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the eastward. A detachmens of our troops is in possession of it.

The superior discipline and invincible courage which have so highly distinguished the British army, were never more fully displayed, and 1 have the heartfelt pleasure to add, that they have not been clouded by any acts of insubordination.

I have the honour to inclose a copy of the orders I have directed to be issued, thanking the troops in general for their services, and particularising some of the officers, who, from their rank or situations, were more fortunate than their equally gallant companions, in opportunities of distinguishing themselves, and serving their Sovereign and their country. But 1 must net omît noticing to your Lordship the very particular merit of Colonel Gilles pie, to whose assistance in plarming the principal attack, and to whose gallantry, energy, and judgment in executing it, the success is greatly to be attributed.

To the general staff of the army, as well as my own staff, I feel myself particularly indebted. The professional knowledge, zeal, and activity of Colonel Edon, Quarter-Master-General, have been essentially useful to me; but I cannot express how much I have been benefited by the able assistance and laborious exertions of Colonel Agrow, the Adjutant-General, un offisor whose active and meritorious services have frequently attracted the notice and received the thanks of the Government in India.

It is with particular pleasure I assure your Lordship, that I have received the most cordial support from the Honourable Rear-Admiral Stopford and Commodore Broughton, during the period of their tommanding the aquadron. The former was pleased to allow a body of 500 seamen, under that valuable officer, Captain Sayer, of the Leda, to assist at our batteries. Their services were particularly useful, and I have the satisfaction to assure you, that both the artillery and engineers were actuated by the same zeal, in performing their respective duties, that has been so conspicuous in all ranks and departments, though, from the deficiency of the means at their disposal, their operations were unavoidably embarrassed with uncommon difficulties.

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Total missing-13 rank and file. Total horses-14 killed, 21 wounded, 3 missing.

P. A. AGNEW, Adj.-Gen.

[Next follows letters from Rear-Admiral Stopford, and Commodore Broughton, detailing the particulars of the co-opera tion of the navy in the reduction of Batavia, and the attack upon Fort Cornelis.

A letter from Rear Admiral Stopford, dated Scipion, Batavia Roads, Sept. 4. states, that Commodore Broughton sailed that morning, with the Illustrious, Lion, Minden, and Leda, and was directed to rendezvous off Gressi, until joined by the transports conveying the sepoys and ordnance stores, for the attack upon the enemy's remaining possessions upon the island of Java, at Gressi and Sourabaya. Lieut. Gen. Sir S. Auchmuty and Admiral Stopford proposed sailing the following day.

A letter from Captain Hoare, of his Majesty's ship Minden, gives an account of two contests between 200 soldiers,royal marines and men, landed from the Minden, and 500 of the enemy's chosen troops, near Bantam, on the coast of Java, in both of which the French were entirely defeated, with great loss. The loss of the detachment from the Minden was 2 killed and 23 wounded.

A letter from Lieut. Edmund Lyons, of the Minden, gives an account of his hav-' ing, with only 34 seamen, in the launch and cutter, stormed the Dutch fort of Marrack, on the coast of Java, mounting 54 guns, and garrisoned at the time by 180 soldiers, and the crews of two boats, disabling the guns in their possession, and every other part of the battery which it was practicable to destroy, which was completed by dawn of day, when it was judged prudent to embark. On reaching the boats, the launch was bilged,, and beat up so high with the surf, as to leave no prospect of getting her afloat, all the men therefore embarked in the cutter. The sun was now rising, and Licut. Lyous adds

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the momentary gratification the enemy might have felt, by our leaving the launch, must have vanished, when they beheld a small boat bearing away their colours, a public and undeniable testimony of the few men that attacked them, which amounted to 35, including officers." The Lieutenant particularly notices the gallantry of Mr W. Langton, midshipman, who received a slight wound from a bayonet; and Mr C. H. Franks, midshipman, a young man of only fifteen years of age, who volunteered to hoist the British flag, a service he performed most gallantly, under a heavy fire.-Four men were slightly wounded.]

UNITED STATES.

ADJUSTMENT OF THE AFFAIR OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE LEOPARD.

New York, Nov. 16. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.

I communicate to Congress copies of a correspondence between the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain and the Secretary of State, relative to the aggression committed by a British ship of war on the United States frigate Chesapeake, by which it will be seen, that that subject of difference between the two countries is terminated by an offer of reparation, which has been acceded to. JAMES MADISON.

Washington, Nov. 13, 1811.

MR FOSTER TO MR MONROE.

Washington, Oct. 30. SIR-I had already the honour to mention to you, that I came to this country furnished with instructions from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, for the purpose of proceeding to a final adjustment of the differences which have arisen between Great Britain and the United States of America, in the affair of the Chesapeake frigate, and I had also that of acquainting you with the necessity ander which I found myself of suspending the execution of those instructions, in consequence of my not having perceived that any steps whatever were taken by the American Government to clear up the circumstances of an event which threatened so materially to interrupt the harmony subsisting between our two countries, as

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that which occurred in the month of lase May, between the United States ship President and his Majesty's ship Little Belt, when every evidence before his Majesty's, Government seemed to show that a mostevident and wanton outrage had been committed on a British sloop of war by an American Commodore.

A Court of Inquiry, however, as you informed me in your letter of the 11th inst. has since been held, by order of the President of the United States, on the. conduct of Commodore Rodgers, and this. preliminary to further discussion on the subject being all that I asked in the first instance, as due to the friendship hetween the two States, I have now the honour to acquaint you, that I am ready to pro'ceed, in the truest spirit of conciliation, to lay before you the terms of reparation which his Royal Highness has commanded me to propose to the United States Government, and only wait to know when it will suit your convenience to enter upon the discussion.

AUG. J. FOSTER. The Hon. James Monroe, S. S.

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Although I regret that the proposition which you now make, in consequence of that communication, has been delayed to the present moment, I am ready to receive the terms of it whenever you may think proper to communicate them. Permit me to add, that the pleasure of finding them satisfactory will be duly aug mented, if they should be introductory to a removal of all the differences depending between our two countries, the hope of which is so little encouraged by your past correspondence. A prospect of such a result will be embraced, on my part, with a spirit of conciliation, equal to that which has been expressed by you.

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MR FOSTER TO MR MONROE.

Washington, Nov. 1. 1811. SIR-In pursuance of the orders which I have received from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, for the purpose of proceeding to a final adjustment of the differences which have arisen between Great Britain and the United States, in the affair of the Chesapeake frigate, I have the honour to acquaint you-First, that I am instructed to repeat to the American Government the prompt disavowal made by his Majesty (and recited in Mr Erskine's note of April 17,1809, to Mr Smith) on being apprised of the unauthorised act of the officer in command of his naval forces on the toast of America, whose recal from an highly important and honourable command immediately ensued as a mark of his Majesty's disapprobation.

Secondly, That I am authorised to offer, in addition to that disavowal, on the part of his Royal Highness, the immediate restoration, as far as circumstances will admit, of the men who, in consequence of Admiral Berkeley's orders, were forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake, to the vessel from which they were taken; or, if that ship should be no longer in commission, to such sea-port of the United States as the American Government may name for the

purpose.

Thirdly, That I am also authorised to

offer to the American Government a suitable pecuniary provision for the sufferers, in consequence of the attack on the Che sapeake, including the families of those 1, seamen who unfortunately fell in the ac tion, and of the wounded survivors.

These honourable propositions, I can Essure you, Sir, are made with the sincere desire that they may prove satisfactory to the United States, and I trust they will meet with the amicable reception which their conciliatory nature entitles them to. I need scarcely add how cordially I join with you in the wish that they might prove introductory to a removal of all the dif ferences depending between our two countries. AUG. J. FOSTER.

To the Hon. James Monroe, &c.

NE MONROE TO MR FOSTER.

Washington, Nov. 12. 1811.
SIR-I have had the honour to receive
your letter of the 1st November, and to
Lay it before the President.

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ration due for such an aggression as that committed on the United States frigate the Chesapeake, should have been so long defending officer, from one command to anlayed; nor could the translation of the ofother, be regarded as constituting a part of a reparation otherwise satisfactory; considering, however, the existing cir cumstances of the case, and the early and amicable attention paid to it by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the President accedes to the proposition contained in your letters, and, in so doing, your Government will, I am persuaded, see a which the President has been actuated. proof of the conciliatory disposition by

The officer commanding the Chesapeake, now lying in the harbour of Boston, will be instructed to receive the men who are to be restored to that ship. I have the honour, &c. JAMES MONROE.

Aug. J. Foster, Esq. &c.

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Mr Monroe, in reply to Mr Foster, dated 23d July, considers that his Government was bound to respect the solemn declaration of the French Government, Aug 5, 1810, that the decrees were repealed; argues that they are repealed from the release of the New Orleans packet, the Grace, Anne, and other vessels.

Mr Foster, in a letter of the 24th July, asks, whether it is the determination of the repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees, President to rest satisfied with the partial

which Mr Monroe believes to have taken place. To this no reply seems to have been given. In a letter from Mr Foster, dat ed 26th July, he shews that Mr Monroe had not, in his letter of the 23d of July, adduced any satisfactory proof of the repeal of the obnoxious decrees of France, and he urges afresh the injustice of the American Government in persevering in their union with the French system to crush the commerce of Great Britain.

In a reply to this letter by Mr Monroe,

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on the 1st October, he does not bring forward any fresh evidence to shew that the Berlin and Milan decrees are repealed, and he seems to evade the discussion.

In a note, dated 17th October, from Mr Monroe, he incloses two letters from Mr Russell, the American Charge d'Affaires at Paris, stating that the Berlin and Milan decrees had ceased to be executed, and a note from the Marquis Wellesly, dated on the 14th August, to Mr Smith, acknowledging the receipt of a letter from Mr Foster, stating that he had commenced his negociations with Mr Monroe, relative to the orders in Council.

Mr Foster, in a letter dated the 22d October, alludes to Mr Russell's letters, announcing the liberation of four or five American vessels, captured and brought into French ports since the 1st of November; and he adds to Mr Monroe," I hope you will not think it extraordinary if I should contend that the seizure of American ships by France, since Nov. 1, and the positive and unqualified declarations of the French Government, are stronger proofs of the continued existence of the French decrees, and the bad faith of the Ruler of France, than the restoration of five or six vessels, too palpably given up for fallacious purposes, or in testimony of his satisfaction at the attitude taken by America, is a proof of their revocation, or of his return to the principles of justice.”

Mr Monroe, in his reply, dated October 28, to this letter, adverts to Mr Russell's Tetters, and states, that it might have been fairly presumed, that the new evidence afforded of the complete revocation of the French decrees, so far as they interfered. with the commerce of the United States with the British dominions, would have been followed by an immediate repeal of the orders in Council.

Mr Foster, in reply, dated Oct. 31, insists again, that "where proof can be obtained of the decrees being in existence, we have it, namely, in the ports of France, in which vessels have been avowedly seized under their operation since Nov. 1."

THE PRESIDENT AND LITTLE BELT.

Mr Foster, in his correspondence on this subject, demands the immediate disavowal of the act of aggression committed by the President, and requires a just reparation.

Mr Monroe states, that no orders of a hostile nature had been given to Commodore Rodgers.

Mr Monroe subsequently transmits the result of the Court of Inquiry on Commodore Rodgers.

Mr Foster replies, that he shall transmit it to his Government without delay.

OCCUPATION OF FLORIDA.

Mr Foster, in a letter of the 2d July, protests against the occupation of West Florida by the United States. Mr Monroe, in his reply, dated on the 8th, argues, that the province formed part of Louisiana, which was ceded to France, and bought of France by the United States. Mr Foster, on the 5th September, calls upon the American Government to explain the conduct of Governor Mathews, in attempting to subvert the Spanish authority in East Florida.

Mr Monroe replies, that Spain has committed spoliations on American commerce, and that America looks to East Florida to indemnify her for them.

In an American paper of the 5th December, we have the report to the House of Representatives of the Committee on Foreign relations, on the President's message, This document is quite decisive in its tone, more so than any that has hitherto appeared in America, and plainly intimates that war must be the issue of the present fluc tuating state of relations between the two powers. With this view preparations, both naval and military, are recommended, and merchant vessels are to be allowed to arm under certain regulations, that they may be able to defend themselves against the British cruizers. If this proposal is carried into effect, war must very speedily be the consequence.

The American papers also contain the annual financial report of Mr Gallatin, the Secretary to the Treasury; from which it. appears, that the amount of the permanent revenue for the year 1812, is 6,600,000 dollars, and the annual expenditure 9,200,000, leaving a deficiency 2,600,000.

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It is proposed that this deficiency should be provided for in the present year by an addition of 50 per cent. to the present duties, and à continuance of the temporary duties called "the Mediterranean Fund,” these being sufficient for the purpose, and preferable to a new internal tax. As, however, the revenue for the years after 1812, it is estimated, will not exceed that of the present year, Mr Gallatin urges upon Congress the importance of providing a permanent annual revenue of nine millions of dollars in order to meet the current expences of Government, interest on the national debt, &c.

SPAIN

SPAIN & PORTUGAL.

(FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.)

EXTRACTS OF OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM LORD WELLINGTON.

"Frenada, Dec. 4, 1811. "Don Carlos D'Espagne has informed me, that he attacked the enemy on the 28th of November, on their retreat from the Sierra de Francia, between Miranda and Endrinal, with a detachment of Don Julian Sanchez's infantry, and a detachment of the regiment de la Princessa. On their arrival at Endrinal, they were attacked by Don Julian Sanchez, with his cavalry, and were obliged to form in a

square.

"Don Carlos informs me that the enemy suffered considerable loss; and that his troops got possession of some of the money, of which the enemy had plundered the inhabitants of the Sierra de Francia."

"Frenada, Dec. 12. "The enemy have made no movement of importance in this quarter, since I addressed you on the 4th inst.

"I have received accounts from Cadiz to the 30th of November; General Ballasteros had been obliged again to retire. It appears that the enemy have brought some troops from Grenada to act upon General Ballasteros, as well as the division under

General Semele, belonging to the 1st

corps.

The official accounts from Valencia tome down as far as the 20th of November. The enemy had not at that period made any progress in their attack upon General Blake's position, in front of the town. The Chiefs of Guerillas Duran, El Empecinado, and Espoz y Mina, had been very active and successful in their operations against the enemy."

FROM COLONEL GREEN, IN CATALONIA. "Vich, Nov. 11. "I feel very great satisfaction in informing your Lordship, that success has continued to favour all the enterprizes of the Baron Eroles. From Cervera he marched by the Seo de Urgel to Puigcerda, dispersed the regular and militia force of the enemy, to the amount of about 1500 men, the latter suffering considerable loss. The Baron has succeeded in making contributions of different kinds, corn, specie, &c. to the amount of upwards of 50,000 dollars from France; indeed his small columps have entered Languedoc, much

farther than has been known since the wars of succession.

"His contributions were levied with that judgment and exactness that they were seldom opposed, the militia in very few instances attempting resistance, and the villages in many confessing the justice of a retaliation.

"The division of the Baron then returned into Spain by the Val de Queroll; and two days ago I accompanied him to the Gariga, with the intention of attacking a convoy from Gerona to Barcelona, but the convoy having returned, I came to this city, which is for the moment head-quarters. Indeed, whenever the convoy shall attempt a passage, it will inevitably meet with a severe loss, a circumstance in the present state of the French army in this province, I should conceive to be avoided if possible; but the necessity of Barcelona now has become so great, that the loss would be nearly counterbalanced by the inconvenience.

"At present no day arrives but the enemy lose men, and none but the Spanish arms gain recruits and confidence."

FRANCE.

Paris, Dec. 22.

IMPERIAL DECREE.

NAPOLEON, &c.-The Senate, after hav

ing heard the Orators of the Council of State, has decreed, and we ordain as follows:

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTER OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE OF 20TH DEC. 1811.

The Conservative Senate, &c. decrees"Art. 1.-One hundred and twenty thousand men of the conscription of 1812, are placed at the disposal of the Minister, for the purpose of recruiting the army.

"2. They shall be taken from the Frenchmen who were born between the 1st of January 1792, and the 31st of the same year.

"3. The appeals and their periods shall be determined by the regulations of the public administration.

4. The present Senatus Consultum shall be transmitted by a message to his Imperial and Royal Majesty.

"We direct and ordain that these presents, having the great seal of state affixed to them, and being inserted in the bulletin of laws, shall be addressed to all Courts, Tribunals, and Administrative Authorities, in order that they may inrol

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