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A a Vnr.f uf iuititude—I, sir, havciwnh tis bv holding out advantages tollacee. She frcs had a palace at Pa-'ahaU not therefore declare war. > Sh-I “llis majesty the cinpci
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no such tears ; lor 1 never did sup-jhcr which he knows and she knows ris giveU her, and another near Brus-
pos*: tVrc fighting ol a duel a mark oijtoo, we cannot ]>erinither to enjoy—
fortitude—No, sir, true fortitude isa
cardinal v.uue, depending <p;, and in*
acparahlc from other \ irtues—it is
.that firm, manly intrepidity, yf soul,
which enables us to meet danger in
* ritical and trying situations—it is
the virtuous man’s shield, hy.which
he defends himself from the evils of
the world—it is the anchor which
keeps him steady, amidst the trtoriht>
jjnd hurricanes of life. The intrt-
While the Milan and Heflin decrees
exist, our Orders in Council must re
main in force. Our readers will rc
collect, that by these Orders 44 all
the ports and places of France and
her Allies, or of any other country at
war with his Majesty, and all other
ports and places in Kurope, from
which, although not at war with his
Majesty, the British flag is excluded,
shall, from henceforth, Ire sub
pidity of a duellist, altho’ it seems to jCct (6 the sapie restrictions as if the
imitate, cannot be said to be a virtue
— because it is not the object of iqo{
lal virtue.
FOREIGN
. LATEST FI<OM ENGLAND.
The ship Savannah, of Bath, arriv
ed at Amelia-Island on Tuesday last
in 12 days from Liverpool...sailed
J anuary ‘22
The letters & papers by this arri
val are from London to the 20th &
from Liverpool to the 23d January}
the papers (London Courier) are in
a regular series.
The most prominent articles of in
telligence w liich this arrival furnish
es, is the report contained in all tht-
h.ttersand papers, that a Treaty or
Convention has been arranged at Pa
lis, between our Minister and that
court and the French government.
London, January 13.
The intelligence of the relaxation
of Buonaparte’s commercial,decrees,
is, we understand, confirmed by the
Paris pa| ers of the 3d, which arriv
ed in tow n, and which contain tlu
following decree:
DECREE.
u The ports of France, and all
those under lien, controul, are open!
sels, beside s’M&lmaison. 0 ' Bonaparte
hits addsd a million of livres from account: but we shall at least expect
same wtere actually blockaded in the
mOstrstricf manner ; and it is further
hereby ordered, that all trade, in ar
ihe said countries, shall he deemed
unlawful ; and every vessel trading
Irom or to the said 'conptries, toge
ther with all goods and merchandize
on board, anti all articles of the pro
duce or manufacture of the said
countries or colonies, shall be cap
tured and condemned as prize to the
captors.” Some alteration or modi
fications were made in these orders,
but, of course, not to the extent of
permitting France and America to
trade mutually in the produce of their
respective territories to the exclusi
on ol all the produce of this country
and of her colonies—If Bonaparte
consent, though not formally, at least
[virtually, to repeal his Berlin and
may break off all intercourse with us.lking conde^ended to address us in
we shall not quarrel with her on that the following word*.
his priyy purse
In .consequence.of the French de
cree, a great number of vessels have,
within these three days, arrived at
different ports of this kjngdoin with
grain, butter, cheese,.and other arti
cles. ' **
" * January 16.
A Courief irrived at-Prince Stall
remberg’s last night, with despatch
es from the Austrian Ambassador
at Paris. 1 They are in answer, we
suppose, to those' sent in Mayntz,
and his excellency’s Secretary M.
tide's which are of the produce of Prevost, which contained the reply
Milan decrees ; if they remain a
dead letter on his statute book, and
arc not carried into execution, then,
no doubt, we shall oppose no obsta
cles to the trade between America
and France—But we do not as yet
see any reason lor supposing this to
be his intention—and we confess this
decree has produced a considerable
change in the opinion we entertained
yesterday, after reading the pri
vate letter from Paris. It was ge-
liccnses; that is to say, that the\
must he new ones, of a date poste
rior to this decree
.ARTICL ES /EXPORTATION.
“ Vinegar, paper, pasteboard,
bilks, embroidered stuffs, verdi-
grease, oils of all sorts, honey, per
fumery, corks cut and in piece, tur
pentine, Spanish liquorice, dry pitch,
rosin, juniper berry, raw worsted,
famb' and kid skins tanned, and taw'-
cd, linen of Britanny, cloths aqd
vvollen-stuflsof all kinds, velvets and
cottons, silk, worsted, and cottar
hosiery, cutlery’, trimming, chind;
work of leather and skins.
44 Those articles cannot be enter
cd in any greater quantity than one
fourth part of the cargo. The other
three parts ol the cargo are to be
composed of primitive articles ; those
are corn, wine, brandy, and fruit.
IMPORTATION.
“ Russia tallow, wax, matts, sail
cloth, deals for various purposes
suljJur in flour, pot-ash, staves, row
for fishing, Spanish dollars, black
lew all vessels furnished with jiroper nerally believed after the arrival of
he letter, that the Berlin and Milan
lecrecs were on the eve of dissoluti-
m, if not actually dead. It inay be
so; but the decree respecting neu
trals by no means justifies us in en
tertaining such an opinion. Bona
parte, informed of the late events
that have occurcd in America, con
ceived it to be a favourable opportu
nity for conciliating her, and there
fore issued his decree, which in its
operation will he thinks, tend to in
fluence her against, if not to make
her go to war with us—because it is
impossible for us to suffer her to a-
vail herself of the advantages which
he insidiously holds out to her.
For'the present- Bonaparte has
contented himself with seizing part
of Holland, the province of Zealand.
Accounts from Holland of the 6th
state, that a proclamation for ■ incor
porating the province of Zealand
with France, had been received from
Paris. The Chief Civil OlHcer hav
ing refused to take the oath of alle
giance u ithout a more explicit and
lead, pewter, (lit urge) logwood .formal declaration of so important a
pitch, and tar, barrilla, suntack, ar-jehange, was, it Is said, immediately
‘put under an arrest by the catnmand-
er oi the French troops, and sent to
smirk, fish, oil, hides, and lignum-
vit*.”
The above decree, as our readers
observe, opens the ports of Holland;
to all neutrals—that is, opens the'
door to the - trade with America.—
‘It’is. no doubt a relaxation of Buona-.«.. u ,o, «.. u
parlc’s commercial edicts, inasmuch of Holland.
' us the French ports were shut a-
. gainst neutrals, and exports of French
property and imjiort* of neutral pro
perty were strictly forbidden. But
do not let us suppose that die above
decree has been passed with any o-
ihcr view thau that of conciliating
America, and of inducing her to take
a decided part against us. The ar
ticles permitted to be imported, arc
almost all those which America can
furnish, one or two exepted. Then
is no mention made of colonial pro
duce, of hardware, of any articles ol
the manufacture or growth either of
< ireat Britain or of her colonics
'The articles permitted to be cx-
portt'd from France are those-which
America wants, and which for the
must part we have been in the habit
of supplying her with. It may be
ui id'that (lie French jxjrts being open
to'neutrals, colonial and British’ pro-
>'uce will ol cours’e find their wav iti-
i.< France. It may be said, too, that
the relaxation cl the edicts with res-
pen tu netrials, mav open the door Pari
to the relaxation, il not to the
Paris, to account for his contumacy.
The possession of the province of
of our government to the overture
made to us from the French through
the Austrian ambassador.—All ex
pectations, (wc never had any) of its
leading to a ncgociation are, we un
derstand, at an end. France will not
accede to the terms which we sug
gested as the necessary preliminary
to any negotiation, viz. that we
should necosiate in concert with our
allies, Ferdinand the Seventh, and
the Queen of Portugal.
It is reported that Bonaparte has
written a letter to the king on the
subject of peace, in which he expres
ses a wish that “ his Majesty will
deign to return an answer from him
self.” With this wish, it is added,
ministers have advised his majesty
to comply.
There are no further accounts from
America, and we are unable to state
whether the bill for enabling the Pre
sident to send away offending Foreign
Ministers has passsed the house of
Congress, or, if it has, whether it has
been acted upon by sending away
Mr. Jack*Un. ’ -
January 18.
Several American cargoes in
French ports, released from seques
tration, were on the point -of being
disposed of at the invoice price;
when in consequence of information
from Cien. • Armstrong, the sales
were suspended, and the loss that
would otherwise arise to the Ame
rican owners avoided. A few days
after this communication from Mr.
Armstrong, the order for extending
the list bfiarticlesiof Export and Im
port appeared. ,
January 19.
The fote ministers inform us, that
they hear of its being the intention ol
government to send out a new minis
ter to the United States, and that
common sense requires she should
“ forthwith send a minister to Ame
rica, since the conduct of Mr. Jack-
son has beeYi outrageous and unpar
donable.” What part of it they con
sider to be such they arc not kind
enough to inform us, nor do we ex
pect they will—It is their usual prac
tice to be very liberal in hardy as
sertions, and very sparing of proofs.
We have already’ given our reasons,
md we challenge them to answer
them, for thinking Mr. Jackson’s
conduct, so far from having been out
rageous and unpardonable, to have
been firm and praise-worthy—It was
outrageous in him, vve suppose, to
that she shall be the first to make any
fresh overtures or proposals for ac
commodation.
The last intelligence from Spain is
by no means discouraging.— The
Spaniards seem to feel no doubt with
respect to the issue of the contest—-
.they say that this is the first time
Bonaparte ever had to contend on
their own territories with a people—
that his armies have already suffered
more from the undisciplined bands of
patriots than they did from the pro
fessed warlike states of Austria and
of Prussia—that there when the re
gular armies were beaten, the people
showed no disposition to rise against
the invader, and that peace and
submission were the early fruits ofthe
French victories ; but that in Spain
defeat is no where followed by des
pondency, nor disaster by submissi
on—that their troops, though beaten
and dispersed, re-asseinble and fight
again with unbroken fortitude—that
there is not the pettiest village that
has yielded to the French authority
without reluctance, and thrown off
the yoke the moment it had an op
portunity—they know that Bona
parte is sending reinforcements into
Spain, and that he is coming himself
against them ; but they feel no appre
hension, and they hope to tire him
out by a desultory’ mode of warfare.
The armies under the Duke del Par
que arid General Aresaga have been
increased, the former to 35,000 men,
and the latter to 45,000.
Paris, Jan. 2.—The introduction
of spun cotton, of whatever quality
or country, was prohibited by’ a
French Imperial Decree of the 22d
December.
According to letters from Peters
burg, Count Konianzoff, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, was on the
eve of setting out for Paris.
Gustavus Adolphus, the late King
of Sweden, is to take up his resi
dence at Switzerland, near Morat,
where an estate hu3 been purchased
for him.
the mouths of the Scheldt and the
Maes, and in fact of the whole trade
VIENNA, Dec. 20—Our court
gazette contains the following article:
Constantlinoplt\ Nov. 15—On the
1st of Nov. the thunder of cannon
from Tophana announced to us a
victory gained on the 22d of October,
not far from Silistria, over the Rus
sian army besieging that fortress.
The battle, according to the advices
from the.Grand Vizier, lasted from
early’ in the morning till night, and
the Russians, who made their attack
along the whole line ofthe Turkish
army, more than 10,000 men—both
armies fought principally with the
sword, and the fortune of the day
was decided by the coming up of
Mucatar Pacha in the critical mo
ment, with his Albanian cavalry.
“ The Russians, after the battle,
retired to their entrenched camp be
fore Silistria. Two days before the
garrisson had made a sally, and killed
about 1000.
Zealand makes BortHjiarte master of shew that Mr. Erskine did not a-
January’ 15.
Spanish papers arrived this morn
ing to the SOth ult. and Lisbon to the
IMPERIAL DIVORCE !
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
Sitting of the 16th, 1809.
It was moved to proceed imme
diately to vote by ballot for the adop
tion of the project.
The balloting was commenced.
It resulted in favor of the project,
agreeably to the number of votes de
manded by the 56th article of the act
of the constitutions of the 4th of Au
gust, 1802. Its adoption was conse
quently announced by the prince arch
chancellor, who declared it to have
’[become a senatus consultum, of the
bide by his instructions—it was out
rageous in him to repel the accusati
ons of want of faith and justice on
our part. It was unpardonable in
him to prove from their own decla
rations that, they had seen Mr. Ers-
7th instant. They state that Josephjhine’s instructions, and that having
Bonaparte, with 18,000 men, was a-j s< -‘ en them, they knew them to lie
bout to proceed to the North of ccn trary to the- arrangement they
Spain: for what purpose is not mcn-lhari concluded with him. We can
tioned. easily conceive that those who ap-
Thc Duke del Parque was on the Jointed Mr. Erskine are not likely
24th ult. on his match towards Es-i*° be pleased with Mr. Jackson ;
tramadura, to join the Duke of Al-ibutas we prefer a minister who a-,,
buquerque. bides by his instructions to one who'?flowing tenor :
1 he British head-quarters wer-,;^ ocs not—as we prefer a minister'^ ,,V ^ r<?C? -/ row ^ lc ^ e S ts ^ er ofthe Con-
at the date of the last advices, at " bo manfully and firmly, asserts the serval ‘ vc Senate, of Saturday Dec.
Coimbra. honour and dignity of his countri 8 ‘ l809,
and w ho wifl,not suffer America to
think that-England comes as an hum
ble suitor at the liar ff Congress, re
questing a hearing for the proposal
she has to make, so shall we always
contend that Mr. Jackson deserves
die thanks and the* gratitude of his
country. >
That a new minister „HI l» sc „, to ,h k Th * T7.f 9 ’ T- J H th d ;‘>
America wd cannot believc o' r | h ,; ° mne o’cloct
mm ater lias Keen treated with stu l,
.ndignity , that we an not see how we
retreating from
lire rej
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ll.ca
I he Erench wer
Sierra.
The Kings and queens whom Bo-
uapane had assembled at Paris, have
taken wing, and are on their return
to their respective territories, leaving
Bonaparte to make preparations for
his intended bride. Jerome and his
wile set off on the 1st, and the kings
ol Wirt an burg and Naples were to
lolfow iii ;i lew dues. live wits ol
a say, that jerome has magnani-
« r , /? OUslv ‘ietMUuiwd to ape his bro-
Bcilm aud Milan ther, and that having no hope of is-
tills Will be eone.Uc by his will-, lie thinks serioush
’ Ln , (n,r : (,i "IM'diatiiig for, and ol taking back
and jf he doc slhis-first n ife.
puiexi ol oiinrg; B. naparte is lavishing u ,x>» th.
cioi to tit . i• »ji iwjdnt)!cc'd Josephii]
pensions
is end pa
The conservative senate assembled
to the number prescribed by the 90th
article ol the act of the constitution,
of 13th December, 1799.
Having seen the act drawn up, by
the prince arch chancellor ofthe
“ My cousin, the prince arch chan
cellor, I have forwarded you a letter
dated this day, to order you to repair
to my chamber, in order to make
known the resolution that I and the
empress, my dear wife, have taken.
I rejoice that the kings, queens, and
princesses, my brothers and sisters^
my brothers-in-law and sisters-in-
law, my step daughter and step-son,
become mv son by adoption, as well
as my mother, are present at what 1
have to make known to you.
The policy of the monarchy, the
interest and wants of my people,
which have constantly guided all my
actions, ivill that I leave to my chil
dren, inheritors of my love for my
people, the throne on which Provi
dence has seated me. For several
years I have lost all hopes of having ^
children by my mariage with my well
beloved wife, the empress Josephine ;
it is this w’hich has led me to sa
crifice the sweetest affections of niv*
heart, to harken to nothing but the
welfare of the state, and to a dissolu
tion of our marriage.
44 Arrived at the age of forty years,
I hope to live long enough to raise up
in my spirit and character, the chil
dren which it may please Providence
to give me. God knows how much
this resolution has cost my heart;
but there is no sacrifice which is a-
bove my courage, when it is demon
strated to be useful to the welfare of
France.
It is necessary to add, that far
Irom having ever given me any cause
of complaint, on the contrary, I think
it incumbent to praise the attachment
and affection of my well beloved wife ;
she has embellished fifteen years of
iny life ; the rcnnembrance of it will
ever be engraved in my heart. She
was crowned with my hands ; I wish
her to retain the rank and title of em
press ; but above all that she will
never doubt my sentiments; and
that she holds me always her best
and dearest friend.”
His majesty the emperor anjtl
king, having finished his discourse,
the empress queen spoke*in the lql-
lowing words :
44 With the permission of our gjj-
gust and dear husband, it is my duty
to declare that having lost all hopes
of having children, to satisfy the
wants of the policy and interests, of
France, I am pleased to give him the
greatest jiroot of attachment and de
votedness which has ever been given
on earth, I hold all his munificence,
I was crowned by his hands, and
from the height of the throae I have
received nothing but the testimonials
of the affection and love ofthe French
people.
I must acknowledge these senti
ments, in consenting tof the dissoluti
on of a marriage which, k henceforth
an obstacle to the welfare of France,
which deprives her ef- the happiness
of being one day governed by'the
descendants ot a great man so evi»
dently raised up by Providence to ef-
lace the evils ol a terrible revolution,,
and to re-establish the altar, the j
throne and the social order But the
dissolution of my marriage will in no
ways change the sentiments of my
heart. The emperor will always
have in me, his best friend. I know
how much this act, commanded by
policy and great interets, has rent a-
sunder his heart ; but we mutually
glory in the sacrifice we make to the
good of the countrv.
44 Upon which their imperial and
royal majesties having demanded of
us the act of their respective declara- t
tions, even as of the mutual consent. I
which they contain, and that their
majesties give the effect of their will
to the dissolution of their marriage,
as also ot the power which their ma
jesties have conferred upon us, to
pursue throughout whatever else may
be needful, and to whom it may have
appertained, yielding to the 'orders
and requisitions of their majesties,
wi have given the said act, and pre-
tne prince arch chancellor of the cm- pared in consequence, the present pro-
pin- ot which the following is the te- cess verbal to serve and make valid
alid
even as ot right ; to which process
ot,verbal their majesties ha
vening, we John James Re-
gi, Camhaceres, prince art’ll-chancel-
«* a»v oilier to a
erasing the duties
rreatment. We repent what we said
1 c.n\ or two ago—that our course is
lcar and strait; America is in a pas- ..
•ion—ye are not; if sfo- ihuses o’
tt rashly, we do not. Sh
.end away our ntnl-ass.ufoi;
ina
majesties have, affixed
their signatures, which after having*
been signed by the kings, queens,
princesses and prince, present, was
signed by us and counter signed by
Jthe secretary of state of the roval
•family, written with his own hand.”
virtu.* nt’nri ii ' Done at the palace of the Thuiller*
virtue ot orders addressed to us by ies, the day, hour, and yc
‘V s majesty the emperor and king, inlbove.
which are attri
buted to us by title 2, art. 14, of the
statute ofthe imperial family, and in
•car, as a-
but w
•;! 1 sealed letter of that day’s date, of
ch the following is the tenor:
■1
Napoi.f.ov.
Josepiiini;.