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3 mmmmmm 7''.. ?! ?, R Al,Elli,N . C--PUBL1SHED (wkFuiv) BY WILLIAM HOY LAN'S ; 0 f 50 f tars' lit -A&jiuig-. m ' THURSDAY, APRIL 2G, 1810. . -No. 734. .-:..vr" .., . . ..... ,. latest Foreign News, y SKVV YORK, ApriiT3. , ' i ! :'l ,'i , i. I'mrinnaii. wmtii anivcu wm c . Ihc Short M""' i,n'e rcteivcJ paotrs to I Uh'of "Mcti. .been willing tol'istunto reasDnable'tcrmscfpeade . . i l 1 DlnlmAir, f4-3 A monian T"R nl I I h inch I tra tr '-, snmi " A ika.o r h2'' Ufnvcar that Mr. Pinkney the American v., treated in the most frifcrtdly bitinntr, ' . . .j. .t-.- . Lrv.! ii maikea auenuonsi uie court or or that there isai there always has been, !rP desire on the part "of Greatriiritain with her satetjr,,io Hajutxne ...yinsreiv chhave, unhappily for thU Country, o ,is:ed bet wen the t o , nations, tias t e ins reported that a treaty, naq aeiuatiy liulfd it) London, sienetl and sent-borne Kiii Adams frigate for ratification.- It is etted that the rumour uoe$ not rest on ter authority than the following. ji; London Mining Chronicle t March 7th, an knti-M material paper. ijtery currently repotted, that the nego. which , rave tor spme time oeen con bythe Marquis Wellesley, and Mr. Pink t of the differences between this country United States of America. The John frieate has been detain &d to carry out the which will not be made public until the ItionS are excnangcu. u ts aaiu wiav inc hes of the American minister are to be for to the frigate to morrow." xtraordinary as well as insolent docu tlie following columns relating to Hoi- the commerce of this country, completely Ls the views of the; Corsican tyrant and more than volumes to oar blind and mu rders. jfsrr son- fork ich affairs. rom tne minister oi iomgn auans ioine h'de RoeJ, minister of foreign affairs for eundersighed minister 6f foreign relations nce.'is charged with making known to hi ncy, baron de Roel,' tlie Dutch minister of n affairs, the1 resolutions which his impe lesty has heen tiTcecl to come . io in con fce of the actual situation of Europe. II leterminations are contrary to the views Kople of Holland, the emperor is certainH rit, and has adopted this course with egret. But the unrelenting destiny which s over the affairs of this world, and 'whu.h that mn should be governed by events. Im majesty to follow up with "firmness tles of lvigland,vand indignant at the riorrible, af taek xjii Copenhagen, 'made cc)anmoni;ause.. witb Fiance. . ' l .:" ,;H. V'f-:- '' ''zr''-. ' . France then ventertalned tliehore that En gland would have been, sensible of ;ilie fiiuijlity of protracting the war, and that she would have is towards "jthat throne. , '-When in opposition to States, and her favorable disposition to American that' all others must give way-tThe -first duty-of cwnmerce. -L; w-;--. - . ,.,;.'.ri every Frenchman,' in hatesituatioH 'destiny . "Signedl "f ., J)UC D CADORE. may'placehim, is towardf .his 'Gbuntry - . , , , . LondoW, larch 8. ...3 JJ .uTo'oVypy7alVtheni'ou!hs 6f the rivers in , Yesterday Vmornihg. at 9 o'clock, a messenger plt3ndHandj;alljts!ports:by French troops, as was dispatched horn the 'house, of the ; American hey Werefvon the, conquest made by j'rance in minister, with his excellencj 's answer to the( last J'7.9'4,; to the moment when hisjniperial Majesty dispatches from his government. , . - i ..-r ...'"" hoped to cociliate eyery 'bnei by tablishlng'Ithel Lord SoroeryileS Spring sliew After the fcu. thronebf JfoUahd.j-.--r S,. .. sinfiss of thedayan T-uesdayal)dut 360 sat down " " III; To employ every Imeans and without todinner at Freemen s Tavern. Loid Somer? being.toppedbynycbnsideraijntor the chair, fhe premiums" haying been land enter, intp . the continental system," and to distributed; his lordship '.among other toast srgavej wrst definitely its ports and coasts from the ad- Mr. Pinkngy," the American minister, and . ministration, which has tendered the ports of nay harmony always prevail with thosu who Holland the principal 'entrepots, and the great spi ak the same language " , matt of the Dutch 'merchants, the brokers, an J, the Which was driuik with Jong and Iqud plaudits, comm'ercial agents of England. I- ; ' Mr. Pinkney rose amidst a thunder of app!ausc,; '(ftigned) " DUG DEC ADORE. which for some, time prevented tiis" Speaking, hi Pai-is, January 24, 18(0. , . then said : ... . , -. . ik i ' m . . . . -- u.i yc-tui. . mirt3oro focg voir lorusmpiand this coniDa- time that they vanished, ..the English, as if the,: ex pcfVuion to Copenhagen had deprived, thciri"' of all sense of siiafne, and set them free, from 11 re straint disclosed their prrjects, and published' theirforders m touncil ot November, 1807. " nn; arbitrary and tyrannical act, mcn pnea an r.u rope with indignation! ?By t his act England took u pon her to; make regulations 'obliging fore tgn vessels to come to her harbours before they pro ceededrtcrtheii ultimate'lTestiiVaiioTis, and to pay her tribute. Thus she rcpderedjiersel(.nifctress of the navigation of the whole worlTj" recognised no maritime nitioh as independent, "rendered all nations, her tributaries, .subjected them to her laws, allowed them no liberty of trade unless with adir?c profit to herself, fixed the foundation of h e r re venue u pon the i ndust ry o f o t h e r,nt i onsi and Ahe produce of their territories, and declared ' to the Einpen, r arid Kin.g, of the conversation ! countty', and I hope I shall not be' thought very herself sovereign of the ocean, of which she-drs-TwhicltThe- had -with' Mr. A rmstroiurTlihister" presumptuous if ted, bt evtn misled, by my wish- posed as any government would do of the rivers J Plenipotentiary from the ; United States, his mi. cs, to conclude that personal kindness, may. Jive" iii the interior of its dominions. 1 4: :- Ijesty has authorised him to return the following had, some little share in p'romr tingjotir conduct ; w Adverting to this plan-of legislation, which ; answer : ' :. '' on this occasion, I venture to thank you for my was nothing less than the public-, assertion of uni-1 " His majesty considers I119 Decrees of Berlin sell. 1 trust, my lord, it is scarcely necessary lor 1 - FromJketMiniter of fbrei'AJfeirt, to Mr. ny to be persuaded tint I am very grateful for the drmistrong) MiniaterPleniM the unexpected notice which' 'you and. they liave been Un:ted'Srate9 V A I .' . ... . ' so good as to lake of the United States and their " TheundersigTied having rendered an account minister. I thank you inUie first place for my " versal sovereignty,- a measure extending the ju- irisdiction ' pf the English parliament -oyer the and Milan us conformable to the principles of e- me to say how sincerely I join . in die wish which tenia! justice, if they were hot the convpelled cou- has. been so well received by the nobleman and whole of the globe, the emperor found himself uiv sequences of the Orders of the '' British"' Council, gentlemen here present, that there m y be perpe- der the necessity of. taking an extreme part, and and above all that of November, 1807, When tual good understanding between Great -Britain of employing every means of opposition in his ''England proclaimed an uni vei sal sovereighty by and. the; United States. An American minister power rather than suffer the world to bend under jthejpretension of making the universe submit to. has in truth no merit in anxiously desiring cordi the yoke whidh the English endeavored to iniposc'j a right of navigatiSi, arid of indus- al friendship with this couiitry on terms consistent on it. He published theMilan decree," dec laring; trv of every natiosTunder the jurisdiction of her with the honor pf his own, and your lordship will the tribute Parliament, his majesty considered it, the' duty allow me to rejoice uiat mere does exibt on both all natiansjdenationali2ed who had paid imposed by the English. 'The Americans, threat ened with a second subjection by the English, and with the loss of their independence, so gl ori ously acquired, put aeneral embargo on all their, vessels, and renounced all navigation and com merce thus making a sacrifice of the interest of the Jmomsnt to that which is her perpetual in tereststhe preservation of her independence. I " The , success or these measures dtipctided more upon their execution in Holland than in-a ny other country. Holland, on the contrary, was an obstacle lOfiheir execution. The, Dutch still continued to carry on a 'commerrUl inercoursi. with the tEntrlish. All the representations of France upon that subject were entirely useless His imperial majesty waobliged to have recourse to measures of ncour, whish proved how much panares of which the necessity has been he was displeased. Twice were the Frcpch'cus rated to him, vithout suffering .himself Irotd aside by secondary considerations. b imperial .majesty iri placing one.ofhts the throne of Holland, did hot lore ii England would dare to proclaim openly ciple of perpetual war ; and that to sup she Would adopt as the basis of her legis the monstrous principles which have die her orders of council of-November 1807. htn her maritime right was undoubtedly ted by France, and repelled by neutrals lid not exclude all navigation, and left a independece'to maritime nations. There ' little inconvenience to the common cause commerce kept up by Holland with' En- either through the agency of' neutrals,, or wing their hg, MerseiUes,aJordeaux erp, enjoyed the same advantage. En- -still-to manage th'e Americans, the Rus- F Prussians; the Swedes, and the Danes, 'nations formed a sort of league between ...1. .1 , -' . . ' ' nomine seas separated fourth CQalition destroyed this state of England, succeeded in uniting against nusbia, frussia, and Sweden ; she. was tr obliged to resort to so much - manage- " was then that she abused both , words a?V; sh set up the pretension of making 4r an the right of neutrals before a sim rot blockade. The emnefor -was for- use reprisals, apd at his entrance' into Ber 9Wtjred it bv the blockade of the Bri Meatrak, and above all, Americans ca n exolanation nf this" trnsurf. Hp that althoiio-h the ahsiml avareth O- r 'I - was a state altocether of intolerable 'i the emperor bounded himself-to the the continent the commerce of the i that the neutral flair should be-,resnect i .that his vessels of war and privateers i tnsturb the navigation of neutrals, the S only try exef uted upon Ind. . 'this meMUfrritteir., whii-li romnfllpd the ports of Holland acainst the English : ,'inluretuthe mercantile interests ot.the .aoiiand, ithl -was coritra'cyT to their 'and- 1 HIS Was th firat snnn-o n ihm nn 11 , - . o " lv l"V,i ubinnn 1. iuiib n Tit ticiTt3i u mi ia- -4 am nut kk... ..uj.-. ii.. ir : r ui n x- . . TC mai 111c ivinc liui iaed between hi? mnVt ' is t-oties to the imnefial throne, and ir.arttii . - - - ' si u- .8 0t the-Dutch naon Ne ". Hill IntDeUal ' m;fif ' ..inul 'hi'mi r ?nce; and shut Ki -i-i Jn .vn.r;mi . ?nj:oE event of -some incident which louver hi. t .u .... . . ",","viner irom.-the verv-uBDiea '"''-". . 1UUUU I1U113CI! ICUU ui? the - . - . ... nttmi j "tactions the peace dt. rnsit 1 'ri,... 1 "e emperor of Russia, provoked ?m which the EngjTsh had committed naS was fichtinff .Uie"bat- tom hoifscs shut to the commerce of Holland; 1 ney are so at mis momenit so. tnai me uunu .ave no legal communication with .. thenations 01 the continent and the emperor determined not to pen these barriers whilst-circumstances remain d unchanged. In effect, it would have .been to jpen them English conimerce. The. Uulch nali jn, far from imitating the P ATRlOTIi.Tbf the VMERICANS, have been guided m all their ransactiotis solely by miserable mercantile consi derations. ,. .-'.',' , " On the other hand, the emperor observes. that Holland is destit.ute"of the means for carrying it a war, and almost Without resources lor her wn. defence.. She is without marine the 16 vessels which she ought to. have furnished have been dismantledshe is without energy.' During the last e x pedi t i on of the. English, th e important position of 1eerei which was Neither provi-jroned nor armed, matte no resistance ;. and the impor tant post of Batz, upon which might have , de pended the success of so many' events, wasxa bandoned six hours after the appearance jaTthe .j 1 tj. e .1 " t.v.i r auvanceu guara 01 ine, enemy, vvr.nyui army, without revenues, it mightlmoetbesaid wirheut friends and without allies, the Dutch are a socie ty animated only by- a regard io their comrherci allhte'rests, and forming a rich useful and re spectable companyj.but not. a nation.' , ' " tin iuajesiy qesires peace :.wun r.ngiana. He took steps at Tiet With a view to this object, but they, were without'result. Those which he conserted at .ErfUrth, with his ally the emperor of Russia, have had no betier success. The, war will' there fore be long, since all thoe stepsja. ken to arrive at peace have been useless.. The proposition of,, evtA sending commissioners to Morlaix, to- treat for the exchange ol prisoners, although called for by England, remains without effect, because it Ytas feared , it might lead to a reconciliation. England, in arrogaung by her orders of November, I8O7, an universal sove- reiKntyTand in adopting the- principles of perpe tual war, has broken. every, thing, rendered legiti mate every means of repelling her pretensions If therefore the change which has lately taken place in the English ministry produces none- in the principles o bngiand, which . it will, be easy to -discover Trom the streeches in the new parfia ment ; and if she continues' to proclaim the prin tiple ' of perpetual war, and of uhi versal Vdwreigh' cf all independent nations to ilefehd their sove- sides the most powerful and obvious inducement reignty. anu ueciai uenaiionauzea tne vessels -uiuvan. sutii uiciiu3im;j. v c nceci noi iron wliicln ranging themselves Under the dominion bie ourselves to. enquire whether it be true, as of England, recognized , the sovereignty which some politicians haie pretended, thai interest is inc anvtrmcu ufcr menu ,! ; uiw n.juy. ui juuh-iuh ntii,ii u miiu iiiut pcu. V" His ;majesty distinguishes the visit and the re- dent nations together as friends, for tue are fortu cognition of the vessel. . The recognition has no nately bound in umity by all 50m of ties, which I other object but to ascertain the reality of the flag, lervently hope y. e shall not, even ii it were, possi- the visit is an. interior inquest made notwith- bie that we stiouia De so disposed, be strong e standirig thereaUty of the flag is ascertained, and nough to break. ' Norrtltxting and impftrrial men of which the result is cither the pressing of indi- can doubt that the true interesjs of Great Britain vidnats, the confiscation ;cf merchandize, jot the Bntl America are compatible in all casts, the same application of arjiitrary laws or dispositions. in most. A liberal hd comprehetisive view of, His majesty ooild not but attend to thepro thtse can lead to no other conclu'ion than .th:,'t ceedings of the United'States,. who without mak-; tJiey are calculated to invitrprate each other. But ing any,,, coniplaint of France, comprised her in a sense of ihis compatibility and identity of Inter, their ncts ot exclusion ; and in the month ot May' ests effectual v.s it ouglit to be In communicating prohibited the entry into their rjorts of French ves- a character olv steady friendsKiplo our Creations, sels, under the penalty of conisqation. Immedi- is not he only pledge of harn.on'y between us ; fut atJf .that -hi, majesty was .formed' of this mea- thousand kindly instances, with which cftlculai sure, he ortlered a reciprocity to be Used towards lon has no concern, combined to form an aUxili American vesselsj not, only in his own territories, ar7 pledge, little" inferior in strength I should hopef but also in the countries under his influence. In far superior itumoral beatty, I am sure, to the the. ports of Holland, Spain, Jtaly and NapksA- other. These .Jijfluencc's, my lord, it would be a merican vessels were feizedr4n;cause Americans pleasing and perhajps not unprofitable task, to re., had- seized IrerTch vessels. The- Anjericuns can-' vitw in detail, and by reviewing to give. them not hesitate, as to Uie part which they ''ought to freshness and augmented activity, for the noble iake. . They ought either to break the act of their and salutary purposes ot peace; and kindness. . independence, .and become again- asircfore the re-'. BwtJ.have alri-adf trespassed too long h yon'r in. . volutiop, subjects of England, or take such mea . -dulgence, if, indeed, I haye not trespassed upon sures as their commerce and industry mav not be (that discretion .which so emphatically becomes my tariffed by the English, which -would make them 'situation. I beg leave to drink the heahh of your ) more dependent than Jamaica, which. at least .haS";lrdship, &.c. an assembly of Representatives and its privile ' March 10. gest,. - ... ; , :. ' .- y c. iev.civeu 11113 niujingiauiz papersiO- -Men withoitt Dolitv, without vef mat'e n serious at- out eiK i gy, my well allege that 'they will sub- tak upon Cadiz or the I le Of Leon, and-the Spa- ; mit to pay the tribute imposed by England, 'he-; ruarus are acuvtiy improving me means ol de CEfuse,it is lightbut will nof-rlje English fetl that fence. . The French' wish to carry on an active they would rather have the principle -admitted' .commerce of flags, cf., truce' They send in pro- -than increase' the tariff, because if this tribute, carnations and ad-fresies, which the Governor or-- now lighu should becorne insupportable, those tle,s to be burnt by the. hands, of the. commott ivho had refused to fight for honor, must then firht. hangman, , - N for interest. - . '. ' -' ' '. . .. -. The undersigned, frankly confess that France R0M TrHK w yok k GAriti. . has-every thing to gain by gi wing the Americans ,; , , . :-ie nndJmfiortaHt--2eX0'S. V a good reception in'-her ports. Her commertial The s,ip Cincinnatus, capt- Conklin. arrived relations wnb neutrals are advantageous to her, here last evening in 30 days from London.- The and She is not in any mannejealous of their pros- editors or the. New York Gazette are indebted I perity. Great, strong and rich, she is satisfied, Mr. Colt and Mr Austin, lor. London papers to if by her commerce, or thatof neutrals, her ex.- the 10th of last month inclusive." It will be seen portations give a suitable developn)etu...to her a ny the following extracts, that there is every pfos- griculture and manufactures.; - ( - pedt of a' spee'dy adjustment of all differences be- v It is scarcely thirty years since the Mates oi, tween the Unittd States and Great Britain and tiar . ty . in ' maintaining her orders ih'ouncil,' in ' that case me unoersieneq iscnaruea to actiaie 10 uic Dutch ministry and- nation, that the jresent aittl ationl of Holland isf incompatible with the cir cumstances or the Situation in which the .new principles adopted by -England- haveptaded the affairs of the empire and the continent. In con sequence his imperial majesty proposes . kI.Tb recall home the prince of blood whom lie had Dlaced on "the throne of Holland. The first duty of a French prince, plafeed in the line of hereditary i,ic6siQn tartheimperial - throne, America became an Independent Government in (it vyas belie'd in"' England) consequently a the bosom of theNevy world,: at the price of the with France. ' 7 '- '7;V '"''" ; 1 blood ot maay immortal men who perished on the The frigate John -Adams, . it was supposed field of Battle, in order to -shake' off 'the leaden? sailed, from Portsmouth on the 13th of March, for yoke of the English Monarch : Thete generous' America, iojbuch at Havre for a bearer of dis. men were far from, supposing, when they thus s- patches. vThe Juno, Bates, with duplicates of crificed their bloodfor the independence oi A me r- Mr. Pinkney's dispatches, sailed, aboiil tt sam icav that a questiorTwotild so soon aiise, of impos- tm;e for Boston.' "'' -'' ' "-..":''" ing on It k yoke heavier than that which they had ' It was said In England that noliinler would" shakeli bftj iri su&mit(ihg its industry, to the tariff at p'r6eht be .sent out as it -was suppottd, Mr ' of British legislation, andto-the Orders of Comiy Pfnkney's arrangements would supercede the n ciLof -1 8O7. .4 , : ,-. ' . - v '- , . cessily of any further netrbciatidn.1- ' - ' ;- lftierTTlhe 1 Amertcan "lhiisier wiTTenTerTinto It was the general opinion thai there would bl an jngagement mat nrnwican vessels snau 1101 a cnange iiivtne ministry, insever.u divisions in sbbmItc;ilieaOiirffr.0 Cbnncil, of ferliajinfm?ntpjj.l,.;d p'enf n tfteiminorlt November 1807-nor to'.anv decree of blockaderLord Chatham had ivMirtird. unless that blockade-shall bectar, the .nndersisrn- ,,,."-, LONDON, Marcn 8, ed is authorised to .conclude every species of con- .The, Earl" of 'Chatham L has-resigfnecf the .pot'.'oj V ventioh. tehdihg to renew the Treaty, of '.Qommerce jiias h--3-yith America, and in which' shall be' arranged all acted with, proper .dffereiiiet to the' vote f tlio the .measures proper to consolidate the Commerce-house of commons. His lordship's j esignutfou and the prosperity of he Americans. ., V. -v a's tendered to liisrnajesty 'at the 'Levee yster- ; ' . -The undersigned hasUhougbf it his duty to day, 'ipd; accepted." . Tile. Earl of .Harrington li. answerhe'verbal overtinresbf, :the.American mi- beeri' talkd of as his lordship's successorbut nister by-a -written note, in order that the rresi- murt contSs tnt in ahylrtangenieiu to wmcu prd Chatnam's resignation wi!L gtre rise.,, -we dent of the United State's .may.,1 better know ihe Lord amjcableinteirtioiisf Frahee-twardMlUm r -r- 4 :,t i:i x ' : ii " , Jj . ... I r" - -' . , 1.
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