Star. — London, England, 1808-02-06 00:00:00

likely to su ff er from -..... question of peace or beeletermined in America upon soiree .teas raised ib air, ?Chide they had teeirlineC had !Made- eYeff .1 . 0.3 thing which in reaWa I It, that When the OA= 4 to be regularly dii.!. those Who Were to are ider how dim s it : country t be . rind in America, that' portion of that grave deli -s'idered that those Orders Of hostility to America. principle, or any thing •sc this country. When., should be considered t consider maturely be contrary to the law of ?al law, that was a lion. If that law had 'tat could be justified, temnitr. If the grounds,. Toni:lb 114 *child rest that-provision of it was intended only tor a 5....... 1 adviied it, bet if the e , and by no m eans to limit the King's preroga- ; Americans had great authorities in this country to • In a state of war. It was notorious to every ltooYa I ;toll them, that the law of nations had been violated t h at t he words of this statute have always bees: via. "to their prejudice, great injury might result to both hte a i n practice during war, and that neutral ship, icountries. He trusted however, that America would are compelled every day and every hour to enter Into see , flora the whole - Of the conduct of his . Majesty's t h e porn of the country, for the purpose of being ei. i Government, that no hostility to America influences armed, or whenever it vras proved that they had i his Council, but that they have been obliged to devise violate d a ny blekade which his Majesty, should `measures for the preservation of this country, and her ge pro per to order, every blockade was a violation I right, against the unjust and unprecedented measures think of the words of this act. There was np expresi words sOlich had been adopted by the enemy. [This part ri in the statute •rotake away the Kin's prerogative, Mr. Perceval's speech, respecting the relations between this in war ' • and, in fact, this prerogat iv e h ad alwa y s countr y and Anterica, ems received with marked attention, tedi a rmed to restrain, as far as *as judged. ne- and kat-ries of lust I] He should not go more fully wa vy, the commerce of neutrals with the enemy.— into the Imestion of the policy of the measure, as The Idobie.Lord saw no power that the Government that would be the subject of discussion on a future add have by their Orders of Council , to prevent neu- day; but he could not let that opportunity pass with oil a nd innocent trade, merely because the Captains ont=his opinion of the bearing of those + Orders i ( ( t h os e neutral . ship had .on board certi fi cates of itt • upon the public feeling in Aniefica. • : t heir cargo, not being. the produce of Great - B:4- Dr—LAWRENCE made a long and able reply to Wit, or her colonies?, The Captain of such a neutral the Chancellor of the E xc he q uer , He thought that ems, however, confirming and carrying into execut i o n . his i i peeeli affOrded the best.reaseas.fat drawing a con es far as was in his power, the decree of Bonaparte. elbSloa quite Opposite to What the Righe.Honourable the Noble Lord himself appeared t 6 consider, that Gentleman had drawn.' The ' . Right Honourable any nation that would acquiesce in that decree, Gentleman confessed the subjeat to - be of the greatest and endeavour to carry it into execution, would be magnitude,. as it undoubtedly was ; and bee, ng a sub wing a hostile part, and that national retaliation ject of the greatest magnitude which could ,occu r in wo uld be just, but could not app rove of the reta4-' the present cnsits, he thought it a subject which, of all tiodbeing exercised • on the individual ships. It a/V- . others, 51ematuled the =Oft full and mature consider peared, however, to him, that wherever national re-' ation. It appeared to. Pm, that nothing could be taliation would be just, a more mitigated species of more absurd, than that a question which was allowed natation on the individual offending could not be to be of the first Magnitude, shOuld be passed over injust. There were innumerable instances of this like a' matter of course. It was not so much the Bill sort of reprisals upon particular ships, which did not of Indemnity that he thought the House should di- Mend to reprisals against a nation ; and this mid- . rect their attention to: they ought to consider the gated species of reprisals was often much better than i 'whole ot the subject; and if they considered it going at once to war with the country to whom . the in a Committee, he thoughtlhat Committee •shoul,kl sit °feuding ships belonged. The navigation law might i night after night until they examined and th.: - .lroughlY lave been violated in sonic instances ; but he was i nv estigated all the evidence which could be - brought ready to contend, that the law of nations had not been before them to justify the measure which was propos viol-nal. Having said so much with respect to the ed to theta. It appeared that the most sedulous at legality, he must beg leave to say something of the tention was due to an object of such magnitude. He policy of the measure ; although upon this point *he complainedof those Orders uf Council as obscure and "Allot new mean to speak at any length,;as the subject unintelligible, even to professional men. A learned would come regularly into discussion upon a future. aryl most respectable friend of his (Mr. Robertson) day. 'ln the first place , he must state that brit o gave reports of the cases in the Adtairalty Court, some such measures the blockade of the enemyts ports I wrote a book upon the subject, but confessed in his became useless. We were deprived, by the f e eeoch. book that many parts of those orders were utterly un- Decree, of the advantage of having neutral, carritts intelligible to him ; how then could it be expected to bring our niannfactures, oe the produce of Ode cp. : , tliat all who were interested in oluserving.thent would lollies, to the market, while, 'at the same time, the be able to understand them ? As to - the municipal encmv (if it were not for such measu res ) would have. .1 1 iiv, he would • say tha t there was no part of Magna the a dvantage of neutral carriers, and could be sup- Charta so carefully worded as that which related to plied with every commodity which they wanted with foireign merchants, and the reason for the great at asmnuch facility as if there were no war. Our mane- tention to theM was thatnur.merchants should be well factures and productions were to be subject to cap- treated in foreign countries: Those orders were net ture, wherever they were found, - while time produce of 1 merely against the letter, but certaiuly agaiest the • our enemy's colonies was-to gross the tea in perfect I very spirit of Magna Charta. In ev: arguments he safety. It had been statidby the Noble Lard, that I should feel it his duty to use, he was not very solidi it was those Orders of Council which - caused the "ilis tout about the defence of any Administration • but tress of the manufacturers, and .the pressure which yet he must think meanly of himself if he cou ld he was upon them, and that to this source might be i sitite to declare that he telt a it ...d and rooted aver traced the cry for peace, and the petitions which were 1 sion to a power which came in unconstitutionally, and preparing : that France had shut the door, but that . which he thought was not exe rted for the benefit or we had bolted it. The object of tho se Orders was, 1 the honour of the country ( Loud cries of Heard hear.:) however, to make the same pressure be felt in the ter- 1 - As to the system of morality which was to be.adopted ritories of the enemy, and• then from that pressure it 1 in the war .with Bonaparte, instead of conjuring up might be hoped, that tradesmen would by, some con- from the infernal regions wicked spirit to contend 1 trivances succeed to a certain degree in fo rcin g the against wicked. spirit, he would rather that we could market from which the French Government now ; draw down from' Heaven the principles of virtue, wished to exclude this country. It was ha rd indeed ! justice, and true fortitude, to correct the wickedness to say, or to calculate to what eoent the subjects cif l of others. There was a species of courage which France might be obliged, by terror of military force, was as eminently displayed in the cabinet as in the to co-operate in n.easures which would lead .to their field ; but the present Ministers, ,in their agonies ant ruin ; but if ever Bonaparte were to be completely convulsive efforts, .Iseetieed •to vial. Kaye that successful in shuttingiks out of the markets Of Europe , they had as much energy a s Bonaparte. He was no those Orders of Council there calculated to give us a defender of Bonaparte, but still, if he did any thing \ monopoly of the other markets. If our competitor {hat was good, he was not ashamed tO say that it was could shut us out from Europe, we could shut him good He Was net ashamed to say, that some of the eta from the rest of the world. The monopoly of the. best taws in our Statute Book were enacted during other ma r t F ets would he some indemnity to us for the the tiannical reign' of Richard 111,11 e did not well loss of the European market. if our enemy should know how . iteuu• could relish outlaw of retaliation. Sod it necessary to relax in his present sYstem, that It seemed t 6 be this: Bonaparte has Read you, and . fehtation would again bring in Our trade into the Acierefore I must cut you to the bone." All the pre _liittinental market. . cedents that had been adduced from the system • &watt° the effect that those Orders of Council were blockades were new cases, for until the hart war the T to . produce upon America , h e must do that na-i whole doctrine of blockades was a blan k in the hi the justice to say, he did not belie ve the y would 1 tory of our maritime laws. The Learned Doctor en t„ e them into a war With Lis. For his part , no man tered at considerable lengt h into legal arguments *Teemed more than , he did a war with that country. atuppnrt of his opinion. , vr(Lead cries of Iscar , iirar!)—lt could be no conse- , The MASTER of the ROLLS made a very able lake to his mind to think . what America might fuffitr - speiedi; in sup Port of the motion for the Speaker le:. if she were to resolve upon war; he thought_thr losses wing the Chair ; and amongst other things, observed, cithat country could never be the profit of this. He therewasno use in anyfurther delay of the consideration Was not one of those who looked upon the prosperity of this matter, since there was nohope of understandin' of America with env, but on the contrary he wished it better than it was understood already ; nor cot that prosperity to be y increased, as he was convinced Gentlemen on the other side of the House complain that h er pros p er ity w ould promote, instead of injure, 'these Orders in Council, since they were only to carry the prosperity of this country. He hoped, however, into effect the very measure which they not only 1. that this coun t r y would not be attacked by America'; recommended while in Administration, but had actu. be believed it would not, as he could not conceive it ally begun to put in practice as a matter of expert. possibleforany enlighteneetaon to goobl i gee.pn no 'Molt, and had actually refused to give areame other groun d s t h an t h a t Ve been to - take to the House when called for, alledging as son measures of retaliation in consequence of the Decree that refusal, that it was part of the prerogative of 1 of Bonaparte. It was impossible that any considerate Crown with which the House of Commons had \ American could read those Orders of Council with - bu siness to interfere. It did not then occur to his Hon. out perceiving that gat pains were taken to do as and Lea rned Friend to advise that Administrati; little injury as possible to their commerce. If we were as he had just advised thepresent, to be cautious, • to have prevented the intercourse between America to take time, doubtless because the necessity. el 144 our Colonies, it would have done hernissuneree rdvice did not occur to him, for his manliness of, ,pet nits, Vat anjltsti( if it we ttaitiott cornmet , thcr, pence his in 4 it produced son Cl tageo , staini. would. react that Ling choose ting B' it, tea whit, powl was did that oft) APC you • operat raevr , ettinege , - t aingdpetiisletl; cfic &. t • ~ c 1 s i e bog, r re - e4ig, WO ' dee' Trst i; . Wince as?' iiliestioe it jo i st: retaliate, of its viol Mass idle lied a • !no nal e C oll tni • eat' one bank of which was the territory o f much mere mischief than it was 1 ill y and the tithe's thit of a' needle, both must dlose Orders of Codicil r 'Fhi . Involved in the same i neo nvenience, without ar.y war would, he trusted, bedetermin to i n jure the bittex. The ttexi iiiiettlon to be pieta princes if their soh* '; . r ne d was , whether the law of napi9na xeq*ead it would be't an Ara midi • t he measures of retaliation should 116 ptv- *ft al,- but for which insutolve L ? It wa s, in fact, irapossiblvfier us ea -adopt paration in its power,. oskry i se ly the same measures as the ruler of France, could be expected. He thOugEt, thst wou ld be destructiye to otnielves. We could cy of the measure should Come t over -run neetra territory, to search cussed, the Noble Lord , and thos ce, '":fresch gA . for instan oods and seize - them. The Noble Lord on the other side , . would consider , f i nd it difficult to state upon what principle he might hex, the interests of this , d defend his own Older of Council, in January, impressed upon the public min d attack these. The Order of Council for there was a considerable portion J.- 4 .t i an n , neu trals from trading from one port to berative assembly who considere t. • a t h ose countries under the controtd of hady been made in a spirit of h roe ' vras as much a violation of neutral rights, anti 'He declared that no such prini o vary to the law of nations as the present, and like it, influenced the policy of t t t h e Noble Lord had at that time found no objec- the legality of the question sh • e ither from the law of nations, or from our he hoped they would also col itipal law. He did not then find that such an fore they pronounced it contr I ev ia was irreconcileable either with Magna Charm, nations. As to the rannicipa w i t h that statute of Edward the Third to which he far less important cor cideratio h ai l so particularly directed his attention. When 'been violated on grounds that 4 that stat ute ekressed that no neutral ships should be 'Ministers mightexpect an indem tere pelled to come into the ports of this country, icoidd not be justified, the respo ait was intended only for a state of whit the few individuals who a ' • • we l e e aed po li i Go vrou - itsh t h l Part sac Pro - be .orl D t Be t o it io ion the th t gel- 0 it'd as the to y, he of Di p .- it to be tr clad w lire , tr rPer Lee of b, would ri Ohm t r rn ms )t r the t land .1 he ill- ; s , bad ' i L ive a ' 1 exCert On !opted boPed alb wort* prdC• l eabrat ; r ime/ Atinf I :true coast - sPa ia r, It sive§ ut the arithaa be he dent of ogre's' I coo' tr l ta" to P g ° 6 ,1 isba noel 3 si b ? prZ• WAD* hi ; iver imm ...................._ _ . . . .•• , . . . . wotce.o him aloof from the idea of sat' .. • trad4.xvithhes • ail ' tbtle'Administfaiiiini;•alWiim!' 'e • - ~..- ' tii. slialtokialmit it ;ll° 441 :131i:e 7 - . alts" " • * ' vaa t nka.eastulalr . • I etelisrciniertPral artbili. s:trieflilifterffigfitie' could inearawireitiospeneatie. x -: •`• ~ lr . : • •:-.• •, tee tain ityclaidect: tatalticseetie., mainmast . . .. , •14r. -EfiliN datiiiad; AIM :13 1 1btilsteri - • i.otseit tO it. , - )Oatdrit, • iiacipik.afititikasekof • • .. make out a case egaisfst America;,ttfat-dshe. lrid•ac- ) l 4 in ic• tAwtill itt its A, i ing.t4At„ , {allotted ill the. selobt Petite of France, exchided 4kiirii, it w as ffi 4.1 enettipj_wriet, f*:. ha 4,. g ; fret* alldei: agar* •we took 'a irteaktie f wltlch .. ffitt litda-Mlfilf'we'inight lawfilly do ;Iktatise tended se_ hto deprive•her of th e right of neutva- mini:l;lmm ofteeessery.retaltaiion, it' *air his lity. The King's Declaration,.-aa extract of which he ice in the commencement of that system made , read, promised that her ..nentralitY ,tlitnfld not .be tin us to retaliate—made it necessary:in us to touched by any measure of this country,iinless she ate, is order that we might shorten the duration acquiesced in the French Decree. Until we should violence, by increas ing , the misery ofits effect. It show, that she had acquiesced in that Decree or were dle to talk of any law, the observauce if which bound not to take any measure which touched her t tendency to undo the nation that observed it ;' neutrality, he must resist such a motion. tion was called upon by the law of nations to The Question' being then impatiently called for, •ve any such forbearance, but on the contrary was was put. and K carried without a division. - ivad by the law of nations to retaliate thatwhich V&e SPfAICIIa left of injustice in the origin. Nations must be undone solved itself into a Committee of the whole House. were otherwise; we should be in a deplorable si- ' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on if we were not allowed to retaliate in such a said, he had do submit to the consideration of the as this ; for the enemy would benefit by all the Committee the propriety of adopting certain duties mei cc of the . world, and deprive us of it altoge- .on goods exported from this country brought here • , carry en war to his own advantage, at the ex- 'from any other ; and that to be applicable to all arti- *of these whom it was his object to ruin ; thus des, except such as were the growth and manufacture • ndueeMerit to war would increase with fhe evils of this country or its colonies, and what he • should ?educed to his opponents—be would hit•rent; uses - prOpose would be, that the resoletions should be n ow .. ever to Make.peace, unless upon terms of.• such agreed to pro formd, and there port received ori'Mon; qation to us, which he might think more advan- day—be printed in the mean time, and be diietissEd :ens than the continuance of war ; and if we . ab- on a future day, together with a schedule of the dutiess rued from retaliating upon hint initiate of war, he :&c. which, after a few words from Mr. TIEENEYs ; ild-lraVe no inducement - i t,whtever to contintie u at and an arissver from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE- ce after he had concluded t since he would feel ours, was agreed to.—Adjourned at half past two l' .• twe should alWays restrain ourselves from imita- this morning, until M onda y next. • . i. i ; him in violent measures when 51 ever. be should ----... i pose to have recourse to them; whe r eas b y retalia. * /f/E PAPERS, . 1.. . .1 . upon him, he'would have no such ind ucement. 1 -1 . t, in trtith, the system which th e enemy :had adep;. PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OP COMMONS RI:LATINO TO .of this general blockade, began to have an. efeei •• - • --ens EXPEDITION TO COPENHAGEN. rollhe did not foresee. It gave to n maritime : *:. 5...7•0 1 t•-•• • . wet like ours more advantages than our enemy Copy of Ordes. firm Admiral Gambier to the Commanders of • sat firstaware of, and produced effects which he .. the itingelove, Rosamond, Nightingale, D:spatch, and PrOCIiS, I I not calculate uPon; and the c ons o lation to us was dated Oct. ` tic, 1807, direct* them to take nader their rtspoo- I 1 9 UV:: commands several die ions of transports, to rreceed in the . ' It we had never I*On - this, or any other measure first instance td Kougsbacita, and then to North Yarmouth.. 1 ' extraordinary violence, • and we had the . merit of You are hereby required and directed to take un- . . , c originating a ' system agliieh made our maritime der your protection the transports, on board of which t ' over trerneitelOes 3.4 those on whose s interests it the second division of German Cavalry is embarked, . ierated, while it `ccinvinCed.the worl,lehat such, vio- and proceed with them to Kongsbacka ; and in case , • ace only tended to inc - reaseeur strenkth ;" so tht,.. you should not there receive further orders, you are to .1. : future, it is hardly to lee tripected INA any Power put to sea with the first favourable wind, and make ill put us to the necessity ofretaliating in'the same the best of your way, consistent with the safety of the unnur in fuone. . - . • .said transports, to Yarmouth Roads ; and, acquaint- Mr. WINDHAM deprecated the mode in which ing the Secretary of the Admiralty of your arrival, 1 .. se Right Holiourable Gentleman had been pleased remain there till you receive further orders. s sineport the Adtninistrition, }seeing dealt ill Sat- Given, tese. Prince of Wales, Copenhagen Road, Oct. 20;1507. severs and personalities, and used that kind of artifiee T o (Signed) J. GAMBIER. Captain Andrews, Commander of H. M. sleep Rimgdove. R debate which can hardly - be • admired by any one,. swat Order of the same date, to Capt. F. Packer, of the R osa- Int Which was quite unsuitable to the gravity of the ond, to take the transports, on board of which the first division Isaracter and situation of that Learned Gentleman. 7,i• German Cavalry is anberked. :n the most striking parts of his speech, the argumell- Similar order to Captain Wilkinson, of the Nightingale, to take am ad hominem had been frequently tweed. • He had the transports, witbthe third division of German Caralry. Ditto to Captain Lillicrap, of the Dispatch, to take the trans- said, ehlt the opponents of the present Administration ports with the German Infantry, and seven or eight British, in :ould not oppose such a measure as this, because it o wen Anderson's division of transports. was conformable to what they had themselves at- Ditto to Captain Beaurnan, of the Procris, to take the victe- tempted when they were in Administration. Why alien and empty transports lying haren Road.) at this anchorage; (viz. Cepen- (said Mr. VilindharnA supposing that argument to - - -Nnt The whole of the British Infantry *ere embarked on close our mouths, an supposing that we were wrong, board his Majesty's ships and the Dinish ships of war. how dem .thatjustit ' Y the present Administration for ' Coirr of Order from Admiral Gambier to the Commanders of the following our example ? What is it to this House, Dispatch, Procris,Ringdove,Nightingale, and ROsamond,dated or what is it to this country, what set of •men recom- the•2oth Octob < r, t: O7, er, 18 c O7, for proceeding with the Transports un- mended a measure if it should be abandone d ? Hour der their resp econvoy to armouth. Prince of Wales, Copenhagen Road, 20th October, 1807. . can that justify another set of men in adopting it ? Notwithstanding my former order, of this day's He said this, not with a view of confessing any error date, it is my direction that you proceed with the in the conduct of the late Administration in this transports under your convoy to Yarmouth Roads, case, for it was distinguished from the present; but without putting into K on g sbacka. he said it to shew the weakness of that species o f a r- You are to apprize the said transp o r ts, that in case gtiment by which the 'Right Honourable Gentleman • of separation with a foul wind, previous to passing seemed to think he had done enough to defend the the Scaw, they ere to proceed to Gottenburgh; but present Administration by * silencing their opponents. to this measure, was the laxity of if the wind should com e favourable for p assin g the His great objection Skaggerack, before they can arrive at Gottenburgh, ' principle owluch it tended to introduce, by putting con- they are to proceed on to Yarmouth Roads. siditatlons of justice into a state of subservienc y to (Slgned) a. eAmarea- _ temporary cenvenience,-. a course of conduct that . was To Captain 3. lillicrap, commanding H. M. sloop Dispatch. - unbecoMing a 'great empire that ought to form a Mannar Order of same date to Capiain F. hei.unian of the Proeris. striking contrast of that violence and, desperation to - Do. •- -- . Do. -.. G. Andrew Riagdove which it was opz%ed. He agreed entirely in sends - Do. -- - Do. --- F. Wilkinson Nightingale • merits with his • ti (Doctor Lawrence), to whom, - Do. -- - Do. --1 F. Parker Rosamond - good . tense, and integrity, he paid an General Order from Captain S ir 21st Home Popham to the. Captains for learning, . of his Majesty's Ships, dat ed October, 1807 ; stating a I handsome compliment, that the House would do well Rendezvous in case of separation. Prince of Ve'alce, October 21 , 1807 . rto pause before It adopted a measure of this immense In case of separatio , 1 importance. n,previous to passing the Scaw. d • Sir A. PIGOT observed, that he was of the same the ships are to proceed to Gottenburgh • but if the P opinion as his Hon. aid Learned Friend (Dr. Law- wind should be favourable for passlng ' the Skagge- d rams:), that the measure then before the House had rack, before they arrive at Gottenburgh, they ire= to . A beed brought forward for other than belligerent pur- proceed on to Yarmouth Roads. (Signed) liOms POPHAM e, poses. , As to the law of the case , he was most clear- - - . SS 'Ay .4-opinion, that there was not a n y one writstp-an This Rendezvous, although communicated in the fir st instance b.' :h • that Telegraph- tt day-light on the 21st, was also issued in writing, the subject of the la .t of nations who ever said as opportunity offered that day. he one nation was justified in the enforcement or an ac- copy of a General Order from Captain Sir Home Popham to Id tual blockade against another nation, on account of an o de a rs ob o e t r . h 2 i l s , Majesty's shi ps . ei th r.d , er It the Setitious blockade which was pronounced by the the Adn ii ca r f i tain c; s and Co e m et n os ' no lamer aping the former. The right of retaliation that the Swan cutter had been placed on the a e p a p st risin .e g dze of rig *as 211 mcidental right, growing out of an injury tee 19-foot Shoal, as a temporary light. • "as which had been previously received : and if that in- Prince of Wales, Copenhagen Road, Oct. 21, 1807. he jury (the injury of blockade) had not been actually The Admiral has been p leased to direct, that the Swan cutter shall be on the eastern-edge of the 19-foot rig suffered, it was impossible that we Can, according to shoal, with two lights, ,one over the other, till the 411 a ny last, either or nations or of reason, or even ac- fleet shall have passed.. (Signed) Home roeuese. 311 - cording 'to the obvious meaning of the word, re- Ad t a fiate,: by blockading the enemy's ports • and if To the respective Captains and. Commanders. the act is Copy of Telegraphic Communications from his Majesty's ship ire- not done as a measure of retaliation, Prince of Waits, to the fleet and transports under the orders of of committed in violation of all law whatever.—But Admiral C.cmbier, on the 21st October, 18u7i stating rgudez- the it was said in justification,. that a similar measure vole in case of separation. his- Issas adopted during the late Administration. If it .Commenications by I'elegtaph from tbeltikee of Widei, en- had been so, that would have been no justification ; . , e The rendezvous for -fleet and transports, North weeaescel ua. 21, 160 s •: 1 • • ;in but the contrary, in fact, was seen by the explanat i on 4 given by Lord ilowick to Mr. gist, (the Danish Mi- Yarmouth ;if foul winds. Gottenburgh. .. 0a a p - e pearance of danger tole *nester) for-he said, "it is not our intention that our from bad weather, take men 44 from - guff-vessels and destroy them. A vessel it or- lee - orders should affect the general trade of neutrals, but red, only to prevent the coasting trade of France and herde- s, tiered to anchor on Ninet'en - feet Shoal ,with lights." • N. B. About 460 ships and vessels sailed through tion pendenc les from being carried on by neutrals, as that spe- the Sound on the 21st October, of which 370 were ling cies oftracie was such a s pr o p erl y belon g ed to France her- )uid self, and to ethich the neutrals were to be considered as transports. in of lending themselves unfairly." Was not this exactly the Copy of Order from Admiral Gambia to Captai - i Salt of the te- yer e t, for proceeding with the Artillery transports to Yarmouth, arty same principle as that whic h w a s ad o p ted in 1756 ? dared October 21, 1807. had Gentlemen opposite might well now recommend mo- ictu- ration upon such occa s ions as the present, particu- You are hereby required and directed to take the & pert- larly a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Rose), Artillery transports under your co nv oy , a n d p roceed ition who trustedto his long experience in the ways of office? n for and the trick, as it might be called, of debate ;—but with theist to Yas.nouth Roads. were out of office , Scaw,they You are to apprise the said transports, in ease of li.-- paration with a foul wind, previous to passing t le if the were they so moderate when theyt o Gottenhargb ; but if the . are to proceed d no were they not the most vexatious opposition, without wind should come 'favourable for passing the Sk tg. Hon. exception, that ever sat in that House ? If the coun- gerack before - they tan arrive at Gottenburgh, th:y ation sstof some of the Gentlemen • opposite seas taken, he are to proceed . on to Yarmouth . Roads. ;, and would not take upon him to predict, but say that at Given, eke. Prince of Wales, in the Sound, ince October, 1607. If the least he thought it probable t hat might lose tee (Signed) JAMS GArralllA. f clia- times more by irritatin Ame rica, • g mid cutting ofFaII To Capt. G. B. Salt, Commander of his Mallory's sloop Levert% ',Tiro toe.. . . . . • .. . . . Ts It ;Cep- Hain rpose. "us 5-al Iskil :s. m*e'