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hcfor* Eugunu vvuU'i^ngc ivcrcx- tc-rn.il regulations agaiiili the tra<Ic oi the T. States. Hut von hill iniiitthatthe French decrees arc unrevoked, and urge in proof o\ it, a fad drawn from iMr. Ruffel's correfpondence, that fotne American veflcls have been taken iincc the firfl of November, in their route tol'i-gland. It is afatistactory anlwer to this remark, that it ap¬ pears by the fame correfpondence, I hat every American vcflel which had been' take n in that trade, the ki.'urc of which relied on the Ber¬ lin and Milan decrees only, were, as Coon as that fact was nfecrtained, delivered up tothe owners.—Might: there not be other ground alfo,on which leizurcs might be made ? Great Britainclaims a right to feizc for other caufes, and all nations admit it in the cale of contraband for war. If by the law of nations, one belligerent has a right to feizc neutral property in any cafe, the 01 her belligerent hasthe fame right. Nor ought 1 to overlook that the practiceof counterfeiting American papers in England which is well known to the continent, has by im'\*iirin<r the fait hdueto American r o documents, done tothe U, States tr.iciiti.il injur)*.— Againft this prac¬ tice the Mir.ifter of the U. States it London, as will appear by the reference to his letter to theMarquis "sVeikfley of the 3d of May, 1810, made a tormal rcprckntation, in ^ .,_r,,,.,... 0i";nr,^,,.->*,,..- f"i-, ,.->-, 1,;.. pt'.rtuaneti oi intmuttoivs from Ju.s government, an itli :m oiler ot every i n format ion pollllVed by him, which might contribute to detect andi'up- •prefs it. h is painful to add that this communication Was entirely difre- sjarded. That Great Briainmould complain of acts inErancc, to which by her neglect,fhewasmftrumenta}, and draw from them proof in fup- port of Ivcr orders in council,ought certainly not to have been expec¬ ted. Your remark alio, that the prac¬ tice of the French government to C*rant licences to certain American veffels, engaged in the trade be¬ tween the United States and Fran¬ ce, is an additional proof that the French decreesflill operate in their rulieir. extent. On what principle this interference is drawn from that fact is iinpoftible for me to con- cievc. It was not the object of the Berlin and Milan decrees to prohibit the trade detween the United States and France. "I'hcy were meant to prohibit 1 he trade of the United States with Great Britain which violated our neutral rights, and to prohibit the trade of Great Britain with the continent, with which the United States have nothing to do. If the object had been to prohibit the trade between the United States and France, Great Britain could never have found in them any pre¬ text for complaint. And if the idea of retaliation could in any refpect be applicable, it would have been by prohibiting our trade with herfelf. Toprohibitit with France, would not have been retaliation ; but a co-operation. If licencing by France the trade in certain initan- ces prove any thing, it proves no¬ thing more than that the trade with France, in other inftances, is under reftraiht. It feems impofli- ble to extract from it in any refpect, that the Berlin and Milan decrees are in force, fo far as they prohibit the trade between the United States and England. I might here repeat that the French practiceof granting licences to t rade bet ween the United itattt and France, may have been urt.cr..d<Hl in pari- at ieaft, as a fe- curity againft thefimulatedpapers; the forging of which was not i'up- prell'ed in England.—It is not. to be inferred from these remarks, that a trade bv licence, is one with Which the 'United States arc fat- islicd.—They have the lirongeft objections to it. but thefe are foun¬ ded on other principles, than thole fucrcrefted in your note. li is a caule of great furpnle to thcPrclident,thatyourgovcrnment has not feen in the correfpondence of Mr, RuiU, which 1 had the honour to communicate to you on the 17th of Oc^. lalt, and which has been lately tranfmittcd to you by your government, fufficiont proof of the repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees, independent ol the conclusive evidence of the fact, which that correfpondence afforded it was not to be pretumed from the intimation of the Marquis of "Wellcficy, that if it was to de tranf¬ mitted to you, to be taken into cor.fideration in the depending difcuflions, that it was of a nature to have no weight in thefe dit- cuflions. The demand which you now make of a view of the order given by the French government to its cruifcrs in confequence of the re¬ peal of tlie French decreer. is a new proof of its indifpofnion to repeal the orders in council. The decla¬ ration of the French rrovernment was,as.fcisbeenIi^rctototeobki'\ ro, •a fblemn unci obligatory act, and as fuel), entitled to the notice ;uul refpect of other governments. It was incumbent on Great Britain, therefore, in fulfilment of her en- gagemeat, to have provided that her orders in tcuncil fhould not have effect after the time fixed for the collation of the French decree.". A pretention in G. Britain to keep her orders in force till fhc received iatisfacfiop- of the practical com¬ pliance of France, is utterly incom¬ patible with her pledge. A doubt, foundedon anyiinglc ail1, however, committed by a French privateer, might, on that principle, become a motive for dclav and refufal. A fufpicion that fiich acts would be committed might have the fame effect, and in like manner her com¬ pliance might be withheld as long- as the war continued.—But let me here remark,-that if there war, "'■""■ifj'r'i mt-^fljoi whether lj"* loom tor a queiuoii, whether the French repeal did or did not take effect, at the date announced by France,and required by the United States, it cannot be alledsed that thefe decrees have not ceafed to operate lince the 2d of Febuary laft, as heretofore obferved. And as the actual ceflion of the decrees to viol¬ ate our neutral rights, was the only eflential fact in the cafe, and has longbcen known toourgovcrnment the orders in council, from the date of that knowledge, ought to have ceafed, according to its own prin¬ ciples and pledges. But the qucition whether and when the repeal of the Berlin and Milandecrees took effect in relation to the neutral commerce of the U. States, is fuperceded by the novel and extraordinary claim of Great Britain to a trade in Britifli articles, with her enemy ; for fuppolin^ the repeal to have taken place, in the fulled extent, claimed by the Uni¬ ted States, it could, according to that claim, have no effect in rem¬ oving the orders in council. On a full view of the conduct of the Britifli government in these tranfaclinns it is impoflible to fe & k any thing ihort of a ipwt of determined liouility to the rights and intercfts of the United States. It iilued the orders in cotir.nl, on a principle of retaliation on h ranee, at a tune when it admitted the French decrees to be ineffectual ; it has fultainod thofc orders 111 full force ; -lotwithlbinding the pretext for them has been removed, and l.ittcilvit hasaddeda new condition of their repeal to be performed by France, to which the United States in their neutral character have no claim, and could not demand, without departing from their neu¬ trality, a condition which, in ref¬ pect to the commerce of other na¬ tions with Great Britain, is repug¬ nant to her own policy, and pro¬ hibited by her own laws, and which can never be enforced on any na¬ tion without a fubverfion of its fovereignty and independence. I have the honor to be, &c. JAMES MONROE. Will they alTail n, fey prcd mcurfions f We have it m our p(m-. cr abundantly to retaliate.—H't|lc' refort to a more regular and hori. orable mode of warfare, and Kill At¬ tempt to invade us with an cm. bodied force ; this muit be folim. For the Gazlttf.. • > • Mr. Editor, NO man can deprecate war more than I do. It is certainly an evil, and an evil of no common inae*ni- tude. But it is not to be warded off by indolently deploring the mileries that attend it. Like oth¬ er evils it is magnified bv timidity and fupinencis, and the moil cllec- Cull cleans or averring if wi iwea- knig its force, is to he prepared to meet it. witli eotiras:e« IleIIta.tion and fear invite aff^reflion. In vain do we exert fkill and induftry in acquiring property if we want courage to protect it. it will fervc only to allure an invader who has the boldncis to feizc what we want Ipirit to defend. Engl a rid cxptfls everv man to do /.'is dut)>9\m& the energetic addrefs of the QTcatcfl of Heroes to his in- trepid aflbt.iates on that memora¬ ble day when he terminated a ca¬ reer of glory unparalleled in the annals of fame, and blafted for ev¬ er the Corlican Tyrant's proud hopes of rivalling his country on the Ocean. .At the prcfent criCis we may well fuppofe this animat¬ ing appeal of the illuftricms iN'elfon to the patrituifm of his feliov/s in arms, made to ourfelves ; and I have flicwn that honor, gratitude, everv generous fccllr,™. nav even every generous feeling nay even mtorelfc itii-lt ftiould *n>pel us ti> rouie at the cull- lr. remains to fbew that the exertions to which we are thus prompted will not be ineffectual. It would be an illiberal as well as a dangerous prejudice to fup¬ pofe that the citizens of America ited in number by the nccelTary accompanvments of baggage nm . . r ', ... _ 00 br\ I'fn- vilions and military itores, that it will be no difficult matter for u^ flender as our population is, to meet them with at leaft equal num. bers.—This however is fpeakin* as though wc had no icfourccsto look to but our own. Hem* tin the advantages preponderate on our fide when we throw into the (cale tlie allured co-operation and lupport of the befl difciplined troops in the world, eager for an. opportunity to emulate thehrilii.itit exploits of their fellow foldters in .Spain and Portugal !—Befide's, it is evident that, on the Sea Coaft our neighbors are more vulncrj. l)le and more exoofed to the for- ccs of otlr nether countrv tlnn \te are to theins ; and that the principal part of their ftrcngth k refburces will be required to de¬ fend thcmfclves from invalion, in- (lead of inv.\dincr us.—Indeed it is evident that they prefume upon our making no reftftar.ee. When they find that we are not inclined tamely to allow them to difpole of our perfons and property, hut an; animated with the zeal ami tpirit which rise prcfcnt pofturc ot at- fairs re<ju!»"^s ; tli-.it we feel as ir.cn ought to Joel when their belt in- tGrefts arc at fiakc ; and arc deter- ■ mined to act as becomes Britifh Subjeclr>, they will probably p.iuie a little over this favorite nnijcct, and afford another proof of the foundneis of that political inaxiui, that the meft cjjulual ivay to keep '.car at a tlijiance h to be prepare J to meet it. FALKLAND. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^fc^^^^"**^^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^™^^ v^^^^^^^^h ««^iw^^^v* ^*^m^^^^^^^ ^^"^^^^^^^^ . FOREIGN 1NTELLIGENCK, Front the Jy-nJon Gtt%ctti E:-:tr;wdliu?ry% <f December 17. Do<v.'nin£-Street. The. l6. Capt. Tyldeil, Military Secretary to Lieut. Gen. Sir vS. Auchmuty, arrived at the Secretary of State's office this day with despatches, addressed to the Earl of Liverpool by Lord Minto and Sir S. Audi- muty, of which the following arc coi !' copies. JVIy I.onl----1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordlhip's despatches of the 4th September lad, which reached me after my landing on this island. As the expedition againft Java was undertaken by directions from want bravery : but wc may with- the Right Hon. Lord Minto, Gov. out arrogance rate our valor as not inferior to theirs. But then it may be faid we arc undifciplin- ed ! In this refpect too they arc not greatly our fuperiors. Their prelcnt regular forces are not nu¬ merous, and their militia, for the mofi part, not better fkilled in military manoeuvres than our own. General of India, he has required mc to detail to him tlie operations of the troops. YourLordfhip will, however, I trufl, pardon the lib¬ erty I take in enclosing a copy of my letter, and will permit me to add the following general report. We landed 011 the 4th inst. within 11 miles of Batavia, which Wc have amongil us many cxpe- was taken pofsefsion of on the 8th, rienced officers, and many of thofe veteran-Loyalifls who diftinguifh- edthemfelvcs in the laft American war j and it is to be pref'umed that* at the prcfent juncture, we without opposition. On the 10th the troops had a fharp affair at Weltervreedewith the elite ofGcn. J.insen's army, which terminated in driving them into their ftrong will all, with" alacrity, devote the . position at Cornelis. On theafith, neceilary time and attention to acquire that facility in military ev¬ olutions which is requilite to give effect to pcrfonal valor.—Is our frontier extenli-e and in many parts expofed ? Theirs is the fame.' we assaulted the works at Cornelis, which were carried, and the whole army, upwards of 10,000 difcipli¬ ned men were cither killed, taken, or difpersed, with t?ic exception of a" fmall party of horfe thit ef-