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t,?; -:r ; Thursday, Siarsi;" m;-":1!) rvwr1 - llLUiL'JlLiJUJ-iJ:-1 IXC-ill'.' ;'th1l'h1featir.- flnrIX)... W,tr sn iLirfi JnrliT. . . ' ' 4 'f L.. t"' . l'lll Jl ' i . iercn. a nev jprre nn toeen issued the Danish pAtcbe4, reueptinir the &lIMt tiN prohiWteft, utler more severe benaItic'thr.h'Anv I nTitmifMl tv'nW5Ml ui - j . n. r", . ' ' . j , fjv..., lywvui, P'inuu lire CRUHIrKS I " 1 . yet infljct4 by ttifecrucl Nauoleon. -"It iaderfar.f lldrtanart.at rr..U.?.-1 -aJw5K A td fcl;-, )jwisbable,liv-c:et.th; m the. captgrjfoir. nearly cruslieJ. 5ThVifci!.Si J nkfa sh.; tiatntuuiliix intercourse with Endvlthelr miSrM m1 f.,i, -tr-, - 1 dna ' ' ' Mine Alexicans mto ttln. ,wiih vr.ri't "1 I ' . -7. v i v V loniUnl t I nVunA.tA. Lx-k mJS tt i . All'-. s '. . i---. 3l.f. .. I l-kVV'"; ",c" vrtj.nx u-;ss, lesson e Co w to time coK-SHjgf, tti&m&hU&fTi every opportunity; fcngfixjni tefct'UKi' !nitfnoo5bv.tte;.v Kire4-' to ' Woce4 A secreii tMrTi'i I, From the Connecticut Courant Cntler the- present order of thingsfd would issm hardly worth whi!if For thi tquniry to bt ; t tiit ast expeice of aupportirt a body of men caM thecQtgre,Qf thttjt?,'$tates ; since the Pie idetit, alone, can manage the; al!ay-8 of the na- tion'0)d H so ojjlig'mg a to take in o hu 4wn , harulthe. buaiheas eajiressly comnyrted to the wtisbr .tbe. cvhsijiution. . Underlie' old Frencfrovernthfint th 4incrt ' toceihe r wuh Am priyy council, htU frpm4iwe,to tain a Jled if juMiccf jihwp yii?tMvi K"Aflflf VreY" iWer 'enact JP'4'fl lad wkVj mere to. do, thaw U regttr thei- rufi editftt. , Those, mock parliaments were the ttmdinR .jesfs of thd world, even at Frenchmen themselves. They were considered, Very deservedfy, as use . Jcsa bodies ofmen J and their sittings were rkli ' culeif as a sdemn farce.1 ' - Iit ofte late instance, the footsteps cf their most Christian Majestiesi the former1 kings of France, Jwye been closely folio ,ved with us. The I'resi deot et the ynited btates, arrogating io hirasclf fh whole power of confjres, arrofjaiinj?; to himself the power of legfsbfion, the power of levying droops and money, and the poVerof makir-.g war .-taking these essential and most impflriant pow- -cri of congress into his own hands, he directs, by liis proclamaiion. and accompanying orders, the forcible occupa'ion of WesbFlotj'ja. He di recti the annexation of that territory to the Wvv Or. it.. .. , tnuo itnnwi. nc appropristes money tar thei Ff6m the ConncCtttUt tcktratit. IT happened about 10 years ao, tttat the'tnsr' lish house of commons, by certftiri misaJvenfGres were thrown-into such perplexities and conftisle that' the knew; not how to steer their course; or what measures to propose." The members had sat together for .'some .'.time, id .sullen sHencfc.j nen sir uumey v;arieton, who had been a sea voyager,, arose; and spoke as follows s - '1 find by a great silence in this house, (hat it is a 3t time to lie fttrd, , if youpleaiid'to v&k. the piMtchce, I may yerr;lfjt;cortjaf; ihepiea. Vinrfss o- this (iduaiTntd some of my misfortunes bjr sea, in ray travels for as we wenf hound unto Marseilles, '-by-.oversight of the mariners we mistook our course, and by ilf fortune met with a sand ; Ihut was no sooner, Qvetpat, but we fell on another ; and having escaped this likewise, we met 'with a third, and in that we stuck fast ; all the passengers being much dismayed by tin's disaster, as now we are here in thisi house, at hut an old experienced mariner, upon consultali-J onralnrmed, that the speediest way to come out from the sand9 was to know how we came there. M, well looking and beholding the compass, he found, by going in upon such a point we were brought into that strait ; where t'orei we must take a new point to rectify and bring us out of dan. ger.'V ' Tn-.s slovy of old sir Dudley is no less iccom woedition. .5 He m.klAw. t,v , ' ; 1 MK"W lo ce" great ,0,ks " " sde of question, tie, nnmes a poVerr.or, and Kivek him, yl r-thm. lt J" M lhat W the En Kition over after this Is done, cos rT T PTT"1 Unittd IP come toprcter. For what 1fertbj$'W Th.s pohucal jr .. . V. . . . ..snio, lor several of tree 1!.. vir: ha i....n ibey frame and bring forward a bill, containing the very same articles which were contained in the President's procf4nia:icfti and accompanying 'Whence came Mr. Madison hy the authority he exerciitd in this instance L Most certainly, the copsiituiion did not give h , him nor did he de nre it from any prior htw of congress. It was, therefore, unured authority.. What brought Charles I. to the blok f Arrogat JDS to himelf thf nfii Mhirh ti,. fjur. ,.f vo. empioyvuu possible means, per fas et ntfas, tpjpt pm Jnd aXiewf?d if r!fy fcwe fur fhe purpose of St izintf possession of Sdi- Ciih territory. .Yet he did not accomplish-tms uricyis purpoa? ; nor did he actually invade the territory in question. What has Mr. Madison iohc i He; has actually invaded Spanish tei-ritoiy. iua an armea torce, and haa tafetn possession of U , ' mn?j 'the ''quicksands," striking now against one sand bank, and then aeainst another : anrf tho danger of wieck and ruin has beeiv and y et is con--tantly increasing. In the tneatitime all 'is, con fu sion and hubbub aboard ort rat her stunefrtctinn. Now if the captain and pilots of the roiiiirrJ ship would but consider how thev rani" -.'Peerage of tha Iief!mti (Rese dangerous shoals, and resolve to retire their J " The third resolution -prevents the Regent from cowse, there would-betyet some charce'of es.si,r5aP y office in reversion, or granting any 'of cape. This ship, whilst Washington comoiandedifice ior ny 'other term than dun ,g his majesty's er,' was t.ne very lest sailor in the world, and P,eSUPB except such as mt by law recniired for wm,c irucKi or sprung aeit Leltet.irfe received fron Holland vestcrdifv . f . a w i "J I" 1 : . . .... , to tne c tjie2l instant. v i he conscription 'was extend children of ihe age of thirteen. The Syhe'icfit was moored in. Huppel It,is nian th of war tSefe, Tia'i refuse is to ft ceed; fojJHolland,. and "that thefnish tivs which were ordtrw .toironiDer hWM liad decned any interference- ,w. , " -J' . ""'"; j ' January IK ' We have reason to believe, that at length; the Marquis Welles ley has seriously applied his mind to the consideration of the important Question of the orders in council, and has advised his'col Ieagues in officeao come; to come to "a final reoo- lution on the fiibject. On Wednesday last an or der was sent for an armerl vessel tn to rearlv a! moments notice to carry Oisjaicheslo America, and we understand they were yesterday dispaich-ed.' On Sunday last, Lord Crrnvi'.Je had an audi ence of three hcurs with the Prince" of Wales, suppoif d to be on business lespeCting the present state of the Kingdom. a J.muarv 12. IVrterday tke depu'ation from both fkuses of . i uaiiit m wu.i io ianion tiouse to present to hh royal hiphne:5S the rewlutions,- to which, af ter a.lwg discission', the two houses had agreed. The fiiot n solution txpresies the-' necessity of providing for the exercise of the Royal Autho rity, f The, second resolution states, that the nower vesuu in me rnnce ot Wr.lt s, blu!l not extend to the crantine- of ativ rank or ilio-nit of th - , . -J . r, otftoirwin mi .treasjem, nme, seem practicaiyfi hem for the ftiitKimnvTw 1 of the dominion of Bonaparte' yp,::x niwuiaiBese passages meet theytf ffo'joa&V nammous Mr. Madison, we exKJtrtooO wciphi-" vi well the power and prowess of our .MejOcair :teifeh4'&ft bon rtrwho, he, will 4se, stormed an tuirhhA: & and almost imuretmable camn. ''tWUwt.. W 1-iJiZ'- 'C? I i .. u. .- -ri .ii, ur,vu .,- ,' l - t 1 ; v . 'uuiycu mwjsaiiu men, witu su trantion ; and th,ed C ' let him ask his own underatanding.'iwh he xttfrrt expjeuto gain by tlw contest he has invited. bi?" o -(. ---r", kviwai ui .uiuiucaimn. inK' This illus. ccrqpass. He life during rood behavior. The fourth resolution Drevrt rit- i;rn;f'nr of his majesty' real estate, or reaewal of Possessions of a nowr xn' U.iAki .-i ! ui a cause so holy as the resistance of Ll6Mi'"Mv yoke Beit. Ftd. Jiefn '- TRANSLATIONS. '; V"; s v Kr Vruz, February 11 izuf ' SauvTdpy (Jan. H) an Amerkaa brig and scfcooa ' er entered . with provisions,'?supnoSed to be iM-ce ' "Ul 8w"mwih immediately, aismissed;? ' n..x., omgrtyc mem nau an hour to remain ,' in port, because it is known, that their coming 4 here was not irJlucnced by the desire of succour-.' ing us, and it was therefore presumed, that theV' confusion oi this kingdom , wou!t allow .-off theip " A entering into clandestine negociattons, similar tta "f . I i .. . ... . " - - I ,.T ""I . . ... vawy tlcr lorwaia. ut Hot so Jefferson, Madi- ooserwa, " 1 do not hesitate to accept tha c son and 1,0. VVhilst 'their negligence occasioned"! tice aU(J situation proposed to me, restricted as But Aarofr Burr was a private citizen ; whereas Mr, Madison is President. of the.:UmtediStatc. Be it It aggravates rather than excuses the Conduct of the, fatter. It is in fact more criminal W ihj President to violate the constitution, than in t private citizen : 'because, if h drmpf i nnfi.i. . eiwpaituojibeythe constitmion-i arwl hfrasf..i ne oreafc througli, ithe warn, more than a With 01 the matter is. the President. 1ffv Ibt constitution gives him, has. no more power cfcticc-rns, the loss of countless miUions of prone rlv h.ithe ehdaruWiVotibliJ . V.' ."-"K'-nptcs oi our mer- private citiztn could do, -ThV Ttt is, the President, IJeyond what f 5 u.ad-r awlmjlnr tttt a private citizen' and if he owHeapa ll. uwwuuon, ;he is doublv (?u tv- As the ronsti. tuttDfi has devised a due balance between the sp J, --j , iw govcmmeni, n -any one Jranch arrogaW to itself more power, than is allot-; l t, that balance is destroyed, and of Ccnsfc- "ce ine noe constitution is subverted. -J Be-. J'oes, lrA1adison.may gobeyona4iis consiil uiuonal powers, in one instance, he ma, An it .ten,' or in a h.tfndred. If he csn.rcize on lVt Jlorida, by his soje authority, what is there to bin r him from: sending an army to take Canada, or Mexjce, or w.y "other foreign territory, that he "Rat thlf k hinlif-r tn Ji h such a sv,&terfuSe. Expedience has been "16 tyrant s blear, from ib l,.-tmTn r.,i, t,t $s...C.harltsI. of, England, plead exne- StiWUonal acts. Oliver riW,.-!! nt.,l -uai- wee to his usurpation. MVdid nbt lov,- ri Tk!"7 -n sP"Ch to his -parliament, he said, , lucre is not a man living can say I sought hi" m protectorship, no, ot a man nor woman w jading upon .English ground." And agaih . r 'n sav. in iH iwnhr r',i ..-..' ' the ship to become intolei ably foul.' ai.,1 .1-. rousjyikaky, they must Wed step 'her course. Henois she trot nrnonr the shoals : wl.er t. ;n be ; lost inevitably, unless, by good hap, there be a change of officers aboard,, or- unless (what is rather ;o be desired than hopfi)-ier present steles- lagK buoik, get out wir;re they came trey irt, sti.l retraining every opinion expres sed by me upon' a former and similar distressing occasion? - , s , To tht Lords and Gentlemen, he observes; ; You vill atnmunicate this my answer to me two - Houses, accompanied by my most fervent whlies BDcf prayers, that the Divine Will may ex tricate us ind the nation from the grievous embar in. unA ...... . . - -.-j- in,en taisowcdlhe track ;of fhe first captain. lo speak plainly, the vexationsattending both , rassintr of our present condition by he speedy our foifcivrn rela ions and r,ur inffrin,,. r restoration of his mai4ivi hplt l,. ' - i lie deputation then withdrew. A deputation also 'waited onthe Queen with the address and resolutions of the - tyo) houses which were r ead to her by Lord Harcourt . The Queen, after the tifih resolution was read, in answer observed, that - - " 1 rtjofa t)e wanting rtb all my duties if I he stitaied to aheept the sacred trust wTiich is now offered to me.' We cainot help indulging the hope, from the PresidflTty Message, that the , differences which, have so loiig djstflibed the relations between this country 3Ldilie-lUi;iud-atesrare likely to be soon finally adjusted. After alUas-tt must necessa rily te lioiopf art s ubject rather to injure our navi gation tbat)ur. commerce, provided they can be kepti-distinct, then; is the less reason to be scep- wai as to t:ie since ritv ot the ri vnmtirtn f ia nursurevtba departure, by our late arid present -mniiiisirat'on, tram the wise, honest and dignified policy of Washington. That preat. and ood man was truly styled FaUier of hit Country. As well in peace as in war, his single object jyas his country's interest. He had no nol'iti n.rf ,n .tidd, up, no sinister ends to answer.- He had visteinmens to know, and virtue and resolution to pursue, ihe righr way. His pjlicjv both foreign and domcstrck was impartial, open, honest and lien curable. And had this example been followed, all would have been well. - , . ; The political mummery of his two lat sprs, who utterly abandoned the plain and noble tXUh that he mar!rrr1 nut u pain mat he . marked out, has occasioned most of decre''s' lc Pcars t0 be evidently the conjoint in. the. public-evils we have cause to apprehend, as lent of Er,!i, a;.d France, as well as" America, well as those we already have felt. .Noi sliallw!thal H th(t obnoxious edicts ami l eiiulatiom ever airain' see t'Srid 1 1 tllQ lr I I.1D - r..t.M .... 1 ' If itouchiinr lli r;oiii. w - - O ' "i UJUII Va II'I. iv wVujulLiLt UL ilCHLIillS. wic u. iiuies oe governecj with mole Wisdom tberrt w"lcn "svc.; given tliera soTiuch o8ence, sht axpresem. ine people have employed" their enT ".ml7WpeOilQ(roi)ii away. The bene deavours to gather giiipes cf thorns, and figs cf i fitof focigVu-ade,' well understood," are equal tnnilw long enough to be satisfied of ths 'fnii'ii1. vaftubie td all parties at all times, and the nfri liijin r,1'.. -.u - : 1 uiinc exjjenmsiu. ' ; v Nkw-Vouk. March 9. LATEST-XONDON.Nl.Ws. The January maiL brought bv he HpiiUK trnmcnt hired sch'r Thiatle, Lieut. nnt,u. 1 WflAmboy. She 1st of Janmr" aftrl wnvcasi away onaquam Ueath the 6h of rch of!lewjndthrci newspaper mails- were lost. ' Passenger Capt. J.G Ogden of the Seth regiment, wuh dispatches from the Bii'ish pov ernnient, to Mr. Morier.K At the" time of her de parture the King' was better, ami had appeared in public at Windsor. 'The Reirencv It; l n whom we ari but little nnrl'n .L' '.i w'' ... f"tj mii-'vl""""- -l I m I1I3UC, Liieu SI hc,enh'J would b,ve..bten glad to have,' rived .at this port last evening, vie, ot ?S n " y W.d ,d'' tDhave kept a flock sailed from Plymouth on the 3 1st "'M a this.".' Fxhcdlerlce UA mitr. t .k- Kwnentf-and to trample, the laws of his coun-f-? nder foot.' '. f'c ': .) .: -vw, ' Tlme was when; the citizens of the United States ;f ,J.e,alo?'la the extreme on this point. Pre.L :v "Wngton isaueci a prociahiation for a f.a tiiS, " kiVn& - No body could;dispute the them -"eiS nis4ipteritions, or the , propriety of W. ?ft' Kut h,s' a'ority for th.e' proclamation not round in the book. The constitution, they cclV,laVC, hirt? not suqh authority. This thing S3 r r w,i.cn nois5vnd heat ; . and Some even Hr' to a- n ' WhmentCdmpare that; with W'foclamaiwnr forthe' folt4tSIe:'''oc mou of West Florida. Compare the oVr. - jcakwsy of that dayiwith' the apathy of Alrearf. iT I a Blooisning cnange I V&a' -thc cotution become a nose of wax, ; " twist andcw shape at v " ""'u ";uiiiK l ue issex lrigate Mas at Plymouth, waiting the;orders of Mr Pinknev. A few days since, spoke brig Fairy,, from Gibral tar tbr New-York; x - - v ' -V nderttand the packet has brought dis patches h-om Air. Pinkney, for Government. " tors preparing the above verhaV n '. th 174: ot the Mercantile Advertiser ' hav- HWtfwiy wvorea witn nie-ot the London MornW Chronicle,, to the;i2th of Jaauary, inclusive,- from which l tha- followiiMf inlDortant Vi . -Z 1.. . j,...- -. a ; hh-i,wb ",'. , ... . .;: . '....('...... .: KPfde, od we must truit, js appi-oaching when it will be delivered from that inert and shackled state in wnicn it nasoi sate been doomed to remain. V We this day insert "the new-State Paper issuod by Bonaparte,, in justification of his Jjate outrage, ous act in annexing Holland and Hanse Towns, to the great family of the French Empire. In thisjaper there is the usual torreni nfinH;.. . gainst the jealousy and in trigue of England.' And vi.cus ui our impolicy; He now s.ivs. i,a, Berlin and Milan Decrees shall be the code of curope.untu w,c admit the: principle that -neutral flags shall nVdte free .goods ; and that nothine hut nn l .1 . . " "u; ui'JCKaiie snail ue admitted as a suf ficient ground for Seizins? a Vessel Pnirlno1 a Knur , me pioua language which, through the imbecile Councils of England, he is enabled to hold ! , ; - .. v . : f, - i If is mentioned, in letters from Paris, that through excess of Love, Na ooiean hhe Empress.' He attends all her stepSs- and his passion Seems to increase," as she advancesln her Y: 1 victories In Mexico, r r A cOrresDondent. mit-in nn'iUci r a.'';'.i I :.t information from MtL.: kw :.i r those they can led oh in Su Dcmingo, to the- injut ry of all civilized nations. Other expeditions, iC T appears, are ready m the United States, Tor thi Vij pert, but they will not have the pleasure Oft eiterV -' w ing the bay.'" - . y ! , ' Hi, '-' ''v -Extfactt of Letter. I:' i.-pij Hataxa, Feb. 2 Yesterday evening1 'arrfva. ;4 at this port fropVera Cruz, a schooner inT4 days, bound to. Corruana. The" caDtain sars. that, th ?I insurgents, to the number of 100,000 men, wera j defeated, sir leagues from Gaudksibat ,'fej?i action was very obstinate, that, resort was had A, tbe bayonet, but that bur troops defeated and djs t persdd the rebels, , who lost many of their .tte&akd i BO pieces of tanaon. " r&m kw v-'HivAfeFcb. 14-EneW f AmiJv XI - ' - . . 7". iu Wl. , 5 jy - . i v. "?yv fuww,(iwu wnictf may ar , -s riveof the vlctory of Calejavf shall areiully. sen4 ' you, but must acquaint you befotebJuVoV thAt al- '" f ...b.. u.v...suS.vi ,u is not said 1 that our tioopsr have entered CuadelexaraV tha fact is known from private leCUfs, 'of iMe'S :'i arejnpossession from thencer " Cit'. fV" -y -l -rem Ac Gazette gxtraortknary Vpo.Vani. ' ! . t ' v"'-'fr ' - .The troops which compose the ary of bpga- -i dicr Don Felix CalejaiijniYt been, crowned witbT t glory, in the brilliantcl6ii fought Oh the lTUii in the. nlains of f!aldmn.'f- Pi,-.- t.iT.. J , . 3T , T'r "UJt TWlci caitis. r wv.v. i uiu;i iiavc Msurca inemselves im ntortal lenown by theii loyefoV cursovereign7an4 by the constar:cy and repeated brave actioM'-'i' which they sustained the triumph of Our holy Ve ligion, andhe just ciwise of our coratnon eountW-' The following communication, whicV his tx llency the Vice-Roy has iust receipt. - j ! f reccr. rmatton from 'l5t liavtnna, ,has enabled us to gratify our 'readers cellency the Vice-Roy has iust received. nmV,. that no praise can be greater Uian the merit Of suet " valiant citizens. ; f , - - ; . SxRH is now ivcoci in he afternoan,, wa I have succeeded in pjacing mySelf itithe enemy 'a camp, which was almost impregnable, like all t ho hers it chuses, and garrisoned with 100,000 men and more than f)6 pieces artillery of every caliber! the most oi them the best in America, all of wnicli have lallen into my hands, ' ?r .;' The obstinacy, boldnessand constancy o'ftheso fascinated men, cculd be only compared to tho Wcu.jcnown vatour ot the troOps I have the honour to command. After an action of frbours, sustain ed with inflexible valour, I led them the third time, ' to the attack of a battery of more than 60 cannon, " well situated and well, served. I took it without firrog a shot, our troops sustaining- witH 'tnuch w,u;,k;m lc viuicih nre oi tneenemyi which they: conunuect untu tney lound themselves 8urlroUnciedl ''.(1 on alUides, and pressed: in their escape by our cirrff valry. -. ; 'V ..a..!5. The army suffered, some loss, and among tW V wounded is the gefieral cf cavalry, Qpn Miguel f Lmparan, m an action well sustained, with many ' other' circumstances, an account of wliich I have " '" -I .oouroe,io collect,,. out which I sua 'transmit W your excellency as sobn as jny vaflatis hgaKeP : " mentswdl permit, rejtommdii.g-t-you Uie?mnT -who have distinguished tliems'etvts. " ' v 1 I --I nsumed:inthection:ahi5..sfr ; mnon, but that, taken from the cntmy hk agwa V funyiupphed.:rne.-:';:7'-; , . 't''X?r?mjli T5' God prcsciye you many ycari.V:i::-:4 : v - '' ' : v :"V': FELIX CALEJA. - v : Camp at the Bridee of CaL'crf.r. - - 7 1 r 0tl. if . ( - . - - ' wa excellency the Vice Roy, .71 n 1 3 1
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