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application, founded on. no previous wrong, produc 1 nearest Americas Consul, and permitted to sail for
tive o 1 to previous complajnt, and operating beyond : the United States, under bond for amount of their
the limits of his Majesty's territories, and within those valuation.-Respectfully 3 am, Sir, &c.
of Sovereigns, who had-even invited the commerce of (Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG.
the United States to their ports. H. E. the Duke of Ceore.
It is thericfore the third subject only, the reason of (CONSULAR, OFFICE OF SPAIN.)
the right, which remains to be examined ; and with) New York, June le.
regard to it I may observe, that if the alledged fact : Whereas official information is received that the
.which forms this reason be unfounded, the reason it- "extensive districts of Maracaybo and Coro, which corn-
self fails, and the right with it. In this view of the Pose a large portion of the province of Venezuela,
business I may be permitted to enquire, wbed and have unanimously disagreed to the anti-national mea-
where any seizure of a French vessel has taken place sures lately adopted by their brethren of the district
under the non-intercourse law ? and at the same time, , of Caraccas, and are determined to preserve their in-
to.express my firm persuasion that no such seizure has tegrity and fidelity to the Government of the Mother
been made: a persuasion founded alike on the silence Country, administered in the name of, their beloved
of the Government and of the journals of the coun. King, Ferdinand the VII. and have accordingly de-
try, and still more on the positive declaration of seve- creed that no vessel will be admitted from the United
ral well-informed and respectable persons, who have States of America into their ports, without the neces-
left America as late as the 26th of December last.— I sary Consular Documents from the Consul of his Ca-
conclusion therefore is that no French vessel haw_
tholic Majesty resident therein, setting forth the names
ing violated the law, no seizure of such vessel has of the vessel, captain, officers and crew, as well as
,
occurred, and that the report which has reached Pa-
passengers—lt is hereby made known to all those
I ris is probably founded on a circumstance altogether whom it May concern, that such documents will be
granted at this office on application, without which
unconnected with the non-intercourse law or its opera-
tion.—Though far from wishing to prolong this let-
no vessel will be admitted into the ports of these dis-
t ter, I cannot close it without remarking the great and tricts; and as it is the particular wish of his Catholic
• sudden change wrought in his Majesty's sentiments Majesty's Government to cultivate the relations of
with regard to the defensive system adopted by the friend hip and trade between the United States and
his dominions of Spain and America, it is to be hoped
United States. The law, which is now believed to
furnish ground for reprisal was communicated to his no vessel will proceed to the ports of these districts
Majesty in June or July last, and certainly did not without carrying the documents required by the
vernment.
Go-
then excite any suspicion of feelings unfriendly to the •
American Government. Far from this, its comma-
nication was immediately followed by overtures of
accommodation, which though productive of no pos-
sible arrangement, did not make matters worse than
they found them.
• On-the 2(2d of August last, I was honoured with a
full exposition of the views and principles which had
governed, and which continue to govern his Majesty's
policy in relation to the United States, and in this we
ido not find the :lightest trace of complaint aga.nst
the provisions of the law in question.
At a period later than the '22d of August an Ame-
rican ship, destined to a port in Spain, was captured
by a French privateer. An appeal was made to his
Majesty's Minister of War, wko having submitted
the case, received orders to liberate all American ves-
sels destined to Spanish ports, which had not violated
the Imperial Decrees.
Another American ship, at a point still later than
the capture of the preceding, was brought into the port
of Bayonne, but having violated no kw of his Majesty,
Was acquitted by his Council of Prizes ; and lastly,
In the long conversation I had the honour of hold-
ing with your Excellency, on the 25th January, no
idea of reprisal was maintained by you, or suspected
by me ; but, on the contrary, in speaking of the sei-
zure of American property in Spain, you expressly
declared, that it was not a ser!fireation.
Can proofs be more conclusive than, from the first
promulgation of the law down to the 25th January
last, that nothing in the nature of reprisal was con-
templated by his Majesty ?
What circumstance may have since oceurred to
produce a change in his opinion, I know not ; "but the
confidence I feel in the *pen and loyal policy of his
Majesty, altogether excludes the idea, that the rule
was merely found for the occasion, and made to justify
seizures, not otherwise justifiable. I pray your Ex-
cellency to accept, &c. &c. (Signed)
JOHN ARMSTRONG.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, lezr 20.

The cases this day were very uninteresting here.
The only one of any moment was that of John Peaver,
for a riot and assault.

Our readers will recollect the disturbances that took
place near Portman-square Barracks, between the Life
Guardsmen quartered there and a mob of people,'
who assaulted and insulted them, in consequence of
the accidents that so fatally happened on the day that
Sir Francis Burdett was conveyed a pi isoner to the
Tower. Thig prosecution originated out of those dis-
turbances. The defendant had assailed some bf the
soldiers, in common with others of the mob, who were
pelting them with stones and brick-bats, and insulting
them with the epithets of " Piccadilly Butchers,"
" Living Lobsters," &c. &c. till the riot became so
serious as to endanger the lives not only of the soldiers
there, but of many other persons.
This was proved by Taylor, one of the Horse-
Guards, and by others.
The Defendant endeavoured by his witnesses to
chew that he was mistaken for another person, and
that he never did commit any outrage upon the sol-
diery. In this, however, he failed ; for, after the
Gentleman, who presided instead of Mr. Mainwaring,
(Mr. WATSON) had summed up the evidence, which
he did with great preckion, making suitable:com-
ments thereon, the Jury, without retiring, found the
defendant Guilty.

THE KING V. MADDOCKS AND SAUNDERS.

This was an indictment for an assault, on the pro-
secution of Andrew M.Mahon, Esq. an Irish l3arister,
who deposed that the defendant, Maddocks, had as-
saulted. him in a ferocious manner, aided by llle other
defendant and three other persons. After hearing the
evidence, and an eloquent speech from Mr. ItErNot.ns
for Mr. M,Mahon, against an ingenious address from
Mt. GLElin on behalf of the defendants, and a full
charge from Mr. MAINWARINC, the Jury found the
defendants Guilty. They were then sentenced to pay
a fine of 020 each.

His Excellency the Duke of Cadore,
Minister of Exterior Relations.

Paris, March 20, 1810.

Sir—The United States, wishing to fulfil their en-
gagements to the holders of their public debt in Hol-
land, but unable, from the present state of commerce,
to do so by the ordinary mode of remitting bills of
exchange, found it necessary to enter into contracts
with certain merchants of the said States, to make re-
mittance in tobacco. A cargo of this article was ac-
cordingly put on board the American ship Hero, and
dispatched for the port of Tonningen, in Deomaris,
with orders that the net proceeds should he placed in
the hands of the American bankers in Amsterdam for
the purpose above-mentioned. The passage having
been uncommonly stormy, the ship much damaged,
1 and the crew quite exhausted, the Captain believed it
i to he his duty, on the principle of self-preservation, to
lenter the first port he could make. He accordingly
entered that of the Texel, and, after having taken on
board two pilots, and being within the fourth buoy,
was captured by a boat belonging to a French priva-
teer. Resides the costomary papers, all of which are
in rule, the Hero sailed sander a certificate, granted
by the Government, that the voyage was undertaken
for the purpose of effecting a national remittance.
I have thought, sir, that the peculiarity of the
ciocumstances made it proper for me to ask a special
decision of his Majesty on this case, and with this
view I have the honour of offering to your Excellency
I the present representation.—Accept, Sir, Sz.c.
(Signed) JOHN' ARMSTROINIII.
His Excellency the Duke of Cadore.

Thursday, at the above Sessions, the long pending
appeal between the parish of Paddington and the
Grand Junction Canal Company, with respect to a
rate assessed by the said parish on the tonnage of
goods on the canal, for the maintenance and support
of the poor, came on before Mr. Justice NARES, in the
absence of Mr. MAINWARIXG, Chairman, when, after
a long parley between the respective Counsel, a pro-
position was made by Mr. Coml., on behalf of the
Canal Company, to refer the niamr to arbitration,
which, after some discussion, was acceded to by Mr.
Ricimans, on the pArt of the parish.

Wednesday, the 4th inst. Miss from Crail,
was lodged in the gaol of Cupar-Fife, upon a charge
of having poisoned her mother. The poison, arsenic,
was given in some tea, and the unfortunate woman
survived only a few hours. It is understood that the
unhappy young woman is subject to fits of insanity.
When in sound mind, she was remarkably dutiful and
attached to her parent.

A melancholy catastrophe happened on Thursday
to Mr. 131 y, master of one of the Leith packets. As
he was sailing up the Thames, and whilst exerting
himself upon deck, he was suddenly laid hold of by
the twisting of his cable, dragged to the wheel, and
so dreadfully lacerated that lie expirel in a very short
time.

Paris, March 21.
Sir—l had yesterday the honour of stating to your 1
Excellency the case of the American ship Hero, and ;
requesting thereon his Majesty's decision : I have now 1
that of informing you that a number of American I
ships, coming directly from the United States to the I
port of Naples, under a promise of protection from i
his Majesty the King, have notwithstanding been !
seized, and their cargoes sold "for the benefit of the
.fisc." Nor does the injury stop here. Though thus
deprived of all means of subsisting themselves, the
Captains have bten obliged to subsist the crews !
(amounting nearly to SOO men), and are now me-
naced with a farther exaction•for port charges. This,
in the stfspng language of one of the sufferers, is lite-
rally to strip them naked, and then demand from them
the expence of doing so. As the Consular Agent of the
United States at Naples has made several unavailing re-
presentations on this subject to the King, and he has
reason tobelievethat the system of which this treatment
is a branch, emanates from his Majesty the Emperor,
it becomes my duty t. submit the facts to your Ex-
cellency, and to seek through your intervention, such
correction of the evil as humanity and _justice may .
conspire to dictate. A remark which exquisitely ap-
plies to the crews of the ships captured in Spain and
Naples, is, that should the vessels to which they be-
long be confiscated, means ought to be afforded to
theta of returning to their country. In this event,
therefore, I have to propose to your Excellency that
two or more ships be put at the disposition of the