The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-17 00:00:00

LETTER 111,

SIR,

The Sixth Article of the new Treaty states (ac-,,
cording to the American Abstrata), " THAT THE
PANTIES CANNOT Ao.Rip ABOUT. THE AMERICAN
TRADE TO THE. BRITISH WEST INDIiSp;7 but that
while they attempt an amicable agreement, both,
may exercise theiriexisting rights." •If -I had not
observed the 'great degree of inattention with which
ti‘e public has received 'the .foregoing intimation, I
Fliottld scarcely think it necessary •to.-add any thing
by way`' of thustraticin to the plain language of the
if, • , .
Article itself.; but I find,that the adherents, as well'
as . the opponents, of the late Administration, ap-
plying rill theft talents to a subsequent Article of the,
TreatY (whicli. we shall soon ConsidOr), have passed
over; as a matter-of no moment, the persith:uous
and comilehensive 'stipulation '"nVir before US.
therefore deem it necessary to.place,on a more prd-
minent point- of.. view, the Jirth, Article, of this.
abortive ,Convention. '
The Session of 1806 must have iiiniliarised to all
your Readers the subjea of the American Intercourse
With our West India Islands.- From t 78,3 to 1794, .
nothing was definitively se*cl in reprd to this
important trat‘: it was regulated 'from time "to
time by, alumni A6ls of Parliament, or Orders in
Council. Without enumerating the variations in
these severalACts or Orders, it is sufficient: to 'ob-
serve, that at theperiod- of the Treaty of 1794, the
Trade between the United States and our Planta-
, tiOns was limited to iiritis4 By the twelfth
Article` of thiit•Treaty, Amirican Vessels (of not
mote than 70 tons) were put open the same footing.
4 :British, as to the Import and Export Trade Of the
West,lndies. To this concession two provi7
sions were added, first, " that the said American
:Vessels qo carry and land their cargoes in the UNITED
STATES only :" And that, during the continuance

of the Treaty, Bit rowels should be put upon
, the ,sathe jboting with respez tti the Trade between
the UNITED STATES and the said ISLANDS as the
vessels J' AM V.ll ICA herself. The American Senate
retbsin,i to eon:tent to these 'Perms and C onditions,
4ilditioual..4rtiple was added tO theTreaty,where:
it waoagreed.to :suspend so nitwit of ,the twelfth.
as relmes 'to the Trade in question
,andthus "the,
matter continued from that time to thexommenee;
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merit of the late 'Negotiation. : r •
it;wz S unclermood that two persons of. high
Tank ::11(1 great valt.m.s beetc appo.intec.i to confer'
with the very intelligent I.Ylittioters 'of the. Unite 4
States on the..several points upon which the two
. .
Governments were at issue,' iLwas naturally supposed
that the Into course would be considered. among
the most ihtportant Objeas of titeie
The subject, too, was ,hre' ugh( tx.,:fote Parlianxia in

';1 particular manner, by the iuiroaldion of %.sawt,
was called the AMERICAN IN'IIAt.CuUIt,J;
pleasure WIIIN calculated to favour, by taking them.
from the .attnnal cquizance of Parliament, the fre-'
-fittent suspensions of the N'4vigattun Laws, which
the necessity was stated to requite in regard. to thi
branch of our Trade. , •
It was therefore ,not 'unreasonable to
,apprehend,
ti it the MiniF.tcrs Who preiared this Bid ere ra-
the'r inclined to look fivonfahly upon that wire.
strained -and unconditional intetcourbo which was
61111p0S0t1 to be .the favourite objea of Arneric.i, It
was RUSpeaed that they had introduced into their
new Treaty, stipulations respeetinl iract;e,
toore incon.iNteut ..yith our Navii,,,atiou ,/it it than
W.i3 either filled for by necessity, or compensated
b, advantages obtained. suvicion the late'
i'stnisters- Constantly and stoutly repelled there
Iva& no pOint upon which they trove uniformly or,
confidently (waded the TRE#YV:depiecating
pat.:mature discussion ; and now that have the..
Treaty before us, that nothing could be inure un-
fair-than the insinuations cat Mr. PERCEVAL,
.inote unfounded than the suspicious of Lord (;As-
TLEIMAGII Minister 4 are unquestionably
acquitted, on' thefr apoal,• from the charge of hav-
ing made an injurious Treaty upon the. subje& of.ht
ter.f.airse, Ju, ilft.7l madc No I t caly ,
It is Certainly at first sight rather didicttlfto dis,
c,!iiittr here the foundation of that arrogated sups-
riotity 'of the late AdministratiOn, in -respea to
c.;4;nts, to prtidenCe, ur vVen concifiatiyii. But is it
ni:etetided. , that se
-any of tho.enzarsrasinteni;which
farini`l. measures had entailed upon the. Neptiatort,,
can possibly:have inftnented-theni in this stipulation ?
Can it be Anted that they did not find-the question.
pot fcetly 9pen ?., To what !cad former. Ministers
. pledged the Country,? 111%;til 170, when 4.ord
Growille framed with Mr. JAY the. Article which

,
1N:1S „by iltninlea; not one circuinSttince of
inter.vetwd..
,arly thitig, had,
could be cotwrued ;into i ditii-
f y; it Z:ti:ily that same AcT to which I
c alluded, which might possibly be considered
as it was by -many persons. here,. as
mahile.ttitig a "dispOsition. to relax. -But waving

Atberica,

this, never aeerned question in diplomatic dis-
cussion more freely atid, complete'y before the
Ministers of two Power s.

Yet notiting. is iresolved. Sir, therevqybe a ver.y
good reason Iv. this :,-4Lord Auc 4.4 ND'S ingenuity?
may su,rdest,- and Lord HOLLAND'S eloquence may
enforce,Ta perfea anq ratistaaory justification. But in
the mean time it is 'not too much' to say, that the
presumption is, against- thent. If their licktiovillOgcd
talents were quotted as. a ptesumption . that they,,
would unnecessarily have left an 'important article,.
unsettled, I should set off against tharconideration
the natural desire of all .Plenipotentiaries to sign
(certainly not least strong in a coup d'essai),: nut t 0,..
tuention bins in favour of AMERICA, under
which Lord HOLLA'W ni:ty be presumed te.haVe
treated.
A Thrther discussion of this subjea, would lead ane
too f;ir into the general merits of the Treatyi I shall,
therefore., here quit the Sixth Article, and cnnclucle
ivy Letter my next will refer to mostimportant-
Matters, on which the Plenipotentiaries had not equal
difficulty in making up their minds. As in the dis 7
cussion of these, I may perhaps find something de-
serving of rather pointed. censure, I Would recom-,
mend the fie-ader to employlhe interval in impress-
strOugly upon his recolledion such instances.of
the superior policy, judgment, and deciion of tliv.
• • -;
irate Adtninistration, as in the preceding discussion ‘:
nay have most forcibly struck him.

DECIrIS.

P. S. Since 1 wrote the above, I find that-the sup-
porters iif.the late Miniuistration will have some.;
thing more to say for them to-morow. : I shall
delay any Eourth Letter for, this supplementary de,
fence.

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L N D 0 IV,
TUESDAY, tioi-lim.pp'
,17, 1807

WE received French and Dta.ch..Paers this day,
the former dtited the 4th, and ilte; latter tn'thv 9th
There is uothirig very important in their con-
.

tepts.,Wne French army advanced towavdi Portugal by
Salamanca. Thebead-quartersol I NOT wC)'BCX-
peERed to be at Pamploia on the 4.4.1 b or t.:15 tli t An

,Embargo has been laid on all Portuguese Vesiels,' and
gut Ambassador from Portug;tl to Holland, mas pre.,
paring to depart from the latter pouiltry. -The.
King of Pruista, has sl/4-nt orders to Ilia

d'Affairos to le.ave Constantinople with the whole-
;
of the Prussian ,Legatiou,, atlci havOgnitied.-titat.
unlagt- satisfaelion..wai,:agAle•• by the, Ottoman
Court fir tht: insult uttered to the
Prui,ia would break. :off: .411 interi:pvtsc„witlt the
Sublime Porte.

IT is mentioned in some of the private Letters re-
ceived from the Continent, that, BOONAPARTE is
highly iniSAtistied with the condutl of Ame-
rica, and ph3t he had intimated to the American
Minister, that'unless.some change in that cuudu&
*tehli'pkiee, his presence at Paris would.' be clispensed •
with. This account, we confess, appears tows very
,imprbbable.

A ,Morning Paper, which in its eagerncis' to
1.,3L;; he present Administration frequently niisre'..
presents faEts, and sometime's invents them, eharse4
Ministers. with having. lett our trade, nit prOteEted,
and states that " when oar Fleet left the Sound, not
a'SiniLle.Frikate, or. even a C'inizer,N,vas left to pro-
.
tea our Merchantmen, or even to guard them from.
surprise."... This is a bold assertion,' but it-is totally
thstituie of truth. When off I' ieet came awav, the
livigiutrd, of 74 guns, two Frigates, besides several
Sloops and smaller Vessels, . were left for the pro.
.teetion of our Trade. The Vessels. vaiielt were
taken off Cronetilierg werq outward-bound, and un-
der convoy of the /Li, rater s but it frequently hap-
pens,: thtingh we know not ‘,vbether it \vas SU itt the
present instauce, that the Masters: of Merchant Ves-
sels are so irregular, that it is itnposAfle: for the
Vessel that eonVoys thetit to keep t hern,togethero—
At all events no blame is attributable to the Admi7,
ratty far mit. having left a sufficient force 'for the
protection; of our Trade. Another charge a.oinst.
Ministers in the mime 'Paper 'is equally devoid of
truths, viz. that: forty ,empty Transports, have: re-
cently returned final the Mediterranean. This asser.
lion ha's already been contradiaed; tint it is said that
the contradi4tion
,%yas not stittkcientlyexplicit.c
therefore think it, necessary. to repeat, that it is
completely unfounded. , .

yvstOrdny atteertecUid tt repiirt'Whieh Was eit-.
caned, of gigue unpleasant cifcUrnltarice4 hacing
occurred ,at one,of the Sea-ports, , respeaing the env..
'hatkation of the troops, and t.xpreued onr di ibt 11l t
wp arc no eiiahled to state positiveLy that it
leas no foundation whatever.

IIAvING yesterday Inserted at lonotli tile Order
isiued•by-}lts-MAJESTYIin Council, relative to" the
Tra,:e with France, her Allies and pl.pendeofs): we
shall ni,v/ give an Analyiis,of thein; with such ob.
servati9ns as are suggested; by the ,reinarlcs which
Itave been made in Uther (patters.

The first Order recites the Decrees of the French
Government, and the acquiescence ofNEUTR ALS In
the unprecedented system of warfare •thereby esta-
blished. It refers to the Order issued on the 7th of
January, "-which has not answered the desired pur-
-- T'r '
p This Order,.i t w ll,be remembered,;wtis issued
py,„tlie late. Administration, very soon after Buo-
,- N A PAATE's Decree of the 2 1 s t Nov.) 896, and it Was
distiu&ly stated by Lord Howtc.i, to be the inten-
tionof Government to adopt stronger measures, in
case the prohibition of the Trade from Port to Port
should prove indication and the Order itself de-
aired, that !‘ such attempts op the port- q*the
-
Epemy woolg give to tits MAJ ES T Y an unquestionalle
RIGHT OF RETALIATION, and 'would warrant: His
MAJESTY in enforcing the sop' e NIGH IBITION Qr ALt.
CoMmerce zvith FRANCE, W /UCH that .130 u.)Cr,.
vaixkly
hoped atict against the- Commerce of His MA-
JESTY'S Suyeßs." And it was about the same time.
. • - •
declared to the. American Miniiters, that-it NEU»
.tHAL Nations should. ACQUIESCE in ize Usurpations
Ftan. ce,,Fils MA4138 rY might probably be.cürnpciled,
• h.• •
'Aouietier rauCianily, to RETALIATE m tsinst d4fcHnte,
and to issueorders,to his Cruizers to adopt towards
NiIITRALS any hostile
,system WH THOSE
NEUTRALS SHALL HAVE SUBMITTED his'Epe-
mies.!! Following up, then, the principles thus,
avowed, .HIS MAJESTY 4'113 now adopted- the 1017
lowing