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. In CotiNCiL, July 20th, 1810.
T't' Tft ADVISED, That li> Future no
■* claim for attendance on Courts M irtial
either as Judge Advocate, Members or
tVimew^ be referred to tiie Auditor for
^dfestntent, until a copy of the propaHings
of such court martial, duly authenticated
tSv thePresident and Judge Advocf^ shall
he Received bv the Executive : And that
this advice be published in the Argus and
Enquirer frtr six weeks, and copies thereof
furnished the commandants ol Divisions^
Brigades and Regiments.
Extract from the minutes.
Attest. .
DANL. L HYLTON,
C lei k of the Council
EiOTICE ! ! !
THE Public Ware House on the
Canal, is now ready for tme re.
ception of Flour on Storage, at^l 1 *1
Cents per barrel.
PRICE & UNDERWOOD.
Richmond, 23d July, 1810.
Mr. JOHN HOPKINS,
Sin,
notice, that on Friday the tenth
X of August, in the present year 1810,
ill Taylor’s Mill, m Hanover ccun.y, & on
_ the l Uh of the same month Aug. 1810, m
Ball's Tavern at Newcastle in same coun
• ty, between the houia cf nine m themdin.
ing, and six in the atteinoc.n of each da)
I shr) 1.proceed to^ae the deposgAns o
certain witnesses^** follows c ssrs
Samuel Day, James Dowell, VTTttl Fi
Napper, MnvtiiwW f. Egglenion, Jame:
Patterson, John Hidaway, Capt. N. byn,e,
Capl. 13. Oliver, John M. Syioe^ and o
thers, »o be read es tviderccvm the suit de
pending in the Superior coutI ol (JiuliCe.
ry for die Richmond cJianet between ua,
wherein i am plaintiff und yuu are dtlend.
ent, by virtue ot a commission lor tha
purpose obtained from the othce of tht
Clerk of the said court.
GEO: KEESF.E, AdmV, of
Frederick Raws, dee d.
July Sflth, 1810. 3t p
JUST Kece ved by the vubscriner Iron
Philadelphia, an assortment ot
LEATHER.
* He also continues to keep a general r.svort
merit of the most fashionable quality ot
Boots and Shoes. ^
And also Just received the late Fashlona?>l
Shoes frortt London—-which he offers fo
sale on moderate terms. All orders fron
the country shall be punctually atlendei
to with neatness and dispatch.
DAVID LOGAN.
Richmond, July 26, 1810.
of o
• NEW BOOKS.
HAS just received a fresh sttpplv o
Law, Medical, Miscellaneous £
School hooks, which he will sell on li
beral terms; n part of which are a
follows, viz. Coopers Equity Plead
ing; W3 att’s Practical Register ;JTol
Jen’s Executors ; Peake and M’Xhi
ly’s Evident* Judge ; Cooaer’silpioi
on ; Graydon’s Forms oy Caflyeyan
'ring and of Practice, a/ne^work—
Bell’s Anatomy, do. Sutf'ery edi
tion, abridged by Smith; Darwin
Zoonomia ; Pleasures of Tinya^Mar
meon; Ossican Beauties of Shake
speare ; Confessions of James Content
The Lake of Killarn)', 2 Vol*. pric
2 dolls, hv the celebrated Mis^ Por
TkR ; Life of the noted Burrough v
Prince d«* L»gne ; Gregory’s Letters
.Boyer’s Fffench Dictionary ; Murrv’
/(Grammar; Harrison, do. Tooke’
'^'“T'antheon; Blossoms of Morality
Looking Glass*, for the mind ; Gutli
Geography ; Morses do. Virgini
r Nightingale; Sty I.ark, &<;. &c. 2e
July U>th, 1810.
FR /SITUS KATiO^AL INTELLIGENCER.,
In our paper of the 18th inst. We in
troduced the publication of the iour
letters of Mr. Erskine to Air. Can
ning bp remarking that all the other
papers in the colt-etioh, published by
order oflhe House of Commons, had
already appeared ih the papers. This
remark was made on a very hasty view
of the collection, which on a fuller ex
J animation, we believe incorrect. We
I find several other letters, that passed
! between Air. Canning and Air. Er
I skine, that we do not reeoll-jct to have
I before seen* and which are now laid
before the public. They may not adtf
mu< h to the information long" since!1
possessed by our readers ; but it is de
sirable thit every link, however small,
jin the extraordinary chain of oar for
i eign relations with G. Britain, should
jbe fully ' tpo&ed.
It is to be regretted, not withstanding
the volume of documents published,
' tha several letters that passed between
. Mr. Canping and Mr. Erskihe are
s ill withheld from the public. This
ronclu-ively appears from tho*-e that
have been published. For instance,
Mr* Canning in his letter to Mr.
Erskiue of the 23d January, 1809, ac
knowledges the receipt of Air. Er*.
6kine’l« tirspatches from No. 46 to No.
49, both inclusive. Two of these, viz.
those designated in the Brnish oSi
cial publication as No. 8 and No. 9
corresponding with Mr. Erskine’s Nos.
46 and 47, as published by us in our
paper of the 18th, are laid brfore Par
Haim ui. , uui uo, **o utiu **i7 arc udi
to be found in the collection—The
character of these omitted dispatch
es may in some measure be iuferred
from the following concluding para
graph of Mr. Er kint’s lettrr of the
4th of Dec. 1808,
“ ft may be doubted whether the
privations and. inconveniences produ*
ced by the embargo in this ccuntry,
witf^n »*. compel *ne Eongr< ss to take
Some hostile measures in ord-r to have
a pretext for its remo val of so trilling
a nature, however as to le ive it to th
belUgeren a to overlook thenr.i, if they
please, and to save the ruling par y
from t e r.eccs tty of going in o war
measures of great expence and dangtr
•I not only to their < Wu popularity and
• power, but perh ps e’>en to the safety
of the union* I pco -ose to h »ve th?
honor of offering some remarks upon
this subject in the next number cf my
dispatches.’*
The British government seems to
• have had no scruples about gi\ing full
publicity to the information they had
tecfived through their min s er of the
opinions and views of the it publican
, partv; hut th; v have drawn an im
penetrable v il between the public &
•he opinions aw., vi-. of the federal,
ists. Were these as i.Ieurf- exhibited,
? some of their best I needs m>gh’ find
r themselves in an awkward situation,
’ and this prtcic us chan, el ot mtorma
lion be hereafter closed to them_
One inference may, however, be safe
ly drawn, viz.—ihat this exposition
would have exnibi ed a scene, neither
honorable to the Brit h government,
nor to those, who, it i eems, not satis
fied with threatenia,; to und rmine
the power and populari y” of the ru
ling party, went even the length of
threatening “ the sate’y of the Uni
on.’*
f Further—
Mr. Krskine in his two published
letters to Mr Canning of the 2Gth A
H pril 1809, an<J 3d August. 1809, refers
to details given in his No«% 17 and 18,
the latter of which appears, by his
letter of August 3, to be dated the
)17th March ; the former was probably
a day or two antecedent. The nature
of these suppressed letters may be in
ferred from the expression in JVlr.
s Rrskine’a letter of the 15th of March,
immediately antecedent, in which he
says—
“ The ultimate consequences ofsucl
e liffcrences and jealousies arising be
tween *he eastern and southern states.
. would inevitably tend to a dissolutidi
. of the union, which has been for some
. 'time talked of, and has of late, as l
. ia\e heard, been seriov^sly contempla.
rd by many of the leading people in
he eastern division*
MI will not how'ever trouble yo
. vlth any observations upon that im
t>ortant topic at present, but conhiu
myself t6 the consequences of the’,
measures about to he adopted in
Congress, affecting hid majesty’s inter-'
:st.”
The publication of these letters
might shed a strong light, even on lurk
ing treason, ;
Further— |
^ Mr. Erskine, in hi* letter to Mr.
CaWing, of the 18th of April 1809,
says—
“ I had the honor of receiving Vocir
dispatches Nos. 1, 2, 3,4 and 5, of the
23d of January, and yours separate of
the 2d of February with its several in
closures, which were delivered to me
Qfft the 7th (April) by Mr. Oakley.”
The four first letters «ply are publish,
ed in the papers printed by order of
Parliament ; and No. 5 of January
23, and that of February dd, with its
enclosures, altogether omitted. When;
it is recollected that these were the
original instructions, on which Mr.
Erskine made his arrangement with
this country, there must have existed
very import int reasons f»>r the sup
pressions ; ..n I is it not extremely pro
bable that their publication would
give an entirely new color to the whole
affair ?
The following are the letters, in the
collection laid^hefore parliament, that
do not appear to have been heretofore
published in this country :
No. 3.
Dispatch from Mr. Secretary Canning
to the Hon. David Erskine, dated
Foreign Office, 23d Jan. 1809.
Sir,
In addition to what I have sta
ted in my preceding diwpatch of this
date, 1 think it right to assure yu#.-,
that the intention of sending a.minis-1
ter to America, therein announced
tor the purpose of concluding p treaty
with the (J. States, has not ,iri?cq from
any douht of your executing the com
mission, if it had been entrusted to
you, with zeal, and with ability ; but
is presumed, that "after the long sus
pension of friendly intercourse with
the U. 3. a minister stjfwWFV isin
gle and sped d pu'pose, and fully ap
prised of all the. sentiments on this
subject^ of the government by which
he is employed >ould hutfe a better
prospect of removing any difficulties
which might orcup, thin if the Nego
tiation were to e conducted by the re
sident minis<er.
1 am. See.
GEO. CANNING.
« No. 6.
Dispatch from Mr. Secretary Canning
. to the Hon. David Erskinc, dated
Foreign O-h.e, 23d May, 18j9.
Sir,
I proceed in this dispatch to(
point out to you those deviations from
<he instructions convt veil to you in
my dispatch No. a w( ich you have
nnofulct f * rvnolvt Vd«*l4 n » II
.. } v '—ft * ] .* ■*
l>triy to adi pt and of which f have
to express to you his n»aj< sty’s entire
isa probation.
I do not dwell uport the singular and
offensive step taken by the Ameiicjn
government in publishing the whole of
the correspondent*; which hid taken
place between you aud the Amer
ican Secretary of State ; because nis
majest* is willing to believe that you
cannot have been a party to thi-* pub
lication.* his majesty conceive* it im
possible that you should have given
your consent to such a proceeding, es
pecially in respect to a transaction
which you profess yourself to consider
as merely “conditional.” IJut as the
publication appears to have taken place
on the 19th of April, the day of the
date of your dispatches, it seem* dif
ficult to understand how it happens that
your dispatches should not comam
my notification of your intention to
remonstrate against a proceeding so
•ixtraordinary,as that of the public.!
lion of the correspondence of a min
ster without his cortcarence and
previously to his transmission of it to
nis Court.
I am, in the first place, to observe
*o you that the instructions which 1
ransnntted to you, by his majesty’s
Command in my dispatoh No. 1 ex
pressly stated that, “the manner ir
t vhich the proposal for the adjustment
»f that dillerence may be receiver
could be the best test of the genera
Imposition of the American govern
neut, and would naturally iudir.au
he course to be pursued in respect
m the further instrrctionsj” which I
proceeded tr> cmnounic.i e to you in
another dispatch : And I am to ex
press his maj#sty’s surprize and rer
prret, that such a note as that which you '
received from Mr. Smith, in answer i
to y vur offer erf reparation for the af- '
fair of the Chesapeake, can have been ,
received by you as a proof of the
acceptance by the government of the
United State*, of the honorable repar
ation tended by his majesty, “ in the
same spirit of con* ili.diou in which it
was propostd.” That note itself be- !
ing an offence Against his majesty's |
dignity, such as no minister of his
majesty, ought to have passed by un
resented.
I am at a loss to conceive on what
ground ybu thought yourself p.uthor
ified to open your correspondence, on
the subject of the Orders in Council,
with the intimation of his majesty**
determination to send to the U. S. an
Knvoy extraordinary. ** invested with
full power to conclude a Treaty on all
the points of the relations between ‘
the ‘wo countries.”
Your instructions do not authorise
you to hold out the expectation ojTmiy
#uch mission, until his majesty should
have receiv:d, on the part of tlje go
vernment of the United States, an au
thentic and official recognition of the
condition ivhicb you were directed to
J he instructions which I was com
mandrel by his majesty to transmit toj
you, on the subject oi the (Tolers iu
Council, were framed on thv busts of]
three conditions « I*he agreement to
which, on the part of tn* American
government, was grated t / be indi»pcn*
able to his n>;:jesty*s consent! g to
Withdraw hj$ »r«li:rs in Cou ;Cti. 1 he
first of these conditions was, th»t>thr
interdiction of he harbors of Amiri
ca to the ships of War of Great Britain,
find all ndnrintercoure.e or non ini, or
tatton acts should lie withdrawn, so
far as r spetts Great Britain, 44 leav
ing them in lorce with respect
to France, and the powers whicn adopt
or act under her decrees.”
The 2d, That America should re
nounce during the present H'ar, the
pretension of carrying on, in time of
War, all trade with the enemies colo
nies from which she was excluded du
ring peace.
The 3d, That it should be under
stood and agreed between the two
powers, that Great Britain should be
at liberty to capture all American ves
sels that should be found attempting
to trade with France or any powers
which adopted or acted under her de
crees.
I was commanded to state to you,
that upon receiving on the part of the
American government a distinct and
official recognition of these thr-w con
ditions, his rr.sjestv would lose no
time in sending a minister to America
luiiy crin |iijw vi vu vuwm^u uicm
(these three condition*) to a formal
and regular Treaty, hi majesty on hia
part, withdrawing hia Orders in Coun
cil ol January and November 1307, or,
if the delay w ere thought to be mcon
venient, yon were authorised to e >gage
; for his majesty, ** that upon the rocci t
jh re of an official note, containing an
I engagement for the adoption by the
Ami rican government ol thrse three
conditions,” his majesty would he pre
pared on the faith of such engagement,
to recal the Orders in C until, with
out waitingHfor the conclusion of a trea
ty.
The rec:d thereof, on his majesty’3
parr, of the Orders in Council, was to
depend entirely and exclusively on the
acceptance by the American govern
ment, of the three conditions so pre
cisely described, and so rcpeatcdl
referred to.
In tlm respect the instructions were
peremptory, and admitted ol no dis
cretion, •
I he only discretion leFt to you was,
in the event ol the American govern
ment, expressing a wish to that effect,
to anticipate the opefetion ol the
Treat", by engaging in his majesty*?
name, that his majesty would with
draw the Orders irt Council, on the re
teipt here of an official note containing
he formal engagement of the Arrnrti
jan govirnrtient to adopt these three
Conditions.
Nothing can he more clear than that
not one ol these three connWions h i*
jetn adopted ny the Americ a ^;>ver.»
roenf, nor any engagement taken fb*T'
their adoption.
I he second and third condition you
appear to have up given altogether.
No mention whatever is made of
them m your written communications
to iVIr. Smith, and in respect to them
therefore you have acted indirettcon
trndiction to you* instruction0.
But even of the first coudition, of
which alone you appear to have at
tempted to obtain the iulfilme.nt, the
most material part ha* tit;icr been o
vcrlo* Iced or concrdrd bv you.
Thi° condition did not require sof^Ty
the repeal of the offensive act3 with
respect to Great Britain, but that re*
peal coupled with the continuance of
hose acts in force with respect to
44 France and the .powers which adopt
and acr under her decrees.”
Upon this clause, the most impor
tant part of the condition you do not
appear to have insisted in any part, not
only of your correspondence but of
your verbal communicatk ns witif the
American government.
This clause above all others, it was
necessary to con,jgn to a formal and
W itte* agreement. As the matter at
present stand* before t e world in
your offici d correspondence with Mr.
Smith, the American govern merit
w.iuiu dc at uner:y to morrow to re
peal the non-intercourse act altogeth
er, without infringing the Agreement
which you haw thought oror. r tov^n
trr into on behalf of his raaji^tv, and
if sued a clausa- was rhodght necessa
ry to his con ti ion at tlie time when
my instructions were written, it was
I obviously •’be: ome much more so,
! when the non in ter co irsc act was pas*
,sed for a lini;eil time. You must
also have .been awatc at the time, of
| making the agreement, that the A
! merican government had in 'fact, for
nraily exempted Holland, a power
; winch h ;s unquesionab’y adopted ami
j acted under the decrees of France,
■ hum the opciation of the non inter*
! course act * an exemption in direct
[coiitrxYentioD • f he condition preacri
| bef 'ij you, «v.'d which, c f itself ought
Itofw.eprev need you from coming
! to any agreement w.ihtever.
I Without therefore obtaining even
(one of those conditions, on the obtain
ing of ail of which the concession of
I his majesty was to depend, you h ive
pledged his majesty to the full extent
of that concession, and have placed his
majesty in the painful alternative of
having cither to refuse or to abide by
an engagement taken in his ir.ajtst)
f name, by an accredited minister of his
j majesty, or to acquiesce in a measure
j which has been adopted not only in
non conformity’ to his ihajestyV views,
■ but in contradiction to iiis positive
] directions.
I am &c.
(Signed)
GEO. CANNING.
No. 7.
Dispatch from Mr. Secretary Can.
ring to the lion rable D.ivid £r:*.
kme, dated Foreign Office, JOth
May, 1809.
Sir—l herewith inclose to you the
copies of an or er which was, passed
by the king in council, on Wednesday
the 2tth instant ; and i have to signify
to you, bis majesty’s pleasure, thai you
deliver one copy of this order to the
American Secretary of State, and that
you tue yo(Uf utmost exertions to ren
der it as public as may be possible,
mong the merchants of the United
. States.
This order in council contains, a*
you Will perceive, his majesty’* disa„
vowal of the agreement which you
have concluded with the American
government.
I am directed bv his M jesty, to
state to you that his majesty enter
tains no doubt of toe good intention*
anti zeal for his majesty’s service*, by
which you have been led to depart
I from your instructions—!>ut yontnuss
1 be sensible that the consequence of
! svich a step, a d the publicity which
has been given to it by the A>nef*lcat«
government, rerdet it impossible i)i t
, you should continue in the ex- rcise of
! yotir function*, either With sfttisiac i ,r»
to yourself, or with advantage to ht»
majesty’* service.
1 have therefore r c ive 1 his ma
jesty's commands to inform you, th t
( rjis majesty has b^en graciously pi ■,<%
cd iu appoint Mr- jattfsvu to rep ack