Star.
London, England, 1810-07-11 00:00:00

dMERICA.

CIRCULAR.
Treasury Department, Mif 14, 11110.
eta—You will herewith receive a printed copy of an Act con-
cerning the commercial intercourse betweeu the United States
:nd Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for
usher purposes.
The instructions formally given respecting the execution of
provisions of a similar nature, being applicable to the two
firs' section+ of the Act, it is only necessary to observe, that
the exclusion from the harbours or waters under the Jurisdic-
tion of the United States embraces, (subject only to the ex-
ceptions made by the Act) every description of British or
French armed vessels, whether public or private, and whether
sailing with or without a commission, authorising the capture of
v Ist's. All other restrictions'on the commercial intercourse with
F:Ance or Great Britain, not previously repealed, have expired
QI: the tst instant. I am, &c. (Signed)

ALBERT GALLATIN.

NEW YORK, JUNE t.

Mr Jackson, the British Minister, left this city on
Saturday afternoon last. in the Experiment, arrived
at Hudson on Monday evlnin,,, and on the morning
following proceeded into the interior for Northamp-
ton. Massachusets.
We learn, that the latest accounts from France in
the hands of Government are of the most gloomy
complexion. Mr. Armstrong certainly returns, lea-
ving Mr. Russel Charge d'Affaires. A new Minister
is coming out, but Government is aot apprized of his
object.
The National Intilligencer, speaking of the delay
which occurred in G: eat Britain between Mr. Pinck-
ney's first interview with Marquis Wellesley, and that
Nobleman's ...tn:wer to his note, says The delay
was unequivocally foreign to the original cause.—
There were others :
existirg state of parties in England.
od. The poli•ical divisi,ns among us.
" Separately or collectively these causes dictated
the stately and measured answer of Marquis Wellesley.
We know that the present English Ministry tot-
tered to dissolution, at the very moment it drew its
first breath, and that it has ever since been exposed
to the severest paroxysms, of which the Parliament
has been the theatre.

_
1{ iii state of mixed infancy and dotage, it was
all important to avoid any thing like a rupture with
America. In the midst of a wide spread defeat and
discomfiture of the British arms, when every ray of
hope was quel died in the fatal bogs of Walcheren,
and the right arm of British power paralized by the
rapid disappearance ot specie, and the consequent
dee.reciation of paper-currency.—When. added to all
this, so great was the demand for grain, as to have
rendered necessary the licei,cing of vessels trading to
France, which at one time amounted to about 500,
lying the River Thames, it was not fiolilic to add
to her enemies, or increase her difficulties. The Non-
Intercourse Act still enjoyed a nominal existence, and
rnigt:t be enforced. At any rate the apprehension of
s,.ch an event might have thrown a weight into the
advorse scale, which, added to that already in it,
might have been fatal to the reigning party."
The divislont in America are thus glanced
at, and lastly the hate of conduct pursued by France
towards that country, which is alledged to have had
considerahe influence on th" British Government.—
The article, which fills three columns, concludes thus :
" The tart is, that the disposition of the French
Government shortly after underwent a considerable
change, and that a period was put to the relaxation
ot her edicts. Had that Government on the other
hand assumed either the attitude of marked hostility
or marked tiiend-hip towards us, it is highly probable
that Britain would have seen it to have been her policy
to grant us, without delay, all we asked."

?ROM THE NATONAL INTELLIGENCER OF MAY 28.

The int-on:1:160n recently received from France is
of such a complexion as to give increased interest to
the Arrival of the John Adams. By her k is proba-
ble that a fuller, perhaps a conclusive indication of
the temper of the French Government will be re-
ceived. We shall then probably be enabled to de-
cide whether, bad as the existing state of things
with her is, the prospect is not that they will • ge..w
worse instead of better ; and whether tl:e time is not
at hand when every American vessel entering the
ports of the Continent of Europe will be. condeznned?
whether, in fact, any trade to the Continent can be
carried en with safety ?
We would not wish to paint the dangers of the
Commercial World in exaggerating colours ; but it
is a truth which neither can nor ought to be disguised,
that the whole foreign horizon borders with dangers.
The numerous private letters received from every
part of Europe under controul of Bonaparte corrobo-
rate the tenor of the official documents in our last
P.,per, and are commentaries which cannot be mis-
tak,er on the Note of the Duc de Cadore.
Our vessels are every where seized, not by the mu-
nicipal authority, or confOrmably to the usual forms
of judicial proceedings, but by the strong arm of mi-
litary power ; not in detail, but in mass. A gene-
ral condemnetion follows, and by on; tremendous
sweep millions are carried into the public coffers. In
many ports all tl.is was done, not merely without no-
tice, but in ditect violation of solemn assurances of
protection ; aid frem Denmark, unfortunate Den-
mark' we are threatened with the lawless depreda-
tions of a swarm of privateers.
Such are the outrages committed on our rights,
which, it would seem, floW from the mandates of the
f'''s•cli Government, contemporaneous with the note
11::e Dec de Cadore. Whet prospect there is of
beelg released from them may be best ascertained
from the note itself. This paper, it will be observed,
is no light or hasty exposition of the sentiment of the
French Government. It purports to be a written an-
swer given to the verbal overtures °Lour Minister.—
1: That the President of the United States may the
'"er how the friendly iamtions of France towards
tile United States, and her favourable dispos.;:ions to
American commerce." It is consequently written to
prevent all mistakes, and we might perhaps add, to
silence all hope of any change for the better.
" If then," says the note, after going into some
detail, " the Minister of America can enter into an
engagement that the American vessels will not sub-
Sit to the Orders in Council of November•lBo7, nor
to any decree of blockade, unless the blockade
should be n'al, the undersigned is authorised to cone
clude every species of convention tending to renew
the Tee of Commerce with America, and :n
which a I the measures proper to consolidate the com-
merce a-ld the prosperity of the Americans shall be
ptov'ded for."
'l'm only construction that can be put upon this

iS.egsttage that if America will actually make war
upon England, France will make a treaty with her;
For France knows that, short of goin; to war, we
have done every thing to resist the British Orders in
Council, and proclamation blockades; that we have
imposed an embargo, passed a non-intercourse law,
and prohibited English armed vessels from entering
our waters ; and that we have offered to her to con-
tinue the two-last prohibitions, so far as they affected
England, if she would rescind her edicts; more than
this could not have been done, unless we had actually
made war on England. This then, is the end at which
France aims ' • and this her lime Oa nom for respecting
our rights. And, because we do not take this step at
her dictation, we are reproached with a want of " just
political views of honour and of energy." The blood
that was spilt in atchieving our liberties is called up
in judgment against us, and we are told, that we
" ought either to tear to pieces the act of our inde-
pendence, and to become again, as before the revolu-
tion, the subjects of England, or to take such mea-
sures as that our commerce and industry should not
be tariffed by the English, which renders us more de-
pendent than Jamaica, which at least has its assembly
of representatives and its privileges !"
But, supposing it possible that we could be so base,
as at the mandate of any foreign Government to be
driven into war with its enemy, what would be the
effects ? The trade with England, we all know, would
be lost. Is it certain that we should retain that of
the Continent, as our indemnity ? So far from this
being certain, is it not most likely that France would
then impose the same restrictions on our trade to the
Continent, that she now does upon that of her allies ?
Prohibit rt altogether, or only so far authorise it as
comported with her own interest.
For our own part we do not hesitate to say, that
the time has come, when every patriotic and prudent
man among us should cease to flatter himself with
justice, much less friendship, from either of the Belli.
gerents ; when the Government should take firm and
permanent ground, and the people by their industry
and enterprize, make themselves independent of Eu-
rope. England and France have both the same ob-
ject in view—in the fury of their animosity against
each other, they are totally regardless of the rights of
neutrals, and, if they possess the power, they will not
leave a neutral plank on the ocean.
Although the retrospect is fruitful of painful feel.
ing, we are irresimibly carried back to the proud and
commanding attitude in Which the embargo, tha!
much abused measure, placed us. Not a day passes
without confirming its wisdom, and illustrating the
penetration and foresight of the illustrious character
that recommended it.- It was worthy of him wh.
had so splendid an agency in achieving our indepen-
dence, to interpose th.s shield for its protection against
new and fearful perils. However, amidst the squab-
bles, its policy may be questioned, and the motives of
its authors vilified, when the petty feuds of the day
are forgotten, it will'ieceive the reward of an unpre-
judiced posterity.
But the Embargo and Non-Intercourse are gone,
and our merchants are now left to manage their con-
cerns in their own way. If then a wide spread ruin
overwhelm them, let them not complain of their Go.
vernment ; the f elk will be their own, and they must
submit to it Nr i hou t murmur. They have rejected
every saint:lly restraint imposed upon them ; they
have deruanded a pet feet freedom. They now have
their wish. We shall rejoice, if this freedom adds to
their prosperity, and much more so, if it conduces to
the prosperity of the nation. The gratification will
be the livelier for its being unexpected.