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| .INTERESTING LAW INTELLIGENCE TO MERCHANTS AN!) UNDERWRITES. HIGH court of.Appeal. London, June 2. Oji Thurs'ja}', an appeal from a decision of ; re .high court of admirallry came,on to efore a jitftnerous meeting of the lords of the council, at their office in White- hall, of the utmos ice to those .conr ceraed in the neutral trade, the law.of na- tidns, and of commerce in general. The question principally depended upon the pre- sent mode of proceeding in blockading ports. The settling of this question has been looked rtl to by those concerned m-the busi Bess for several yearn past. It. arose out of the oider of council for the blockade of the Dutch ports. Tire appellant in the cause was Johan "Wolff, trie master of the Patrioten, on behalf of himself, for the ship & cargo on behalf of Danish subjects, the owners thereof. The respondents were, lieut. Henry Hawes, com- mander of his majesty's hired armed lugger Ph nix, the captor, and James Ilefeltine, esq. his majesty's procurator general. I't appeared, on behalf of the appellant's .case, that the Patrioten was a Danish ship, the property of Lars Borretcn, of Drammen, in Norway, which, in the month of July, 1798. was laden at that port with a cargo of fir barks and deals, the produce of Norway, the property of 'Mrs. Elizabeth Holster, of Drammen, consigned to be delivered, at a market in Holland, and the ship was accor djngtjf proceeding thither, when she was .tap'-'ured on the :0th of August following bv his majesty's hired armed lugger Phoenix, limit. Henry Hawes commander, upon the high seas, about 6or 7 leagues to ihe north west of the Texel, on Friday, the .Oth of AugilBtj about tert at night, because she- was Bound to Holland, and upon suspicion of I er cargo being Dutch proper?}--, and she was brought into the port' of Varmouih ; that she uailed under Danish neutral colors, and had no other colors on board,; that there was not any resistance made at. the time the vessel was taken. The captain found that the appellant's (the master of, tire vessel's) i were endorsed by the lieutenant of ! pine, occupied in the blockade, and that he was not not to enter any port of .Holland. The following is the order of conned for the blockade, under which authority the re- spondent acted : " Tire undersigned secretary of state of his Britannic majesty has received orders to inform count VVcdel Jarlsberg^ Iris Danish majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, that the king has thought proper, without delay, for the defence of his states and the security of bis subjects, to make use of all the me ins which the superi- ority of Iris navy puts in his power, and for that purpose to cause the intel of the port at the Texelitb be Strictly blockaded, which ghal! be maintained and executed-in the most exact manner, according to aii -he customs of war. and in such a manner ,iS has always been done on like occasion*. " In .conformity v. hereto, count Wedel Jarlsberg is requested that be will be pjea • 'd .to inform the Danish consuls ana-merchants . who reside in England, th it the aforemeii tioned port at the Texel is and shall be look . ed upon and regarded as blockaded, and thai •from this day's date, no neutral ships shall ' beat liberty to put in there,'on an\ account, or under any pretext whatever, and that all the measures which the luW of nations and aties -ru'.-i-.liiig between Ins majesty a'.d the different powers authorise, shall in IV:are be taken and exe.enttd, with respect to such ships as are destined to the aforesaid ' port, or after the publication of these presents may endeavor to run in then-. (Signed) " GHENVILLE. Ci Downing-street, Wtk June, 17Ufe," The appellant, on bis voyage, did not al- ter bis course upon the appearance of his majesty's lugger the Phoenix, and his course was at all times, when the weather would permit, directed for Vlie ; and she was dis- tant from thence about six or sevm leagues, and her course was not altered, at"*..y time, to any other' port or place except when she put into Torgersoen, by stress of weather. She was boarded on the ninth of August, by an officer belonging to his majesty's ship the Proserpine, who warned the captain, and told him.he must not go into any port in Holland, on account of their being block- aded. The officer examined the ship's papers, and found that she was bound generally to some port in Holland, and that the whole of the cargo belonged to Magdalena Eliza- beth St. Holster, except 12 dozen of titers, which belonged to Johan Wolff, of Dram- men, in Norway, the master of the vessel. After the officer had examined the bill of lading, he put the following endorsement upon it: " August 9, 1798. « Warned off the Fly Island, and all other ports and hilets in the Zuyder. Sea, by bis Britannic majesty's ship Proserpine." After which, on the nth instant, in the. evening, she was stopped and detained in going into the Fly Passage, by the Phoenix Several witnesses proved that the Fatuo- ten was built in Drammen in the year i783, and that the cargo was to be sold in Holland at a mar kel,'to the highest bidder, and if an immediate sale could not be procured, it was to be left in the custody of Jacob Thyman Xaakeriian, an agent. The whale was prov- ed to be Danish property. -At the hearing before the judge of the admiralty, the claim and proofs were read, and advocates and proctors on both sides, thereon, by interlocutory decree, rejected the claim for the ship, and the masters' pri- vate adventure, and .pronounced the same to have belonged at the time of capture and seizure thereof, to enemies of the crown of Great Britain, and as such, or other wiee, •jubject and liable to confiscation, and con- demned the same as good and lawn . taken by his majesty's hired lugger Phoenix} lieut. Henry Hawes, commander ;and in res-. pect to the cargo, directed a certificate to fee exhibited by the captors, as to the time when the blockade of Amsterdam was pub- licly notified by his majesty's ministers', and reserved the adjudication of. the carj i till Such certificate .shartW have fck«i exl On the 52d of February, i/iiS, (hi name before the coh - for a further hearing, when a certificate that the block- ade of the Texel was notified to, count Jatis- berg, his Danish majesty's minister at the *$wX of. Great-Britain, o» the jith J^uej tfr08, signed by George Hammond, Esquire, the under secretary of state-! .. The advocates and proctors on both sides| were heard upon ?the production of the certificate< after- which- rejected the claim for the'cargo, and, by in- terlocutory decree, pronounced the said car- go to have belonged at the time of the cap- ture and seizure thereof, to-enemies,of the crown of Great Britain, and as such, or otherwise, subject and liable to confiscation ; and, condemned the same as good and law- ful prize, taken by his majesty's hired arm- ed cutter the. Phoenix, Henry Hawes, com- mand, t. From this decree- the appellants appeal- ed. Sir John Nichols, the king's advocate, was heard bv their lordships for near two hours in support of the decree.—He argu- ed in favor "of the notification of the block- ade and that the bill of lading merely stat- ed that the Patrioten was bound generally to'Holland, without mentioning any pavti- cttlar port ; and that the cargo being eventu- ally consigned to Jacob Tymen Laakeman, without stating his residence was proof of the commander being informed of the blockade ; ne therefore prayed their lordships to confirm the decree of the court of chan- cery. Dr. Laurence washeard for upwards of two hours for the appellants. The learned doctor commenced with stating the very great importance of the question which their lordships were called upon that day to decide, which had Been looked forward to by fo- rei;n ministers, and the mercantile world, for four years for a lull board of the privy council to decide as to this day it remained undefined what a blockade meant ; it was re, anentire new question. He stated, that blockades had originated from the mi- litary system of warfare, in besieging towns ; but in a military siege, .an enemy knew the force they had to contend with ; but in mo- dern blockades of p-rts the commander of a lugger boards and attacks a poor neutral, tells him the port is blockaded and he must not enter it. The poor foreigner probably hears it for the first time and alter all does hot understand the language sufficiently to be a-vare of the consequence. The block- ade of the Texel was certainly too general a term for any man to understand. It never could have been the intention of govern- ment to have blockaded every little port in the Zuyder sea. Foreign courts have not sufficient notice of a blockade before they could bmd their subjects. It had to go as far as Copenhagen, Constantinople, &c. To'Constitute a blockade it is necessary that the place be invested with a sufficient number of vessels that are stationed to pre- vent any communication with, the port blockaded, and he contended one vessel was not sufficient to constitute a blockade. He argued that there was no right in this nor a- ny countiy to order a blockade, but for the prrrpo.-re of annoying an enemy in warfare, not cases of commerce, and to inter- fere in the trade of neutrals except for their own safety. Ke argued at consi- derable.length the great hardships of neu- trals, and if there was not a free passage for them there was a strong case for compassi- on. To induce the penalties of a breach ol blockade, there should be proof both of an actual blockade then existing, and of the actual or presumptive knowledge of the >i!e by the party charged with violat- ing it ; and the learned doctor contended that theie as no proof in this case. Otfi. cers and others, employed to carry 6 block- ade into. effect, .cannot, at "their own plea- sure and of their own profit, vary and ex- tend the operation which has been notified by the government from which they derive all their authority. The notification of a blockade having the effect of a penal law, ought to be strictly construed in favour of those upon whose property a disobedience or neglest of it, even by their agents, i-s so heavily to fall ; and the public notice given by his majpsty's government to the Danish minister, did not either in words, or even in any fair interpretation to be collected from the motives there assigned for the ex- istence of the bl ckade, contain any prohi- bition of entrance by the Vlie passage. His majesty's government, after the blockade of the Texel was declared, continued to give licences to neutral ships, to go from this country through the Vlie passage, and fifty two licences were granted. A public no- tice does not carry with it conclusuive proof, however it may afford some presumption of an actual blockade ; and from the evidence in this cause it appears, that no actual block- ade of the Vlie passage then existed. The case occupied the attention of their lordships from ten o'clock to near four, when the Appellants having finished, their lordships consulted for a few minutes, and deferred their decision upon the question to a future day. N. B. The decision of this important question was considered so great, that the late minister, and all the members of t he privy council were summoned to attend. The following were present—Earl Camden, the president of the council, the lord chan- cellor, the master of the rolls, the duke Montrose, viscount Castlereagh, and two others. The American ambassadors attend- ed, and paid very great attention to the whole of the proceeding. June a. Yesterday morning the court met again, to proceed further in this irnportapt cause. There were present—lord chancellor, the duke of Montrose, earls Camden, Bathurst, and Clancarty, lords Hawkesbury and Mul- grave, and the master cf the rolls. Sir John Nichols, the king's advocate was heard at considerable^ length, far the re- spondent, in reply to Dr. Lawrence -for the appall - The learned gentleman contended, that Wi'vy thing h?,d fctcea faae by tfeu respond- ents was agreeable to the law of nations. He agreed with his learned friend' in some points, viz. that it was neoeqsary to ascer- tain, that tbeTe -was "K blockade and'also to ascertain what, constituted a blockade but he denied that it was necessity to Have suck a number of ships to blockade a.port, as in the,case of a besieged to'.vti. He observed, that it had been- decided in that court, in the case of the Columbia, that a ship quit ting her port, and bbitnd' for a blockaded port, made tier liable to confiscation. He contended .that itwas not necessary that any number of ships should be fixed upon' to constitute a blockade, but that the number shall in all cases depend upon the times and circumstances. In the blockade in this case, ] there was a large fleet, but it was not neces- J sary that they should all be altogether ; j they were distributed in various parts. In [ the case of admiral Jervisand general Grey's I proclamation for blockading the West-India I Islands, that was not held good, because it was not accompanied by an act. The go- j vernnrent did not allow of Such a blockade, ! without using proper means to enforce it. The judge. of the admiralty had very le- niently settled it, that a cargo was not liable to. Confiscation ; when the master of :he vessel was a mere carrier. But that was not the present case ; the cargo was con- signed to the master, and he contended that the notification had been issued time for him to have known it before he had sail ed from his own port. He therefore prayed their lordships' affii m.-.tion.- > . The court v as men cleared and their lordships deliberated for upwards of an hour. On the re-admission of strangers, the lord chancellor took a general view of all trie circumstances of the case, and laid stress upon the master ha ..'muted power to sell the cargo, lias lordship read a translation from the French of the copy of the notice he blockade, sent by lord Grenville, then secretary of state for foreign affairs, to the Danish and alt other foreign ministers. He then took notice of the ves- sel being boarded off the Fly Island by the Proserpine, and of the notice of the block- ade being endorsed on her papers, &c. This his lordship considered the best possible evidence. His lordship said, the board had taken into consideration the questions and points stated by council on both sides, and were of opinion that a blockade did exist at the time in question ; that the notification was duly given and properly acted upon ; that the notification was properly given to the vessel in. question, and that she was pro perly warned of it ; that the detention of the ship was fully justified ; and that the cargo, not being entrust! d to the master, merely as carrier, was properly confiscated. The register of the admiralty then gene- rally pronounced their lordships affirmation. This cause excited so much interest in doc- tor's commons, that the court was crowded with junior proctors, most of whom took notes. A great number of causes of a similar na- ture, which have, been increasing several years past, are in some degree settled by this decision. 5 days from New-York, for Savannah. An embargo was to be laid the 20th of July. Th; schr. providence, Tiaviss, 9 days from Richmond, with coal. The schooner Sally, Traviss, 9 days from Richmond with coal. The schr. Sea, Hewitt, 9 days from iticV inond, with flour and tobacco. Passed by, the chip President, from Dublin, and brig Virginia, from Bordeaux. Below, the ship Kingston, Leslie, from Liverpool, via Ireland. Cleared, ship Amity, Harrison, Bordeaux ; John and Adam, Knight, Liverpool ; brig Sarah, M'Lean, St. Vincents. BV THIS DAY'S MAILS. BOSTON, August 10. IMPRESSED at Halifax, in this year, from on board the schr. Messenger, and de- tained by the British frigate Melampus, the following seamen, natives of Massachusetts, viz. Jeremiah Holmes, John Leach Mid. John Maton. Arrived, schr. Sally, Watson, of Phila dflphia ; she sailed from Boston bound to Havanna, but was obliged to put back hav- ing sprung aleak the 20th July, and lost Mr Richard Spear, owner, overboard. An gust. 4, on Georges, saw a Wreck bottom up, appeared to be a ship, had no name on the stern. OffCapeCod, spoke two ships from Nantucket, on a whaling voyage. Brig Dove, Lovice, 30 days from New foundland, with fish. Saturday and Sunday, no foreign arrivals. Uuarantme Lilt. ¦ August 6, arrived, brig Fame, Gould, 21 days from Tobago, with rum. Left July 16, brig Return, of KenneUunk, for Boston, in 18 days ; Paulina-, Fernald, Portsmouth, 12 ; schr. Caroline, Norfolk, iO ; schooner ------Hall, of Boston, from Norfolk, just arrived ; brig Oliver, of Kenmbunk, touch ed at Tobago, 14th July, and sailed for Tri- nidad. August 7th, arrived, brig Sally, Ransom, 22 days from Trididad. Was boarded from an English privateer, off Guadaloupe, and treated politely. Left, schooner Neptune, Cook, for Salem, in 30 days ; ship Rambler, Gooch, of Wells, for New York or Boston, in 30 ; brig Rose, Rankin, from Kennebunk, just arrived. .August 8, arrived, brig Equator, Miles, Tobago, 22 days ; Sally and Betsy, Hear- sey, Martinico, 2l days. Sylvia, Lewis, Baltimore ; Enterprize, Hall, Richmond. Cleared, Hope, Woodward, New-York ; Polly, Hursey, Charleston ; Factor, Booth, Fairfield ; William, Portsmouth ; Betsy, Foster, Philadelphia ; Mount Vernon, Pierce, Deighton ; Mary, Edwards, New-York ; Drake, Stoddert ; Savannah-; ship Vancou- ver, Whitemore, N. W. Coast of America and Canton ; brig Wnsliington, Ada-ms", Bordeaux ; schr. Good Intent, Hall, Ha- vanna, NEW-YORK, August 12. Arrived, The ship Ann, Greenhill, 30 days from Falmouth, Jamaica, with rum. Off Havanna was boarded by a British 64, and treated politely ; had a Spanish ship in tow, her prize. The ship Fanny, Matthews, for N. York, was to sail the 26th of July. Left the Maria, Hussey, for N.York, uncertain. The hermophrodite brig Argonaut, F»l- ger, 21 days from Port Antonio, Jam. with rum. Left brig William Gray, Saunders ; schr. Hiram, of New-York; William and Henry, of Newbern; Jane, of Edenton ; Eliza, of Plymouth ; Nancy, of Edenton, cargo not sold. July 15, off Cape Tiberon, was boarded by the French privateer Le Fangua, Lique*, master, who fdundered her of all the ship stores, captain's adventure, and part of her deck load; took by FORCE all the crew except the captain and one man, and detained the vessel.24 hours. The schr. Venus, Jeffries, 25 days from Savanna la Mar, Jamaica, with logwood and molasses. Left schr. Maria, Miner, to sail in 10 days for New-York. August 6, lat. 33, 25, Ions. 73, 52, Shijj CdWBlMP* «»cey, PHIL •DELPHI A, August j8.' Arrived, sch'r Collector, Mayo, Vera Cruz, logwoo'd. Arrived at the Lazaretto. Brig Julia. Wilson, Nc-v.Orleans, 20 days, cotton, fustic, &c ; sch'r Emily, Hol- brook, Porto Rico ijj, coftee, coco i &c. No Clearances. A ship and brig went intc quarantine ground yesterday afternoon. " Lazaretto, August 12. Arrived, sclr'i -Dove, Colwell, 16 days from Bocton with salt; brig Julia, Wilson, 16 days from New-Orleans, •>ith cotton; and ship Charleston Packet,- Sillimafi, 52 dnys from Bordeaux. A ship and two brigs came to anchor off Chester, at high water this morning. The p^iveinor of Canada has appointed, by proclamation, " the village of St. Joseph and on the island of St. Joseph, and the eastern extremity of the carrying place and on the north side of the river St. Mary, at or near the Falls of St Mary in the western district, ports and places of entry and clear- ance." By the arrival of the ship Commerce, at New York tV -in Liverpool, our files of the London Pilot, Times. MorningPiist, Courier. & Evening Star, are completed to the 24th of June, from which we have made selections for this day's Register. These details confirm the retreat of the Russians under General Michelson, before the marbTurkish army ; and they furnish.the particulars of the British lor,s in Egypt, not heretofore published.. The armistice between the French and Svvedes, was on the point of expiring; and the Prussian Gen. Bracher, was about to commence operations at the head of a combined army of Prussians and Swedes. The accounts from the grand ar- miee in Poland, are brought down to the 3d of June, at which time no action of import- ance had taken place ; but a general battle was daily expected. It appears from an article under the last London date, that the opposition in the 15ri tish house of commons was very confident in its strength. " It is reported (obsefvas the London Morning P«i~t, of the Q3d.of June) that an action took place on the 3d instant, between the Russian's and French, in the neighborhood of Pultusk, in which the former succeeded in turning the left wing of the latter; i consequence of which the enemy had made a precipitate retreat. This report, however, is unsanct ioned by any authentic advice that has yet reached England." From late London paper's.- It is said that a messenger was sent off last night from lord Castlereah's office, with dispafches for the commander of the German legion, with orders to sail from the Downs without delay. The legion consists of about 17 000 men. The whole force to be employed in the expedition, will amount to 40.000. The British troops will follow the German legion as soon as possible. There is to be a brigade of hussars, consis- ting of the 7th or lord Packet's regiment, the 10th, or prince of Wale's and the 15th or duke of Cumberland, under the com- mand of lord Paget. A detachment of the Kings Own (Blues) it is said will form part of the cavalry. The whole force, we understand, will be at the disposal of the gallant king of Sweden. Lord. Cathcart is to be under the command of his Swedish majesty. The following is a lettr from captain Ans- dell, of the Mary of Hull, dated Pillau, May 27 :—" The battle of the 15th was very obstinate on both sides ; it continued until 10 A. M. and was within pistol-shot of the ships ; we had a fair view of what passed; the P.ussians drove the French sword in hand for two hours, and took three batteries from them on the Nehrung, when the French crossed the river in such numbers, that the Russians were obliged to retreat. The Russians killed and wounded is computed at 1500; of the French 3000. The Prussians did not loose a man to my knowledge. " On the 1 oth, at 4 o'clock in the after- noon, his majesty's ship Dauntless proceeded up the river to relieve Dantzic with powder and shot ; at half-past four, engaged the French batteries on both sides ; at 5 was ta- ken possession of by the enemy, owing to the wind being scant, and her main-topsail hallyards shot away, which obliged her to fall to leeward on the Holslein, and the French walked on board by thousands. I expect tl^ere is a great slaughter, for her colours were tip and down three times in 10 minutes, after the French boarded her. We have no accounts what btcame of her crew ; signals from Danlzic say, the cap- tain is wounded and a prisoner with the French. I made several applications for leave to sail for this place, but general Kaminski said if.any ship master endeavored to sail without his orders, he. would instant- ly put him to death. ** On the 25th Dantzic was delivered up to- the French, we immediately received ed 380 Russians, and three days provisions, and got out of Fairwater that night at half past 12, and at 4.the French took possessi- on of the town. We arrived hsre all well this morning. I was shrieked to. see the misery of Fairwater ; the people were turn- ed out of Ujeir house* to make ioum, for the sbtdieis ; and the Russians cutting «3owM doors and wind ws for fire-wood. Ships- are now taking in troops for Stralsnnd, and s<" me are going ovct to Nearing ; others to *.ne grand army. When the whole are" joined; we expect to hear of a great defeat of the French.—God send it, I say ! From the genera) complexion of the a- above intelligence (the fall of Dantzic, &c.)' we know not whether the reports which we are daily receiving from the most respectable authorities on the continent, that negociati- ons for peace are in a far advanced state,, ought to be received by us with regret. Peace must, no doubt secure to our enemy many important advantages, but war seems to continue invariably increasin<;yfieir num. ber. But whatever may be our feelings oa this subject, we are c nvinced that the so- vereigns concerned are now actuated by thfc ¦ above sentiments, and that in a very short space of time hostilities will cease on the continent. Yesterday, Wm. Marsden, esqr. resign- ed his situation as secretary to tire admiralty, and is to be succeeded by Mr. W. Pole, brother to the Marquis Wel'esley.. . The following is handed about as the staB- of the British part of the expedition to the © ¦¦ .- — Commander i» chief lieut. general Cath- cart—life guards. Second . in command, lieut. general sie David Baird—54th regiment. ¦ Major general Marquis of Huntley-— 42d regiment. ------- Sir John Stewart—74th (if reco- vered). -------Spencer—9th Garrison batallion. ------- Lord Paget—7 th Dragoon. Guards. ------- Finch—Griards. —— Thornton—Ditto.- Brigadier pen. Bertsford—38thregiment,. Deputy adjutant general—Colonel Hope- —60th regiment. Accounts from Paris of the 26th iilt. mention that the Toulon fleet haspnt backr • after a fruitlees cruise. LONDON, June 23. The following is handed about in the po- lical circles as the substance of the amend- ment to be proposed by the members in op- position to ihe address to the king, wdun moved tor on Friday : "That his majesty's faithful commons eagerly seize this opportunity of approach- ing tin- person of thtir beloved sovereignv and of expressing that uniform loyalty and 1 soectful affection with which the blessings of his majesty's reign car.tiot fail to inspire a British parliament, That his majesty's faith- ful commons are well assured of his majeg- tyVoonstant support of the establishments of church arret state ; but at the same time they deem it. their duty to his majesty and to their country, to express their deep re- gret, that the ostentatious and unnecessary 1 of this attachment of his majesty to the fundamental principles of the liintish constitution, should be employed to ca=t an unjust suspicion on a large portion of his majesty's most fartli&I sWjects ; thus lay- ing a broad foundation for religious disten- tions, and branding with the hateful mark of treason to the constitution, all such as may differ from the peculiar policy of an exi itilig administration. That whilst 'his majesty's.: faithful commons, individually and together, rejoice that it has fallen to their lot to ex- prejss their zealous loyalty to his majesty, they cannot at the same time withhold tha expression of their.jrofouird sorrow, that it was deemed necessary to intercept, at the first step of its progress, the last imperial parliament of the united kingdom ; 3 par- liament which, elected by the free and un-" - voice cf tlit people, and mindful of its hone-. tered upon a. system of economy and reform which would. at once have alleviated the people c.f their, heavy burthens, aud have added new energy to the government. That, in the midst of this regret for the past, his majesty's faith- ful commons look with consolatory hope ta the future ; and recalling to their meaiory the many blessings of his majesty's long and glorious reign, they have to express their full confidence that what has begun in tole- ration may not end in persecution ; thaf re- ligious and civil liberty will still proceed to- gether ; and that the house of lirunsyviclc will not take away what the house of Oraugp: had granted n The Moniteur of 12th is filled with differ- ent documents relating to the title of marshal Lefebvre, who has been created Duke of Danlzic, with territorial possessions, situated- in the interior of France, thereunto annexed. Neither the French nor Dutch papers con- tain the least information from the armies. The latter, under the head of intelligence- from Munich and other places, mentiontha*- the members of the confederation of the- Rhine are to double, their contingents In the packet with the mail-from Gotten- tenburg, baron Adlerberg arrived, who has- been appointed Swedish envoy extraordir.aryr and minister plenipotentiary to the Britisfi' court, in the place of M. Hehausen, who has been recalled. Captain Perponcher, aid-de- camp to Gen. Blucher, also came in the same packet,entrusted with dispatches for govern- mentj and for the commander in chief. NEW-ORLEANS, July 131 Cleated on the tothj brig Franklin, Farrer, Havanna ; schr. Two Brothers, Ferre, ditto ; John and James, Cornell, Charleston ; sloop Henrietta, Leonard, Fort Stoddert. Also, on the 11th July, brig Recovery, Fry, New York ; Mary, MCutchon, Phila- delphia ; schr. Blossom, Adams, St. Croix 3 Anjie, Davis, Fort Stoddeit. In the River, schr. Centurion, 9 days from Vera Cruz ; brig Oliver Woleott,. from, Cowes. Volunteer Band. In consequence ol the inclemejicy of the weather last livening the ineetiog- of the; young men, which wa.s artveirtiaed to le.vO taken place, for the purpose of !o'.T: injr u Vo- lunteer Bund for the ,'i9tli Keg is po:st| oncei until To-moirow Evening, the' 11th instant :rot 8 o'clock, at the Pa!itheol).( August 13, |