The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-13 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC.

Mr. Levu'. is extremely sorry to learn, that owing to se,, e
contas'on at the Office, yesterday, its consequence of the great
demand for the *ATEA/111N, team Papers were not delivered at
the Post Office in time for the Mail, and will, in consequence, be
sent this eves*.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
WEDNIESOA Ir, KAT 12) 1812.

Foamy fresh arrival from America beds to confirm
the AA, that the American Government ue decided.
ly hodile towards this country.' On Monday we
announced, on the authority of private letters from
Washington, dated March 14, that an Embargo was
then expected to be laid on all the shipping in the
ports of the United States ; and yesterday we re.
ceived another communication from the same city,
dated the 15th, in which it was stated that the ques.
tion of peace or war with Great Britain was then
under the consideration of Congress., The report of
an Embargo is now completely confiimed, by the
arrival of an Officer with dispatchee from America,
which state, that this occurrence took place on April 4,
and was to continue in force for ninety days. The
French Minister, it is added, caused it at the same
time to be publicly made known, that all vessels
discovered to be bound to England would be burnt
by the cruizers of Fiance. We have received the
National intelligencer Extraordinary, of Saturday,
the 4th April, which contains a copy of the Embargo
Law.—lt will be found in our last page. The result
of the debate in the House of Representatives, op
the proposed declaration of war against this country,
has not yet reached us ; but after the very warlike
proceedings of the American Government, which
are now before us, it will be a matter of surprise if
any doubt can be entertained that other measures,
equally hostile, .111 be immediately resorted to by
the Americana. Florida bag, no doubt, Ives, in pos.
session dale Spaniards by trea'y since the yearllB.3
but that possessiOn of late can wily be regarded
as neealnal. As the crowed Meader" of the rights
of the Spassfsh people, against all aggressors, the pro-
tection of the Floridas naturally devolved on this
country. The attack made on them by the Ameri.
cans, must, therefore, be held tantamount to a Des
claration of War against Great Britain ; and the
Embargo can be considered in no other light
than as an authority to commit reprisals on
our shipping. Besides the National Melt!.
geneer of the 4th of April, we have received
New York Papers to the 49th March ; Philadelphia
to the 28th of same month ; and Boston Journals to
the 3d April. The New York General Advemser,
of 28th March, contains the foliating important ar-
ticle from the National Intelligenceraimportant, we
call it, because this Journal is the organ of the Arne.
rican Government, and may be fairly held to convey
its sentiments as to the state of the political relations
between the two countries :

[FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGEN'CER.I
The British ketch Gleaner arrived at Annapolis on
Thursday erening, bringing dispatches for Mr. Fos-
TER, the British Minister, from bis Government.
She left a British port about the 4th ult. and brings
London Tapers to the first of the last month. We hate
not, of course, learnt the nature of Mr. FosTEe's dis-
patches ; but we have every reason to believe they are
not of a character favourable to our rights or interests.
The London papers received by this vessel are said
to be destitute of interest to an American reader ;
except that the Courier expresses an opinion ttat
'Gnat Britain ought not to lows otereent in hostile
'reparations against this country. This opinion
&elided on the report of the Committee of Foreign
.Relations, (the adoption of which is noticed in the
London prints of Jan. 23) is given ill the Courier
of the 25th. The Hornet is understood to have sail-
ed from England, previous to the departure of
the Gleaner. As the Hornet sailed from Eue•
land helot.* the Gleaner, we cannot expect to re-
ceive by her any information of a more satisfactory
nature than that brought by the Gleaner; and the
papers by the latter vessel give no intimation of the
repeal of the Orders in Council. 66 hope deferred
maketh the heart sick." We are weary of hoping
oa expeding from Great Britain any respect for oar
rights, escape sod as is extorted at the cannon's
mouth. Let us then no longer deceive ourselves;
the period is arrived when the rights and honour of
our country must be asserted by en oilseed to arms,
or ignominiously surrendered to the didation of 4
foreign power. The question of
a question of expediency. War, or irretrievable du-
grace appears to us to be the only alternatives as the
choice of the American Government.
war is no longer
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