The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-20 00:00:00

MILIT4ItY INTELLIGENCE.

On Wednesday, the last division of the Lancashire Regiment
of Militia marched into Worcester, where the whole of the
Regiment will remain till further orderi. On the same day,
the 4tl battalion of the Stith Regiment of Foot arrived there
also from Cirencester. •
On Monday and Tuesday last, the Royal Cornwall Regi.
meta of Militia marched into Exeter.
This week, a young man, Clerk to the Paymaster of the
Royal Westmoreland Regiment of Militia, absconded from
Weeleyßartarks, with a considerable sum of money, iiitrust,
ed to his care for regiTental purposes.

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A Court of Aldermen was theistyester,day at
Guildhall, at which were present the LORD MA Yon)
13 Aldermen, and the City Officers.
Twelve bars of gold, weighing upwards of 2000
°t '
utees were sworn to as foreign for exportation.
The Sheriffs electpSir WILLIAM PLOM lt, Knt.
and 4ADILI EL GOODBUIERE, Esq. Aldermen, at.
tended, and gave a bond of'loool. each, for taking
upon them the offices of Sheriffs of London, and
Sheriff of Middlesex, on Michaelmas Day next.
The Loan MA Tea:gave notice of his intention
of holding a Court of Aldermen on Tuesday next,
to finish the business on the paper. .
A. Court of Common Council was afterwards
held,
,at which it was referred to the Committee
for General Purposes to ingeire into the receipts
and' exPenditnre in supOortlng • the dignity of the
office of Lord Mayor, acid to report what in their
opinion should be the amount-it -an, -increased
allowance, corresponding filth- thirakirition of
. the times.
1 A few days ago a hawk;otilieliege-kind,mear
' Buxton., very uncoreasosionety &alit from the IV:
edits of
.the.sky, antipept up4a si *wale; which
'ihi carried up. • Ist about* ilaiiatice .Iso ftitwk 01610
,down faster than lie Tose ‘4lie *wale hiatiog fast:,
.aced at his throat, 14110 his ia a itirjAihrt Agal.
A w °Man, 74 yaws . ads.. lately' huttiOptself
with several pieces ofs packtttOlid, 4WlttOttolitt:
thesi by herself, aidett.by party of ai bad-col; .in
lief house, at Neilson, In the Went, 4 theshire.
• Wfiat is very siogular, she deiired iser.hitcepeier.
to omit bringing her every piece,of cordshe could
find, as she would stand in need of it soinn'tlate—
the need was therefore explained aiabove. ' •
A fire broke out yesterday morning at No. 10,
Pollard-row, Etethuall.green, by 'which the in.
tenor of the house and the furniture were de"..'
stroyed. . . ~
Coma Exonmsza, JULY SO.—The Market to-ttaisat
several fresh arrivals of WlTat, with COGlli4eroble no
tine samples hardly at last prices; other qualities most tsay='Nl
ers.—live at less.4-Agaiu bet little •Baricy.—Malt lower...-
White Pau likewise.--Beani of the two kiwis are cheaper.
—There are emaldentble "applies of Oats, and this trade is
cheaper, eacepting floe isaspfts.—Flostr nearly at late prices.
CURIMNT PRICE.
Wheat, - - 7111. 965. 110 e. Tick Ready -- .: 455. 51s.
Fine ditto -- • = 116 s. lOUS. Oen,
Rye, " ' 455. Ms. Pokisids - --. -' 3d.. 37.. Ud.
Burley, ' ' " Sas. Ills. Potaloe ditto - ~- 41‘. Oti.
Wak: ••-"'-'--- -.- 14s.'SOs. ,Rope Seed -' - - sfsd LOU
-Peas(Boilets) Ms. 74.. Fine Flour- .- - - 95•. 100 s.
Urey'reiss, - +-, sth. 55,1. Seconds
a 1,1199, .. • . 55.:"N'

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SDAT'II PAPERS.
, . COthtltsPos Dr,vcE. •
..reeesaA racial raw AMERICAN !Arlie).
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Natio I tu-
r From gec a,C4Cet garaOrdittery.]
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agyatA4 .Alintllllllllio TO MIS IMITIL
, • park, Feb. IS, 1810.
ate a few Haas to you yesterday an.
Bouncing the receipt and.;transmission of a copy
ot the Dike of ( odssie'st note to me of. the 14th
init. After much serious reflection I hate thought
it best *War all police at present of the cr.
rocs, is of fait as of argument, which may
be.found in the ,introductory part of that hots;
to take the Minister at his wottl; to enter at once
upon the proposed negociatiJo, and, for this pare
pose, to offer him a project for renewing the Con.
vantion of 1800.
This mode *ill have the advantage of trying tie
sincerity of the. overturecaside by him, and pet.
haps of drawing from him the precise terms Ott
which his master. will accommodate.. If these be
such as we ought to, accept, we shall have a
Treaty, in which neither -our rights nor our
wrongs will be forgotten ; if otherwise, there will
be enough both of time and occasion to do justice
to their policy and our own, by a free eludes.
Lion of each.
I have the honour to be, Sir, with very great
respect, , your most obedient and very isolable set.?
vant,
• ...(11.40161)
Hoo. Rebertaom.

Zo4IN ILINISTRONG.

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IUtTIILACT- 9/-• =WS& TO titi SAKI, FROM TU
- pasta, lOrit. WARM.
I "see telrtft receded a verbal message In its,
iwir to. my not. o) the Stst alt. It was from the
Minister of Foreign Relations, and in the follow.
ins words :—" flis Majesty hssdateratined to sett
the American property seized in pajtt, but-Jhe
Money arising therefrom Aall reniat in depot."
This message has gives occasion to alettet trots w
marked No. 22.

(No.-22.) Paris, 10th Mara, tem
Si tc —I had yesterday the honour of receiving
verbal message from your •Excelliney, stating, that •
his Majesty hail decided, that the American pro.
petty seized in.the ports of Spain should be sold,
but that the money arising therefrom...should re.
main in depot." • ,
On receiving this informatioe, teroisestisages;
gestcd theniselees—
,
• tat.. Whether this decision was or wst.tudeite
tended to ships as well as to cargoes ? and ,
-2r Whether the soimley arising from the ohs
which might be made under it, would or would
not,' be subject to the issue of the pendlogsnego,
million ? •
The Gentleman charged with the delivery of
your Message•not having be§nlastricted to answer
these., questions, k becomes upy. duly to Weed
them to your..Eacellency, and to mutat a soles,`
lion of them. -Nor is it a less ditty .on. my part,
to ehanshise thairotands on which his Majesty ha
been pleased to take this decision', which I under.
stand to be that of rcpPirat, eugpited for the first
time in the note you did me the hoover to write to
me on the 14th ultimo: In dteltiurth paragraph
of this note, it is said, that " his dillajeety could
not have calculated on the mamma taken by the
'United States, who, having no ground* of tea.
plaint against Francs, have comprised her in their
acts of exclusion, and lines the month of May test,
have prohibited the entry into their ports of frock
vessels, bysobjecting them to confiscation."
It is true that. the Poked States have since tits
20th of May last forbidden the entry of French
vessels into their harbours; and it is also true that
the penalty of confiscation attaches .to the viola.
thin of this law. But iu what respect dues thil
offend 'ranee ? Will she refuse to us the right
of regulating commerce within our own ports
Or will she deny that the law io question is a ref
gulatiun merely municipal ? Examine it both as
to object and means—what does it more than for.
bid American ships from going into the poke
of France, and French ships from coming into
those of the United Staters ? And why this
prohibition ? To avoid injury and. insults to
escape that lawlessness, which is .deelared to ;its
" a forced consequence of the Decree of .the Bri.
Web Council." If then its object be purely detest-
sive, what are its means ? Simply a lam, previous.,
ly and generally promulgated. operating solely
1,140in...the territory of the United Biotin, and
punishing alike the infractors of it, whether CilL.
'.ens of the said States, or other,. And whit is
this but die exercise of a rigbt,• cointanta Ins#l
nations, of excluding, at their will, foreign mall.
. merce, and of enforcing that exclosion ? Can Oda
be deemed a wrong to France ? Cast this be lev
girded as legitimate cause of reprisal on the part
r of a Power, who makes it the first duty of Nanette
to defend Abele sovereignty, and who even dena.
tionalizes.the ships of those wise will cot subscribe
to the opinion ?
But it has been said that the " Veiled States
had nothing to complain of against France." ,
Was.the capture and condemnation of a AIN.
driven (intim shores of FranCO by stress of weellhars
and the perils of the sea—.nothing ?- Was the eels.
:•soreand• sequestration of many cargoes brought to
,France le snips violating Rik law, and admitted it
,"t'es_uler,entry. at the Imperial custom-houses-4w. al•
thin Was the violation of our maritime rights,.
•consegc?rated-as they hore.been by the solemn forms
o(it. public Trcitly—nothing ? to a word, wait
nothing that our ships were burnt oo the high seas
without any other offence than that of beloogieg.
,to ate .United States; or other apology than was
ips in found to the enhanced safety of the %Willett's.'
tin.? Surely if it be the duty of this United Stales
'.tie resent the theoretical usurpations of the British ,
lurderit ,of Nov.. 1807, it caonot be less their
ty W • of the daily and practical
outrages on thc., part of France! •It is indeed
true, that were the people of United States
destitute. of policy, of honour, yet of asergi
(Its- has been insiiiisated); they might ha"
opted a 'system of diatirimination between
.0 two great belligereuts; .titer might have draw!
ilmaghtelty tinge between the first and second at'
or ; 'they might have resented in the one a
...conduct to which they tamely submitted in the
Other, audio this way have patshed up a colas