Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-02-03
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From rhe cen'ineI
Bs, In an! Milan Dccyee5.

I was very much ltruck with the fol
sowing paragraph
Pu. Won Gii ilGa TIA, the French decree.
are unrsvokeL ard urge, ID PToot OF It, fact,
d-asn from Nc RussrL's corresPondsrce,
rbu loue American vfGeis have heen taken
sn-e the i-e nf November in heir rrui TO
I.,,lsnd -H6 q ioii.f .8sry assr,ev o. fbY r.
s.s.f ibn IL epesS,5. ~ fbs sore e''reSa7 ie'es,
slst rvr 6zss,ran sz5Ts' y ~ t'4bcrv f1isa ~
fssf s,ss fhe ,0E4's q -'bist 'sast o. b. Ber-
~ 81 Milan sse e. cay, MR. . iooH ofIbc ia
--sss aslsrfoi-sf. ssisvsrso + 20 asoSe'e''
Now after a careful perulal Of The
correfpondence / think one would
hazard nothing in defying MIR. Mon.
ROC TO fhow, from the letters Of MIR.
AvssELL, that jisgs vs6a, captured
~ he French, jiics NoU. I, 1910,
+suld ., o. fran England, has been de-
irp.ref 10 b tbs oynsrS. That fever
al vehcls of this defcripfion have
been captured is proved by LIT TENT
by MIR. RUSSELL ID the Duke of
u ihano-with his letter Of May IL,
l8II.-Five out OF that tit were
bound 10 or from London, were cap
sured after Nov. I, and now remain
under capture, for aught that appears
10 the contrary In the corrsipon-
dence. Their names were the
R.Bi,n Nova, the Mary h-z, the General
E-ios. the N;ptDrs. and The Cli0'
II does not feem to have been
doubted that they were American
property.--The firlt Of them, the
Robinfon Nova. was injured at Bof-
ten, and a total lofts has been paid,
and not word Of her relcale, TO
this day, has been received. She
was new ihip. owned in Norfolk,
and bound with a cargo of tobacco
AID ilaves TO London. This one
would think mutt be plain cafe
Rut If il b: as Mr. MONROE itates, III
what part OF the correipondence can
it be found # The vsry lat letter
frou Mr.. RUSSELL peaks IF the cap
fued vgGslt as net baViag been giUsn
ut-4t wW BE- needlej5 10 bak at otber5.
-Itake it that his lalt letter was da.
ted Julv Is, I8II.--lf this is mlf-
take fome Of MIR, MoNRoE's friends
can correct it. In this letter which
embraces comfortable fpace Of time,
ne fays,
Although Twas fully impreGsd with the
import ance Of an early decihOn in faV,ar IF
gBe tasss 81 veiels roSr efuGab bal bcta ireiBdsi
:. ne ER (of O. akt-s srs-fiorea, yes deemed It
proper TO wait few days before made APP
plicaiiou upon he fwjc6t
Urged partisElerly 'eply 70 Vy refs Of ieb #
Hfgy yeefivs 70 TIE soptVred ocDsts, ard ot'e,vsi
f5lt, afbescb r. fesurssry Vai4s Of f5e property
.7r5f n.f b. g's1' ysf ia POLL IcAL POINT 81 VieVV
sft r7zzssiafs eyafsa Of f5s lfDE6 eaH9sez's.
intim4ted to han, at The lame time, that my
aaxie.y was flch, TO communicate by the
7ohn Adams teci61n on theie captures 10
,he American government, that fhcuia de-
ssin th,s veael until ! received Il 49, With
,he view ABOVE dated de'a'ned the John Ad.
ans rill the 4th inllsut' (Ju'yl
81 had 10 the meanwhile informed mylef
of he proes sdings -Uift regard 20 tbe eaPfD'sS
v.g-I."
'fThe Emperor fldl wifled, !, appears, for
The decrton OF his council If commerce."---
On the IS 4, about I o'clock received
note frorn the Duke of BaiIano,--I wsi'ed up
on han immediately and Wss inform ID, that
n Il,
star, n e. ef tbs captured VrlI, had been liberia.
ted lie added that no uscefary delay
would be allowed 10 ceriairg upon the
vshulc
Thefe extracts are all made from
IIr. RUssELL's lait letter. I believe
j. TO be a fair expedition Of the cafe
Of The captured vefeIs. is GER
tainly meant TO be fo.-No prior let
or Of mir RUssELL's gives mo.e en-
cou-aeiog view. And do thefc ex-
tracts convey the satisfactory infor-
nation that every veGei bound to
England, captured after Nov. 4, Lad
been aeAiusq {! ~ to tie c7Ugers -
What then can Rlr. NloNRoE
mean For the honor Of his coun-
FRY il is hoped that il can be explain
ID.
Theie remarks are NOT made % ruff
rify the BriJiih Orders i'll Council !;
Bat thar the American people may
nUt be led to apPToVe OF war on fAlfc
dstemen,s. The bri,ilh and French
lave both done wrong-Bus bec1ufe
they have done wrong. arc We ialtid-
"a in doing or laying any thing i'm