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J ) r A i. VII 1 - II! v. - - t'? ; t , J edb ' t i rr.-ti In!.: rev. . r.r: . r .;, Si C.-.: tf of p-n 1 Hid I - i . ,- 0 tlo:i-i"V " : if, eu- .n cod-red HI I ' : t l ' 1 - v.. r i t: or 5:1!. At ::.cs' : 5 r 1 j'-.i ' ' t.:rs ar.,1 L.u'ji! i ". sj'.v stro: .t :.c h.s Uthirfj !T-t hivi.r i; this Ihl '.vji s v icTCc r r ct'.ei'v 'e'. i c it'otii s to :!v To thii hw Mr. -s MiUor-, indeed, c'i ,rcn !;! it; t m i- '" "t It .iV.-iale, at the mhu.l tj ! ' - f r hh frrr ; v., to r; . it v :'u 1 Is r - an! n---t hav- ' c ):r,i.!- n 1 It c--, ft 1 fl l..c. la it sciula.i to .v::rn?: !, as the est ". is requires, its .rtpc.l s i " - i-lr-i ; bo, t a Lta pcruxl of t!.e ses- i : : J i-, : 1 J 1 1 . .'.i l, n u.io r..r.'r. v. i.'. t i;:w, a bill into Con '';tJ to I i-. as respectfully as I I p-nven jJ f'..jt-ct;o:ij to every kind ' 1 . 1 in ' bcr u ioU'o.l.i Ct-nJnt Ih t pr:T:.?f tu'rnr.r ; rthe I '-' ld;vr with the l'rJnesac mem- 'are, pr..! c.j.jcialJy,fo such sc 'v.icnJ!;'' ; puhlic measures to Cu:vTf sr lli. reccivcu my rcrtuu.v."'on and x;s cvUently o V 1. i. . 1 ! ) I'.; : t'iria;!, r. l h'. '.' -:r rpp '.ir;c:s, arc r.-. ' ' co rcn3 '-.; ! 1 S ":!i. S?n "'. c t cv,;r i aal bj.tr.es, 'vl.ic!i t'. Us.l . icjiiri anj !:'!, f.--u Gic.'.t time bcei b.inu tote rf".'..-r..- ; Anil whatever tniv hiv j ct t. 5 ',nJ pr.iccc;!i');j of cv ; ;l wi-Ji tU'j-io of tV? with their ri-r ""'.i vfi hi! rrv r stcj-.i' 0:1 ti: 3 t'"; .' t'is h -of the U. Si.i!c. 'l rr?Ti--."or.n "of t!.S latr ' f M; M.idUon's cal of our fc-icuon.iries -polr.tmcr.t c this law 1 umot rcccire the f r their services. t the i.isu'its 1 h:uve received, I have at no -of rrane'e. ', oTtlie edicts vets compart 1 I a r ' - 1 i't n t ! s " 1 t. .ur !.. r ... ; - , ( t -1 -'i lli.t X i'. r U f. n . -r.j ' v of f ." -r " .1 M t v. ' : .1 i-n ,f ' ' ; t; '. t '! ' - V..i iVL-i..I ta !m -npUi, by ; l'rp!t'0 n Ipm'.ji eoitrary, t" ; pil'icc fir o'.'i. r r- . iiT :! t v if :.i r f ihe ! riM,. 1 r lirTm' J ,j -vy t . h:w-.-r the I '.. ' ilrir fer Tnn,;,fy I,: -1 "f otr eit. ! -'a e -t, i tlie V. t ;i -. ! u , ". i a r :rm rf exe'.n"! ilixe of t,nxt Cr,'v i l t' tr.n to llis sa-re ja.t t 'i l 11. f - t.f t , . i -'? 11 1 r.tr.iy r 4 .. -T " livr"' ri.ulc'.o Jr i;.rrrf v rt. ircfVc il. tt thf ' rrf il, !... li m rili ii'.a'jfU to Jtat t'nt of j h1 iin.fritnd-i'r:,-s I"y j'.o Ait ff t'f-f 11','ll.i'r i - ' ,".rlctl lfhi " -!i t..e it -.! r.-snci. ; K l.'.-n r"' v ;?..-.', n ! a 1 1 ' : V'C" ikIh w i '1 I'r in pr ul ll.-' !.' t rent ri (if CM- rr!xtintii Ir-t k'.Tt wlth rr Jnr pmprtT cf t!i t-Juvil ; '. rt tj promote r.. .--, a ' J 13 im '; via filrfttun r f,lirir con ainn.' In Cm, r ... .-, 1 5rr- .1 to xacr.t:y mj rounrry v. the bfti;l.;erent n-ittom. Never diil I oUn5J tlc rijhti rr f. ' ,1 vli.;.cati:i.: oft.e U. States f "it. 1 ii;rcI:easV.n France or Great L. .in i!;-''.t thers.hr t,.scussions invariably 'ci.. t End ve I felt a 1 cUbcfof ' u 11 from t!.3 lionour that cither he exhiiit- . ' 4 tn Iho 'worl J in an o 'iou point cf View." - The ' following draught of a letter to Gen. "Arrastronj . was accorvl'uii'y prepared by mo immediately after -, ths lct:rt cf the Daks of Ca-lorsj to which it re fers haj ben recf.ive.l. J It w is in ths uuil' form i ' laiJ bsfjfe the PresUcxtt fcr'hU pjircb.ttion. lie, ' 't.owevcr objected .to tba scndin-; of it." And, as "''there ii reason to believe, thai t.w very letter con. ftitsted parj of the ground cf tha hostility of Mr. tf ;7.Iaai3on W ras, H is but propir to give it publicity, 1' Ctg draujla of the hlter frvfttsil bi ttrU It Gen ,..v'v;.. v.,;' ;.J,ino.-: 5 r" f! . AkMfTitiraf ar lettm of the witli tlwif ci,. .jeciiws enclosure were received n tWln day of 5tys In the note of the Duke of Culors nctliirrjf cn be per. , ., ceivd to justify the . seizu-er of the Am-.--eau pprrty in r the ports of France and in time of ber aSJies. The cts ti nrell as th? ar'nrnents, whhl'lt hM assumed, ore con f relby erents fenowa to the world, 4ttl p:,rticijIrJy by -that moderation of temper, which has invariably di3n ; fi shed the conduct Of this tiflverumeiu towards t!ic llcl : 1 1 p,;rcnt nations. After Cirbearanje Ki'.tidled"oilv bj our steady observance of the law of neutrality nd of the inraiitableponciplcs of justice, itlu With no liiUesurprUe that the Prosidant discerns in the FrtJieJ) G ivcrnment a 'disposition to' represent the U. States as : thftvrigtnal pressor, h An act of vio'eitce, wliidi undexistin tir. - cttmstsnces is scarcely less th an an act of War necesi-i-ly required an expl.tnation which would satisfy .not only .the V. States, but the woi ltL But the note of tlielJake of Cadore, inatead of a justification, has nut .furmihtd even ' a ptauslble. palliation or a reasonable apolofry fjr the.aci 'zure'of the, American. 'property. , - -.a There has never b?eii a period of time wlie the tVitcd States have ceased to protest ain t the Uriist Qrders, ; Jf CounciL AVith regard to the rsbisUncerhict; the U States my hrtve denied it proper to oppose to inch tin lawful restrictions, it obviously .belonjprd to ;hft A nerkan , Government al.vae to prescribe the mode, Ifasystemcf Exclusion of tlie vessels and merchandize of the lietbire- . rent powers from our porta has been preferred to -ar, if 'Bitt'deipal prohibition has bee it sf sorted to instead of in ' vasivi retaliation, with whst propriety can theniperor of the French ret-nd to see in that jmethod of prttceedinjc any thinir else than a lawful exercwe of S.uer:i power f To construe the excrcUqf of thts power, .into a cause of .'warlike rprisal is aspecicsof dictation, which, could it ; ,be admitted, would have a tendency to-SubVertthe Sove reijrntyot toe -. btatea. ; ' '.-.-v ''"-,' , '. 1 franco has eon verted oor law-ifexrlusliwiiito apre ' .text for. the seizure of the property of the l;itia!iis of the United States. ' Tnis statute was also in.fn:;c? against the . -; vessels of tirest Britain. If its'opiTatiun lud'been eon 'i '-. -sidaredby the French lioverument as cf SufSciet -ffica- ;ey to justify this prtended reprisal, tW; very operation, .asitwould have besntaare severely felt by Great Britain, ou-r'tt also to have been considered as cwistiurtinir k" re- s'uvre to her order?, the non-existence of which resia t. mcc has been stated by the Puke of Cadore as the pre- ' text fir th act of -violcnre exercised on the Amican property; ' Tlie U'States harm" resisted the L 1' . h OK der,tlMj.rea! irround of complaint Would seesn 1 1 1t, notf ;o much thaufiit American Gnvernment has not' resisted 'a tax on their navigation, as tliatit has likewise resisted ? ' the French decrees, which had asaumed a prescriptive" power over the policy of the V. States, as reprehensible as - the attempt of the British;. Govfermnent to levy contrihu-; . ; tious on our tade ws obnoxjnus-. d-'iaced in a situation whero a taa ws proclaimed on the one, hand, and a rule ' ' "of action prescribed On the otlw.r, the U. States owed it to , ' their o-vn honour ta, resist with corrcsp.n ling' measures ', the cupivlity of the one and tlie presunipiion of the other. V,'hen the Anvsrican Government sees in lite provisions, of the British orders an assumptinn of maritime power in contravention of the law of Nations, ho can it fail also to pesceive in the Fsench decrees tlie adoption 'of a princl- p!e equally derogatory and injurious, to tlie neutral cha- ,0 raeter of the XX, states. t-'; :' - ' . ' The pretension, of subjectlnsr American avifilion to t tax, as advanced ihv the British order of ffovember 1 80r, was in reality withdrawn by the ortler t.f the 26th of , .April, 1809. Yet ten month subsevpi-ntto the rceal of J that pretention, hi alledjrml existence is made the basis of reproach against the American Gnverjiment. bv tlie - Emperor of tlie Preach.-; Kt wouldbefruitiesstoeoninient . tinon the disnositlort to insist dponthe tirevailirfc1 influ ence of a fact which r.n lonjrer exist r which, When it did I the Dnpcror wi'l i.ow hi rf;i' i:.r;,rd W;tS me f.ict thst no Fn nch retr!i bave Lcr tiulxr. V.!y iriediatlie ports of the LVue.l States, as the U-v rf esclusion ajrainst tlte c ommch-e of France is no m re in oprtion, there tan be nolontra solitary reasonable pretext for proeraatinating the delivery ef tlt'e America! ytnpy, detained by the French Coverr.rr.ent, into tliC possesd'in of the respective ,i"nrra. "'!;'' " ' .- Thee o!)cnra;rtn yiu will tint fail to present-to the view of tlie French Government, is order that the En poror maylearn that the. Unitrd int.st upon no; thing; but t.cir aeknowledl ri'r1! , 1 that they still entertain a dcii-e to adjti it all d,;renc'es with tiie Go. vemment of France upon a basis (jua!'.y beneaci4 and honoin-.Vile to both nations. "S".: . . . . ..'. 1 have tlie honour to b'co. &c. ix. -:; . ... .' , . R. SMlTil, Intend or the animadversion! contained in the rrcoin letter, the - President directed 'the inser tion of simply tho following section in my letter of the 5th of June, 1810 1 , . ... ' " As tlte f John Adashi,' Is daily expected,' and as your further comraunications by her will belter en able me to daptvto Alt nctu.d slate cf our aQairs wtlh the French E',vernrncm, the ol)3crvauons pre per to be msdo in relation to their seizure clour property and to th letter cf the. Duke ot Cadore of the Hth IVo. itis by the President deemed ex pedient not to mak?) at '" time, any tucH animai verniuMi mI cannot, however, forbear informing yon, that a hih iiulignation is felt byjthe P'.tsidcnt, well a s by the public, at this act of vinlencCon our propctly, and at tlii outrage, both in thrftn cutM and in the matter, of the Utter cf the Duke of Cadore, so justly pourtrayed in your note iy him March.' It is worthy of notice, that ih last, sentence tf the above section was merely a communication to Gen. Arnittr "- : pcrtonullv, aa to the impVession made here by that outrage aifthe TrncV Govern men ar.d that it mvs not an ixttrvction :'9- fam't make the Emperor of 1'r.tnce- acrttaintcd with the hih Indignation ftlton the occaJcn by' the Presi dent and by tha Nation. It simply shews, liat our executive had, at that time, bnt Just resaldtion enough to impart to iVs oa Minuter "the senti ment? oftndijnation, that had been here exceed by tho enurmotii outrage of the Han-ibouillet decree, and by t.le insulting audacity cfthe Duke ot Ca dore'a ktttr. " . ''.;.'." ,-a. (;''.: - fth. " Previoiis'y r the fnectm -of Cmgy!i lust Autumn, I exptHsed to MrV;-Madion ir.y ippre hension that the Emperor of France would ret io. naoe fullJ the jptfCirtUons of ti e United States.? that our commerco6nid be" exposed in Ins ports to vexatious einharrawrcnts and that ro bdeco and r ot fen would probably Hot be frrr'y M muted into Prance, lie entertained a dtffcrent opinhrtj and, indeed, was confident that, t 5 Iic.iin and Mil n decrees would tor.a Me case on thefirst Lday of November, 18 JO, and that from that dai our commercial relations with Prance would be er.um bci r d with no leettjctiona or embarrassment tthat ever I, nevertheless, told him that my imrres tdoffi were such, that I won'd have a ccnvcrujicn with Gen. Turrcaii npnn the subject in irjtcr view with him in relation to ceniftcates cf oi ijjii). In the course of tho correspondence, which thence ensued", I was greatly checked by lha evident iltSV cations of titer indifference on the part of tx Madison'. -.'Instead of enrouraging, ho absoiufcly dicouYagrd the .making of any amm .id versions, p on Gen. Turreau'a letter of December J 5, 1310 . But irrcshtably impelled, s. I was, by princble and by feelings altogether. Amerkan, 1 prepareain reply my letter of December 18, 1810, and hid it before Mr Madisoiv Perceiving unon rcadincit that he con! J net but acquiesce in the Eending of i, ha merely ttriggested tha eV'pediencjr.of dding to it'.' what -rniht liaye the clTvCt. of preventing the British Government frompre.iumiBg.too ftnich tip. wise giounu taKcnta tne letter:? T :$' -; This letter of the; 18th 04ccmW;'Belh':-w!. minent in the.caUlogue of the -'"oSencft tbat had brought upon me the dl'-pleasure of ;Mr, 'Ma.diion, our fellow., ciuzens will dispjWionately consider vhether it 'ought ta be looked at as ' a'sin, be- yond forgiveness." (Tobecontimti.J ' ' - -; - :. :';.', '--. .T:Cr Extract of a let ttr from th Secretary ' if 'State, tt Gmurd Armstrong, dtilef June Sih, VSlQ. .. ,, ; " If, liowe ver; tlie amngttment eonternplated bv the faw,s!ioutd be - acceptable t. the Frncli Goyemriient, yo will un.!ei tand it io be the purpose &f the Pi-esident, n 1 prey- dto jrtvingit t JfccVfn tsasethedate 'teUure oi'tjje pi-opei ty eft Secinzcfi of tli Viiitcdsiti.tes has been followed by an b"h;it;' c .( atiNp,''nd yr-toiatton b finally refused.' "The only ground, lortjf a preliniiaary restoration pf the propt-rty, on which, the nntemnlted arrangement can be made, wiJl bo an undcntflnd'uisrlhat the- confiscation is revertible, and thr.t it will btcoms inimediaiety the subject of discussion with reasonable prospect ofjustice to our injured citizens. : ;: 5 . Extract of letter from the Secretary of S:te, It Generul l-t. -- 7 4ntrng, tinted July Sth, 18101, ' i ".As has Veil heretofore stated to ou, a jiatisf torv provimoii5t''llestorlng tlie projierty lately surprised "'' seized by.the order or at the instaaca of.thajlVench G.i venuuent, must be combined aiih a repeal nf tfv French Edxts, utih m new ti a nan-inirrcttirii) uitA Grd Mritain , such a provision- beinp Vf wfc prttnb' evidence 'f th ji-t piK-pose of France towards the United Ktatfis.w t" , t Tkt'&tor (IVA., 14A, 1810, frm wucA fUv' it ' ' tin extvaa : .','..! . : " .Ill - . 4 '. 1 1 1 ii! n"i c an I t . ' r " I.'.. rrii'. -n v " ia fi t i--t I, i's Ai V V i ttll.'.l.M' W rf may i''.ii;'f lhat im- r.l by l i;'.n t f-ir be s "' I, -:t s h i wtiv ..l ' v not ; .l liO S ntrtrt lae vhtamrd tie p e t'i'l l.ry'ul rk'.e the in lur.,rn at t "t Iit''U l"C irn , .- f ri i - ' t t r , - , jr u,.x .-..; t - 1 'f.-.'srl . L c r - 1 , ;t !, t , r A :.- ' tr 1-.. '.. T t A i .J ri-.. ( 1 rt ' 1 t' 'V i!'"'f-!''" ir I ra. 1 !' ,.;.-. '"..'-;.. ', f.'rt ;..-!'! -on.ti---' .- J i t i :.. in-- a'.'t t:.- r t .,:d -.-it ! --K bv he - '. .re '..-' i.t t'.i.'i J..-!". " . ! My 1 f i: ; H. 1 i '- J pjvnicut of t-'ie t-. .'e n. i-il nt bei iu-it it i ' t'ie f.ir'..ii . i.t the pi :n i- i.Ihv . !i wy, t'i 't t!ie ,c t -iti'.le, it .Il then be nercary to fi.hl fjr iuieacst alter .hatrn; rttacd ta fijht far hmnr." 1 .' rntieNuiiiul l.itci:'.;er.r. ; , The tasefafrli tated. France ty certab edicts declsTd the PritisH Isle to be in stn'e' of IdorV ado, and, in viola-Jon of the ner.tral rights cf t; e U rite I States, seized thr.tewclJ trading with British portv Grent ,1:1: in by certain c;'..c:i de clared Prance and be r tic pen 'It nces in "a st..?e cf blockade, and in viola'in or tho rcuti"l rights' cf the United States scisrd their Jseh trading with French port. . Each of those powers charged the Otbef with originating tho violatior, and pi-onMd to repeal its edicts if the other ww.M set the exam; pie. Prance ha ticclaroil a repea) of the blockade of Great Britain to tbe trado of the United St ites, nof does it ppeap that our vessels bound to or from Great jiritrtinare tiken and treated s ptlics in France. Great "Britain Is consequently Lcun J, in fidelity to her own 'promise, as well as in jtrtlce to the United St.Ues, to repeal her blockado of France and her dependencies and in not doing so justifies the distinction tnde by our laws between the two, belligerents. - - . ' ' . But it is said that the decrr'f s cf Pr ' - - continue to shut the continent against ll.itish .1 ic.' That is a matter between Great Britain and the contin ent. GreatT.riia'in may, if sho iplease,"hut bcr ports to thsTcatinent in return, a has always been customary between povcrs it wr. The United States surely aro not bound the meddle in" that question. 'mm.'m ':; ' ' "' '- ' - '-''v, - Again, It 5s' s;ud that although Trance itry .hnve revoked her blockade of Great Britain, she fens de crees in force against onr trade vith hcnclf- .But that is a matter between tho United States and Franc only. Grcst Britain has no more tight t meddle with that, than Pranre. has to meddle w iih the Ciitiah laws which restrict our trade with Great Bituum The Legislature of the union ifit thinks f roper may break off all friendly intercourse with 'rano, or may meet the rcgu!ticn cf Prance with respect to onr cotton, tobacco, fee, by regulat ions, against heir frails; silk) far li-juris, as roight be done if tboyght politic in relation to Giep.t lij itcin, ' y regultttions meeilr.tj per exclusion cf eur vesiel I from some f her ports, an J our manuractures, Csb, fee front, allot then ' ? - - , The simple result Is, that as Great Etitalii ."gate as reason for her paper blockade of Prance, that France had decreed a piper blockade of Great Bri tain, and as this blockade of Great Britain is revok ed by Prance, the blockade of France ought, in like manner, to be revoked bf drcat Brmw. r- -M ;i m-;Vt --';..":':'? -.'--vi -;r- y-Ky" J C:Uij rrtiiitrt jiiri. .The false proclamation cf Mr. Wad ;san, dated on the second nf Xovumbrr last, announc ing the revocation of the IVrli'n and 51ilti tlrcrees, an d wiiieh we on tlie nest day declared to' be perfidious, has cost tlie nation So(X,0,0('0 of dollnrs in st-ciestert-d pro perty, acceding tt th Curepcan' int clllgence. , Wow ma ny more millions shall be b permitted to send snur-'v in. to the jjrasp oft' - Corsican..-i5n.' Fed. 'Jtepy v ' sis .:. :. .... II.. I i . it c Comes The noisy beruld of a busy world. to tne council ot; Regency, published Caidiz Gazette Extraordinarjn cf May rhe dispatch is date rt from the placa bf tie, Albuhera, the STttw 't '. ', u exiit, -.was wiittrroly cca&atod f and the tial extinction f " lla 'Msjesly ctful3 place uu ; .Hailfie on pn : x-: ;'' ,--.-j r: - i.' v - , .'. '.'",; -.: n.':--'','.iVi'r- ..',', :'y:''r.': ' .. 'T' y' ' M '" ; -' - . '.', '':.r, '.' '' -,..;': -v ' ii SPAIW h POll T U G AL.-Tae Anofucial account bf the Dattle auriposp.l to have been fought near Badajos, published, ia the last 5t:r, is confirmed by the ofactal dispatch "ef General uiiiice to tne council ot ; errency, published in ine vaai 23. The d the bnttl '? l Jave the satiafactiori,'?, sayVtHe di?pnteh," tn'.innnimr tf tW k. 't: 1 . British nnd Poftujjaese artnyViYate completely and, gloriously beaten,' in the camp of Aibule M, yesterday .the 16th M;y; the arrcy.'of the enemy which wn marching; under 'the ;con mand of Marshal Soult to the relief 'of Badn jor and the conqnent. of New strernadura.-C But we .bavedefea$tf KiV prtgectf ,:anl hi' in fapidly mrentin,'pi,v4ediY our cnvalry,-ho are supported by our vanguard and some Bri tish nlantrv-.--VVe bie''h)S gabed-arf easy victory. The battle h;s, been very pbEtinate and sanguinary on both aides but the loss oT tne enemy greatiycxeels t outs.'", Tr loss is certainly ?00O men.;; Our arwyfeni for many hours Withdrn "givj nn inch f ercuod,' which enhances the glory of out victory. SouW lnd united extraortlinarj-forces with activity proportionate -to the jnind object , : had in view AVewere e..jil ih forf "'as to'-bf-nTv" but his. cavalry and artillery f..r esceeded 'n .n-ntimher j but au.h, was -Ui- ardour vlth vhtch the atiicd anr- foright'a , -liiist the "com.' mon enemy, their't.s -niUlatiov j;.. ?uish thsV.vwVand .the itr.uta:l'vnnott"thev' -r. . , - ' ' 1 'yrantsstL; j; dt r.t.'ih.ij'-thcv- won 1 d Jinve' conoucr'" 1 .. i-i '... - 1 '. J uropcJ M l r een p, ptrt.isn w- f tf.i t - ! t . - - - ; ;..iJ tar:.-, , , - i c v ers 1 v-.' .' i w ',1 . se etnmr'e sr.'.r ; - I :." n on to victor',-"- , e T Iryuii . 1 1 1 is t.'in'g of I'i je i - -, p t j Catalotita, hi the rr".'. 1 rrcr.t.ees consi lered cae r.f The place wm tsen t y". ths 10th of April, sritH three tl ,, prisoners, 1 11J ple -s of .rt.'cry, quantity wf Church i:a and JeU T'.er-I -wi 5pr.tn. In r h:is uctn carri-d r -i 1 r" -h with -great sur:e;s.., p.; by t. ..rrr,t arriv-'i all concrr i 1 b.tttl h been f ."-ht rr-" " the.l'.nlis'. -' 1 - Lt. I..'".-'-Frtnch un Icr I ' .' Bres?er. 'i '. ', t kil!e:l..lv' ' precipitat: Js Sa!..... vr?.s icnmrt!r',tf y r.c,i'i!trd ' deredtothe British. There "u ed Frenchman in Forttt j-d. Thv U etill continued. Hing Jonr; ' . t Paris 1 1 attend a fete and has r: ' tarn in tw.) months. It is corf.' ' ed in Opr-rto, Lisbon and Cadiz , these accounts are received) tlitt t',. I will be driven .out of the Per. insula. ,. Grr. AT BillTAIN-tcrtclan ti the 21thcf May are received tut they no English news f imporLmcc !t ia! the health of t!l'3. isj- is precarious ar ! he w ill not recover, . iMr. Whiibraad r tice in the house that he should short! ; r thn certain-measures be adopted tornc r -depcrulen-t oa.ths Kings health., Th ; Hegcnt ; invited those who thould a'.t Icyee on the Kings birth day (June 4) t dressed, in new etuts of entire English ' factute. Great dlswe prevads"e r Manufactures, end th J. Bank ; appreciating in value U vas still below ;' . house of Messurief eCo.ha' failed Lr ? ' amount Luc'en Buonaparte was a c: ' forsaxX '-i.The suit of Sir Francis against the Speaker of the HousrCo: for committing Sir F to the. decided dr. the defcads . Themp' a war between France end Russia arc 'v-' It is believed -a large Russian armvl; sent into Poland, though the Continent .5 p.ipcts do not rhentioa it- Nothicz is sa: I papct American altajrSi . BitiTisii official Accbust; -Vii ma.y t&o Little Belt. Mcy 21, 1811, 'to' ' -"iA. ft, 0, It',' Cape Cha Use, tearing j- i ie. . M-' ; ' ' rv ' -: ' , Si a I beir leave to acetnsint tu tbat ui biirf.irr your orders to join bis majesty's ship GuM-riem, k! ; en my rettirn from the northward, not bavin j fat'tn in h:IuThatxboiit 11 A- M. May 16, i t?in s which Itrmaediately rave ttiase. At 1 1. 41 distav her to be a man of war, apparently a fri.stfc, staat'i: the' eastward, who, when ke. made us out, edged ; us, and wthis royals. v Made the aigna 2T6, and Hi.' it not arisw-s.x-tt. concludi.dshe was u Amenrkn ti; ! he had a. Commodore's, blue pendartt-ilyitit; i .am--... itoiawa tne coiovus ami mad an and sov";, cwirse I Intendsdi s'.etr g. ronnd Caps-llafter -.i , strsnsrer edmiij? away, but not makiri g anv mow ',. 3- 3vXhemadeailittchase. when I wadenhe p-'n 1 nal, which was not answered- At 6. 9- findius' he so considerably on us as not to to able .to etu ie Imp. i - ingtlifight, heinjrwithtn g6nahot,an' clearly diitcnv iiijf the Stars on bis broad pendant,' X imagined the n '. prudint method as to brinff too, and bo'tsl tlie to'. 1 Aal n mhtnfee itigtd ariee, and that he might see what 1 1 erelhThe ship was jherefore brought tod, her toloi 1 hoistcd,inr ptins double shotted, aSc trv-ry preafat! ntai In' ease of a surprize Dy this ttsnatr- of steer ir down, he evkiitiy wished to. iy his ship in a position If JvinfTj which I frustrated by Wearing three times. A i t S.UJ10 camswKhlnhnil-I haited, ar.d sskedwhnt : , it was Ue repeated my questsotu- -oans -haiid, ir, asked what ship it was 1 He sjrajn repeated my WonLi,iid fired a broadside, which 1 instantly returned, f Inaction then beeame jrei.trnl.and eontinucd so for three quarte-s of an Jiour.wlwn he ceased firing, and appeared fo be n fira about the mam hatchway, 1ft the fi'ded-r-l w' o birrv,l to delist from firing-, as, the ship falling; ofl". no "1 would bear, and had liO after sa4 to leep her too. All tm njrjtnan?lsu!sult pieces oth braenonk bon ! -k-i't. Jte hsiLed and asked Whnmrp"Uii-wxrr-nMti!i He then asked me if lha4trvch my .entmtrt? a' r was Ko,nd ashed What ship it was ' Jt plainly asifmal understand (hehaviup shot some distant arthis 'tilt 1 It" answcvedi'The' United States Frtffate.1 "fie fired r 0 runs, but sUKKl4t-omus,j-wijr no; tati for hit wf ' tnur.dimrf gtmdntt. v v.'ivV'J? hi- v-:'- : At day light in die morning, ilitri ship tb'-win'-.v.it when havSu" made otrtWeU what We were, 'bo. ni nl pawed within hail-fully prepared flir action Abc'-t 8 o'chck he hailed and said il l please 3, he wo4 K nd t ftaton board 1 replied in thehAfarmaVive, aad a boat accordiiifrly came with an officer,' jvnd a messsif-e frofn Contmotlin-ei Hod.et s, of the President, ,of the United States, to say' that he lamented much die; unfortunate af fair (as he termed it) that lid .lisppVnedi sad tliat Hud 1 'i.f Hur farAi wo to Uiferiirtlivulii nat. hope trtd at s t-asked U4 motive for havlnir fired all ! I His re ply was, that "vejtrtj the fret giii ia Md " 'tvkic ws positively nnt thittf, ,1 ciftiiSTed ifcoth th officers and men to. bo' part'iratbtli. careful aad. not surTpr anV aiiws thiiri pne man do Mat the Run:" Jfor ii, it proliab1? that e'irp ifiiHif, w.'.'Afii 'piMiMt it ikrfrc' 44 'ii faf. tlumli cemmenee hrutiiiti tie ofRjWtd me'very assisiancs I Jsl.Kd ill nevd if, and m iilittod to mc, tbajl 1 had better put into one oft lie yovtsulibe United States t whichlha mediately declined. '.. " '':;.;'r ',' .:" ' M ' By thn msnner in Which he dpoloplzi-d' If ap wed' to me evident that had he fallen in Vith a British irijrsta, h wHildully hata brpufht hefvto action-And ' wht firthrr confirms me in tliat pm0, '''. that his guns wero not twlv leaded with rornid a'ifl c-rrje shot, but with Te i-ap.of Iron thstctiitfd pHss'tb'y be eollecd' ' V ' ' are to Uni'tt tie toss ctJ2 men killed and wouniltd, n'sci-i , lhavi ammiwhom i-'!ie master. ' '' ', ; ; , "' ' Wis tajesty's ship is much' 'dam-ijeil in her rost, sails, rt, ;uf andhnll.Snd astlierr are Yn wy shot UirouRa between, wind and wstei, and rmiy s'v'i Vil remaininf Jiusidc, and upper w;sa ail jat uv,-;,.-, siavbaard pnm. .'.'.. '.; -HtX ' " ' ' ' ' 'W
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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