to be done as a retaliation upon us for letting
loose privateers upon British commerce. Upon the
same authority we mentioned the meditated destruc-1
tion of the shipping in the port of Baltimore, after
knocking down the fort, all the wharfs are to be burnt,
and such shipping as could not be carried off, con-
signed to the flames."

A Cadiz Mail arrived this morning, but the intel.

ligence brought by it is comparatively unimportant.
It is reported at Cadiz, that BONAPARTE has ordered
his Brother JOSEPH to concentrate his whole forces
upon the Ebro. Nothing new had occurred with the
Alicant Army. The Spanish and Allied Armies are
described to be in the best possible condition.

A Lisbon Mail also arrived this morning. A dis-
patch from Lord WELLINGTON to the Portuguese
Government informs them, that King JOSEPH was in
Valladolid, and that the French troops in Toledo and
Madrid were preparing for a sudden move.—Since
General Sir JOHN MURRAY'S last dispatch from Ali-
cant, SUCHET has concentrated his force upon the
Yucar.

By a Mail from Malta, we have intelligence from
Sicily to the middle of March. The THAMES and
Fuatous British ships of war lately attacked the small
Island of Powza, which TM occupied by a French
garrison, consisting of 200 men. The enterprize was
completely successful, and the whole garrison, with
their Commander General DUSIOSIT, were taken pri-
soners. The British expedition consisted of the 2d
battalion of the 10th regiment, and a detachment of
Royal Artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel COFFIN.
The whole was under the direction of Captain NA-
PIER, of the Navy. No loss was sustained on either
side.—The old King of SICILY has abdicated the
Throne in favour of his son, who assumes the singular
title of ALTER EGo, King of SICILY. The QUEEN
has taken her departure for Sardinia, and all was
quiet in consequence. There had been some distur-
bances previously.

The latest advices from Hambnrgh, which we have
now received, are to the Sd instant ; but the intelli-
gence which we yesterday communicated was not the
only gratifying part of their contents. A partial, if
not a total change of Ministers, has taken place
at Vienna. The French party in the Austrian
Cabinet is said to be in complete disgrace ; and as
an immediate =sequence, the Emperor FRANCIS
has issued a Decree, or rather Proclamation, osten-
sibly to place at the disposal of the Minister of
Finance a new loan of fory-five millions of florins,
but with the real object of conveying the sentiments
of his Cabinet on the present posture of affairs. One
thing at least is clear—in the outset of the document
Austria declares, that she feels that circumstances
have placed her in a more independent situatidft than
she has held for some years ; in other words, on an
eminence from which she can look down upon the
contending powers, and take advantage of circum
stances as they arise.