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Number 2.] RICHMOND, TUESDaI MORNING, MAY 11, 1805. [VoUn:i 2.
Uttlunotifc prices Current.
D. C. D. C.
TO SACCO «::::::::: 5 SO a 96 —
FLOUR t fufcrjtne :::;:: 10 50 a 11 —
-9 SO 10 —
. —... ^ middlings : : : : : : 8 50 a » —
D'HEAT 1 75 a 2 —
INDIAN CORN 5 — 5 25
WHISKEY :::::::: r : — 50 a — CO
13 — _
TVEMP 170 — 180 —
EAR IRON• no —_—
IN CIIANCERT.
At a court of quarterly fefficrt, held for Cumberland
county, the 25th of February, 1805.
William M. Allen, and James Cody-)
merchants and partners adting under V Plaintiffs,
the firm of Affeu and Cody, )
Againfl
Jofeph Bradly, John Bradly, Martin S."J
Devenport.executor of David Deven- ,
port dcc’d. Francis Devenport, fc Jel- j Hefendanti
fe Dowdy. J
r 1 "'HIS day came the plaintiffs by their attorney,
1 and the defenrier.tsjofeph Bradly, * J«>)»n n,„j.
ly, not having entered their appearance, and given fe
surity according to the Adi of Affembly, and rules of
this court, and it appearing to the fatisfaiS ion of the
court, that they are not inhabitants of this Bate ;
On tile motion of the complainants by their council, it
is ordered that the faid defendants, Jofeph Bradly
and John Bradly do appear here on the firfl day of
April court next,to anfwer the complainants’bill,and
that a copy of this order be forthwith inferted in
foine one of the newfpapers publifhed in the city of
Richmond, for two months (ucceflively, and polled at
the front door of the Court-Houfe of this county.
A Copv, Telle,
SAMUKL HOBSON, n. c. c. c.
March 25.—(e tu Sfmp.)
VIRGINIA.
At a fuperior court of Chancery, liohlen in Richmond
the 23d day of March, 1805.
Between
James Anderfon and Philip Thurman,-)
merchants & partners under the firm C Plaintiffs,
ot James Andcrl'on and company. j
And
.Bernard Markham, &. Tranci* Olborne-)
executor of George Markham de- C defendants.
ce::*ed. )
r f ^E drfendent, Bernard Markham, not having en
JL tered his appearance, and given fecurity accord
ing to the Ait of Affembly, and the rules of this
•ourt, and it appearing to the hitiofiufiion of the court,
that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on the
motion of the plaintiffs by their council, it is ordered
that the faid defendant do appear here on the 22u
day of the next term, and anfwer the bill of tl e plain
tiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inferr
ed in fome uewfpaper puhlifiied in the city of Rich
mond for two month* fuccelTively, and polled at the
A onc door of the Capitol in tne faid city.
A Copy, Telle,
P. TINSLEY, e. c.
March 25. (e tu. 2 m.)
IX CHANCZlir.
Williorvifhurg Ht.rtltijy. rVurt, T.Lr^mry ®.f, lOOSt.
John Coke, admiminiftrator debmuntn oIf ,
Samuel Coke, dec’d. i
Againll
Robey Coke and Samuel Coke, Deft’s.
r 1 ’HE Defendants, not having entered their appear
.1. ance, and given fecurity according to the A<Ct of
Aflembly, and the rules of this Court, and it appear
ing othe fa:isfa«5lion of this court, that they are not
inhabitants cf this date ; outlie motion of the plain
tiff by his counfel, it is ordered that the faid defend
ants do appear ht re on the firft iky of June Court
•ext, aad atifwer the bill of the complainant, and that
i copy of this order be forthwith inferred in the En
quirer print di 1 Richmond, for two months fuccedive
ly, and another copy polted at the front door of the
CoiTt-Houfc of tins city.
A Copy, Telle,
& ' WILLIAM P.USSF.I.L, «. o.
M.n* h 28.—(cthSm.
I DOCTOR WILSON received ycjlcrdaj a
l * /apply of Peruvian Bark, Cajlor Oil and
Jalap, ali of the !>ejl quality. He a!fo has Calo
mel, RherEarb, Senna, Manna, Rochelle and
(Hauler S tits, Tartar Emetic, Ipecacuanha,
Opium, F.lajlic and Silver Catheters, Elaflic and
common Bougies, ISjc.lfc. ifc.
He defigns to keep a /apply of the bejl Medicines
that can be procured, and flatters himfelf that his
•' quaintance with Medicine, mill entitle him to
ajhnre of public patronage.
V.' Pcrfons of needy rirett njfanres l>y paying the
r tail prices of his Medicines, mill be preferihed
for gratis. Odder 31. ell If
FOR SALE OR LEASE :
'I HA T large and convenient TAVERN, fituafed
I in the centre of the town of Lynchburg, at the
nrner of the (freer leading to th'- court-hotife and
jail,and not more than thirty yards from both, oppo
S'e Lynche’s ware-houfe And the lfreet leading from
the ferry in the (aid town. The Tavern contains
four rooms and a bar on the firfl floor, including two
v« r/ large rooms fuitable for a ball and dining room,
witn a Aiding partition to tbe ball room. The fecond
floor contains fix rooms, one the fan of tbeb. il room
»iio the oth-rs fuitable for lodging rooms, with an ex
<ss i ent garrt t. This Tavern lias a large portico the
full length of thehuufe, •Ilo a good dry cellar, ami a
well uppofue the door, together with a kitchen,
\ loke-houfe, dairy and a P.able with twenty-two ,'falls
•herein, with a fp ;/us garden ai d yard leading to
t' *' Hlblr. O'her improvements will hr made to
ftiit thr p irchafer nr Icabr. ft is denned unnectfl'..
.<F fo Hate the grr it .- I’.ue of tbe above property, or
'T ret re as to t!i ; !v.r rage ..rilingfrom fo centrical
a I eligible a flan.'!ir a i avert!, as it is prefumed no
p'a-fjn would be intlined to pnrehafe or leafe the a
bovc property without viewivr the premifes, there
being r.o doubt but they would bo better fatisfied af
ter feeing the cotivenicnr lunation, thin my informa
tion they could from *his sdvirtiftmmt. A libe
ral credit will be given any perfon defirou* of the
f urchafe or an sdv *iu.1g< ous leafe.
for further particulars, syidy to William Rofe. jun.
Richmond, n- * • Inbfcriber, refiding about three
files f- ;r.i Lynchburg.
SAMUEL SCOTT.
April SO.
Prnmmj,
fM ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED
At in a
.OFFICE of we t.KSJJllir.li.
"JV/j -AKFS Boot* & Shoes
1V \ to any pattern or f.iffi
i<m, equal in point of Ma .
TrjtMi.fi and Workman
t« any in generalufe.
iy Imported Boot sand
Suor.r, of the firll quality
and newefl fafhion, for fale.
»*. Gentlemen at a dis
tance, who are difpofed to
forward me their meafure,
by paying attention to the
unite*ed cut, can be fitted
Suits at 3;imcn.
Qn Wcdnefiay tit 22J hjf. nit! /• fold,
| HE HOUSE and LOT on Shockov Hill, forrr.er
*• lv belonging to the late Mr. Samuel Dobie._
1 he terms of (ale will be one half cafh.the remainder
in two annual payments, to fee U re which,a deed of
eruR upon the property mutt be given by the per. ha
fer- THOS. TAYLOR & Co. V. M's.
May 7. (epd;)
Suction feaira.
THOMAS TAYLOR & Co.
W II<L l*fu,urc fM at *&>. fort occupied by M. W
’ Hancock l.o. on H'ednrfJay > in each yueek ;
•»d at tbeir ofet, on Tuefday, and Friday, a, ufual.
JL)tt. 1, 1804. «ptf
NOTICE.
r~TTIE co-pannerfhipof ROBERT GAMBLE &
-1 SONS, will be dilTolved by mutual corrfent, on
Satii’■day, the Jlth inftant. All perlons indebted
•o the faidfrm, are earneftly entreated to make im
mediate payment to either of the fubferibers A com
pliance with this requeft will prevent the painful n«
ceflity of rslbtilagv. -ow<r*ra^,r.irej
T !l hC btT5kATi!l be p!a^‘d:n the poireflionof MefTra
John and Robert Gamble jun. whoare authored
to lctdc all accounts due by, or to the cone ?rn.
R°- GAMBLE.
John g. gamble.
Ro. GAMBLE,
Richmer.d, May 6th, 180o.
! r ^ ^*’ fubferibers take this method of informing the
friends —rad tne public, that they inter.d carrying on
the mercantile bufinefs, under the firm of
JOHN & ROBERT GAMBLE Juv.
They are now receiving by the fhip Rolla, a choice
feletSion of LONDON GOODS, and daily txpedl
from Liverpool, a general aflortment of HARD
WARE, &c. fuitable for the feafon—which will be
fold by the piece, package or dozen, on the noil mo
derate terms, for cafb, merchantable country product,
or the ufual credit to fubftantial and pundiuol caf.cn
cri. J
They have on hand Madeira & Sherry Wine, Cog
mac Brandy, Wcft-India Rum, Whifkcy, Sugar,
Pepper, Allum, Copperas and BrinifW, (in pipes',
hhds. am. caflts,) Cotton and Wool Cards, Patent
Shot, Steel, Bar lion, Hollow Iron Ware, German
Scythes, Cutting Knives and Whetflonea, Oznabuigs, -
Ticklenburgs and Brown Hefli.ru, SouiT, Cut Her
rings &c.
1 hey alfo poffefs large and convenient Brick ware
honfes covered with Jt.de, lor receiving ind (luring
t lonr, lobacco&c. 'i’iiofe gentlemen who favor
tliern with confignmenu, will find tlieir charge* r-*
fonable, and may rely on the.Y bell exertious to ailonl
fatisfa&ion.
RT The highefl rates given for Bets-Wax, good
Bear, Deer, and Otter Ikins, and other (hipping Furr.
JOHN G. GAMBLE.
ROBERT GAMBLE,jr.
Trefubfcriber (Robert Gamble, fen.) avails him
felf of this opportunity to thank his numerous friends
for the very large Iherc of patronage he has received
in the Mercantile line—and hereby tenders to the
public his future fervicea as a Ctmmif.cn Mere bant.
He flatters hintfelf, his long experience (with other
circumftapccs unnecdlary here to mention) entitles
him to the confidence of thofe who may have bufiiefv
of that nature to trarfad in this city—airuring fuch of
hi* »)l*u exertions to merit approbation.
Thofe who yet remain indebted to the late firms
of Gamble grj Grattan, of Staunton, of Gamble tS* Ten
pie, Robert Gamble IE Co. and Robert Gamble of the
city of Richmond, are once more earnertly reouerted
to make immediate payment of their refp.-dlive ba
lances. Such as continue regardlefs of this laft notice
cannot expedl longer indulgence.
_. , , Po. GAMBLE,
Richmond, May 10, 1S0J, ep3w oawtf.
NOTICE.
rH‘VT b? T'rtUe of 3 Deed *n Truft, I (hall, (as
X the afhgnee of John Barret, Efq. of Louifa
county) on tile fir ft. Monday in June next, being Hen
rico court day, expofe to fale by Public Audi,on for
ready money, before the door of the faid Court-houfe,
A 1 RAC I' OF LAND containing one hundred acre*.’
more or left, lying and being in the county of Henri
co, on the I hue Chopp’d Road, being the fame land,
on which the late Thomas Ginnett, dec’d, refided in
his life-time. This fale will be made to fatisfy a debt
with the intereft due thereon, by Thomas Gi.n.ert,
dec d. to John Barret, as furviving partner of Reid &
Barret, together with the cods of executing this trurt.
SAMUEL M'CRAW, Allignee of
the ceflui que truft.
May 7. (epds)
NEAL NELSON,
LOOT cs’ SHOO MANUFACTURER,
M SIN-SI RFET ;RICII*tOND,
'v'th Bootsor Shoesns well as if they were on the
fpot.^..A—t!ie lenj^rh of the Boot.C—round the
f •ilf„...B—the pitch of ditto.I)—round the heel and
.E—round the initer G—acrofs the ball of
the foot. Fix the heel againft a perpendicular, and
Hick a knife at the end of the great toe—fet dow n in
figures the number of inches and quarters, in the dif
ferent meafures. January I, eptf
Tll'il CELEBRATED WARM SI’KINGS
/,v P~irg imAt
THE fubfcribers hav * tnk» n a Icafe of ten years, of
the highly celebrated M» Diet Nat Simunoi in the
county <rf B.»h, called thu Warm Springs, fojuftly
famed for their great cures and general relief in ma
ny complaints.
II IKY ,uc now preparing every nttefjar\ cemfort and
acecn-foti ti.n to fuit tie amufctnen!r of thoft who
j htve health, find h, promote the recovery of thofe who
want it,) and it it dnmed neceff.try to mart tl.re things
My h own, lee a life tttnpl tints lav heretofore l. in trade
againfi tl entertainment which h r• hern offered.
Prrp.nl, on, ore m de for at leaf one l nulled enfant
harder,, hfdet irnof.nl <jtt.fr, for the ateo.rrrrodatr.i of
which,thefvhfre-het, will mat-alt fejfilrh exertion, ; an!
they fatter tl, erf rivet, tba' thofe mho may plate eo-J '-at
,n this a ivertijemrni, will no! find the fmallef r.tufe frr
regret or complaint.
ROBERT G’ (IRORGF TURNER.
V.‘T I be editor4 of the National Intellicrencer and
I>altnn re Federal Gazette, tie reqnefVd to inJert th<
I aoove four times in their rufpaclive papers.
I jodarth 28.—(epbw.
LIVERPOOL, I
TiyJ.Ihtmfrui, JticOtn J Brur »’. i
^ n'uflvt ,,,*'v lying »» Norfolk, will
''T* » Sail in I tin rvmth. lOO I Ihds.To- ■
oacco will be taken on -got, if early application be !
made to DonalHfon.T burr. & Co. Norfolk, Mait- |
itiid and Chriftiun, 1’ f. ’ r« . or to
willia Mackenzie, & Co.
May 10. (ep
MILITARY ER7IFICATES.
H SALE, Certifi es of this ftute, bearing in
* terelt of f> per cen and receivable at the Trea
sury, for all arrearages o ixes, ori> no the scar 1798.
" IEI.IAM l’RK , CilU’r. Ucnl. m'. a. ».
May 10. (tf.
ELLIS r ALLAN
H'-*e rtteivrd by tie Jtylfrm London, part ef tUir .
SPRIKA rf n\j D S,
arnongst tvbick jre L fcJoli iiif artulti :
JOM.'ON Super fin# llotlis and CaiTimeres,
j Quilting* and Dimij ,
Handfome falhionable -pri c*: 5c laced Muflina,
3-4, 8-4 and 10-4* DiaE*.
8-4,8-10 and It)-16 I)4;.<v Table Cloth*,
Gentlemens wHtc uid \ Cotton Stockings,
Xacidi^ft* elegant lace*/ \
Do. TortoiV-ftell bent k| braid Conti,
Chintzes, Calicoes and Furkrure
Gentlemen’s flack falhionabl H t*f
Do. drab heaver
Do. do. patent filk( 1
Umbrellas,
Boy’s Morocco Cap*, plain 3f>i ■ v'd.
Bell Hemp Roles,
Englilh White Lead, Spantfb (owe, Yellow Ocre,
ground in oil, and Verdi e
Prufiian and Fig Blue,
Boiled Oil in jar".
pUlSain Muft.u J, dec. 5ce.
to the,r Prtf,:n' f' r\, and thfr<* «
peeted (daii^ frun. 'Vj,Terpo< v/I reouer their af
lortment gcn« t. L\'ay 7. (eprf)
----—L. 1 __
IVJLLU <j\r;,Tl; E
Ha. imported in th. toipR.ilL cL tir Cottle, from
London- An Etfenfivk AlTortme.it of
QPR!NG MVER 1-00DS, which he of
‘ ? ters forfale > I-Wa tertms, by Wholefale and
Retail —And hy th- <tip: a«AprrddJ. from Liver
pno). daily expeAed, he w !) t ,e;Vt. ;l Ver, cxte„flve
and general aflbrtmcnt of H ^JO'.VVARE c? CIM’
_Aprils*,. (epfiw)
Burr mill stone, or and
PLAISTER OF PAWS,of an CxceL lt qualit",
MHSjni, Jtvsvjt, n
WT.I.IAW DAVIDSCxj.
near tie Market.
/ [cptf.]
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
SPANISH HIDES.
Sale, a large i^untity of prime Spanifli
5 Hides, on moderate lima. Apply to the lub
fcriber oppolite the Poll-Qflct?, Richmond.
M1CAJAH DAVIS.
4th Mot 4th.--tf.
J" OAF SUGAR, by the Had- Bbl. or Single Loaf,
L a dire# from Pennington** manufnftory, PhH#
ddplna, For Sale by MCAJAII DAVIS.
MOUNT SIOfor ~ial J.
r HE fubferiber offersfor filejhis Plantation in Nortb
1 umbertandcounty,Ino-an bftbc name of MOUNT
SION. The above trail to tains about 500 acres, alt
of which is equal to any lanai\ that part of the country
for fertility of foil, and has rijery requiftc to male it a
deferable fixation for a gentee' family. T/.ere is on tit
lanj an excellent Uriel Jwelli-g boufe, with every conveni
ent out boufe ; it it JstuateJ of the navigable Waters of the
Potcnvmack, and commands at elegant view of tbe river ;
it is very convenient to fife, Offers, tS"e. and is within one
days Jui. of Alexandria, Norfolk, and Baltimore. Terms
of the f.le will be made l:t\vn by applieitinn to Mr
Henry Ball, who refdes on lit land, or loth,f.bfcriLer.
‘JEKVLL JONES.
May 3. ,ptf ?
BROKER* OFFICE.
I’HE Subfiriber tjs otehalt Broker's Office, oppoft
the Union Tavern, tsnlorrr the Counting-bn/fc /
Themis and Amos Ladd. <Af bufmefs to-fded to bio,
■wiH be Ira,fa tied with frilljuility.
THOMAS NORyI LL
t~- He La, f r fate—A FIW SHARES IN THE
MANCHESTEK TURNPlK E.
Also—Old State Ceriifxites, hearing fix per
tent inter eft. Mirch 12. tf
VALUABLE LANDS—TOR SALE.
r WISH tofelt a HALF SHARE in tb, Difmal
1 Srrnmp Company—a If, 4 III A RES in tie Canal
fs on, AAemarle found, to L al t/’ 11 aei — AIf,, one tbit
fj tf rtt Trail, of I. AN Hi lyng OH JWarfr/HonJ six**
yuur S ujfulkythe three tt aCh mmiiutin* in the nvholey to a~
ftont I i!(Xi t/jrei, siny per fun inclined to purchafey
be infor t/tui of the terms of Jule by dir tiling a letter it ^
fuhfcriler y living near the pojl-njj.ut at Lindfnys fore M
femurli aunty,
IRAt. WALKED*
Marsh "O.—(2uw6w.
To M«!. WILLIAM TAFF :
^ I''AKF. NOTICE, That on the loth day of July
J. reft, at the Tavern kept by William Morfa£«e
in the county of Eflex, ! (hall proceed to take rh* de
pofitions of John Montague, William Montague, f*-n
oard Jackfon,.Spencer Clark, Thomas Palmer, Robett
Palmer, Travis TafT, Pekerly Cloudas and Rachd
Cooper, by virtue of a conttniffion ilTued from Eflct
County Court, in a fuit therein depending in Chance
ry, in which you are Plaintiff and I am Defendant.
PliTKR TAPP.
fffltx County, April 30. (ep-lw)
A suAr.r. turoicr. or I, Air BOOKS,
Juft received and for sale at the J'.Niji'lki k-Ct
n':r., anions •which are thifollowing •' viz.
| ’UCKER’t BLACKSTONE, s volt. Jo oo
1 Modern Report*, I'ivok II 00
Burn’s Jnflice, 1 vol*, \2 00
Gilbert’s King’* Bench, f OO
Mofeb-y’s Reports, 3 (X)
PInv den’s do. 9 vo’.s. 7 00
Hardwick’* do. j (Xi
Butibury’s do. j (X)
Strange’* do. 9 voiti • txi
Pleader’s Afiirtant, S 00
Hullork'* i.aw of Collv. % (Xj
Taylor’s Report*, 3 00
Park on lufuranrv, • 50
A ilfon op f ines, I
April 19.
CASH
VfHL L he riven for 19 0, i s BOYS, from
’ ' 7 i» I Jyears old. h'.nq-'ire nf the f‘r,tfert.
Use. U. [^//J
"V. Is
■—**»* * ■ M«>i»wimty
Geuroprnn Jtirrlligtncc.
IMPERIAL PARI TAMENT.
House op Commons, February i*.
SPANISH WAR DEBATE.
£ CONCLUDED.]]
At a late hour Mr. Fox rofe, and began by '
ohferving that it was the left necefiary for him
to occupy much of their attention, fince the ar
guments urged by hishon. friend who moved the '
add refs remained completely unanfwtred; and
the hon. ant! learned gentleman who had fit
down, had pot at all fucceeded in overthrow
ing thr dortrine laid down in the fpeeeh of his
hon. and learned friend near him '"Dr. Lawrence)
—a fpec<*h not only replete with good fenfe, but
what was far more valuable, with the moft en
lightened and liberal maxims of policy. Rut
what fiil| farther fnpercedr I the necefiity of his 1
going into'any length of dif ufiion was, that the
hon. and learned gentleman had not, in the
conrfe of his reafoning, attempted to uphold the '
difiinetion betwixt tufpenfion of hofiilitie* and j
a fyfieri) cf neutrality, by which we were to be
placed in a more favourable fit nation, and en
abled to take whatever advantages we thought
proper, whenever a convenient opportunity of
fered itfelf. He confrtfed that the language he .
had heard on this fwbjcrt from the right 1 i
gentleman who opened the difetifiio-* Pt,lcr ,
ger*ienu*n on the fame fide, k him with a- (
fionimmei't. It was ~-r.ner more or left than
the language of grofs fraud. When he heard the
right ucjpntting an end to neutrality afierted,
jurt at that period when we could take the
greajteft advantage of the ftate with which the
neutrality previovRy exified, he could not help
confidering it as altogether monftrous. He was ,
happy to find the hon. and learned gentleman j
had ii:.t attempted to fnpport fuch a dortrinras
this, that we would be juAllied in enteiing into ,
an implied agreement with another power, by (
which that power conceited itfelf fafe fram at
ta* k, merely with t’.e pnrppfe of renewing hof- '
tilities, at the w-nicnt when they were Icafi ex
pected. II<» was glad to find, at the fame time,
that the Earned gentleman w.s roc difpofed to
deny me exifience of that aerrgement, which
foir.e other gentlemen feemed Co anxious either
to deny altogether, or to mifieprefent its nature
and extent. He hoped the hoofe would hear
no more of the idea of appearing to acqniefce
in an arrangement, and afterwards dlfclaiming
it3 exifience, when for c finifter or criminal pur
pofe w. to he promoted. He bad read iq an
j .qcient ti, grdy of one of the chararter.s expfeff
• *.ig i wifi (uniter, th it for the purpufe of
• orevi <iji • - .\rts of deceit, man had been
1 uviti. ; i voices, the one for the utter
an,.v "t .. t the other for ti c utterance of
j fali'-hood. i\h l ad not, indeei, pk-afed the
1 government * he world to form fuch an ar
ir; ngdanent, but •' there was not an artual difS
j farcer r ,.r voice, tlsei? wraan eternal difference
of Linituage, and if thr i ■•■♦o any dirtionary for
this language if would l>e -Tfaorfant to have it
urnlerfc’ood, that to pxfa ov. r va. not to acqui
1 ef.e iu-^ tnat to w.,.vc the excrcile *S a right was
! n;rl * !° fejetho convenient nu/aent to
i ') 'th grcater efle<5t- If be had inder
| fiood the honourable and learned gentleman,
he co tined his grounds of the war chiefly o
' !vWi° Tlftanccs- Tbe firfi of thefe he hao
• (bled the remote caufc, and the armaments
i!hf ports he had deferibedas thc-prox
I tbc renewal of hofiilities. Wfa>,
rc;i?e f°.the remote caufc of war he had <■
cifTicuIty m faying, that if the treaty of Ilde
I £ * ,,frt-;nflvc 'roify, and he had alfo
, - :r,1!a!' n *p adding, that he did confi
. dcr it ‘that l.gi its exifience was unqueftion
ably . , 'car ground of war apainfi SpaiitV
! „ lThh°."' \"d ,earnr1 bad fisted,
•t this treaty was fi ll more hoftile to thi3
jeountry than the family cmr part, a, the f„ccou,s|
, . nulated were to be given without any right to
afk ,.°-r «P»anat«on as to the grounds of the war |
! w wh,cb might happen to be employed.
; {/r '5 "ot T'de <W that in the family compart
! ;l: : ™a" abfo,nte c,aff‘- t(» this effort, but
flnly t!jis peremptorjipower of demanding
\t fu^r«bad always ken urged as one of
, a.oft powerful arguments apainfi that trea
ty. However this migrf be, it was not vrrv
material to the preftnt tnfcumenr. Rut though
j lie coincided entirely with the hon. an,I learned
gentleman, as to the right of this country to
compel Spam to renounce the treaty of Ilde
P'Vf°, ?r to luiflilities againft her, he
took up his grand obiurtion to the condurt of
•mutters, in not coming to an immediate m
i fana,M,n on the fubjert as foon as ever hofiili
t'es were renewed between this country an,;
Admitting our right to declare war,
it became a qiirftion oil policy whether fome ar
rangrments could not be formed by which the
lSi tT< frft‘rl,nf bt;Vixt ,he twn countries
| ££Kbt b'i prefcrved; S * b an arrangement, he !
| r infelfed, appeared to.I\n confiftent with a li-!
j >cnl po ev, and mmifteJs appeard to have en-1
rr uried a lim.hr opinion. When war with
f*r”Z 'Tra7 u,cvifab'^ >t waseafy enough to !
with'/ th,1t Se>a"’ ^rnm h r ingacement ;
with fiance, foon he bro.tpk: into a difaarc-a- I
ble ddemma ; and what he .Complained of was, ,
that no Heps were taken by rninifiers to make I
prov.fion for the ronfeq/ences. In the firfi let- |
t T °t Jlnwlcetbiiry, he found our minif. 1
ter at Madrid, (ordered So make th* firirtefi in- !
iquines refpertmg the views of the ronitof,
| Spam, and afterwards it did not appear that he 1
ever came to any fcxplanatfon on the fubjert. An
I bo"- .™rrb!’r 0,1 t‘"-' fame Jrenoh, (Mr. RarkO
had, «n li> fpeeeh, attempted to point out what
I ^.re tbr Of the two countries in
’ rathd a novel ftyle. He had fiated that frank
nets, opennefs, and candour were required off
■ •pain ; that vigilance, cirninifpertion, and ira
lonfv were the duty of this country. He con
fcfled lie had ever conceiv'd tb'.t frarknefa was
a quality which could only be mutual. If wr
wifiled others to be frank, we mufi b” firfi ft mk
ourfclvcs. If we expected full and candid cx
panation, it svas firfi incumbent on list,, exhi
bit, in our own condurt, proofs of opr niu fsaud
integrity. Thefe obfervation# were founded,
■ nut on the laws of nations, or the mftoms of
hngland, but In the confiitiitiou of things and
thr laws of our being. ’Till he had nerufed the
letters on the table, he had notconedved it p f
ifible that any liner bwt two eon I,* h*»e been
■ purfued. T he firll war a determination for in
1 fimt war. If, on the contrary, a difb rrnt courfe
was to be am mpted, that no iin ... „|(j ^ joft
while the d.fpofition of the Spaniards rjnaincL
smicsblc, to conclude au/arr-.. .t'(.,iii
their neutrality might be preferred. What then, A
was it that tnfnifters had done to necomrilifh
tliis moil important object ? In t!>e month ol^
Lord Hawkefbury bad given our miniir
ter at Madrid no powers to form any arrange*
ment ! and five months clapfed (lining which '
nothing was done, and that whenminiftcra roll'd
not he ignorant that French intrigue would be'
fufficiently altive in mitigating Spain ia act up
to the terms of the fubfidiary treaty. Duriifr !{
all this period there is :iocommunication made*
no explanation authorifed, no intelligence given J
to the Spanifii court of the object,’ views indB
difpofitions of our court.-'What was r.cre totJH
concluded, but that tumid, rs believed thitSpdR
niih neutrality was intimately conneltcd
the dictates of policy, but had left the whoSE
matter wholly to chance, which every
common fir.fe fiiw to be full of difficultyBBH
einharrafTment ? Not only do five months rlTpftfl
without any remondranee or explanation, KutB
this fiience is obfeived at a time when the hopejl
of fuccefsful ncgoci ition was by far the
natural. Spain did not attempt to conceal he* j
real fituation. She difclofed the drylands wMa^J
Fiance was making, and if -«.* ivt—
yield her afiiftance, ‘‘-n 3
look for our adviV/'V. eft',hi,n"nc"t A
future r->’-*■J,,s %vlt'1 this country. ^
Put what rendered the conduit of Minlfteitf J
the mere ine* "fable was, that though tlidy
kn..w 3* far back as the l*ith of St ptembei^H
..nd were again attired on the 5tth of the tam^B
month, that a fubfidiary treaty was altiiall^l
negot i '.ti.ig, tlu y (.id not make even otic
to prevent fiich an arrangement from tnkiiiH
place. Under all thefe circumfianccs Spai^H
was now attempted to be calumniated fifll
commuting the treaty, by which a coutit.gen”
wai to he given fora fubfidiary agreement— 1
Much fire fa wasalfolaid on calculations that
the amount of the fubfidy was greater rhan the
amount which by the treaty of lid, phonfo they •
iiad agreed to furnifh France. Tin’s however, '
was nothing to the purpofe. It was very ma*^
ter.al, fo far as refpelted France and
though not this country and Spain. The ouUH
tion was, had or had not Spain re tfon to fnp<^
pofe that the commutation as the contingent “
bra fum of money would be more agreeable
to this country ? And file had not ailed on the 1
idea that ti e change would he defirahle — J
Spain took the method of relieving herfe'f
her emharralfmentv which a»>p*ared the moiM
unexceptionable > and if Minifirra here, vvhtBI
were apprifed of the fiep fi.e was about to take*
unapproved of it, why did they not rrmonflrateB
on the fubjell. Rut it was clear, from the Ian- ■
guage of Lord Hawktfbury, that he did not 1
confider the commutation an the lead obieltf* J
oiiable. In one of his difpatcbes he infiruit^
Mr. Frcrc, that it on enquiry he find-> that
Court of Spa in had determined on giving
contingent, immediately to demand Hs VB8
oort and quit Madrid ; but that if he fhoii^B
find a propofition fora commutation treaty h^|
flunild take no fieps on the occafion but repoM
tolus Court. Was this not a decifive p-oofB
m what light Minifies viewed the commutati- 1
on treaty r Rut now Spain was traduced for "
fubfidifing France. The honorable and learned
.gentleman had allowed, that ever fincc the rami-i
Iv eompalt there was always a (lender profnelt V
of the continuance of peace with Spain, while!
hofidities exi(led between this country and A
France. He had even mentioned that the ad* 1
miniflration of 1778 had been cenfurcd for vntm
j eetng and providing againll fiich an ( vent, ifjfl
tii.uKM God, that fooner or kwer the fenti-1
j merts oi ppofition had full juflicc done, and
he wa«»happy that the opposition of 1x0,5 had
Ft future rvio; fitions an example by which to
form an eftiri >n this fubjeft. He certainly
thoughttha -dminiftration of 1778 was ve*A
ry fliort-figl - v >r nideagainftthe omb*M
bility of a n Wfch Spain. ,
more tliort-f, rV- rd cul^~~
now, when taeg.eat deference in the ftXH
Spain was confidered > Farm, U .7 1 1
exerrifed was the confront of th- JSl
gtFrance over the government of f.,;„ * X
't9 not -I counfroul arifing from the V ft’ ■
tftf peonle or the apprehenfiun of a TV n 7 1
my taking Madrid. N >w fr ° , Fhn'ncb
hen/ion of being overrun by the French tr-^X
that rendered every a,‘t of t»u-Soanin n ?jH
fohitely dependent. Fo^’fh^ miX
have been a prefumptior, of a hoftn„
Now there was not the leaft room for fi.chTfu
pifion. It was ridiculous to think of q
wifinngnowto (bare in the conejueftsnfP ^
or the elorie, ,,f her chief ,2"{lncn» of France
had lately happened in Europe,'muft 'll- hon C?
have cured the inferior Hates „f thiSmarted!
ti°n. Rut as Minifters muft l»aVe forefeen t! e
probability of a rupture, as they were appriftd
of the arrangement of Spain to ward ofT this CV
l^mity by a fubfidy >o France, the cwMon W
out of the extent of this prvu„iary‘f,rrifi"e 1
Novy it was fiying nothing, toby that its a
mount was larger than ,1,,. arpr.„. /nf J
.i-Kcn. bc«»fc Up*,, 'h°“
recouHc to this expedient, could not preve
h x ref,,), from taking place. I, was welling
that a perfon commuting a contingent for a R„
of money, was, to a certain degree at theme
| cy of him bv whom the commutation is (o I
So d'n^bnt X "* Wa* precifely tht fituation c
but Spam could not in juftice be biam
!fd fo,r a ‘^Ct,mftance necclTirily arfin/„u f
I her dependent fitmtion. The horv.Jb 1
"S3";. »r‘7 **
ga.ilft the idea of keeping back ground,'of of.
fence, went on to comment on the -rc -n. v
of the 88th of January, and confirmed' bv mo
ther letter of the 18th of February, by which
the payment of the fubfidy ,u France acmul
1 ?»'" "" " ff,nPorary expedient, f: wa, tn,c J
i. Frere thought proper to deny that J
there was any agreement, and tl ough it is Do.l
^C|f.rjfrmd;0 r M- Ccv*1,lo»,« letters,Ph«I
fays h.s only reafon for not profeftbg ag o..ft 1
« - Cewi»J ,! J no part ofhis con ver fat ion J
■nv-r;;l,;VVtM. Vu,,(.,rr:; h{ I
, ha ’• alio, labouring Under an error. Wo,,„| 1
tar,c no trouble in corre.ding the miftahe. M I
,V vllos continues to I Hkre in the < xiilence
the arrreenn nt. M. Ar.dua, a , r' ■>.*--_J
<*tH its Hae.k
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