The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-04 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Continuation of the Official Documents, accompany-
ing the President's Message.

lIENRT'S LETTERS TO SIR JAMES CRAIG, WRITTEN
WHILSTBDIPLOYET) ON A MISSION TO BOSTON.
No. I.
Answer so the Letter of Mr. Secretary Ryland, proposing the
Mission, &c.
Montreal, Jan. 31,1809.
Sta,—l bare to acknowledge the favour of your
letter of the 26th last, written by the desire of his
Excellency the Governor in Chief ; and hasten to
PARIS, APRIL 26.—T0-day, after Mass, a num- express, through you, to his Excellency, my 'wadi-
ber of persons had the honour of being presented to ness to comply with his wishes.
his Majesty.—( Monifrur, April2B.) I I need not add how very flattering it is to receive
lianatmon, APRIL 21.—According to a letter from his Excellency the assurance of the approbation
from Berlin of the 18th inst. the King of Westphalia ter his Majesty's Secretary of State for the very hum-
had arrived at Kalisch, in Poland.—(Journal de Paris) Ible services that I may have rendered.
April2B.) If the nature of the service in which I am to be
BRESLAU, APRIL B.—Large magazines are este- engaged will require no other disbursements than for
blishing upon the right bank of the Oder; the Prus-;myindividual expences, I do not apprehend that
sian provinces are to furnish a considerable number ithese can exceed my private resources.
of horses for the train.--(Same Paper.) I shall be ready to take my departure before my
LENTZ, APRIL 13.—The Silesian battalion of mus. instructions can be wade out. I have the honour
keteers, which was in garrison here, marched yester- I to be, &c.
day morning for Upper Silesia. The same clay passed' H. W. Ryland, Esq. Secretary, &c.
through this place, the battalions of chasseurs and
grenadiers of the mperial Guard, a battalion of ar-
tillery, and one of flying artillery, on their route from
Berlin to Breslaw.—(Journal de PE/vire, April
28.)

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. •. f. s. d.B. d.
129 5 74 11 72 0 41 7 64 4 69 0 42 4

FRENCH PAPERS.

J. n'Y.

No. 11.
To his Excellency the Governor-General. &c. in nnsner to his
letter of Instructions.
111ontrenl, Feb. 10. 1809.

Sts,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your Excellency's letter of instructions, the
letter of credence, and the cypher for carrying on
my correspondence. I have bestowed much pains
upon the cypher, and am notwithstanding this defici-
ent in some points which might enable me to under-
stand it clearly. I have compared the example with
my own exemplification of the cypher, and find a
diferenee in the results; and, as the present moment
seems favourable to the interference of his Majesty's
Government in the measures pursued by the Federal
party in the Northern States, and more especially as
the Assembly of Massachusetts is now iu Session, I
think-it better to set forward immediately, than wait
for any further explanation of the means of carrying on
a secret correspondence; which the frequency of safe
conveyances to Canada will render almost wholly
unnecessary. Should it howeverbe necessary at any
time, I take leave to suggest that the index alone fur-
nishes a very safe and simple mode. In it there is a
number for every letter in the alphaket, and parti-
cular numbers for particular phrases—so that when I
do not find in the index the particular words I want,
can spell it with the figures which stand opposite to
the letters. For example, if I want to say that
" troops arc at Albany," I find under the letter
" 4 T" that number 16 stands for " troops," and
number 125 for "Albany" The intervening words
" are at" I supply by figures corresponding with the
letters in those words.

It will be necessary to provide against accident by
addressing the letters to Mr. —, of Montreal,
with a small mark on the corner of the envelope,
which he will understand. When he receives it, he
will then address the enclosure to your Excellency,
and send it from Montreal by mail. I will he careful
not to address your Excellency •in the body of the
letter, nor sign my name to any of them. They will
be merely designated by the initials A. B.
If this mode should in any respect appear excep-
tionable, your Excellency will have the goodness to
order a more particular explanation of the card. It
would reach me in safety inclosed to ---, Bos-
ton.—l have the honour to be,

J. WY.

No.
• 13whogion, Venni. Feb. 14, 1809.
Sut,-4 have remained here two days, in order •
fully to ascertain the progress of the arrangements'
heretofore made, for organizing an efficient opposi-
tion to the general Government, as well as to become
acquainted with the opinions of the Wadi eg people, re-
}afire to the measures of that party which has the as-
cendency in the national councils.
On the subject of the embargo laws there seems
but one opinion—namely, that they are unnecessary,
oppressive, and unconstitutional. It must also be
; observed, that the execution of them is so invidious,
' as to attract towards the officers of Government the
enmity of the people, which is, of course, transfer-
able to the Government itself; so that in case the
State of Massachusetts should take any bold step to-
wards resisting the execution of these laws, it is high-
ly probable that it may calculate upon the hearty co-
opration of the People of Vermont. •
I learn that the Governor of this Stateis now visit.
ing the towns in the northern section of it, and makes
no secret of his determination, as Commander in
Chief of the Militia, to refue any command from the
general Government, which can tend to interrupt the
good understanding. that prevails between the citizens -
of Vermont nth( his Majesty's subjects in Canada.—
It is further intimated, that, in case of a war, he will;
use hi:: itignence to preserve the State neutral, and
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