Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser

Extract of a letter from Washington dated April 17th.

" The despatches from London are received and contain Intelligence so favourable from England and so unfavourable from France as to disturb our Cabinet exceedingly. They find that England will not have war—nor France permit us to be at peace. Some of our high war men are very angry with Pinkney for his civility to the British government, they think he must have had British gold. Their motto is bully old England, and bow the knee to the great Emperor. Mr. Short writes from London that there is no chance of any relaxation in France, and that Armstrong expects to be recalled this Spring. Armstrong perhaps has yet to learn that if he were horse whipped every day in the streets of Paris it could not move the spirit of his masters here."