theirs the Laws!" They have all the grave | indeed, compelled the Americans to be-
and reverend Seniors. All the gowns and come manufacturers, but they also sent
all the wigs. They have both Univer- them out hands to assist them. Such has
sities and all these learned bodies called been the progress of manufactures there,
Societies and Institutions. We have for that, as I am informed, a considerable
us nothing at all but our own plain senses. quantity of cotton and woollen yarn has
And, we shall see, therefore, in the event already been exported to Europe. Per-
as to the paper money, in what degree they haps not less than 30 or 40 thousand
are our superior.
Merino sheep have been introduced into
the American States. Under these cir-
cumstances it would be madness for any
one to suppose, that the American govern-
ment did not hail with joy the fair pre-
tence for passing a new Act of non-impor-
tation of English goods; and, especially
when we reflect, that the persons now in
power in America have always been op-
posed by the English merchants and their
adherents in the United States. Some
of our newspapers give extracts from those
of America, exclaiming bitterly against
the non-importation Act, and also against
the rejection of the Bank Charter. But,
they take these extracts from prints wholly
devoted to the English Merchants. If
they were to quote from prints of the
other side, they would convey to their
readers quite a different view of the matter.

AMERICAN STATES.In another part of this Number, will be found a Letter from MR. PINCKNEY to LORD WELLESLEY upon the subject of the Orders in Council. -It is, I think, impossible to deny, that, through the whole of this letter, Mr. PINCKNEY is unanswerable. The Berlin and Milan Decrees were revoked, and, according to our promise, we should have revoked the Orders in Council.. -But, while this is decidedly my opinion, far be it from me to regret the consequences of our non-compliance. I mean the Acts which have been passed in America, to prevent any importation from England, and which I look upon as greatly favourable to the real interests of both countries. The former interruptions to intercourse were productive of much good; but this will, I hope, put an end to the unnatural dependence upon each other, which was so mischievous to England as well as to America. The truth is, that it is, and long has been, the policy of those statesmen, who have now the predominance in America, to wean that country from this. The close connection between them they looked upon, and very justly, as tending to disturb the peace of America, because it kept alive a party hostile to the very nature of the Social Contract. To see their country liable, at any time, to be plunged into distress, unless it submitted to the will of another nation, was what they could not endure. Experience has convinced them that America can dispense with European manufactures; and, therefore it is, that they now assume a tone of more indifference than upon any former occasion." unpardonable.”—It is very curious to Mr. PINCKNEY'S Letter contains, in the very tone of it, a proof of the indifference of the American government as to any accommodation with ours. Those who have been anticipating, that the non-importation Act would not pass, do not appear to have perceived how much the circumstances of America are altered of late

-The fact is, that the Bank of the United
States was little else than an English con-
cern. It was little else than a branch of
her ladyship in Threadneedle-street. She
is, indeed, the only original Bank in the
whole World. All the others, no matter
where they be, are, more or less, her off-
spring, and are, more or less, dependent
upon her. The Bank in America was a
powerful instrument in the hands of the
English merchants and their party.
Therefore it is no wonder at all that their
prints cry out against its being put a stop
to: No wonder that, in the language of
SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, they call this measure
"NATIONALSUICIDE." The straw-pen
Baronet says, that "to cause any material
"diminution of that mine of national pros-
"perity (Bank Notes), would be a species
"of POLITICAL SUICIDE, altogether

observe the similarity in the language.
But, it seems, that the American Congress
do not see any thing of the nature of a
mine in the paper of their Bank, though,
observe, that paper was payable in specie at
the will of the holder, and not, like ours,
payable in other bits of paper. They saw no
mine in it except a mine for subverting the
morals and the liberties of the people.
They appear not to have had the smallest
notion of the efficacy of bank notes in caus-

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loaf each. This is liberality and charity
indeed. But I hear of no meetings.
There used to be meetings for raising
money for shoes and flannel shirts and trow-
sers and drawers, and all manner of things,
in order to make our allies comfortable while
they were fighting against the French. The
very women and children used to sub-
scribe. But, now, alas! all that the
poor Portuguese have got, or are likely
to get, in the way of voluntary contri
bution, is about 40 lines of doggerel from
the pen of poet Fitzgerald; and, he be-
ing a pensioner, even that cannot be called
voluntary. This is a sad falling off to be
sure. Why should not those, who met
for the purpose of instigating the war, sub-
scribe 20 or 30 thousand pounds each?
And those, too, who Addressed the King
upon his resolution to enter into the war.
These are the men to indemnify the poor
creatures in Portugal, who, if they had
12 or 18 guineas each given them, might
get on again pretty well; but, really, to
vote the people of Portugal a shilling each
is what I could not have expected.
us hope, however, that we shall see meet-
ings held yet. Those who instigated the
war, and who, no doubt, saw clearly the
profits of it, will, let us hope, not remain
deaf to the tender voice of charity, espe-
cially when the goddess speaks through
the lips of a Wellesley. But, it is time for
them to begin to meet; for, the next dis-
patches may tell us, that the Lord Marshall
is again at his old work of drawing Massena
after him; and it would be very conveni-
ent for the Portuguese to hear of our cha-
ritable movements before that takes place.

Let

tures, who have so severely suffered from that war.--Whether the war was, on our part just or unjust, wise or foolish, is not here the question; the question is whether the poor unfortunate wretches who have suffered from it ought to be relieved from this country, and this is a question, which, I think, must be decided in the affirmative, unless, indeed, we could make France afford them relief, which is not very probable. There can be no doubt, that, if it had not been for us, the poor creatures would not have had their country ravaged in the manner that they have. To be sure, what we have done, and are doing, is all for their good; but, still, they ought to be compensated for their losses, because, as to individuals, at any rate, there is no satisfactory proof, that they invited us to their country.It may be said, that it is better for them to suffer loss of goods and chattels and even loss of life, than to let the French have the government of the country in their hands; that, compared to this, hanging or drowning or shooting would be nothing. This is going a good way: farther than our life-and-fortune-men would like to go, I believe. But, let it be so, still we went to Portugal without being actually sent for by the people at large, and, therefore I am decidedly for their being compensated for their losses and sufferings by us. But, then, I am for the mode pointed by the Lord Marshall. I am for leaving the honour of relieving the Portuguese to those who were for the war in Portugal. To them belongs the merit of making and abetting the war, and I would by no means deprive them of the pleasure of paying the expences of it. -Before I quit this subject, I cannot --Not a word, however, do we hear of help remarking how unanimous the HonMEETINGS for this purpose! Whither ourable House was as to the vote of a hunare fled all the choice spirits of good old dred thousand pounds to the Portuguese. full-blooded Anti-Jacobin times; No Mr. PONSONBY Seconded the motion. All meetings at the Mansion House! No was harmony. And, in the other House, meetings at Lloyds!! No Turtle Patriot the harmony was, if possible, still more meetings; Why, the very Turtle and striking; and LORD WELLESLEY, when Turbot and Venison and Wine that were he proposed the measure, talked about that swallowed upon the proclaiming of this" distinguished warrior," his brother, in war would have fetched half the money now granted to the poor, miserable, naked, starving and lacerated wretches that it has produced, What! A hundred thousand Pound! Spirit of Voluntary Contributions, whither art thou fled! Art gone amongst the worms to seek the great statesman "now no more?" What! A hundred thousand pounds! Why it is not above a shilling a head for the poor creatures. It is not enough to get them one single quartern

strains that really were quite moving.-
The daily newspapers have taken their
fill of victory; and, indeed, with some
of them the two frequent effects of inordi-
nate repletion seem to have followed.
The TIMES, which for some time seems to
have been doing penance, in the hope of
working out its salvation, has, upon this oc-
casion, surpassed even the regular traders.

It is, to be sure, shameful, to the last degree, to hear boastings like those of the

howitzers under Lieutenants R. C. Steele | Master Fischer senior Subaltern, Lieute-
nant and Adjutant Steele, Lieutenants
Stewart, Gray, Ford, Jellico, Atkinson,
and Curtayne, all merit my warmest ac-
knowledgments for the assistance they af-
forded me. Lieutenant Bezant, of the
R. M. Artillery, deserves every commend-
ation I can give him for his cool and able
judgment in the direction of the guns on
the Massareene battery. Lieutenant Turn-
bull, who acted as Captain of the Light
Company, when we pursued the reserve,
manifested such zeal and energy, that I
have no doubt, had we brought the enemy
again to action, he would have borne a
very conspicuous part. I cannot suffici-
ently express my thanks to Captains
Baker and Stewart of the Tartar and Shel-
drake, for their great exertions to get
round to the Flotilla; and had the wind
the least favoured them they would have
destroyed the whole.-I am happy to add,
that the property belonging to the mer-
chants has been fully protected without
meeting with the least loss.-The expedi-
tion sailed from the Randers, commanded
by Major Melsteat (an officer of great dis-
tinction), and consisted of the following
corps-2d Battalion of Jutland Sharp
Shooters, 4th Battalion 2d Regiment of
Jutland Yagers, 1st Regiment of Jutland
Infantry, with some others, the names of
which cannot be ascertained.—I have the
honour to inclose the article of surrender,
a return of killed and wounded, and a list
of Danish officers killed and taken.
a return of ordnance stores taken.-I have
the honour to be, &c.-J. W. MAURICE,
Commandant.

and Besant, of the Royal Marine Artil-
lery, and part of the Light Company com-
manded by Lieutenant Turnbull. When
we arrived at the west end of the island,
we found that the enemy had formed on
the beach, and were protected by fourteen
gun-boats towed close to the shore. To
attack such a force, with four howitzers
and forty men, seemned an useless sacrifice
of brave men's lives: I therefore with the
advice of Major Torrens halted on the
hills, while I reluctantly saw the reserve
embarked under cover of the gun-boats,
and the flotilla take a final leave of the
island. I am happy to say, our loss has
not been so considerable as might have
been expected from so desperate an at-
tack, we having only two killed and thirty
wounded. The enemy has suffered se-
verely; we have buried between thirty
and forty of their dead, and have receiv-
ed in the hospital twenty-three of their
wounded, most of them have undergone
amputations, three since dead of their
wounds, besides a great number which
they carried off the field to their boats.
Major Melsteat, the commandant, fell in
the field; Captain Borgen; the next in
command, wounded in the arm; Captain
Prutz, Adjutant General to the Commander
of the forces in Jutland, lost both his legs;
since dead. The most pleasing part of
my duty is to bear testimony to the zeal,
energy, and intrepidity of the officers and
men I had the honour to command: to
particularise would be impossible; the
same ardour inspired the whole. To Lieu-
tenant Baker, next in command, who will
have the honour of delivering this dis-
patch, and will give you every informa
tion you may require, I am much indebt-
ed; his merit and zeal as an officer, which
I have some years been acquainted with,
and his volunteering with me on this ser
vice, claim my warmest esteem. Captain
Torrens, the senior officer of the Royal
Marines, and who acted as Commandant
of the Garrison, bore a conspicuous part
on this day, and although wounded, I did
not lose his valuable service and able sup-
port. The discipline and state of perfec-
tion to which he had brought the battalion
is highly creditable to him as an officer.
Lieutenant R. C. Steele, senior Officer of
Royal Marine Artillery, also claims my
warmest acknowledgments for the ar-
rangements he made, which enabled us to
keep up so heavy and destructive a fire.
Captain Steele, Lieutenant and Quarter-

Article of Surrender.

Also

"The Commanding Officer of the troops of his Danish Majesty occupied in the attack of Anholt, agrees to surrender prisoner of war at discretion, with all the troops, to the forces of His Britannic Majesty, with the reserve that their personal property shall be retained by them, and that, at the convenience of the Commander of the Island of Anholt, a cartel with unsealed letters shall be sent to Jutland. Given at Anholt, the 27th of March, 1811.-BORGEN, Captain and Commander in Chief of the Danish troops on Anholt.

DENMARK-Danish account of the attack upon Anhoult.-Copenhagen, March 31,

1811.

It was some time ago determined to