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ri. ,-',r i.',-4..Wj:.if. T ; -V- L-:.L r IV I! IV ,11 - 1. j . r. ,4i .cftNTisbATioK or "t-V----" tt w' restricted' in its Operation to ine territory of. (of the 2d.iasnf)pf, wJucKcopywinoVfns . v-- : Vvl "ev '-'.'. the United States, aiiaihat itwasaulrbrpmulkat, ed. J lwas notktUfacloryandi5iind out it yr. f " (No. 2.) .b, V, V V- ' :-:mA. Par&AOtk: Motet, I8l0v. '" ' -. . ' L. ---'1. rJ. ..Vx 'kTf )linrv.' nffltiri!'. tne tuiicea states, ana; that u was truly promulgate td there rid in EuropieforeV txettitioit,Will W. almo Unnecessary lo'Tepeat rthat f a ; law of such description canftot authorise'a meastire of re prisal, Wquallf sudden and; aiUnj inJtsVnac(irieu and pphcationj founded on no previous wrong productivei of ;n6pri?vious 'complaint, and operat ing beyond the limits of his. majesty's territories and wjthlnV those of sovereigosvwbo had evctrT wi vited ;the commerce of the ;United States to their pQttsv : ' :''-:v ' ; :- ; ,., ? i It; is' therefore "the thrd . subject onfy, (the reason of the ; rAvyhicli reoaains to bVtinmoied';'',ind with regard to it I may-observer that if the alle ed fact which forms this reason be unfounded, the reason itself failiiftd.ithrrighf.vl view of :the business' I, rtay be permUted to eiv quire, when and where any seizure of a; prehch Tessei'has taken place tinder the non-intercourse law ? and' at-the sime time to express my firm persuasion, mat no sucn seizure nas oeen maue i - Verbal message from your .' excellency, stating, - that his' majeity haj decided, thatllie American ' pntrty seized InlUicI ports" of Spain should be ,Xjd,; but that the money arising therefrom should jLtcraii'-mdepo:!..:..-!:1''-. ' iVV :;. ; On reuvtng this information, two questions " feeed' them'selvea', V'V ' '.;''.' ' lsU Wbeibcr this decision was, or.was not, ex. "tcndel 'io fciF aV well as to cargoesandri , ' jWJ?viit&r the money arising from the sales -imch miehtbe made under if;.would, orbuld not Be subject to tne hsuc v iuc uiuvv.- JWmati ;charwdVith;:th;Vdeliofl ...A't.Hk"nneat!bb$lit; become, mr duty, to pre- nvftrnmrit afad of the Journals of the country. atnt them to ybur excenencyj w cav etin TOorC on the positive declaration of seve lurion of them. Nor is it less a duty t on my. part ral ven informed and'jrespectable persohs who to examine, the ground on which liv majesty has have left America a lata at the 56th ofeicem "been pleased to takelhVi deeisionj which I und stand to be that ; of retaW, auggestedjor the hrstFrench re having violated the law, no seizure time in the note you didme the honor to write to of such TesseJ has occurred, end thaUhe report me on the Hth ultimo. In the 4th paragraph of hich has reacted Paris Utobably founded 01? a this no'teV it is said, that Ilis majstyncouk ncircumstance altogether unconnected with tha noa i.,tK. on the measures taken by the U ;ntirrniit- iw nr iti; vtnppBtTh'n. States, who, having ne grounds of complaint a-( Though far from wishing to prolong this letter, gainst France, have comprised her in their acts;icannot cim t without remarking the great.and of exclusion, and since Jhe. month, of .May last! auddeil" ehange wrought in his majetyi lenti have prohibited the entry into their ports of mfint?wtth regard to the defensive aystem adopt French vessels, by. subjecting them to confisca- ed by the United States. The lWf which is now tjon." j. "i Vv V , -',1 v V-;V; ;. ; believed to furnish ground for reprisal, was first It is true that t)e United States,have since the commanictcd to his majesty in June or July last, 20th of May last forbiddenth eojry pj 1 the.-tciite :..mf inapicionr vessels into their harbors auu ji ls aisq-nyc feeling jjntnendly tp the American government. the penalty 01 conuscauuu r.iun, Uut..i.vu , r ar jromtms, us communication was lmmeciiaie of this law But in what respect does this offend jy followed by overture of accommodation, which, France I Will he refuse to us the right of regu fough productive of no -positive arrangement, did lating commerce within pur own ports ? Or will not make matters worse than they found' the hY. she dtny.tluU the l-'latrfti question is a regulation! On the 23d of August last I was honored with meftiy municipal I. Examine it both as to object a fuU 'exposition of the views and '.principles Which and means what does it more than forbid A me- fcjd"gnvcrned, and which should continue Jb go rlcan ships frorp going into the ports of France, vern his majesty's policy in relation to the United and French' ships from, coming into those of the States, and in this t do not find the slightest United States? And whyVthis prohibition f; To a- trace of complaint agiaiHtie provisions -of the Void inyury and insult $ to 'escape that lawlessness, jaw in question. . Which i declared to be a forced consequence of At a period later , than the 22d of Atfgust, an th 'decrees of theVBntish council." . If then its American ship, destined to a port of Spain, was (of the 2d insane)' of wjiich acopy sinoweoclos cdi' VI; fa; iiotratUfactorynd4l ?ined out its deficiencies id VLbr iW and bf onosed to , him that' I should ' write; him another letter- requesting explanations. T He as-l sentea 10 inisxoursej anu, . UAVGJ vimwi . tuiu the letter of the 7th instant, of which also a copy iS enplosed.V teply ha; been promised ver; fre,quehtlyr but Ka not yebce-eceived; I have reason to expect that it ' will be sufficient ; 6ut I cannot "think of detaining the corvette anylon ger. V ;Xhe VlJritish packet will furnish me with anV" oprwrtunity of Jbrvvardina i,t- to lyou .ahdl'I will send Mr. Lee with, it to Paris, by the way of Morlaix. . . , ' , x ; il T---1 ' I have the honor to be Stc. The Hon. R. Smith, &e. ', ' V' 4 : , ; (COPY.) - - ,, From General jtrinttrong to Tirik'nty'fC ' a' 1 P.V 4c 'r.i.,. 'loin '!' yf. 01 juut leuer 01 Hit 7th .'.U'.sUftU r4r Uicxplaotto'mcttefofiiii4:l5l!! the bldckadea; oFwnce insum tain'dirrlhg the present warr beSurt tk January, 1807. f ItThe blockade, notified by Grat fer 1806, liasncvsr beaTor.irfw'itSr?l8'5 not therefor be accurately stRctioris, which-it established, r'J11''1 me vroer 01 council ot the 7th of t 'v we vuui(Jitsiiucu uiiaer the mor restrictions' Of that bi!er. ; No mtL (iC the ports ot FrantTj was instituted biT tain between the 16th" if U Ti, of Januarv. ISOT. xrhtmn. t,.. l, ' nir- inQtitiltfrl nn ihn Tk ;.t r . fi&still in force." I, beg you Jo accept the assurances 0f i; I siderati("n, with which I We the W,. ?! object be purely defensive, wnat are us means 1 captured by a French privateer. An appeal was Simply a Aiw, previously ?and generally, promul- made to hia majesty's minister of war,. who, hav-, gated, operating solely within the territory of the jng submitted the case, received orders to liberate United States, ami punishing alike the infractors all Jmerican veateli destined to SfianisA fiortt which o-fl'u 'whether citrxens of the said states, or others. htd not violated the Imperial decrees. And what is this but the exercise ot a right, conw Another American ship, at a point of time still rnon to llBtionsiorxeluding at their will Jo-7 later than thecapturc ;bf , thi preceding, wai bro'f feign commerce, and! of.enforcing that exclusion? into the port of Bayonne, but having violated no Can this be deemed a wrong to France ? Can this faio of his imajesty, was acquitted by his council of be regarded as a legit'mate Cause of reprisal on prizes f and lastly ' - ' ' ' the part of a power, Who makes it the first duty of In the long conversation I had the honor of Ikitbns to defend their sovereignty and who even holding with your excellency on the 25th of Janfi denationalizes the ships of thpse who will pot sub-.' ary. no idea bf reprisal was maintained by you nor acribe to the opinion. . j suspected by me ; but on the contrary, in speaking But' it ha been said that the " U. btates had : of the seizure ol American property in Spain, thing to complain of against France."- ' j you esprcssljr declared, Uiut it was feot a onjitcm- Was the cap'.ure and condemnation of a ship tion. Can proofs be more conclusive, that from the first promulgation of the law down t the 25th of January' levst, nothing in the nature of reprisal was CQntemplated by his majesty f What circumstance may have since occurred to driven on the shores of. Fraiice by'stress of wea ther ind the perils of the sea nothing i Was the feiaureand sequestratiorrof many cargoes brought to X'rante in shfpa violating, no .law and admitted to regular entry at the imperial custom houses nothing? Wustha violation of our maritime j product a change in hia opinion, I know not; but rights, consecrated "aslhey ;have -.Ueen- by 'the so- j the confiueh-ce I feel in tjre open and "loy al policy knif lonns of a ,puohe treaty nothing ? In a!of his majesty, altogether excludes theVdea, that word, was it nothing that our ships were burnt on the. rule was meiely found for the cca$ionand the h.ii setis, witnoui ouicr uusih-c uihu mui Di maue 10 jusuiy seizures, nor. omerwise justifiable. 1 pray your excellency to accept, See. etc. (Signed) : JdHN ARMSTRONG. His excellency the Duke ofCadore,' ' - minister of ExterioT-Relations. - - - UIonriP2 to the United States ; or other apology tl u.r, .-U to be loutid in the enhanced safety 'of the pv -:c'!tor ? Surely if it be the tluvy of the Ui S-.i 'li io resent the. theoretical, Usurpations of the Bri'bh oi-ders of Nov.' 1 807, it cannot ibe less -; ( duty to complain of the daily andVpractkal uutrag.es on the part of France I It is indeed true that ye ra'. tlic -ueopXeJufjlh " of policy, of honor'and of energy (as has been in- sinuatedy they might . have adopted a system ttf discrimination betWfen the two gr?at belligerents j . .. they rrftjtit have drawn imaginary lines between '..the firsj. onu secqpd aggressor; they might have resented, in the one a conduct to which they tame ly submitted in the oilier, and in this way have ' .patched -up. "a. compromise between honor and in : tercst, equally weak and disgraceful. ,But such , was jiot theoiT9&4lievpursu5dn a necessary -consequence of the justice of their measures that theyare at this day afiTiidependent ' 'ration. But I. will not press thisjjart of my sub V ject ; it would be afiVontful' to -your excellency ! (knowing as you do, that there are not- less than . one huridred American ships wuhin his majesty 's posseisiont'crthat of his allies) Vmultfply proofs " that the United, States have grounds of complaint against France. 2V. -. ,'. . ; X My attention U necessarily tailed to another part j)i the sarhe pafa"graphr which immediately follows the quotation already made. . As soon" says X 'yur excellency, " as his majesty was informed : of this measure (the non-intercourse, law) it be- came bis duty to retaliate upon tlie American ves- Tsels, not only withip his own territories, but also '" within the countries under his influence. In the jx'rts of. IHlIand, Spain, Italy and Naples, , the -''.'AnVgrtvaVessdshaYe been seized; because the " time' i'cajis h;l seized Freneft vessel. ':lrtXi":'"' 'j hese'rtmarks ditide themselves into the fol : lov.ir.jr heads : : ,;''.;. -zr7: ' '.7 V . V : " . 1 st7 Lhej right of his msjesty to seize arid con fiscate American vessels, wrthin his own territo-. rtr' " '-' -' 2d.- The right to do so withiu the territories of "VcMs allies f and - ' -,X: m . j'.;'; ;V .'V-'V-';'':':d4Th.'e,'jre'aspn..of thatrightTvisv " because 'A '':.. Tfiericans liadsetzed jPrench vessels.". '"' v . The first of these subjects has been already ex--r'-f-ietnihed ; and the second InuSt be decided like the' - first, since his majesty's light s within the limits of his ally cannot be greater than Vithin his, own ii men n nas DeennewnyixnaL-ine,norianter 1 course law was merely defensive in its object ; imi'it was lut mdedtjit guard against: that Sir, London, Ftbrutiry 19X, 1 3 10 I received on the"12lh )ristant,"by lVTr.'Powel, whom I had sent some time before to France,' a letter from General Armstrongr inch a copy is enclosed ; and, keeping in view the instructions contained in your letteT te me of the 1 1th of No- vcmber st, I have written to Lord Welle9ley,Uy1i.uAM Pisknet, Esq. iu tiiuiic n usuici any, nu, u . uny. i;iai UIOCK. ades of France,, instituted by CTrt Britain during me present. war, ., netor the 1st ot ja A letter from Mr, Secretary Smith of the. 1st of December last, mate it my duty' tov enquire of his Excellency the ,Duke e Cadore, what were theV Conditions -on which hisleajelEiii: pjerrfQuM'annul--iis decreej oommoniy ! called the' Berlin decree, and WhetherHf Great Britain revoked her blockades of a date anterior! to thai decree, his Majesty would coasent to revoke the; said decree i To these questions I have this day ' received the following answer, which I hasten to convey to you by a special messenger. - "' ' , V ANSWER. " ...'.: : " The only condition required for the revocatU on by his Majesty the Emperor of the decree of Berlin will be. a previous revocation by the Bri tish government other blockades ol France or part of France, (such as. that from the Elbe to Brest, kc) of a date anterior-to that of the a foresaid dtcree."- , " I have the honor to be, With very high respect, 81c. (Signed) , JOHN ARMSTRONG. T""' - , (COPY). . ;. Cte& Cumberland Place, Feb. 15, 1810. My Lord, "t - '.'-.,-In pursuance of the intimation ivhich I had the honor to gite to your Lordship a few days ago, I beg to trouble your . Lordship with an enquiry, whether any, and if any, what blockades of France instituted by '.Great Biitainjluring the present war, before, the l&tday oLJanuary, 1807". are understoed by his Majesty's gbvernmejrt to.be in force. I am not able at present to specify more than one of the blockades to which.this en quiry applies; namely, that from tfie'llbe to Brestj declared . in .May, 18Q6, and .afterwards limited and modified ; b, ut I shait be much obliged to your Lordship forprccise information as to the whk. ' V ' . I have the honor to be, "AVith the highest consideration, , My Lord, . . Your Lordship's, moTtlibedienf Humble servant, (Signed) Wm. PINKNEY. The most n'Ule, V The Marquis VeIlesley, ;Scc. Stc ' , Foreign 0cf7rf.f$,.'.! It..:. ' Sir, . ; - . ' - ' ' t I have the honor to ackrwledgc the receipt of your note ol. the fifteenth ultimo, wherein you reqicst to be informed whether any, gnd if anyj what blockades of France, instituted by Great Britain during the present war, before the Mm day of January, 1807, are understood by his n a jriYy's" government to be in force ? . 1 have now the honor to acquaint you, that the coast, rivers, and ports from the river Elbe to Brest, both inclu sive, were-notified to be under the restrictions of blockade-, with certain modifications, on' the 1 6th of May. 1806 ; and that these restrictions were af terwards compret ended in tbe: Order of Council .of, the 7lh' o'ia.mlry:.iaoy'whlcK-ofltH:ir force. . ; : - I hrtye the honor to be, . . . . Vth great considera'ion. Sir, 4 Your wiAt ob lvumbla servant, - Signed WELLKSLEY. tSigrittt7""v-fjTri nnuary 1807,- are understood here to be in frce. A copy of .my letter to L.ord WellcsJey is enclosed. It is not improbable this bfnelar enquiry Will produce a' declaration, in answer to it, fht none fof those blockac'es are in force ; an"d I should presume thst such a declaration will be received in France as. substantially satisfying the condi tion announced, to mt by General Armstrong I am not are that this subject could have been brought before the British government in J any other Jorm than that which I have chosen. Jt' would notj.I 'ihink have been proper to have applied for a revocatiqn of theblocka'des In qucs tion,. (at least, -before it is ascertained that they are-tn existence) or to have professed, in rny let ter to to Lord WellesJey,. to found upon. General Armstrong' communrcation" my : enquiry as tp to the ir actual state. I have, howevcrrs'upposed it to be indispensable (andvfrVcted accordingly) that I should explain to Lord Wellesley,' in cover sation, the:, probability afforded by General Arm strong's letter, 'that 'aeclafattoif by f this govern ment, to the effect above' mentioned, would be foilowed by. the recal of the' Berlin decree.' 'y... I cannot, perhaps, expect to - receive from Lord Wtllesleyt'ah answer to my letter, in tine, to send a copy by the John Adams, now in the Downs or at; Portsmouth ; but I will,send it by an early opportunity, and will take care that Gene ral Armstrong shall be made acquainted with" it Without delay -Vy:: V : ' ':'- . V ' . ' "" 1 ha'e:Oat,.Jippor4tp' bf vV, 'V,r; - ' : : -V- :' X " ''&fVy'it.li eatiwnsKleratiopi" . -1 r-x. .'; y 4'our most obedient - .' " " V r ' Humbla servant, . , - - ,f;Pf, .S,..rt5v. f3f,.,l,ll. S,hue , wi ting f r . ; (COPY), . V v :: ; . : Gret CumberUid Place, 7tl, MisJ,, 1,81(5. My tord,' f . . '--- '- " v I have had the honor to receive your lord ship's answer, of the 2d instant, to my letter of the 15th of last monthj concerning the blockades of France instituted by, Great Rrjtain during the present war before the 1st day of January, 1807V " T infer from thai answer that the blockade no tified by G.- Britain in May, i 805, frosn the. Elbe' to Brest, is notitielfiK force and tliat the restric li6ns,"whleh iteslibtished, rest altogether, so far M such rewrictionf exist at. ibis time, upon' an Order of Orders In Council issued sisce - the first day of January, 1S07. . I infer also either that no other blockade of trance was instituted by Grtat: Britain during the' period above mentioned, or that, if anylfbth'ec was instituted; during that period, it is riot now in force. MayI beg your lordship to do merji6 honoiUii tnform me whether these inferences are: correct, and if incorrect, in what respects they are so. . I have the honor to be, V . . ''Witli th'ehigheSf consideration My LouW-; .,HVV,v! , Your Lordship's mbst obt hum. serv't, :(Sigaed)v '' ' . Y n. PINKNEY. The. most. uoBle the Marquis WeUeblty (sfc lc. :-:V'-.'..'V'"Vi;-.-' (.-V-U,-V;;. :,.x x.: '-...'W, Extract 9 a Une- fa .. :X-:; :. SmH, elated March TTi IS Q. f .V '. f I have the honor to enclose copy of Lord; Wellesley's reply to my letter of the 7th instant respecting the the Berlin decree. . ..s ; " V . ; -' ' .- v ''' " -.- ... . . '- - onaon, Monday, .,lril Jin, , ... - 4 ... hnnnr in rriv n .1 T" T : ? .LV II..!.. , -U.t.l (oy ur. j,ogan in uic uruisn i'acke'W . 1. - .u rc.u f-L. vjuu. wt mc iuui mil ami 1 wm-x toruary. a nart uut; unit y ouu iiiai ani !u ,! vv Ciicbicynio-iiioiruw. . ---.. , a. novcun jiwwi w uc, wun great cons:H 3ir, your most ooeoient, niuuble ierrint. Tht Hon. Robert Smith, Is'c. tf:, u Cofiy of a letter JroTfi Mr.- Pinfcnev to Qw strong, dated London, iid March, M DEAR SIR, -" Although I have detained the cofMi. longer than 1 wished, Tarn not ret ahlPJ you the result of my applica.ticn to thi J ment concerning the Uruiih blockades of i; prior to the. llcrhn decree. I expect torn in a very few (lays, and will immediately U it.i'j you ay ivir. xte, oy ir.e wjyot MorL. it seems that the r rench government wiD mit. a messifengcr to land at any other port. 1 nave the honor to be, Sec &c. Signed . W.l His Jixctllency Gen. Armstmig, . .' Naw Yo-rj:, June.,1 ' T : . W "'J -V"":'l''''""L:''rri' " day break, apackofugiy does got into an i sure at the confer of Litr.om nd Arundtil-sJ 1 1 - ""'. f HI..'.. I 1 . ,1 aim aiiacK.cn n ubm ui xienno Sfieen, uttlil ported from Spain, which cost the owJ thousand dollars eachr and after ctfrsfeiJ sistance fiom the animal, killed, the & drove the ewe into the adjoiivng ne:?q V hether the practice of keeping lar rd ot uselessdogs, and Irequently by psrsor, children ' are neelecttcLiiiQie thatiihesti qnadrupeds requires the interference of lis gistracy, as su;ested by a spectator, i tor the municipal pohceto determine. Extract of a letter from, an American !n ' Paris t to his friend in this e;y, dmti M " I send you a file of newspapers principally, filled with descriprionj rdatmi mar rietre of the Emperor. Throui;h utn strong, I obtained a ticket of admwion tj dav to the" eallerv of rfeintines. TMiM is near fburteen .hundred, feet ' lo'.g tail bread. The Ctilmpr is archd, of great a and magnificence. The -wall on each fcl lined with upward of three thousand supciti 'mi's. This irallerv connect the Paiwi Thuitlerics with 4hat of the Louvre, sIsrj 1 the Emperor and Empress passed en this'' nn. It waR.linerl bv ahnut- sei'en thoa!- nle of both sexes.'-all in. .elecran't haW Such art. assemblage .of be.aaty, riches and wl nnnnrtnnit v nf nftrrnmiv YifWinfr tiit'J" -"'j ri;-- .- - 1 . . nnrl ths r-rand di nitari(ll in -their tr; have so often read description of NapolcK it would be folly in me lo attempt t?g"frl - ....rr ... ... hsvm; him, 'it is impoisible to forpet hiin- J-1 Indr fihnxf thff . Common K'.J.'-ii figure, blue 'eycs 1 and of-digni, M Upon lbs ivholtf she woulT be called in 1 .Statt s-a fine romely worna'n. I had 1 . . T ir. I " I do not think it of such a aature as to justify an expectation thatgeneral 4rmstrongwill be a- DiarcrTnase any useotit at ransTPuTTi shall ne Wst. PINKNEY.. -jvcftheless conwy t Knrt fhoftVstance'e) ityi t itlifi' iaili lint. viucijr frvuj dii- - - 1 nf ihf l.,nnvf's. On 1u-r hc'ad WS3p!iceVJ; nf rliimnnds. hriUi'an't bevolid eXP55 rrtiivn W nm nV -MtVtn wllh 3 double WW kn with diamonds venvrich. Ic :S sUPj . r .t ' ' fr.trr.:o cpsi ui una incas wua uii" . " 1 lie Kiucr of Nanles hs alreJ'Wv'l diet coiifisidated all the propM'ty f 11 . j sequestered in-his ktngdoni, " ifr states.1' " . ' . Nassau paper, '. of the ' I'iUUlollUiilltUt UI UIC , ,U. Hi . . r .;.:. i....-.llwine tw 1 I dated tne i5tn 01 Aiav vm ;: . ,v. n tat ion in British ves.eisjoniy,. . . StitesyoFtobacco, fitch, tar, '-r j: i.... ;,tiAf.. shrneksor any sort, breadbiscuu, iou, rr'i toes, wheat, rlcf oats,, barley, " - ; fort;:fcrViinVited tuheV'-;; f'r4;-y A'lctter "from Kew-Ojcan'i !-(' bur nort h full ul; I renom ft- v , and I tear our traae wia ; -!'; . tion from them thB suirmh , 7 - ' t.rffrs from- GatteriiuT' X'Xist mhrnln by ih.e" way;of yfKjj t.: an English armed vessel, $jp mK -rnteted a Swedish -poiT.-lvv -,Xni' she was immediately ordered a. consenuence or, mis f, derlaied fhe pWt SJh Ba'ftf if 'VSV.;.'Sv"V "'".? '"''"""" "' -4-
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