The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-08-29 00:00:00

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ire conferinity with the instructions to Meant.
Munroe and Pinktsey, berore.mentioned. The two
feationS fo place each other, in every other respect,
ton the footing of the most faroured_aation.
ic-Ota, this last poiet, my -othervations were ge.
nand; aisd•pqttally applying to both tointries ; • the
system tsf restrietions which thdse of Great Britain
had ferted the .United. States to tliloet) being equally
injurions to bothisend Mr. Erskine is mistaken in
Sispetiting theit *OW hate preferred, at fitilti-
nleatutil of a more decided train" td the Embargo,
• " Mr. Erskine apeuaes, so fir as can be inferred
from the. correspondence now published, to have
IFposeilAhat, in order to induce his Government t 9
e into Consideration those propositions, and to
1e into
opt* donde& consistent With just principles, and
with the great and permanent interests or Great
Alritaln, it was absolutely necessary to dissipate the
prejudices they had imbibed, and his efforts seem
accordingly to hate been prittelpally used in trying
to convince them of the eiheere disposition of the
' Metistiers of the American administration to adjust
the differences between the twh countries. Know.
Ilea; the earnestness of Wit endeavours hs promoting
that object,. the difficulties b'e hid to' elicourster •in
.111.1 attempt* itindeCe the British Ministry to take
a eomprelusnsive and correct vice of the subject,
add the singulue temper *hick tie discovered
.thrdoghotit the whole transaction, I reel no dispoi.
Shinn to cavil at the general colouring
sof The lan.,
gunge ascribed either to this other nientbers of the
itibsialstrition or to ',myself. But title is part of.
the dispatch in which I cannot fur 4 niument .ite-
eritesce.
" Frdin Calmat expression's itnperlisetly under.
stood, and incorrectly stated, and. (lions what he
Calls 'my manner and slight insiytuations,° Mr.
'Erskine infers, that I thought the President (Mr.
Jefferson) had acted with partiality towards Firancii,
and that I had attempted to contrast Mr. Madi.
son's sentiment* its that respeet with those ot the
President. ;
. ' " That Mr. kskitte‘i object was to rise the
change of Presidency as an argument to Indere the
British Ministry to alter their measures tower&
America, and Olt the opinions thsii ascirilsed to
sliti norekis Own, is sufficiently; elisions 'froth the
• whole tenor of his dispatch. But the inks:knee, as
it. relates to me, is totally erroneous; and Mr.
Erskintemnst have mistaken my isient to the etist.
mite of surmises of partiality .in Mr. .refferierr
towards France for an actleieSctnee in the tiiith'Of
them. . s
" I might with tenth have epoiten of Mr. liltatl
son, not as feeling any particular 'adinliation for
the British Constitution and lostittitions but. as
haslet neither bias nor enmity towards France or
England. lint I never could, or did, contrast • hit
Sentiments in that respect,s or ascribe to him 011 ii.:,
nions en the Subject at our foreign relailons, it
tariance with those of Mr. Jefferson.
" I knew those surmises respecting Afro hirer.
son to be altogether dostitute of foundation. To
hate, in the most indirect manner, suggested or
countenanced a belief in them, would ha;tto bean
direct falsehood. So tar from hiving, even by my'
silence, acquiesced in insinuatiuns ,ef that nature,
wheu Mr. Erskine, once, and once onlys dopt*
hint to that erect' intimating a salvos:est: hostility
to England,ved that the President had, riot, place,
her Conduct so a fair light Scrota Nib public; I ids;
inediately repelled the eliarge, and-amongst other
observations, reminded *hits that the only timo
when the British Government had, by the, proposed
equalization of duties' made an approach on a libe.
rai and conciliatory nature towards America, it
was immediately met by time President, who heti cx.
presslylesommetided the subject to Congress in his
message'; and that this 'plan had been defeated by
theLelamotar of that party in America, which was
considered the best disposed towards Great Britain.
.That, on that occasion, ..a change took place in my
ntennti is eery probable; but Mr. Erskine has
ascribed it to a source very different from that which,
oceksionsid it. I had very lately been zealously ctn.
plojied in repelling the charge; a charge which I
nevercould'hiir without indiguatiun.. Eight years
of the must intimate intercourse, during which not
an act, nor madly a thdught respecting the foreign
relations ef America was concealed, enable me con.
Aden tly to say, that M r. Jefferson never had, in that
rorpect,,eny ether object in view but (lie protection
efilrerighis.of the United Statei against every to-
.reign aggression or injury, from whatever nation it
proceeded; ailed has, in every instance, obieried to.
ward. alt The &Hip:texts the thud strapnlous im. •
partiality. His character mends not in need of tins
deolaration:' it is due tomyselt,' .
" The groundless !wordier* of foreign bias and
hallow hate been generate:l solely by the violence
of T.earns spirit; and they wete,adopted abroad as'
an apology_
.er pretence for, unprovoked aggres-
sion. A jest sense of the injuries received., and
1 e most temperate effoita to obteisiredresktnaliti
lute what hue been called partiality. .And it teems
have been forgotten that, from the time when '
,Air. Jefferson became Presidenttill the month
a August, • 1807, no actual aggreedon on the
neutral rights of America ball been committed by
France ; whilst, during the same period, the no.
/atrial blockade* Of enemies' ports by England'
and the anneal actual blockades,- as they may be.i
billed of our own—the renewal, contrary to ex- i
press and mutual explanatioos, of the depressions
416:tbsa indirect colonial trade—the continued im.
pralements of our seamen, and the attack oil the
chetapeak-4nd actually taken place. . During that
Stiod,• she laws the effective acts, the uegocia.
Siam of. the American . Government, could have
been directed to that Government alone from whom
jtieles hod been receited. Bet front the time *beta
the rigfits of the United States weceinvaded by both'
ilie belligerents, every pithlie measure 'has Equally
imbrued them both ; the like efforts, founded on"
the same basis, have uniformly, though without
reccarsi,been inadeto obtain redretifrom both ; and
!Ifirr'earrespoodeoce now .published furniihes at least
kr Tra'giii)e proof's of the earnest &site
,of Mr. ,
Ye 'moil's administration to adjust the differences
'-w ''treat
Britain, :and of their dispotitiots:te re-
te
'mole, for that purpose, whateverAight.serve as the
'shadow of a pretence fur a denial ,of justice on been
part.
LSERT GALLATIN:"
'O6 Washisetsels, nit April, l
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LETTER FRIII rUs EXCELLENCY THE PRINCE OF
ESSLINO, ft; Os SERENE HIGH.NESS TUB PRINCE
OF NEUFCHATEL, MAJOR-GEdtRAL.
a Stn.—All the atcoutt which I have received announced
lid( the Englllll arniy were making a retrograde movement;
a reconnoitering was ordered and exectited on the 21st. Mar-
shal the Odle of Elaingen diricted"Georral taboo to tabmble

at Gallegos 5009 awe of hi 4 division, the light cavalry under
the nrdets of Genetiil Treitharti; and a few pieces of light
artillery, and ordered bin, to march at two eelnelLio the
morning in the direction of Pert Conceptiori, by
Villa del Pmeroi; Castillegli, and the Cava: The General at
the latter point felt iu with the enemy, who fled at his sip 7
prreiett. The English Cavalry' howevet' seemed ilhposed to
defend the high plain on which Fort Conception stands. Gen.
Treilhard eherged.and drove. them before him in so Spirited*
manner, that the enemy were compelled I.recipitately to abatis
dim the fort; without basing time to fire all the mines which
they had formed in order to blow op the works. Three of
fife chambers remain entire, but those which were set 'Reid
hate dettroyed the burn-work and several lialtmeon.s.
• I mated Alt eida tote invested. The greater part of the
tetrispitif the 6th Corps were assembled With his view at Fort
de la Conception, and debauch el from Vel de la Mida on the
124th, at six in the nioruirigs The trigade of light cavalry,
cotnprisitit of the 3d regiment of limeari, and the Ilith chap
-tinder the .ordtrs of, general Lamotte, and preceded by a
battalion of bgsieging.chasseurs, opened the march. It was
CFA/owed by tike 15th and 25th dragoons, commanded by dene-
%Tull; &a cheese. doenti Mnntbrbo directed the mottment of
this •
liody Of artiliy.
The division of infantry, under General Loison, Atheist to
twe dethrone. It was supported by the division of Menisci., st%
the head of whiih marched the 10th -dragoons, and by three
regiments of Infantry, of blareband's divulon. blare* tot
Duke of EiChingen, in person, diretted all the movements.

hiasterof the high plaits of La Conception, Gerieral Loison
had, in the heat place, to mkertain the position of the esse
my 's army: directed Gamed Treilltard to turn the village
of Val de la Hula, at the snow time that he ma& General
Simon attack it in front. General Treilhard; by hit mo4e-
went, dislodged the enemy's infantry and Cavalry pasted
on the left bank of the Turonea, and compelled sii lutn-
dredhorte plated on the road to Almeida to retreat. The
enemy, in his retreat, Alpsiirloned some sharp-shooters to us,
who were cut down ith our sabres, aml‘hojklback upon
the glaris of that fortress. lie thei returned!Wflth' wO batta-
lions of infitntry, three pieces of ctiontitialld Add 18e4
horse, and drew up on the lrtli of•the Raviek"Whielt separates
Vol de la !data from Almeida; bttt the three regintems °flight
cavalry, under the orders lof General Treithards smirched
against him with an assurance which speedily decided his retreat.
The left bank of, the Ravine was immediately occupied, wish-
out pushing on too far, in order ant unnecessarily to attnictthe
fire oft he i?lace, within gtio-shot qt which we! were; and under
9Nth the venix ieeme4 desirous of drawing us. In causer
Hence of this retrograde movement, of the English, the right
fns at La Gerardo; end their left extended towards Pitihel.
" advaineedgUard OF the English army, coMmancied by
Lientenaht-Geniral Crooned, dusided or ZOO cavalry and
8000 infantry, occiwytig the position to the right of Almeida.
Ills light infantry and sevettil illtandtam of hussars, formeslthe
pbsts id advanee,and on the flanks WE that fortress. The aitadk'
oat the part of oar ttoopd wdaseigorous, and made in the beet
order.- The enemy sleNatied the ground, and kept up a brisk
fire of arasquetry and Geld pieces, but they were successively
driven flora their posts at the charge, and without the least. he.
ellintions Gen. Craufutd, after plating all his division under the
opt of ~be place, thought that wp would take up a position
Statist daring to attack him in so fordidable a post. He
Ira—protected by a reserve on the heigMi of the left bank ,
'Of the but, but 4 colossus marched ditOM for the enemy, pnd
closed with them with the greatest intrepidity, without return-
leg "their fire. Tfillt of the fortress, though badly enough di-
rected, became extremely brisk at this moment. The gid bus.
' tars, supported by the rest of the cavalry, charged the English
infaetty at the gallop, nod sabred a great number of them.
The ground, howeveN was so difficult, that it was ispowilhe
for the rest of our cavalry to take pert in this fine charge. The
enemy's cavalry uniformly declined to meet ours at the sabre,
and after rallying inkier the ramparts of the place% hameaed to,
re.pite the Coa.
In the meantime, the brigade Or geseVel Vetey having,
alteady out-ft eked the right of the erremr, was on the point of
cutting off his retreat, or compelling bite to throw himselehda
Almeida, when the English General Mt the necessity of falling
back, which he could only effect in great disorder; for our bat-
talions pursued them at a running step, to such a distanee as to
enable the columns appointed to invest Altdeida to erectile'
that operation without any difficulty.
". The troops of his Majesty gave a fresh proof upoo this
ottasion, that there is no position which can resist their intre-
pidity. All of them perfectly performed their dutys
The English sustained aranslderahle loss in tilt Maine.
;heir estafette-man, or chief, coispier, has bees taken, with all
Ms dispatches, several of which, dated the 45th and 26th, re-
present the English army as in fell role s that it is impossible
-to ford art idea of its deplorable condition; that the English'l
Weyer were eagaged in Ito brisk an affair; and, in short, that
they had lest 60 officers, 24 of *hens have been interred in the
'field of battle; -100 rank and file 'killed, and 760 Wounded.—
Among the slain Weretke'Cistalei of the 42d, that of the 16th
Dragnoits, and llltjor Bkownvel the 52d. We hive taken from
thson hue stand of Culuurt, 40fimen.nna two pieces of catioon ;
our tom naramted to nearly 300 killed and Ist:sanded.
tbe tith, Marshal the Mlle of Eichingen regulated
the itrreitment of Almeida, so as to tender it emitplete. He
Hernised Valverde to be Occupied, and the English posted on'
the hashes is frisist.of Peseiro, le .he.didodged. On the 26th
rite scat a detachment in tie direetioo of Plastid, whkh .it,
reached after a march of, three hours by difficult roads.
English had witharawn froin!it at two iu the nyinsiql% ihari
pears that they are eoncentrating at Celoricw, ?I. I
" The fortress of Alakeidi is defe6de4 by 'four ijoettignesd
regiments. It is well provided with stores add heavy'sirtillety,
and has two !Governors, one !ot!thini no Englishman. Tlni
garrison made IV° sorties au f Stfith. bne, consisting of 6Gii
infantry 'did 611 horse,- which sallied upon the division of Loi.
son; was destined to derfroy'llits hearses whit" fire Within 200
lobes of the plate ; tfse obfret of the (niter; making'
$OO men, and 40 *arse, which 'directed itself upon the rig
41 General !Marchand, was to ealevellf a few sheath
wheat lying near the suburb, hatJ bah( were rePalleedi
so as to frustrate the designs of 'the, limmay. la the first
they lost about 40 men, who were shot with our pieces.
. 'leeching their.h.Feopsts. We lust only twa.aspa pC the legion of
;.soli South. ltity,-04esna'Asass trirti thiates-..t54 je of
*twins! of wl it :it did r • flitter ."

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_ sheaves _ o _ _ not succeed bette, than the
precedifit attempts. We took from them one piece of cannon.
and killed a few of their men. The object of an these sorties
ink); tv indicate that It b not so Well seivlicd with provisions
ab with artillery.
" I have the honour to be, .teeth respecesel mord, raar
nog humble and obedient Sierra* ,
" btor4lotl, the Prime of i:SSLING,
" Commander tu ()bid of the Army of Portugal.
" Salamanca, July 29, lOW. _ SAVoRN4e....i
Rainy, A vs. 16.—As it is probable that 'the
late decrees of bi• Majesty, concerning the impor..
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occasion the arrival of considerable quantities of
these articles in the port of Rouen, and affml the
merchants an opportunity of enjoying the talus
rages of the foreign depot there established, the
'l/rector of the Customs in that city thinks it ne.
cessary to remind the merchants of the conditions
on which this depot was granted by Government,
rind to apprize them, that he will allow no foreign
articles to be lodged in the depot, unless the ferns
required by the third article of the Decree of the
3d Plosiose, year ;sly shall be observed.
kfurstest, .Atrai B.—The Commissioners for or.
rying into, execution the 3d Article of the Treaty,
reipectiiig the cession of*.a eonlidercble part of
Tyrol to the Kingdom of Italy, assembled at gut.
zano on the 7th of June, when they fixed the lint
of demarcation. The provinces ceded by Bavaria,
contain a population. of between 280,000 and
300,000 souls.
RIGA, JULY 26.—tier Majesty the reigning
Empressi arrived here the day before yesterday....
The populace took the horses from her carriage aad
drew her to the palace with repeated hurrahs. She
honoured with her presence, in the evening, a b.ll
given by the nobility. She set off at noon today
furMittan, from whet* she will proceed to Pleb.
*en) for the advantage of sca.bathlut
PARIS, Adi. 19.—0 n the 30th July, the King
of Sweden addressed a letter to the Diet, requiring
then' to form a Secret Committee, to which ho
would impart his intentions relative to a auccestor to
the Throne.

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