The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-14 00:00:00

IiMEfIICI;

NlPAsultio-row, Ju 28.-1 lie following is con- I
sid:rrd- as an official article
- lucre are leatufe, in
.the late Order. of the 24th
of • May,: that it 'way be of .some Lervice Jli6tinCtly
to notice. • , . . .
. The arrangements made by 'Mr; Erskine, it is
Said, are not such as v.,ele actliorised by his Majesty's
instructions." .or such as his Majesty can approve."
}ere is an avowal of the .British Government of an
inflexible purpose, unlimited by time or circum-
stance, either not to make a proper reparation for
the outrage .committed on the Chesupeofre, or not
tb,r,'.scind the principle of their Orders of the 7th of
January anti t ttil of Nut-ember.
2. The.teruporary relaxations of the old Orders
in Council are all coupled with one sweeping Coe-
dition, to wit, a withdrawal of proteetion from
any vessel that shall attempt to enter any port '
"actually blockaded by any of his Majesty's ships
of war." Is there not reason to fear that the
whole of the enemy's ports will in this way be
blockaded by a naval force altogether insufficient
for the complete investment requisite to a legal
blockade? • and tlat vesssels leaving ports thus
d.g blockaded," will, on then • return voyage be
seized on the high seas by British cruizers, and
carried into.-British .ports for adjudication, for a
violation of the blockade ? There is the more rea-
son to. apprehend that the species of blockade here
referred to is -not that recognized by the law of.
nation's, as, if it were, there would have been no
reason for such a provision: •
3. The Order professes to indemnify American
IVlerchants, indeed to avoid any interference with
their adventures under the arrangements Made with
Mr. Erskine. But this will be round, on investiga-
tion, to be an idle pretext. The larger number
of American vessels were destined for, and will
have entered, British ports, with commodities, in
part meant for consumption in England, in part
for consumption on the Continent. The value of
these commodities must materially depend on a sale
for them on the Continent. This being almost
totally cut, oir by the Order of the 26th April, sub-
stituted in the room of the previous Orders, the
prices of these commodities in British ports have
actually sunk, and may be expected to fall much
more; and the American Merchant, instead of
'waking a profit, will incur a ruinous loss. A large
portion of these shipments to England were, doubt-
less, meant to be deposited in that country, with
a view of future transportation to the Continent.
--
This • resource being now almost entirely cut off;
a great and steady depression of prices will be in-
evitable.

'By the disavowal of the British' MiniStry, ;the
Order of April lag comes into operation- in lieu Of,
the Orders of January and November, )807. Now,
.the Order of April, although otherwise represented
in most of the public prints, will be found even
more rigorous and oppressive to our trade than the
preceding Orders. Under these Orders, the direst
trade between the United States and the Colonies
of the enemies of Britain, and from the United
States to the Continent of Europe, throuo a Bri-
tish .port, and the transportation of American pro-
duce, cotton excepted, through a British port, to
enemies' ports, under certain conditions, were al-
lowed. By the Order ot April they are, with tri-
fling exceptions, interdided. The principal trade
authorised with the Continent by this Orders is to
the ports of-the Baltic 5 allowed, no doubt, by Bri-
tain, for the express purpose olobtainiog naval sup-
plies through American bottoms; a trade which
will be likely to be inhibited, as soon as it is seen
to have this eflea ; and which, independently of
this circumstance, would be of very little value to us,
but as a small portion of our produce would there
find a market. besides 'this trade, the order al-
lows a trade to the southern parts of Italy, compris-
ing Naples and a part of the territory of the Church,
the whole but of inconsiderable importance, com-
pared with the ports of Genoa and Leghorn, in the
northern part ot Italy, with which all trade is inter-
dieted. To this may be added, a qualified trade to
certain parts of Spain and Portugal, dependent upon
their possession by England, which are, however,
too trifling and preemie:is to be of much value to
us. Under this view of the subje&, the arrange-
ments made with Mr. Erskine, attended by
their
recent disavowal, wilt be found to operate as a mere
decoy, the emollient lenitives of the Order of May
24th to the contrary notwitlAtanding.—(Washington
lntelligencer.)

LTORTING iNTELLIGrNCE.

- STOCKTON' MEETING.
TtrensoAv‘;-sKrr. 7.-
Sweepstakes of togs. each, witty-24gs. added, for 7, yrs old.
colts, Est. alb. tithes, Sst. 21b. Twormiles. FllO
ClibCfs„ •
Sir H. T. Vane's b. c. Gamecock, by Cockfightcr •
IVlr. it.obins6it's br. 1. Miss Bashful, by Stainfoid -
Mr. Duneuinbes b. 1. by .lii-r.bictonlan • - 3
2 and 3 tot on Gamecock.
Sweepstakes of togs. each, with 2.2g5, adled, 'for all ages.
Two.nuile heats. Four Subscribers.' • •
Mr. Peacock's b. c. CarliSle, 4 yrS old - walked over.
Tlie Maiden Plate Of sol • Two-mile heats.
Mr. Phillip's b. c. Sir Thomas l'eatle, 3 yrs old,
7st. gib. . , - I
air. Hill's bc. by Ant2eus, 3 rs old, 7st. 91b. - 2'2
Sir H. T. Vane's b. f. 4 yrs old, Sat; 41). - 3 3
Ole pint 6 to 4 on Sir l'hoinas,Teazlc ; after the heat, 2
and 3 to a he won.

CURIOUS PASSAGE.