Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

Melancholy news for America cannot suffer without England feeling the disaster whatever some of our wiseacres may think. Mr. Perceval may show his distress committees and he may not remember his merchants as he pleases upon wise men as he hopes.

America will do more to serve his government trade in all the committees on earth. Mr. Baring told him the truth, and he would do well to attend to it. That gentleman expressed his surprise at the assertion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the state of our affairs with America, who was our principal if not our only customer, did not affect our commerce.--Let the Chancellor of the Exchequer know, that if he will not conciliate America, he may name the committee what he pleases, a committee of commercial credit if he chooses, but it will be a committee to throw away all the money advanced by parliament, on its recommendation, if he will not conciliate America. Mr. Perceval may talk about speculation and over-trading.--His merchants, however, can tell him, that we have no real trade but with America, which fact led to that universal speculation that has destroyed this country's credit, as the minister's ignorance before had destroyed its commerce. They can tell him all this, for they know it by sad experience. The committee may hasten the downfall of the state by employing its Exchequer more speedily, but it cannot save the merchants. Nothing can save them, or the manufacturer, but the restoration; and the first step to that restoration is--Reconciliation with America.

--Is the marquis Wellesley's answer to Mr. Pinkney, Conciliatory? Where, in the name of common reason, did he find the dictionary that so explained conciliation to him? Searching American ships for British seamen! There never was any thing like the impudence of the pretension! -Not rescinding your orders in Council, but upon a condition, that you are yourselves to construe, by your own arbitrary and unlimited caprice! Never was such avowed folly and injustice!-Not to relax your absurd system of blockade! Never was such stupidity!-- And to declare all monstrous propositions gravely to the Ambassador of a free state, is a declaration of war, in effect, and nothing like conciliation!-- War with America will be the result of your conciliatory measures, and then your committees may sit from day to day, to do what?-to save the state!

(Statesman.

March 4.

The bill now before congress, for regulating the commercial intercourse between the United States of America and the belligerents, has undergone, it appears, some important amendments in the committee, so as to admit all vessels, with their cargoes; which sailed from this country previous to the 2d of February into American ports. Mr. Foster, our minister plenipotentiary to the United States, is expected to sail for America in the course of the present week.