The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-03 00:00:00

SETTER. FROM MR. ERSKINR TO Mit

Washington, July 31, iBc9.
have the honour to inclose to you a copy
of an Order, whir;h wa, paSsed by his Majesty in
Council-on the 24th of
In communicating this
Order, it is with the
deepest regret that I have to inform you, that .his
Majesty has not thought proper to confirm the
late provisional aareeme.nr which I had entered into
With you on the part of our respeetive Govern-
thents.

Nt.it'her the present time, nor the occasion, will
afford ine a faVourable opportunity for explaining to
Yon the grounds and,reasons upon which I conceiv-
ed I had conformed to his Majesty's wishes, and to
the spirit, at least, of my instrudion4 upon that Sub-
ject; nor, indeed, would any vindication Of my
conduct (wh+terer I may have to offer) • be of any
importance further than as it might tend to shew. that-
no intention existed on my part to practise any
deception towards the Goverument of the United
States.

I haVe the satisfaCtion, however,' to call your at-
tention .to that part.of the inclosed Omer, Which
ProteEts the commerce and shipping of the United
States from the injury and indonveniences which
eight have arisen -to'Axnerican.Citizens,from are-;I
fiance on' the provisional agreement before mentian
and.' cannot bot .cherish a hope, that no fur-
ther bad consequences may result from an arraii.::
meat, which I had fully belieiied would have metwith .
his Majesty's approbstion„ and would have Jet))
:0 a complete and curdial undetstanding between the I
'Wo countries. • ,

With seninneots of-the-isigbgt rf,gpeet and ton-
'deratiou, I have the imitour to he,,Sir, your most.
I)l)tttient hutubfe servant; - D. M. EIiSKINk.
11,01). kob,;rt Smith, F.6q- dx, Vic, 4.% •-.

. ,
FETE 9EdTAETA/17')DF. sffvrtt:TC) Eltai.lN7E,
Departtheni of the State, Atigust qtb,
hive just received from Mr:. Pinckney
letter enclosing .a Printed paper, purporting to be a
copy of a dispatch to you from Mr. Canning; which
states, among other things, that " from the report
of your conversation with Mr. Madison, Mr. Galla=
tin, and Mr. Smith, it appears-,-
, "'lst. That the American Government' is pre-
*red, in the event of his Majesry's consenting to
withdraw the Orders in Councikof January and No-
,
vember 1807, to withdraw cokemporaneously
its part the interdi6tion of its harbours to ships of
-ware and all non-intercourse and non-importation'
a&s, so far.a.s, respe6ts Great Britain,, leaving them
force with respea to France and the Powers- which
adopt or act udder her decreis.'

" '2.d. That America is willing to renounce, 'dur-
ing the present war, the pretension of carrying on in
time of war all trade with the enemy's colonies, from
which.shewas expltided dnri it& peace.
• 3d. 'Great I.36tain, for •the puipoge of :seeming
the operation of the embargo, and the 't ana fide in 7.
tendon. of America, to prevent her •citizens from
tradiit with, France, and the• Powers adopting:and
acting under the French ddcrees,is to be, considered
as being at liberty to capture all such.Atverican yes.'
sets as may be Nun!' attempting to trade With the
, ports of any of these POwers without which seat-
' rity for the observance of the 'embargo, the raising
'nominally with reipeet to Great. Britain alone,
would irh fact rise limit It respect-to all the world."
ha'e the honour tosrequeSt . you to: favour me
with such explanations as your caudour will at once
suggest, in relation to these imputed 'conversations.
to' bear to express to yob, Sir, the surprise that
is felt at the extraordinary nretensinns set Wldi ini
this letter of instruction, and especially at the ex-
pectation that this Government would, as a -preli-
minary, recognize conditions, 'two of which are so
manifestly irreconcilabio- to the dignity and interest
of the United States. I, however, would remark,
that bad you deemed it Proper to have cornmuni-
cated ftz extenso Allis. letter; it would have been
possible for ihe President to have perceived hi its 1
conditions, or in its spirit, that conciliatory dispo-
sition which had been professed; and which, it was
lioped, had really existed. • • i.

I have the honour tp be, &c.

R.

The HOD. David M. Erskine, ace. &c. &c.
(To be To-mon'oth.)

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4MERIC/14.1V CONGRESS.

(OUSE REPgESENTATIVES.

MONDA‘Y, NOV. 27, 1809.

•
On the motion Of Mr. aiwson, a Menage
sent to the Senate to inform that body that this
House was. forine; and ready to proceed to busi.
ness. .

On .the motion of Mr. Nelson, the usual -rule was
adopted respecting forn.p;iii:ng Members wi:1) news-
pape.l- ; and alto a 5.40 the time to which the douse
should daily adjourn..