The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-05-15 00:00:00, page 2

sryafem as preferable to any untried fiolicy.
Seeing, however, that this system could no
longer withstand the cravings of mercan
tile cupidity and the delusive hope of high
price .—(l say delusive, because i believe
as soon as we resume the trade to France
and Britain, subject to their edicts, prices
will decline,)—1 have supported the most vi
gorous substitute lor it, that has been pro.,
posed; that is, the granting forthwith, un .
derregulations lobe prescribed by law, the
privilege of convoy to vessels carrying the
produce of, and owned and navigated whol
1 by, American citizens. Had this mta
sure been adopted, it would, at any rate,
have relieved us from the present state ot
suspense. Our neutral commerce, under
the protection of the national flag, would ei
thel* be respected, or we should have war
w ith the nation violating it. There was an
other motive, which determined me in l'a_
vot^ of the convoy principle ; I thought any
thing better than submission to the decrees
and orders.
Within the last two months, we have been
frequently amused with the intelligence of a
' favorable change in our relations with both
France and England. For my part, I can
see nothing to authorise the expectation of a
apeedy adjustment of our differences with
them. Every prospect is illusive. To-day
we hear of amicable dispositions ; to.mor
row of new and unexpected encroachments.
By France the seizure and confiscation of
our vessels, entering the ports of Spain and
Kaples, without forwarning them not to
enter, or giving them notice to depart. By
Britain, the condemnation of our vessels,
bound to the ports of Holland, not actually
invested. The truth is, we should not cal
culate on the advantages of a free and un
restrained commerce, during the present
war in Europe, the duration of which can
no more be estimated than the extent of its
ravages. My | clearest conviction is, that
we should rely on our own resources, and
diminish as much as possible, all depen
dence on foreign intercourse. If we wisely
employ the means which providence has so
bountifully placed at our disposal, we can,
independent of every nation on earth, conti
nue free, prosperous and happy.
1 lie House oi Hepresentatives, perceiving
the propriety of placing at all times, buies
penally at the present, a well organised
military force, within the command of the
Executive, for the purpose of furnishing a
prompt security for the nation, in any ex
igency that might occur, passed a bill au_
thorising the enlistment of volunteers, to
be trained a few days in each year, and a
detachment of militia, amounting, in the
■whole, to 100,000 men, to be employed only
in case of actual necessity. Upon this bill,
the Senate, from what cause I am unable to
aay, have postponed a decision until the next
session of Congress.
■ A bill for the renewal of the charter of
the bank of the United States, has been much
discussed, but it is believed, it will not be
finally acted upon at the present session._
To my mind, there are numerous objections,
in reference both to principle and policy, nl
gainst the further extension of this incor’oo"
ration, thrce-lourths of the stock of which
belong to foreigners.
Amongst other laws or r. local nature, that
have been passed, one has been enacted to
•extend the time for locating Virginia mili..
iary land warrants.
Upon the suspicion that abuses and mis
conduct have been practised in the army of
the United States, aiul to ascertain whether
the mortality of the treops near New Or
leans, resulted from a neglect of them, a
laborious and, I doubt not, an extremely ben
eficial investigation has been instituted by
the house of representatives into the state
of the military establishment.
The annual expenditure, on the present
increased naval establishment, exceeds two
millions of dollars. Witnessing a determi -
nation in Congress not to employ the navy
in repelling the aggressions on our maritime
rights, its legitimate object ; and believing,
unless thus employed, its present enormous
expence cannot be justified ; 1 have sup_
ported a bill for laying up inordinary so ma
ny of the public vessels as are not necessary
for the defence of tlie coasts and harbors. I
believe this bill will not pass ; and in its
present shape it is immaterial whether it
does or not ; because it retains»all the of..
Seers, most of the navy yards, and all the
expensive parts of the establishment, and
dismisses a portion of the seamen.
Notwithstanding the embarrassments on
our commerce, the revenues derived from
that source, together with the surplusses
that had accumulated in the treasury, and
some inconsiderable amounts received from
the sale of public lands, have been hitherto
found sufficient for the annual appropriati
on of eight millions of dollars towards the
extinguishment of the national debt, (now
reduced to less than 50 millions.) indepen -
dently of the support of government ; and
at the commencement of the present year
there remained in the treasury twelve and i
a half millions. This latter sum not being >
equal to this year’s instalment of the pub.
lie debt and the current demands of govern"
ment, a loan to the amount of so much of
|iie principal only of the debt as is redeema
ble in this year, has become necessary.
With perfect consideration,
] remain your friend
find obedient servant,
, THOMAS GHOLSON.
City of Washington, ?
April 28, 1610. $
Washington, May 11.
APPOINTMENTS tv T NX
PRESIDENT OF TIIF. U. STATES,
liy and with the advice and content
of the Senate, viz :
Ruckner Thruston, of Kentucky, an as
sistant judge of the circuit court of the dis
trict of Columbia.
William II. Harrison, governor of the
Indiana Territory.
Cornelius P. Vanness, of Vermont, at
torney for the district of Vermont.
John Willard, of Vermont, marshal of
that district.
Joseph Crockett, of Kentucky, marshal
*>f the district of Kentucky.
Return J. Meigs, commissioner to hold
* convention between the state of Kentucky
and the Chickasaw nation of Indians.
John F.ppengrr. of Georgia, marshal for
the district of Georgia.
Alexander Montgomery. David MT,nleb,
I hum as Uarhes. Joseph Robert and Joseph
Carson, i:fl o' tlte Mississippi Territory, to
nc members of the legislative council of the
•aid Territory.
Vrt»r^ Qliern* Nathan LnfTborough
»nd Walter S. Chandler, justice* of tin
peace for 'he county of Washington, in the
-strict of Columbia.
hf.port. . . .
1 hf Secretary of the 7 reaatiry, in obedience
to the resolution of the Sivute, of the 26' h
inst. respectfully
Kkports :
That it appears, by the letter from the
Kegister of the Treasury, herewith transmit*
teil, that the statement of all the claims ad
jnstert anrl Allowed, hy virtue of the act, en
tuli d •• An act providing for the settlement
Ol the claims ot persons under particular cir*
cunmanreS, baned hy the limitations hereto.
• ore established,” cannot be completed he"
foie the day contemplated tor the adjourn,
me-nt of f ungi rss, but will he prepared so as
to he laid heh.re the Senate at tht. commence*
merit of their next session. .
1 hat the statement (A) herewith trans
muted, exhibits the amount of the balances
standing on the hooks of the Treasury against
Mi - 1 \ .Slate*, which are oarred hr the sta
tutes of limitation, ard arranged upder the
oilowirg heads, vir 1
*mn M’Campbell, of Tennessee, attorney
for the district of Cast Tennessee.
Obadiuh Jones, of Georgia, an additional
judge of the Mississippi Territory.
Stanley Griswold, a Judge of the Illinois
Territory.
John^ 11. C. Lucas, of Pennsylvania, one
of the judges of the Territory ol Louisiana.
Otho Shrader, of Pennsylvania, a judge
of the same Territory.
Francis Xavia Martin, of North-Carolina,
a judge of the Orleans Territory.
John K. Beck, of Tennessee, attorney for
the district of West Tennessee.
George Washington Park Custis, a jns
tice of the peace for tfie county of Alexau
dria, in the district of Columbia.
Benjamin Howard, of Kentucky, govern
or ot the Territory of Louisiana.
I ully Robinson, of the Orleans Territory,
attorney for the district of Orleans.
Oliver Fitts, ot North Carolina, a judge
of the Mississippi Territory.
Ebenezer Knight Dexter; of Rhode Island,
marshal of the district of Rhode-Islund.
Parke Walten, of the Mississippi Terri to
ry, receiver of public monies for the lands
lying west of Pearl river, in the said Tet ri*
tory.
Lewis Sewall, of Georgia, register of the
laud oflice east of Pearl river.
Levin Wailes, of the Orleans Territory,
register of the land office for the western
part of the Territory of Orleans.
Jesse Somers, of New Jersey, collector for
the district of Great .Egg Harbor.
Amos Spafford, of Ohio, collector for the
district of Miami.
Thomas H. Williams, of the Mississippi
Territory, collector for the district of Mis
sir ippi.
Archibald S. Bullock, of Georgia, collec
tor for the district of Savannah.
Parker Barnes, of Virginia, collector for
the district of Folly Landing.
James Spark, of Virginia, Collector for
the district of East river.
Peter Isaacson, of Norway, consul at
Christiansand.
Thomas English, of Pennsylvania, Con
sul at Dublin.
SINCE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE
SENATE:
John B. Davy, of Pennsylvania, consul for
the port of Rangoon, in the Birman em
pire.
Charles Harris, of Georgia, commission
er ot loans for the state of Georgia.
■ Washington, MayfS.
The documents respecting our foreign re
lations, recently communicated to Congress"
present some gleams of hope that the" two
great belligerent powers are at length about
to awake to a more correct perception of
their true interests. Our readers will re
collect that France has steadily justified her
Bet lin decree, as a retaliation tor previous
violations of neutral rights by G. Britain,
and that G. Britain has as invariably justi
ned her orders in council us retaliatory of the
Berlin Decree; while each government has
all along avowed its readiness to rescind its
edicts, provided its enemy would in the first
instance set the example of revocation. We
have not ceased to protest.against the weak
ness of this defence by urging that neither
belligerent, in retaliating on the other, pos
sessed the just power to prostrate the rights
of an honest unoffending neutral. But our
remonstrance, though unanswerable, has
proved unavailing. . .
I. he letters ol General Armstrong and Mr.
Pinkney to the Secretary of State shew that
the sincerity of both governments is liktly to
be soon put to the test. Franee has unequi
vocally declared her readiness to rescind her
Berlin decree, in case England previously re
voke her [proclamation] blockades of
b ranee, and Mr. Pinkney has addressed
Lord Wellesley on the subject, whose answer
may be expected by the John Adams. If
such blockades do not now exist, and the
British government shall officially say so.
France will be bound in honor to revoke her
Berlin decree; with that decree the pretext
tor the orders in council will be reniovrctlf
which, as soon as rfevoked, will lead to the’
repeal of the Milan decree, thus involving
the demolition of nearly the whole fab
ric of restriction and violation of neutral com -
merce.
If such British blockades [of anterior date
to the Berlin decree] still exist, the British
government is bound by every dictate of jus
tice, as well as regard for her own plighted*
word, instantly to withdraw them, when she
is made distinctly to perceive that they are
the only existing cause of the French edicts
now in force. -
If, then, England either revoke her block
ade orders, of date anterior to the Berlin de
cree, or formally declare that none such ex
ist, and r ranee refuses to revoke her Berlin
decree, she will stand self condemned before
the world as the violator of neutral rights.
It. on the other hand, England refuses to
take tliis step, after so fair an offer, she will
stand in the attitude of the original aggress
or, and must lie viewed as an inexorable
oppressor, who under false prettxts, is
aiming a deadly blow at our maritime exis
tence
In either event we can be at no loss to de
cide which government is to be viewed as
most hostile to us.—-Nat. Int.
7.’reasury Department,
glR April 28, 1810.
I have the honor to transmit a report
prepared in obedience to the resolution of
the Senate, of the 26th inst.
1 have the honor to ,ie,
With great respect, sir,
Your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
i/ie hon. the President
of the Senate.
(Charleston, May 3.
he U. brig Ferret, Lieut.Cads»EN,
arrived yesterday from a cruise, last from
I Norfolk. I he Ferret lues been altered since
I she left this port from a sloop into a brig,
and we understand from her officers that the
alteration has greatly improved her in point
of mailing, &c.
We are informed, that when the Ferret
Prst came in sight of the bar yesterday, the
I F rench privateer stood towards her, no douht
in the hope that she would prove a bon
prize ; hut when she perceived her to be a
vessel of war, she immediately put about &
ran into shoal water for protection, un„
donbtedly supposing her to be an English
vessel.—•Courier,
/?et/icct of French Privn'certmm for A*
ntrrican luivi—Yesterday evening iiVrdray
(nods of goods, consisting of silks, camhrick*.
brrannias, to the amount of 8 or 10.000
doiiajs, wore stired by the custom house
Ijoan office certificate* $0,811, 36
Indents for interest on the pub- "> r ' eOA
lie deb. 5 64 590 93
Final settlement certificates 23,873 24
Com missioned certificates 4,304 33
Army toiDiim«ioners* do. 46,468 V7
Credits given in lien of army ^
commissioners’ certificates £ 28,674 30:
cancelled j
Credits for pay of the army, for p
winch no certificates were J- 17,152 11
ever issued j
Invalid pensions 16,655 46
Amounting together to 292.491 25
1 bat so far as relates to the sail, balances,
which result altogether from accounts notu
ally settled at the Treasury, the srntute of
limitation can he repealed without subjecting
the government to imposition ; but that con
sidering th * length of time which has elaps
ed since the claims have been 1. irt ed, and
the little value on that account affixed to
them, the repeal of the statute, unless pro
perly guarded in that respect, may not gene
:nllv benefit the rightful claimants.
And that with the exception of those ba
lances, it is not believed that it would he
safe to repeal the statute of limitation in re
lation to any other general description of
claims ; although there may he special ca
ses in which, notwithstanding the lapse of
lime, the proper proofs and checks may still
exist so as to prevent any imposition on the
i public.
. All which is respectfully submitted
ALBERT GALLATIN.
Treasury Dcpartmsnt, \
•April 28, 1810. 3
Philadelphia, Aprils.
V\ e are happy to hear that it is content,
plated by the Insurance offices of this city
and New York, to present to Admiral Pur
vis, a gold medal, in testimony of the sense
they entertained ot his spirited, disinterest
ed and humane exertions in assisting the
distressed American vessels and crews in the
storm of March in the harbor of Cadiz.
This testimony is also to be accompanied by
a handsome contribution for the relief of the
families ot the British seamen who were sa
crificed in this meritorious service.
COMMENT ON THE ABOVE.
TO THE PORTLAND PRINTER.
Mr. Douglas, ■ ' .
. The federal papers charge
the French with burning the American ships
that drifted on shore in Cadiz Bay, during
the late gale there. The Commerce, capi.
Colburn, of Hallowell, was the above vessel
burnt from the District of Maine, and was
burnt by the' English. This information
I received from Captain Porter, of the ship
United States, who was at Cadiz at the
time. In his letter to me he observes, “ A
mong the lost ships, was I he Commerce, of
Hallowell ; the following account of her loss
may be interesting to the owners. On the
7th of March she parted both cables, and
drove on ashore on the east side of the Bay ;
the mates and p’jople left her the same eve
ning. 1 wo days alter, I went on board tlit
Commerce with the mate and people, and
was on board when the English Lieutenant
set her on file. His excuse for doing it, was,
that the French would rob her if she was’
not destroyed. The mates and people of
the Commerce have saved about enough to
pay their wages. Capt. Colburn has’ not
been ncai d or. As he did not leave the
ship at the time the mates and people
did, it is concluded he was taken off bv die ‘
French.” }
This is the account given by capt. Porter,
of the loss of the Commerce. I have no doubt
it will turn out that the ships lost at Cadiz
were generally burnt by the English.
The ship Louisiana of Salem ; and brig
Resty, Love, of Boston, were ail carried in
to Malta for having on board certificates of
origin, all bound to Naple —the judge re
fused to proceed with their trials till he
heard from England. A brig from Re\erly j
for Naples was also sent into Malta, but •
released without trial, and had sailed for!
Messina.
Sailed from New-York on Monday the 7th
for Liverpool, the remarkably fine fast
sailing ship Hercules, Capt. Thomas Vose,
and who is bearer of dispatches from our
^Government to Mr. Pinkney.
Rhode Island.
Providence A'at/ 5.
, Genekal Election.
The General Assembly of this State con
vened at NewJ’ort on Wednesday last.—
l he House of Representatives proceeded to
the choice of a clerk—Henry Wheaton, Esq.
was the republican, and Thomas Burgess.
Esq. the federal candidate ; Mr. Wheaton
was chosen by ft majority ol four. Nathani
el Hazard* Esq. was the republican,. and
Wm. Jones, Esq. the federal candidate for
Speaker ; Mr Hazard was elected bf a ma
jority of four. A Committee was then ap.
pointed to !?ort end count the Votes for Gen
Officers, who reported the election of the
following Republicans as Lieut. Governor
and Senators, by the majorities
set against
their names respectively.
Mr. Wilbour, JLt. Gov,
jo r>
Mr. Westcott, Sen.
298
Mr. Mowry, do.
201
Mr. Peckham, do.
198
Mr. Howell, d".
J90
Mr. Briggs, do.
jyy
"Ir. Barker* do.
190
The names of the other G en. Officers elec
tad were In both proxies. We have not rccciv.
rd the, report of the committee in full; it
shall be given in our next.—All the gentle,
men nominated by the Repuolican Conven
tion having been elected, were duly engaged.
speecn against lionapurtc s villainous at
tempts to rob tin; Spaniards ol their free
dom ; yes, let us look back only for a 1.10
ment, to the time when the turtle meeting
took place, and scp. what this war has cost us,
how large a portion of our means, how ma
ny thousands increased taxation. Numerous
as the German troops in our pay are, we
have upon a moderate computation, lost
more of our troops in .Spain and Portugal
than we have of German troops. Would it
not then, have been better to have kept their
own men at home, and have left the Ger.
mans in their own country * What nave we
to shew for all this loss t What have the
ministers to tender the burdened country in
lien of all the money, and life that has, in
this war, been expended ? Nothing ; for
not only have we, thus far nt least, tailed
in our attempts at keeping the French mu
of tht< Peninsula: but it we fall in the end,
us there h in* traM to bf4.eve w$ sha 1, w
FREA CH F R1VA TERR.
Yesterday morning, about 8 o’clock, it j
blowing fresh. Capt. Ar.kworth of the schoo
ner Dolphin, from Key Sail, was hailed nflf i
I Capers’ Island, by the French privateer La I
J Revanche Ju Ccrf, anti while in the act of j
! heaving to, had a volley' cf mnsquetry tiis.. !
charged at him from the forecastle of the
privateer, by which a Mr.Foi.ANa passen
ger o.i board the Dolphin, was badly wonn_ !
(led in the arm.
On the above weshn'l only remark, in re
ply to an insinuation in yesterday’s Courier,
that “ 7vc have nothing to do with v:n ting
apologies for those who” sukd t u e fel.OOD
OK OUR CITIZENS IN O U K OWN WATERS. j
City Gcz. j
New York, May 10. \
Gen. Moreau gave a very splendid ball, '
at his house in Pearl street, last Monday i
evening.- Among the ladies and gentlemen
of distinction present, were Mr. Jackson,
(the British Ex-Minister) arul his lady.
The report of the arrival of the U. S ship
John Adams is unfounded. The editor ofj
the Aurora, from whose paper it was copi-!
ed, s .ys, “ the story was so circumstantial
ly related that he could scarcely suppose a
ny one would take thc tiouble of contriving ;
so futile a deception.”
A lady from Fr?nce states, that Boraparte j
has ordered a monument to >be .crec.ed to the *
memory of Louis XVI to be raised at the !
place of his execution ; and that the anr.i |
versary of his decollation shall be kept as a i
National Fast.
from cobbett’s RESIST VP.
SPANISH REVOLUTION,
OR TURTLE-PATRIOT WdR.
So, it seems, that the French, in spite ot
that “ drjealy tor which we are praising
aiul rewarding bar, n Dou'ro and viscount
Falavera, have reached Seville ; anil mat
the Junta, the “ supreme central Junta,”
who (having good advisers, I dare say) be
gan tlteir labors by putting down the small
degree ol the liberty of the press that hail j
risen out ol the absence, of the momentary !
absence, ot despotism ; yes, it does seem j
fiom the newspapers of this morning, that ■
this junta though they had taken the pre !
caution to fortify their “regular govern-1
mem.” by putting down isp liberty of the!
press, have been obliged to cjit Seville, and
to flee towards. Cadiz ; that is to say, toget
«s far out of the reach of their pursuers as
the sea will let them go.-Weil; let them
stand there.
And when wc have leisure, let us look
back a little, nnd see what this warm Spain,
this war for Ferdinand, this war for a king,
this war for the prevention of change, this
war for the support of the old order oi things,
this war, as the pasir'ycooK called it, tor the
holy altars of Spain, tins war, the object of
winch was first openly avowed at the dinner
oi the turtle patriots, where the lord
chancellor, he who had been one of Put’s
attorney generals, made a most flaming:
officers and lodged in the pji^ic stores - . .
They were part of the plunder brought into
this port on board the schooner I.a Ravan
chr r't Cn/ and were seised in consequence
of being illicitly conveyed on shore. The
public know but half the foul play of this
privateer. She came in here under pre..
tence of being in distress, and ha* taken ad
vantsjge of the triendiy shelter given her,
to make sales of merchandize to more t’.;?>.n
the amount of 13,000 dollars *o discharge
the hills of repairs, when every «"e knows
that less than that sum would build her out
and out. and equip her fur sea. She pre
tends to have been blown oft’the coast, while
all her men were cn shore, in a heavy gale
of wind, which nobody knows or has heard
any thing about. And now, alter having
Iain in our waters for more than a month,
her officers have had the audacity to bring
their goods into the city in opposition to the
laws of the country.
A conversation held by one of those pri
vr.teersmen with a friend, that was over
heard in the public paths of the city, would
throw more light upon the principles and
view’s of these violators of our laws. Some
night work also, which has been going on
between the privateer and the shore, would
throw additional evidence in the hands of
the defendants m a firosecu'ion made on
behalf of the Revanche du CerJ.
We have nothing to do with making apo
logies for those who act in defiance of the
laws of the country.—Fiat Jus tit in.
Ib.
' May 4.
The Schooner Dolphin, capt. Acworth,
from K w Sale, was brought to about eight
o’clock yesterday morning, off the north
bar. hv the French privateer Ac Revanche
du Ccrf. and while she was in the act of
lying to, the Frenchman ran under her stern
and poured a volley of mmquetry into her;
while all the officers, passengers and crew
of the Dolphin wferc upon deck, and the ves
sels within half pistol shot of each other :
fortunately one shot only took effect, whirh
pierced and broke the arm of Mr. Folly,
a passenger on boat’d. After committing
this unprovoked and wanton attack upon a
defenceless vessel, they tokl captain Ac..]
worth to go about his business. The Do! j
/ihin belongs to this port, and has only been j
absent twenty days on her present vovage ; |
she was perfectly well known to the officers I
of the privateer, they having been frequent,
ly on board her, while the vessels lay near j
each other at Gadsden’s wharf, before the
Dol/ihin sailed on her present voyage.—lb. ■
I.otiDo*, March 15.
I-A Mixbrva—An account of a desperate
action fought by the ship La Minerva, with a
fiotilla of .55 'lows appears in the supplement to
7Vie Madrat Gourier of the 18th of October:—
1’he Minerva sailed 1’rom Muscat on the 12tl»
M»y, aiul on the 29th ea.ly in the morning site
discovered at a d stance about 55 (lows* Of Ju«
asrmies, all full of armed men, and apparently
steering towards her. Captain Hoptfwood im
mediately changed his course under a press of
sail, and thereby endeavoured to avoid them,
but unfortunately the day bring a perfect calm
all his exertions were in vain. At 10 a. M.tbe
action commenced and continued for two days
and a night, during which time the Minerva de
stroyed 27 dows ; 16 of which were sunk and
one burnt. At length the enemy gradually clo
sed their slows around the Minerva, and, as soon
as they got alongside of her, the Juasemies all
at once hoarded her. Captain Hopewood brave
ly defended himself to the last; he received a
pistol shot wound in his side and other wounds
on his belly with a sword, and on his leetby a
spear ; notwithstanding which he continued to
fight with the utmost resolution, and did sot
drop till he had killed four of the pirates with his
own hands. Afterhis death the Juasemies be
gan to put to death every botly who had borne
urns and when they had completed their bio -
!y work on de.ck, discovered Mr. Ujsuri David*
.Ue purser, and Mr. John Marijri, the supercr*,
I c acknowledge the son as a king, while
t'’o father was alive ; to espouse the cause
of that son in a war, carried on against his
own published declaration ; to send an am
bassador near his august person at Madrid,
'% hesi it was notorious that the said august
person was in France to sei:d a second ar
my into tile heart, pf Sphiu after the fat©
'/T the army of sir J >’un Moore ; to send out
ambassador after amonasador, v/ith expense
up.>n expence ; to send out another new
ambassador just now, too, with all the e_
nnrmous expencr therefrom a- islng'< to do
these things, and a hundred others of the
same description, was reserved for the anti
jacobins, whom, lor many yea»3, a majority
of tiie people of tiiis infatuated country ex
tolled as their protectors. Hut we have as
> ct,,merely had a taste ot wiut is to be en
dured, as the consequence of that infatua
tion.
Amongst the minor consequences of the
subjugation ot Spain by the emperor Napo
leon will be* that of giving him ttie exclusive
possession ot all Jinc luoc/ii, without
it is very Well known, that ttujic*• Jine-clotk
Cannot be made. No v:ool of this sort shall
we in hrure have without his consent ; and
though ne may find it sound policy to give
that consent., still cur supply, depending
solely upon his will, must be precious.———
As connected with this topic. I will just in.
form tffe reader, that if Mr. Cochrane John
stone, had betn allowed to export arms to
Hp.iin, upon his first arrival ,lh England,
c.ti ,y in December last, and if proper assis
tance hud been afforded him, he would r.oW
.ave J-ul sate in Engl and, the famous l%e*
g. etii flock, consisting ot fr fourteen to
fifteen thousand sheep cud lambs ! A full
account ot all the transactions relating to
these sht-ep will hereafter be published-—.
W ell, but alter all, how stand the Welles
icys ? How stands the question between
them and Bonaparte? they have all hecu
in Spain—they have all been employed a.
g.’iti a him. Well, brave and accomplished
ge. r.ils ai d statesmen, what have you done
Tjiih him. or to him, nr against him, or a
bout him ? t .an. you givfc us no account of
him-and shall wi h>«ve you alt home a
gaii', leaving Jmn as lie war before lie went
out ? YVnat—llouro and all ! y/// come
h'fine ag t-in, and leave Bonaparte untouch
ed-unto .idled did I say-nay, unveen
by any one of you ? At any rate whatever
may. become of the junta, anti whatever may
be the result of the war in Spain, I shall al
ways bear in mind, that, under the junta, -
the Linkrtv OF the press was f-rbid
deh. 1 Hat is a fact, which I shall never
forget, and which I hope the whole nation
will remember.
shall have assisted the French in the sub.*
jugation of the country ; because when the
people of Spain see us driven out of the field,
they will no longer entertain any hope fro-n
resistance, and indeed, will not wish to rc
sM. It was. from the beginning, the opini
c»n of thousands, amongst whom I was one,
that if we gave our aid to u revolution in
Spam, we should succeed; but that if we
made war, and incited the Spaniards to make
war, for a choice of masters for Spain, we
should fail, and, in tl\e nature of things we
must fail. How severelv were these opini
ons reprobated by the partizans of the mi
nistry r 1 hey had the charity to repre
sent me as being « truly instigated by
t le cevil. 1 hey asserted, in opposition to
im opinions, that the people of Spain were
devoted to the “ amiable monarch,” Fer
dinand \ II. that it was for the interest of
the world that no revolution should take
place in Spain; that the people of England
Mew the possibility of such revolution with
horror ; and they at the same time, were
so very Candid as to assert, that I and those
who thought with me, were grieved to the
soul to see that the people of Spain loved
their monarch, and that Bonaparte would,
at hist, be beaten by the •* loyal and religi
ous.” \ °
Their hop- was, or seemed to be this:—
that the Spaniards would repel B inaparte’s
attacks, and finally beat him, ami that they
would afford (for the benefit of “ regular
g< \ ernment ) an instance of a people un
dn- a desfiotie government, having risen in
defence ot their country, and succeeded in
their object. 1 his was the hope of our po
litical opponents. 'I liey wi re verv anxious
to h ive it in their power to say to us ;
i\ look, here are people living under despo
tism. who have been able r»hI willing to de
fend their country against France.” Their
motives for 'his were not easily mistaken ;
and, if the French had, no matter by what
means, been driven out of Spain, we should
never have heard the last of it; meaning,
noon and nigh' ii would have been dinned
in our ears, that people, under despotic go
vernment, had succeedtd in defending their
country against France, when the people of
states comparatively fret:, had made little
or no resistance against her. The infer
ence would have been too plain not to be
pel ceiled, and too useful in the eves of some
persons, tint to be applied. I'nis hope, how
ever, this heart, cheering liojic of our poli
tical opponents, has, i seems, m>w vanished;
fi>r if the junta haw leenmp: d from Seville,
there can be no doubt of the whole king
dom s bc-ing upon the eve of submission_
i hus, then, it M\e hews l;e true, will soon
have closed the fanim s war, of which Mr.
Canning was ihe • ificial originator, and
thus will Englishmen know, and that too
in thebes possible way-by-heirfeelings
will they know, what it is to have an ami
jacobin minister. Aye, aye, we have not
yet tclt all that we had to feel from anti
jacobitiism. It is only nutt beginning to work
upon us.