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'tresa'iog'Ba1'. of heroic emapriaraUtore" " ' ,,o-bDg is wanting to correspondent iri ihs UtCrc r ; " .. ' h arc in daly progress. v. 'declaration' - Th- earnest endeavors of tbe Prince Hegenrto 'serve the relations ol peace and amity with tne 1: ; ' . ;.i-s of America having unfortunately ' his royal highnessy acting in the name and , behal't ol n niajctiy, uciuHFivjr ... tjrc Lhe causes and oriem ot the war in s'ubfltantiafif.td T&bqVal. tn , rigtit pffmpVesam ber own seamen when found on board.. American merchant ships. The.; prppOMlfbf ' ,armistic, and of a simultaneous repeal ' of the restrictive measures oh both Vidsssubseouehtly mide by the commanding-omceLothi majest y V naval (bices on; the American coast were received m the same hostile spirit by the government of the Uni ted States. , The suspension , of the .practice of impressment was insisted upon in the correspon dence which passed on that occasion, as a laecefisa-tf-preliminary to a cessation, of hostilities V Nego. liation, it was stated, might take place without any suspension of the exercise of that right ; and also without any armistice being concluded 2 but t itoeexercise of the right in question, it is for them to bring forward such- a plan for -consideration. The British government has never attempted to exclude this question from amongst those on which the two -states might-, have to negociate It has. on the, contrary, uniformly professed its rea diness to receive and di$cus any profKsiton on this tie government of the U. States has com .ii 4iti to encaee. P HpsTre of conquest or other ordinary motives r1pffwssioivbbcen.or 'can-fee with any color of v 'lh x t..,H 1 1- WpitnT I hat reason, in uus ww,'""" ,v " " " u, rnmmercial interests were on the side of peace, war ctfuld have been avoided,' without thesacri-r.- Fher maritime riehlsor without any injuri ous submission to France, is a truth whicte the American EOernment will not oeny.. His royal highness does not however meano .' f Ul nwaktiMnlmn tA Ufl-lt-K h tc pent oil tne idvorauic picuiu"w y entitled. He is prepared by an exposiuon ne urcumaUacea which nave lea to uie preset wi, . '.t,,tha'. C. Britain has, throughout acted to wards the U. State of America, with a -spirit of forbearance and conciliation! ana to oemonsirate tbe io'tfmwafcW WrUinf Jihow fmrtetrsto, wbicli. have at length unhappU; involved the two coantfjes in-war. -"- -- - Here the declaration enters into an' hlatot ical account of the Berlin and Milan decrees and 'other hostile measurea.of Fraftce towards neutrals : the consequent embargo noh-intercourw and non im Donation cts'of he, American Congress, and the difftf retit: diplomatic representations and explana tions which have taken place oh those subjects be tween Britain and America, the particulars of( all which have been long heibre the public. 1 he (declaration then continues. 1 i The American government, before they received Mimation of the c6ursp adopted by the British go yernmeni, iiao m Vw? h first instance, either assume, or admit that measure of declaring war? and issuing- letters ofl - ; . , ...li-u .. t-j marque,'' notwithstanding they were previously in possession of the iteport Ot ihe l rench minister for foreign affiiira, of the 1 2th of March, 1812, o mulgatlng anew -the Berlin and -Milan decrees, as fundamental Uws bf the French enpire, undM- the false and extravagant pretext, that the monstrous! principles thereincbntained were to be found in the Treaty of Utrecht, and were therefore binding upon all states. the" penalties ot th.s code no nation was to "be exempt which did rfbt accept( it, not only, as the rule of its own conduct, but as a law,- the observance of which It was also required ;o enforce upon G. Britain. In a 'manifesto vaewmpanyrng their declarati,on of hbstiliues, in addition to the former complaints aeainst the orders ia CQunclha long list of ctiev anceswas brouslu forward ; sofhe trivial in them selves, bthers which had been frtmually Adjusted, but none of them such as were ever before alleKed Iv the American ffovernmeht to be grounds for ar. AJf to throw additional obstarles .iftjfbe. ar of ptftce,ttt AiSiCMcnfi tJong'ress al the same time passed a laW prohibiting fl intercourse with Great Britain 6f such a tenor, as deprived thevtx ecUtive government, according to thtr Presiden.'v own construction of That act, Of -all. power of restoV-i ing the relations of friendly intercourse between the two states, 16 far at least aS Cbnfceinfed iheiri jtammercial intercourse Until (J ingress (sfiOuld re assemble. The. President bttJtieU; S . has, it is true since proposed to G. o, aa arriiistlte not however, bn the admlssioh that the cause bf war hitherto-reliea' oh was retztqytd ; but on tojndiliah,. that G.B. as a preliminary step should do away a cause of war, bow brought Iforward as auch jfor tbe first time; nametff that siie should abandon' the exercise of hef undoubted right of Search to take from American merchant vessels British sea men, the natural born subjects of his Majesty; and this concession was required upod the,, mere assurance that laws would be enacted by the Lev gislature of the C. S. to prevent such seamen from entering into their service ; but independent of the objection rt) fta exclusive reliance od a for rign state for the conservation pt sa i vital an in terest, no explanation Wasj "or could be afforded fey the afrent who was charged with this OVertur. DOtffia te aftdif oi"iba Chxapeate. The agrc sion, in th instance, on the part of a Briush of-' ficeri was acknowledged, rliis condoxt was ilisap. proved, and a reparauon waa regularly tendered . by Mr. Foster on the lart of his majesty, and accep. Medbjrthe governmeot of tfie U S..r It is notleis j unwarranted in Its allusion to the ihissiorrol Hen ry i a raWtion underttken without the authority, Or even knowledge, of hit majesty's; government, and which'' Mr. Foster, was - authorised formally and of5cianyto.idisavpw.-The charge ot exciting Ueorge,; to any oi nn majesty's islands or do. " v tbe Indians to offensive measures against-the Uni.' minions in the .West jndies, in BiUish built hiri ted States is equally void of jfowndation. - Before the and vessels, wned . and. naigaied according, to warbecaii, a policy lhe tnoSt opposite had been law j j do, therefore, issue this my pric.matiorit ! uniformly pursued, and, prorf of this was tendered Rrirain wait rennired nrpvimisllr tn inrrft wilhnilt br Mr. J'liStCr to the" American ROVernment any knowledge of the adequacy ,of the s stem which Such are the cause of war which have been put could be substituted," to negotiate upon the basis of ; forward by the government of the U. J. . But the accepting the legislative reguiations of a foreign eal origin of the present contest will be found statp. aa th s6la nnivalent fur thfc cvptmsr of in that soirlt. which has lone; unhappily actuated the councils of the V S. their marked partiality, in palliitmg and assisting the aggressive , tyranny of France ; their systematic endeaviv to inflame their people against the defensive measures or . I,. right, which she has felt to be essential to the sup port of her maritime power. : . . if America, by demanding this prelimiriary concession, intepd to deny the validity of that: right, to that denial G. Britain cannof aclju'esce nor will she give, countenance to sucha preten I sion, by acceding to its suspension, much, less to its abandonment, as a basis on which lo treat. If he American trovernment-- has-devised, or con ceives if csn devise, reculatious whwh mrrMriiilA tS&fnl'la G. dutiwan. f , 'Z ta-'aebtJ'lifrHireai.lBritaiiif a a aabstitute for Atii uftderwhat conduct oh the part of France eTru"fipfter6r the intimate ally of G. Bntain I and their, unwor thy desertion of the cause of other neutral nations. It is through; th prevalence of auch councils that . - - .i .- . ' m i rr America not;n asM4im mpoiicy wim r ranee, belongtng' to any coflifttry tr aratty with hit ma jesty, any tlung in any act pasfrd in the 23th year of his presentmajey' reign, op-in any other td the contrary notwUhitanding.-; . ti 3. Aid be it further turned, i-Thrt4t shaU in4 majf.be lawful to and for ny of hi majesty's sul jects toexpo:t any-of the rti etc s before numer ated, which shall have beeiv imported Li'i any ship or vessel trom we temiories ox 4ne v. into the island, of Bermuda (tom the said port of Saint to the ead that all persons whortV it doh, shali or may concern, being .duly apprised thereof may govetn.,tbetne3vea' accordingly. - . xGiven under my hand, and the greet seal of ' , the Islands, tlws it th day of Jinary, 1813, aed. in the 53d year of his'majeA. - tjr's reign. -r--ii--:l-. -rv-r - Y r: V . GEORGE HO RSFORD. By tils excellency's command, - ,; Rooaat JfctiiECr. V BERMUDA, alias SOMERS' INLANDS. By ' excellency biig- gen. Qe- tlirtfvtdx lient. governor. ;and.:camwidit; in chief ia nd ovfr these iliuuUi&' - ' : , . , ' V r A VROCLSrATfprf. . ; Whereas f have received-a copyof his wya) has tk (mv.mmmt nf fti IT itt tHtift lfnt hf If I toth enemH-riie-oomempmoasvioIatbnof thebea October 1812, which commercial treaty . oi the, year' 1800 between Iucr s wjukuhcu m iii?i.wHum5 wwu vu i France and the United Btates the ' treacherous Whereas by act of parliament, passed in. the 521 seizurejfan American, vessel and cargoes in all year of his majesty's .reign, entitled an actio the karbors; subject to the- control of the French i lbw British pkntatioh : sugar andv coffee im- arms : the tyrannical principles, of the Berlin' and ported Into Bermuda 'in British shipsto be ex. 4- ckik'isr-i i-nm!no fmnv thr A mfpir nn o-nvproment i 1 Mrtan decree, and the confiscation undar them i Ported to the teiTltOrtes 01 the W- S. C it 14 it has never asserted any exclusive right asSe.the I the subsequent condemnation under the Rambouil,,! Pvidud that certain-articles shall be- allowed to impressment of Briish seamen from American let decree, antedated or concealed to render it the Reexported, from the port of Su George, in the vessels, which it was not prepared lo acknow-J ihore effectual ; the French commercial regula-: Islan of BermudaU) .the territories of the U ledge, as appertaining equallv to the government ; tions which render the traffic of the U. Statts with ; S. in any. foreign- hips or vessej. belor.ging to of t'h- United S ates, with respect to American France almost illurory ; the.bUrhing of their mer! any countrv ia-amity withjhi8.majesty, above tho -seame ; - hen found on board British merchants I chant hipat sea long after the alleged repeal of burthen of sixty ton;. and that xertain article ships : Bit it cannot, by acceding to audi a Basts ; tbe i rgncb hjQrees ; all these acts pi violence on m i;iv;wiii,wvauW,v, , . wc miuuc tne part oi rrnce peouuee irom tne government w. .v uviu.v of the U. S. only ,ucb complaints as end in acquU "no the s'.id island in any foreign ships or yesstl. , escence and- iiHbmisswini- or are accompanied by in amity with his majesty. And whereas ;it is t suggestions for enabling France to give the sem- pedienl that th;verndr of tht said islatfit; hlanqe of a legal firm to her usurpations, by con- abould be authorized ,to ..gMrtt Ucenses ut the -verting therft into municipal regulations. . This continu-ince of-such,fJrade. with the U. S. notf dipition Of thVgoverftment of the U. this withstanding the .present "iiostilitigs. His royal complete subserviency to the Ruler of France ; LHighness the prince rcgeim in,:the name and o a this hostife temper towrda. Great Britain, are evi-, behalf of majesty, U plesejd4;'.by and wi' h dent n almost every pagi of the official correspon- the advice of his majesty's privy .council, 4. or ' . denee--of the"American with the French' eovern-' er, aft- It . fa ordered that.,tte govern X rnnti. Against this cbvirse . of. comluct; the. real jof th islandot the lieutenant governor or i t.. either us to th r main principles upon which such Javs vyere to Ue found, or as to the provisions which it was proposed they hmld cqntaini This proposition havinig been objected to, . secohd pto posil was made, a,gara "offering .an armistice, pro. tided the. British government would secretly sii 4uite to renounce the . exercise of this right in a treaty, of peace. An immediate and formuLaban donment ofita exercise as preliminary to a cessa tion of hostilitieTit was not demanded ; but hts Royal Highness the Prfnc? Rtgent was required, in the name andti thebtbf of his Maieatv. se ifcuyto aDandon what the tormer overture had proposed to him, pubhcly tocoocede. Tfci j most ofiensive nrooosition was also reiei't td, being accompaioed as the former! had ben by other demands, of most exceptionable nature, and especially of , indemnity for all American ves els detained and condemned under the orders in viuricil, br under what were termed illearal block. iid-i-a compliance, with whicfl 'demands, xclu- ive oi another objections, woujy, have, auiouritcti y an absolute surrender of the Tights on which those ordeis and Llockades v wera founded. Had tHa Amciicaa gorrnitten'teen .aTnccWJn i e? PreseMing;Uie oidys in coufacil as the only Sub j-ctofdifT reace bteeh' Great : Britain arid the United States, calculated to leadtp IiosWities ; it might have been expected, so iobn is the re vo- V5?h of those orders -had been' cfflciallv . T made krjown to them, that they would have spontaneous ly recalled their letters of marque,'' and manU isstcd a disposition immediately to restore the rer iions of peace and amity between the two, pow i rt. But the conduct; of ; the 'government of live Taited States by no means corresponded with such t nuC0Pablc- expectationsThe orders , In coun cil c? i.he 23d or June, being officially-communj J ittd lit -America, tne goyernmem. oi tne united Ute aaw nothing 4q the repeal of the orders in to be practicable, which when attempted dn former occasions, has always Deen iouna to oe aitenaeu with great difficulties, such difficulties as the, Bri tish commissioners in 1S0 expressly declared, after an attentive consideration of the suggestions b.70ghi forward by the commission-rs on the part of America, they were unable to eurmount. Whilst this proposition, transmitted to the. Bri tish admiraTj was pending in America, another communication, oh thfe subject 6f an armistice, was tVhomcially made po the British govgrnment in this country. .'Tbeagent from whom this proposition was received, acknowledged that he did not con sider, that he had anjr authwity . himself, to S'gff an Agreement on the part of his government. It was obvious that any stipulAtions-enjercd into, in consequence of this ,overture would have been iMnKnorf mi the flriush Government, whilst the from iheir nr-dt ased orinciDfes Of freedom and in- ponea oy tne saia act i except w ,acc .A gdveailent of the, United fcalea. wduld have been dependence , the U . H.. were the last power in which ; Ped Jom and into the said Wni, , tittxivcif fiee tii refuse or accept thfm accb)di.ig to the tlr , Grj. Britain' ca'fe fff in fip.d a wUiic l!? and from the y, 3. m foreign si jp,, agreCatly cumstances ojt , tftei. rooroer.yt futatioo iihsUiimeM an-r abator ot r rencn tyranny. .... uis. " " -vm, .swjon, on account causa of thm mestnt war! the Prince Reftent so: otbeers admintstenng the government .'A-f lemnly' protests. Whilst contending, against fw the time being shall be authorieed an-j' France, Siyefetfee not,onlr.-of the liberties of.GWewd, and -ey are hereby author . a but ot tho world, ht royal blghnesa was entitled .eiujwwcicu- . w m pwiiiHnp, the to lookvfor ' aTar'. 'dilTerem ' result.- From their ticles allowed to be exported by tU-s nVtta common origin-rrort their torlimon interestsibe exported, and the articles a!)We-y t0 j , tn b& In. "-- Vai Verelore rtetessaiily declined After this exposition of the circumstances which lifeceded, and which have followed th:i declar:t ion of war, by t&e UrStatei',;,His royal Wghness the Ponce' regent, acting in the he name and on the ehalf of his Majesty, feels himself called uponxo declare ,the leading principles, by Which the con duct of G. Briui had been regulated in the t ran saiciions connected with these discissi ons. . , , HisIlOyal Highne-8 tan never acknowledge any blockade whosoever to be ilkgiil, whiah bajuitsn duly notified and is suppoted by. ah adeqiate lorce. merely upon, tne ground otijs extent, or: e- Te fc,llowng are ,he documents Eluded to in the cause the pos or coasts blocWd -ire n.t t the pidenfs message commenced in our first ianie time invested by land. Hts Royal H.ghness e ;:aa never admit, that neutral trade with (, Britain nljinr a v cr virT?c tot am can be coosdtuted a public crime, the commission :. BERMUDA, alia SOMERS ISLANDS, of Which tan expose the ships of any power whau.y excelitney bri. gen. Gen Hartford,' Beitt ever to be denationalized . His Royal Highness! governor md cm wider in $icf in end oirer .t.i fK n. the careoes as aioresaia rriav k. ,u - d5is so long and invariably main-! any citizen or inhabitatit ryf u,c rj, S. ot the . niniustie and in sdonorline the property of any Brnwh aubiect iradino-Shr J - ""'Q "VI V at-vnnr ',rH in tki tifa iitar rvcfT inn." 1 h- Prinrtl : 01 lUfJ ttsh .government tained. in renetli with. Providence, reiving on the . justice .of his causey I And whereas I liave deemed it expedient and and the tried loyaltv and Atmness of the British i necessary to mske kniwr? and publish the same nation, U R.jl; conftfently looks forward to L within this his majesty's government; I do. .EiVi,w, my proclamation) tolheend successful i&soe of the (Pouttst in which he has been compiled most reluctantly to engage. February 9, 18I'S. : .-J ; can never. admit that G. Britain can be debarred of its rights of jrist and .necessary retaliation, hr.vugh the fear of eventually affecting the inter est of a neutral. His Royal highness Can never admit that in the exercise of the undoubted and hitherto these island. &c. &c. A PROCLAMATION -WhereaB earl Bathurst, one of his majesty's tap papers that ail persons whom It doth, shaU or may cStfv ' ceni, ocu.g uui.y apprised thereof, may govern themselves accordingly. " v 1, 7 . - : Given under my hand and the great seal of these Islands, this "Jburteenth day ck January, is 1 3, pd the SM year 61 hl majesiy s rcigv. - , GEORGE HORSFORD.- A Dili Mhowhef3re the LegislaUire of Pcnrt sylvniaj: for a newor2ai.iauujn ttbilrtisP f that State, and i rOmpmed on 8a(bavea nf ft . It is said that JDit passes intr undisputed right of searching neutral, merchant sions of parliament, auth6 vessels in time Of war, the impressment of Bri-1 of certain enumerated arti pnncipal secretarrea ot state, hs transmitted to ; .aw, mere is an end to civil liberty.- lt7violate ;horisirtg the exportat ion i Jt converts' the freemen orthatCor4nmoftwealtlvi' irticles from these islands i to conscripts. It authorises i the wiHtaf y to l&rii&i mn seamen, -,wnen uuna tnerein, r.p. ne aeemeo-.io tne u. o. ano ine importation m neutral yea- F'g e ciu power tt the atatg, faT any violation ot -a- neutral nag. Neither, can he jseis ol certain articles,, being ol the growth or ;snori u is saia to oe one.ot 'die-most auiacioua " admi the taking such seamen from on board such production of the said U. .3.. Into theseislands ; : and wicked attempts to build up an armed despot vessels, can be considered by any neutral States as which act is contained in the followihwoTusJttn i oyer conscience, right, and .liberty, that eei a hostile measure, or .a justifiable cause of war. . vii W hereas it is expedient, to allow sugar and j was attempted since the ',ays of Neror there is rio right more Clearly etablishsd, than coHee, th produce dl any British colony or the right .which a iovrreigti has to tlie allegiance plantation in the West fndiss, imported into tHa Island ot Bermuda in British bhips or. vessels, ot his subjec's, more especially m tune ot war. Their allegiance is; ho optional duty which they can decline, aad.fesume at pleasure. It is a rail which they are bound.tottbey ; it began with thtir Kmh, tfhd Cart only twtWHaie with therf existence. If a'Similafrty bf lahguaglarid manners may make" the exercise of this right mdre liable to partial mistakes and occasional abuse wherpractised to wards vessels of the UiS. -the same circumsta'rict9 make it also a right, with the exercise of which, in regard to such vessels, It Is . more difficult tcT dispense. But iT, to th; practice of the tj. jj. to harbor British scamvh, he added their assume:! right to transfer the allegiance of British suBjtcti, to be lexpo.rttd IVom the port of St. George in the said isUhd io the territories of the U. S. In foreign sh'tpij! VCels t and to attow certain ar ticles of the growth or production of the fcrtitO- of lhe said U.7Try-1jrtmDrntedinrrtthe 1 ne saul island-In foreign' ships or vtssclsand to -be re exported, fiom4htm-in British built, sliios or vessels to Ornish it therefore enacted mnjesty', 'by and the lords spiritual arid temporal, and commons, in this present partiameht assembled, and by the ainhrity of ih : -salnertl'iint.'shairbeliwfdl for and thus to cancel the jurisdictioti of their ltgnim- 'sogrr and coffee, the produce of any r British act soverdgn) by acts of naturaliidtion and certifi coJory or. plantation in the West Indies, iriiport cates of citizenship, which they pretend to be as va. led' iri'o the island of BirmuJa' in ahv British lid, but, of their own territory as within it. it is oh. 'ship or vessel) Jo be exported from the port of vious that Jto aiandon this ancient right '.of.. G. ! St. G'eoree,.' in iht Island of Bermuda; to n WANTED, - A-.- March 1 2 Notice. glands in the West Indies; beffifte Srtri rfl ? ted by the king's most except V - T'l 0 "receive with the advice and consent of TVVCTA s to complefe a line c Britain, and to admit thesenovel pretensions of U. S. -would be to exposejo danger the very fo dation of our marilime.vStrijngtn. '-, Without eotering minutely into the other topics, which have been brought forward by the govern mens of the U. S. it may be properv; to remark, lhaf whatever the declaration of the S.Tmay have asserted, G. Britain never did demand that they should force British manufactures into France; and she -formally declared her'iiUnkneMntireV to forego, or modify in concert with the U:: Si the port of the territory oT the U- Si Th any foreign ship, or vessel belonging to any -country in amitv with hts majesty, abovt tht burthen tft,sity tons ; an iaw nuw iu luitc w mc contrary fiOtwitn. standing.!. - : ; ' ." rZ. Md be jtjnrthcr enacted jfu At shafl and may be lawful to import any iobacC6)pitch;tar, tur pentme, hemp, flax, masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, neaoing, Doartrs 6i4 plankfOimber, shin trl.. nncl Inmhr .4 -. 1 . . ... t ' "t nuii, nurses neavxattie. sheep, hoes, DOohrv. and lite systemt-yhich ommerciaMntejrioursd of licences ; provided the U S. would act towardf . . . ..... nsr, aim towards France with real lmpartiahtv. wheat, oats, barley, and grain of my son, such commodities being of the growth or production u. uc scniiunea oeionging to the u. 5.,lrom the i n a . . a . Palni (rtn Qik . . - . " i u.tkj .ui Bcnu'. uia ; L. it. .j w. ... subscript Boats, throo-oh iKp m r,,-ni;, n, Jorida line, and wilf ahnoin .italSl. ivl rp. , pictable.ipers jns through the different states! to re. . cciy suoscnptions, of which when appointed: V "Will give due notice. : x .. JOHKt). DEL AC Y. State LdfJNortECaroIina . v ! wake cousry. Court cf rUat and Quarter Setrtiont, . Febru&rj -V- . .... ' " Tern, ' l IS. ""v.-- ':.'.; , estward A. Jones, l.d in6lli(: ra.,th 0fH ' 'k. L& .- Whiihead, William Ship, ,natrtSh.pKn.jgiuaiJame It" is ordered by the ecrurt that publication be made in ttie Minerva for six weeks,; that unls', the- defendant replevies and pleads, within the three first days of the next term or this t court : iudgmentfinal,.will be--enter'ed against him. .Cy- " BgNJ. S. KISG, c.c. r--. le right- to bslwd cf Bermuda, in anj foreign ahip or to-el , T jtoit accuracv m' 1,f -
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