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Twelfth! 'ongress oftke United States. mediate and proJ>S*d object i*f this h decree v. jt. :..*■ fosuuctiou of at! British IN SENATE. November. 4, 1311. There were present, at the usual hour c? as sembling, the vice-qirerideot <>f ihe United S'-ates, Messrs'.tiilroan, Cutis, Goodrich, Oada, Bradley, i. Smith, German, Condit, Lambert, Gregg, Lcib, Horsey, Smith. Heed, Giles, ! Frankdri, Goilluid, .Taylor, Crawfotd, Tail, Pope, Anderson and Worthington. George M.’ li'bb, elected from llcnturkv, G. W. Campbell, from Tenr-e^ee. J. B. Howell, from Rhpde-Iiland, and Joseph Li. Vauium, from Massachusetts, wcie also sworn inland look their seals. The usual messages were interchanged with ^He other house, &c. and the senate adjourned. m Tuesday November J. Mr. Brent attended. The senate, after transacting some minor business, proceeded to billot for a door-kccpe ■■ Britain} just ar.d iawfdl in »!s hiig’:p,bccsu£e if tccur.s of irrposing ansctual i.icck~dc i*> any deg.ee adeqmvc t,* such a puipo-c. The" im- ‘was sup|.*ortcd belli in inteniicn and Let by an hostile com merce through means entirely tin sanctioned by the law of nations-^nd unauthorised by any te- cehcd doctrine cf legitimate blockade. This violation of tic cs abHshed law of ciri- liaed nations in war would have justified Great afleqoa e na»ai fotce. This was ihe justifies-- tion of that bl rc!;ade until the period of time when the orders in council were issued. The orders i» council wete founded on a distinct principle, that of defensive tctaiiaiion. France liad declared a blockade at aU-ihe port* and coasts of G;cai-firiiain. and her deper.don- j lit it .wo ip rctaliaiitig upon the cnemv, by a ai- ; cies, without essigning, or being able toasstgri , milar interdiction of all commerce with Franco ! any force to support that bfockatlc, Surh an i and-with such other, count; tes us might co-pc- ! act .of the enemy^would hare justified a deeb- •..it'. — i.. 1 r . I * • r . i i i *i » r • i * j- ... *** J*(-, '''4 uf C::ic/jr. aidvtfll.e CriCivat-tFC!.;:.*!, r.r..*- cd at or carried ini'* ilacseillcs, being.cs»f* arising unuer. the J ? .ench decrees ol Betlft trd M<hm as rs very evident. G-'C.'i'-TJiiiam might"tiretefoic ton pli : ofr.ring ue-rted vvi'H Injustice by America^ cron supp<-sh»x that ti.u conduct ol ftarre had since been uutquivcae. An erics con’.ends that t!; Frerv :r decrees aie .tevoked as it ic.sj.ccts f.c: chips upon t high teas, ant! von. sir, inform me that the-On ly two American snips taken under their mar; trtne -operation as you arc-pleased so tc-m i , rate with Fiance in her system of coramcictal > ration of the blockade of ihe whole coast < f since November 1, have been restored; but hostility .against Great-Bruaio. * France, even without the application, cf any ‘ tray they not have keen •'estcred in cot-c- J'iie object of Grcu-liiitaio was Mot how^ j pariicula^fotcc tojliat service. Since'the pro- ‘quencc t i the sari: faction felt in France at the ever, the destruction of trade, but its preset va- . n>ul:.^tion of the orders in council the blockade passing of the uor-importation act in the Art t- under such teguiatiotis as inigh' be com* ■ ot May. ISOo, has been sustained and extend- f'rican congi pxlible with tier own security, at tlte same time etl 'l^ the more comprehensive system cf de- ! cd ; i'*r off in indulgence to foreign j fctisive tcuiialien on which those tegulations j icci contra But i Mean congress, an event, to little to be expeq ^ ierw ise, having been captured in d*. that she extended an indulgence to foreign j fctisive i et.uiatfon on which those regulations j lect contradictiotfa.,to ’lie supposed tev cari.ii, commerce, which strict principles would have - are founded. But if the orders in council • why were they nbt res’oied itrimediatcly ? entitled her to withhold. The ricvaliation of : should be abrogated, the blockade of May, 1806, ! The fears of the French navy however pre- ! Great-Britain was-not thereto:c urged to ihe ’ couid not continue under our constiuction of ! vent many cases ol the kh doccuring on the ! full extent of lutr right, our prohibition of j the laws of nations, unless that blockade should j ncean under the ticnecs of Berlin aid AJ ilat> r French trade \va.s not absolute but nmd fied, be maintained by a due application of an adc- i but the most obnoxious and des’.ructiic pans r and m t'e'urn for the absolute prohibition ci all ; quote naval force. juf those decrees ate exercised wi-.h full vin- Atr.ericr appears to concur with France in kmoe not only in the ports is! Fiaofee, but ir, those trail -other count tics to-which Franco tliit ks she can ccmtfiii injustice with impunity. (who also discharges the du’y of sergeant at trade .with Greai-Britain, we prohibited not ail arms) in the place of Mrl Mathers, deceased, commerce wi.h France, but all st;ch commerce i asserting tliar Cireat-Britain was the crigtr.rl ag There were taken 27 votes, of which Mountjny with France as should uot be carried on ; grosser in the attack on neutral rights, ar.d has Bailey liad 20, and was accordingly declated through Great-Britain. ip rticyil^iriy objected to the blockade of May, elected. ' ' ' Tltfe message from the President was then read as above, and S00.copies oidertd to be • was lorcscen, and deeply regretted. jOut the ir,iury to the 6cuual nation aiosc from the ag gression of France, which had compelled Great- At itain in her own defence to resort to ade quate rctahaicry measures of war. The opera inrougii urieai-ttfpaui. t pmcyi^ny onjectea to me o;ocKauc oi may, Great-Britain has aright to complain th-it j It was ev*denl that this system must prove j 161*6, as an obvious instance of that aggression j neuual nations should overlook the very worst .prejudicial to neutral nations: this calamity on the part of Great-Britain. featutes’ «T those extraordinary ^cts, and printed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday % November 4. This being the - day-designated by the Pre sident **f the United, for (he meeting of the congress of the United States, about eleven o'clock i\n house was called to older ; when it .appeared that there were piescntoue hundred and twenty-eight members. 'Hie house then proceeded to ballot for a Speaker, On counting the votes the following appeared to be the tcsult : Henry Clay, of Kentucky, 75 \V m. W. Bibb, of G corgi a, 33 Scattering, 6 So that Mr. Clay was duly chosen, and was conducted to the s|;c-kei’s chair accordu.gty ; •whence"he addressed the house as follows : Gi.stlkmkn—In coming to the station which you have done me the honor to assigu jne—an honor for which you will be pleased to accept my thanks—I obey lather your com mands than my own inclina ion. I am sensi ble of the impel fee ions which I bring along with me, and a consciousness of these would deter mo from attempting a discharge of the duties oi the chair, did I not tely confidently upon your generous support. Should the rare and delicate occasion present itself when you. •speaker should be called upon to check or con trol the wanderings or iutcmpetance in dtbjie, your justice will, 1 hope, ascribe to his iutei po sition the motives only ol public good and a re gard to the dignity of the Wusc. And in uil instances, be assured, gentlemen, that I shall, -with infinite pleasure, afford every facility in my power to the dispatch of public business, in ■-the most agteeable manner." The tile in bets vvctc sworn, in, in the usual dbrm. The hcur.e ncy.’ proceeded to ballot foi a tdek ; when, ou, counting tits -votes, ihe.e were Tor Patrick Magruder 07 William Lambert 16 Thomas Dunn was iben re-eiected ve-jean* Although the doctrines of the Berlin dec ice respecting the rights of blockade, ale not di rectly asserted by the American ■government, Mr. Pinkney’s concspwndeticc would app-cm should suffer their ttade to be made a med'utn of an unj iteccdcmcd, violent, and motrstmua system (.1 attack u];on het. r esources,a scjccjc** t.f warfare unat'cmp cd by any civilised narioi) to countenance t lie principles on which those j before the present period. Not only has‘Auc tion on the American commerce of those p;e- j doctrines are founded. The objection diiectiy j r:ca sullercd her trade to be moulded in ho cautions which the conduct of r i ance had ten- j staetl by America against the blockade of May, j merits sf annoyance to Great-Britain -under the dered indispensable to -,ur security-,' is tiierc-1 1806. rests on a supposition that no naval force j provisions of the French electees, bu: aconstru- foro to be ascribed to the unwarranted aggres- : winch Gieat-JBritain possessed, or could have sion of Fiance, and not to those proceedings J employed for such a purpose, could have ren- on the pait of Great Britain which that aggves- dered that blockade effectual, ami (hat thetc- sion had rendered necessaty and just. The object of our system w<.s merely fo fine it was necessarily irregular, and could not possibly be maintained in coufotmiiy jlo the countc aci m w tempt to crush the British j law of nations, nude-, Gieat-B.ua... endeavored to prcmit the 1 Reviewing the course of this statement, t- comment to receive as large a portion of com- w D.l appear that rite blockade of May, 1606 rnercc as might be pucucdble thiough Great- •; C jnno’ be deemed contrary to .the law of nu- the istnua toci Britain ; and all her suGcquent reguxuiions, anti j t i 0i)S> either under the Objections urged by every mod.fccauon oi her system by new o.de.s j p lenchj f;r un der tiio c declared or'insinus or modes or gratmngor witiiholding licenses _ 'J have been calculated fcr the purpose of encou raging the trade of neutrals through ’G ! 'eat- iiiuain, whenever such ericouragenie.it might; upper,f advaiitagebusto ihe general imeres s of commerce, and conssieni vjnh the public safe ty of the narion. The jusl.Iication of Iris majes'.j’s orders in couucii, mid the ciutinuance *ot that defence hiic always been its eu upon the existence ul' the deci ee's ot Berlin and Milan, -and on the presevereui.ee of <n: enemy iit the sysien: of hos'iluy vviiich has si bvevted the rights of neu- tint wmmie.ee on ihe c«ui:inent ; and it has al ways i.cci declared ou the part of his rnqjcs'j’s govcrumenl, liiat wn t .ever F'anoesh'i'uid have effectual repeal .lie decrees of Berlin and Mi lan, .and sii i id have icsioied neuual com merce to the condition in which it stood pre viously. to the .piortiulgat. m Of those dr.ciees, ■j ;epeal our oidi in we should in.uicdiaU council. Fiance lias arrested-thav/hs tlfecree-of Berlin was a mcasuie of just u t:?.:liaiton on-her-par , occasmned by our p.evintrs aggresciortf^iiTd .he Fie,.c.’i government has tn,is’ed .hut ou* sys- existed previously 10:u ul blockade, es it to the decree •©! Beilin, was.a rjianifost■viola tion of .he icceived law of nations ; wc must therefore, sir, refer to live Berhu d i,. tree, so at avmsaud ThomasClr.xtnn doorkeeper, witl»- j -5ad die principles of cur system' oi blockade out opposition ; Bei jamin Butch -was also rc- ohnsen assistant doot keeper. The usual messages were interchanged with which France considers to be new .and con:ta- y to the law oi nations. By ’..he 4.ii and 3vh at icles it is s , alc- > " the senac on the subject of their being formed .justification of ihe French decree, and ready to proceed to business u;g those decrees .as ts met upon a decei'lol dcclararion of ihe French cabinet, she has en forced her noB-ithpqriation act against G. ca:- Brita.n. Under these circumstances I am instructed by rny government lu urge to .'nit of .lie Uni;, ed Sia es, the injustice of thus fcr-foi c.cg il. u : act:;gains' h:< maj.-sty^s<lnmuitor<s,&r.d 1 c n- not but I;ope that a spirit of justice wijj induce the United‘Siaie.^ government to reconsider :hc line of coi due. they have pursued, ard u? teas, to re-establish their far tirer suite of Mtiec ricutraliiy. I have only to add, sir, that on my part I shell eve,’• he ready to o.ce yi-u on any openu g which may scorn * to effotd a prospect of iv- stocr.g complete harmony between the two countries,and that it viii at all t::r.es give rr.c .lie gicaiest satisfaction to neat with you «:i ’be important conce. ns.so ia eicstir - to boil:. I have die honor to be etc. A no .1 Fostkr. To the 'r.norahic James Monroe (Sc. Uc. ok. by .he American gavernmOn ., bocause ilia- blockade was maim anted-by a sufficient, naval- ibree ; that the decicc ot Berliu was r.ot there fore jcisuited either undet the pre.exts uiletlged bv France, or order those supported by Ame rica, that the orders in council were founded on u just principle of defensive xetaiimioo -against ihe violation of .he law of nsAosts ccirnnmied-by France in. the dec.ee uf -Bewiri, that ikebloci:- ade of May 1805 is now included «a the more extensive opeiation of the orders in coup,-at, and lastly that the eiders in councii viil uot -be continued beyond t-he-effectual cforation of die hostile decrees ofFi.&iice, nor .w;i! the blockade oi May .ISOS comiovie -after the repeal cf tlte orders in-ciutncil mi!ess his majesty's govit:;- ment shall think ii so ^usyaln it -by tiler spedial application -of a vufSciect nava! -force. This fact wil nm ibe suffered to icn-iain-u: dfiitlrf, turd-: if the repeal .'if -die orders in council sh, u!d ! take place, ;.neunveni-loo -ol his Tuajesty’s g»v- J cauucij wete origitiaiiy foundt-d, I ;h:f.k it, ernmerit re? peeling the .blockade oi May, I30.£, right to explain rnyself it. order to pi event a:,v 1 will lire notified i£‘ the.san-e .tiuic- ' ' ’ 1 3 need .not ’recapitulate Vo you live eenUTDents ofIiis .mijicEtUs .governmeut'so often tepeated on dte subject of the'French ministers note to gen. Armsrwing, dated the 6 h of last August.. The.eiadied •ambiguity/if .hat no'e has since been amply -explained by the conduct and lan guage. of tiie goiernme.il of F'ance, of which •me of the most remf tkable iiisiat’ces is to be found in the speech of the chief of the French •government-cf the ZTtli of last munch '.o cer tain deputies fow the f.ee cities «.f Han.burgh, '.Bremen, end Lvtbcck, v/hsreih he declares that ms fonr^n to mu. v. oi.aoa. ifa.i/avglan, JlUj 1.1. 1811. —In consequence of * ttr conversaiicn ef yes'eulay, and .lie •.bservatievis which yru ftiade ic pcclii.g i ii at part or my le’-cr to you of ti,e 64-instcnt, wketein X have alluded to the li.c on v. birth lik. mr.jCi y'b oiil<-rS in Mr. Mitchili and Mr.-Pitkin were appointed tic.-' c»rcat-. -Britain “ sxievas to unfortified towns and cum-, , „ , . ... rricic.a] pons, to hatbors, and to (lie mouths of \ ^ J u: ", ^ ^n deers^shall bo the pub- a comrriuec to join with Messis. Anderson risers, those rights oi blockade, which by rea-‘ ‘ s ' y r7 “' 1 'l! a ‘ ns , and B.adley, the committee appointed by the j son and the usage of nation- me appiicitblc on- il£r crtlCiS 1:1 cour | cll ’ I ot lb f d: d l80j • I BC,e « t lo d “ 3V4a 7 an y ,n »P«ssion that you 1 fortified daces : and .hat the tigi.'s of ! P rou ®“ n “ ln S as , - ,la i !l! ^ f la: ‘b rUj " e will adu«H may have reccivedio li.e contrary from rny ob- 1 that the system oi violence and injustice of j nervations tesjrectir.g .he effects which his possible mistake .as to ihe p.esent situation of r-eu’.ral t.ude with his m-.riesty’s encn.ie::. -will only be necessa.y for me to repeat what bns already, long since, br cn announced to the Aiiuirican government, ran.civ, :i at 1 is niajestvfo culer in council o( April 26, 18C9, superceded those of Noverr.lxsr J8C7. ai-d :e- lievcd ihe system if ictalisiioD adr-p.td by his majesty egainst tii> enemies flora, what was -ccfia.dered in this c unt'y as the most i.-bjec- tiotiable part ci it ; ihe option give*) to neutrals io t.ade with the enemies of G*ea:-Brhain through British ports on payment of a transit tluiy. This explanation, sir, will, I trust, be suf- 1 senate, to wait «u the president and ii-torm j him that tlie two houses were formed and rea dy tot receive any communication he might iuve to make to them. J.Ir. Mitchili-soon after isported 'he perfor at 3 to fortresses realiy 1 ly to blockade ougiit to he it.ntie invested Dy a sufficient.force It is added in the same a.iicies that'Grea llri ain ?• iias declaied places to be in a«ta.e of mancc by the 'committee oi the duty as-igned ' blockade, before which she has not a single ,. ‘ j that 'the system of violence and injustice of j servations tesjiectir.g the effects which • j which..he is the founder, will be maifitaincd by ( majesty's o. ds«s in council originally h: • him until the -defensive measures of retniiation j the trade of neutral nations. Those < bs “‘j I to which they gave lisc on Lbe part of Great- j lions weie me»ely meant as preluninaiy Britain shall be abandoned. had on bserva- y meant as prckminaiy to a ; ccnsidera'u •< of the question sow at issue be* them ; ard that ihe presficr.t had informed iheni he would make a communication in writ- ring to-morrow at twelve o'clock. And the house adjourned. Tuesday, November 5. At o'clock this day the message inmirjfi •ship of war, and'even places which British foice w .jild bo msufficieot to blockade, entire coasts and a whole empire." Nether the practice of Great-Britain nor the law of nations has ever sanctioned the rule now laid dawiriby. France, that no place excepting fortiesses in a complete state of investiture can tic whole i If other precis were necessary to shew the ! ’ween the two countries. "continued ex;? cr.ee ol those obnoxious decides, I * have the honor to be, wi-h the highest rrt,l ir* t *» ». 1 f, . * ., 1 A f | they .. - • , r I 1UU‘ W- 111 «l I.VI111 l^i—li. .1,1..*. 111 III VLi, precedingxotuinn, was received Irotn tltc pie- , . t . '.. p . • i - . . „ r . j be ccemea lawtutiy blockaded by sea. stdeut of tne Untied bta'cs, by x-Ir. Edward - 1 if such a rule were, to be admitted it would -Coles, his secretary, accompanied by a volumi- , , _ • ,, ,- r . _ . . r, tl , 3 j- r Lccome nearly tmprac-icablc for Great-Britain nous collection of documents, in the reading cf . 1 , . 1 A r ... ^ to atiempt ihe bloc.taQe of any port the con- ion of troy one superi- . . , . . j -n » akvCLisui Uiv BjuuAdUv ui auy uo» w tn inc \vhich the house praff*.essc'i till hail past three ~ - „ . , . . , * ^ ,* , 1 ticent, ana ouMuomissicn to tbis pervers! o clock, when the hi.-use uepumea. , c * .. • 111 J *• , , the l«*\y ct naticnt:, 17nils it would destroy The f6i owine wertramon^ toe eauies: docu- - • , , r . 7 - .... u.± cf the principal advantages of our naval su ments read, of which we have inserted as much as tltc limits cf our paper wiil stlmit including -g’eat part of the cor-esi>endence between our -scercary or^itate and. thedlritish niinisicr on rthe subjec. of ’ he ORDERS FNGOUNCIL. date" that they : 0 t.’.t Hon. James Monroe, &c. may be discovered it: the imperial edict 1 considerations and respect, air, youi racst obe- 'at Fontainbleau in October 19 h, 16*0,1 diei.t huu.blc seuan:, lat mons.icus ptoducrion of violence, in which j Ava. J. Fosieh. ley are mede the basis cl c system cf general j » 0 and unexampled tyranrrx. and onpiession eve: j all countries subject »c, allied with, or within 1 reach of tire power cf France ; in the report of! majesty’s packet boot having been :J4R. XOSTEH 10 Jilt - XOSBOE- lf’astengton. JuJy.3, 1811. _ =S*n—I have had t(ie honor of stating to you verbally the system or defence to which his majesty has been compelled to resort far the erfty, would vacrrfice the -common t ights and interests of all maritime stales. It was evident that tne -blockade 'of May, 1306, was the principal pretended -justification cf the decree of Bei lin, though neither the prin ciples on which that blockade was founded, nor its practical operation, afforded any color fer the proceedings of France. iti point ofolaie the blockade of May, 1SQ6, preceded ihe Berim decree ; but it was a just and legal blockade according to the establish ed law of na^uns, because it was intended to be purpose of protecting the met itime rights .and maintained, end was actually maintained by -interests of his dominions against <bt: new Co- cn adequate force appoin.ed toguard the whole 'Scriptiati of warfare that has been adup’cd by roast described in the noriucatior., and ccuse- his .enemies. I have piesented to yen the quently to enforae the blockade, gtounds upon which his majesty finds himself •Gi cat-A’riti.in has never attempted to dispute still obl-ged to continue that system, end I cor.- that in the ordinary course bfthe law of nances, ceive that l shall best meet your wiriies as ex- r.c blockade cap. be justifiable or valid unless it pressed to me this morning, if in a mere for- be supported by an adequated force destined to mal shape I should lay before ycu the whole maintain it, and to expose to hazaid sli vessels extern of the ques’ion, as^ oppet-ws to his mar attempting to evade its operation. Tlic bfock- jesty's government to e®x! betw een Greet- aoe of May, 1*00, was no'itied by Mr- Secre- •Britaiu and America. ,ar y Fc* cn this clear principle, cor was that .1 -beg leave to call your attention, sir, to the* blockade asriounoed until he bod satisfied him- ■principles on which liis majesty's ordets in by a communioatioo with his majesty's .council -were originally founded- The decree board of admiralty, that ihe admiralty possess- Hedin was directly and expressly an • act c-f ed the means and would employ them, of war, by wiiie*» Fiance p*ohibited all na’ions watching the whole roast from S:est to the from trade or intercourse with Great-Britain Elbe, and of effectually enforcing the blockade, under pen1-of confiscation of their ships ard '1 he blockade of May, 180u, was therefoie merebandire; although Fiance had cct ti c Casccrding to the doctrine rsaintaiqcd by Gicav- ~!t. FOSTEIt TO ?IR. XCXKOE. ti-i. ti v;v i«ivc; smii-icpuiij * TVas/nv^lvn. July. 14,3811. the Fiencii minister ior foiotgo affairs dated 1 c- R }.; n : last December, and in the le 'ei- of the Fice.qb * minister cf jus .ee to the presi cil of Prizes. To this latter, sir, I wctti.I wish ! highness- the prince regent will n cc^sarily particularly to invite your a'.tc : 4;oti ; the date ! j?-?-- that I should h- ve to transmit to his rtv is the 2 jth from mor.t unquestionable, and you will there find, sir, the duke of Mass a in giving fits in- , S'fuctioi.s to tl.council o» pttzes in coifoe-! qoence of the’.resident of the Unitc-i S ates* prcclama'i'H! cd Nov. d, most cautiously avoid ing to asset! that the French decrees were re pealed, and asetibing not to such repeal, but to the ambiguous passage which he c-jo’c-s at ’ length from M.Champagny's letter cf Aug. €.. the new ati»:udc takeri bv America, ai.d you i . «nl also sue an evidence m tne satne et’er of t r. , ° ce, aircl trie rej .e 'en' ot tue L icac^i , 20 ke.g (let iinecl. m\A u fortnight, iiaving elnps- •esider t u the ccun- j <rd su-ce- ray arrival at this-capitai, his royal tr, sir. I wcuid ’vish I h'ghne.vr the prince regent will n cessarily ex- a'.tc’ttioti ; the dits I jfo-- that I shoald h' vo to transmit to his rtv- luecember, the authority ft comes i “ J Ffobness some oificial con-inunication as to the line of conduct th?- American government meat 1 to 1 ttrsue. I t - • cst vou Wdi excuse me de-<il- if wi:!.. at. 'nr.."?she- for a V-. •c.iefore, d ausv>:r to my note o* the "d inst. I anx- •*■’.-7‘desire to ];nc:> from yon what, is the CSlllCt vrli •--- u n resp: ct to sus- the continued capture of American ships after November, and under the Gerlin and Milan cic- ciess, haviog beet, c.-mempiated by tlie Frer-ch govei ament, sii cc there is special direction given for judgment on such ships bring sus pended in consequence of ihe American pro cianration, ar.d ‘or their being kept at pledges, for its enforcement. W* -Can tlier, sir, these decrees he said ho have been tepealed at the period when 'lie precla ma ion t-f the president i f tiro U«:ted B ate appeared, or when America eoforftd her r.or- 1 importation act against Great-itii'.asni A;’ they so at this moment 1 To the li’st questk the state papers vyhich I fcave referred ;o a „ pear to give a suific cat answer. Fur c-ve ;/ supprsing that the repeal has -does taken pfi. i* is clear that on November 3-J, there wa- . question as to that notlaei :g then the c -sei * capture of the ibip Ns v-*fo'rieacs-?acket se-xcu *u,rvt.. ri k. to - s v. etc nr! pencil!.*^ the of inie act of con- a7Tes^ !*oii 1 jitiii:;;1 ir^;;c:rt^llcu ffocn tlie Bii- ciSll l: I-hsre Irav;-. been repeatro-avowals lately m^iie by cue govermocr.t e. F ranee, tha*. the ‘f Bat i;,'. a;.3 Milan were still in full orce, and the acts cf tiia? govermucat have corresponded jn»K iho,« avowals. Ihe meas-ares cf rtt: i-Htfon rar-ned by G tear - Brif.tfn .in-t ‘hc ; e f ccrres are cr:;?e- ijiitntTy u. the regr C t r.f his royal higaucss si;ll necessarily o-r;tii>»ied. - I have h-.tl the -fw.ii-.r- to state tc- yirj the light ’U -cinc.i ,:is \r -.—-i ]. the r*rince .iewetf the proclar.ia’i; :. >ihe Prcriiic’it of hist “Noveiiiber. aud >J;e tire with^vaich _ •& learnt tlie suh</. Client -rtiiasures olxoiigress g-rit’-.-t the British tr.:>Ie. America® ships :<r'-?e 1 t.rrfor bis mr-jest;•*» r-.ais fo couheii, i >c • .-ri- r j r'lch taaLrn ppeaied, wete nr.: iirinxdfotcli kc.r etl, -c;>use it w-;is tiial I ‘ r- .■■•)•-. j-ro- -.-•ioos cf France a.ight have led the .1 g..veri\»ntm ana >.i.c nietch'-Msuf Auitr.ca in ci rcru- t iis coral; uc i- -n r.f 11.e -iu 1#.anus r t.!i,ce. r ut when the reil was ,!i«ovn as'de, erd ’be -1 iicii r-j : . i^inijtlf avowrd the c. ntinui .1 --•.- A i-tu, it nts l.vifN-