Star.
London, England, 1812-06-17 00:00:00

THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

It will be seen from our report of the debate in tl•'
House of Commons last night, that Ministers halm
determined to rescind the Orders in Council ; bet
they mean, most wisely, as we think, to make this
measure contingent on the repeal of the American
Non-importation Act, and to hold ont the threat of

similar regulations, if France be permitted by the
Americans, with impunity, to commit those disgrace-
Jul aggressions upon the law of nature and nations,'
by which the conduct of her Ruler has been ever
distinguished. The Gazette of Saturday will con-
tain a Proclamation to this effect.
The termination of our disputes with America is
thus at hand, and we trust there is not a human be-
ing
on either side of the Atlantic, who will not raise
his bands in thankfulness to Heaven for the concilia-
tory disposition which the British Ministers have mani. I
tested. Without entering at all into the question of
the policy or impolicy of the Orders in Council, for
the discussion would now be fruitlesi, we hail even
their temporary repeal as a blessing conferred upon 1
mankind in general. The tirades of the French
Jcuraals, and the factious spirit of the admirers of
French principles, both in. Great Britain and Ame-
rica, had certainly rendered the retaliatory measures
adopted by the British Government unpopular and
even obnoxious. They were eagerly caught at as a
subject of popular clamour, and to which cal the die.
tresses of the poor were ascribed.
The opining of the trade with America will now
prove how far the conclusions drawn by most indivi,
finals from the evidence laid before Parliament have
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bows°. Threct ; and most sincerely din*. hope that
fat revival of a brisk traffic between the.two countries
will raise the drooping spirits of our Manufacturers,
and give bread to the thousands of our fellow coon-
-4 trymen, who discontak Cie. will not saylisaffec--
Lion) is described as hating arisen from thninterrup-
Lion of our intercourse with America.
But the beneficial effects of this magnanimous cent.;
cession, on the part to circ4 Britain, will be felt. fair
i beyond the limits pf sibe *lash Invite. If it be
' true that there exists iet.diaansica a Freisch.factinn,
always alive to every thing that can produce a 'up.,
tnre between the two &entries,' the 'fulcrum upon
which they rested their"; fliolitiiitlii'otiw. iviiiizred,
and the President of the Vatted Suttee inpstaippt re. I
trace his warlike steps, and resurne-awlangease and ,
the attitude of peace. France, !ste Inive fit! thot, '
will continue to burn, sink, and ditsfihy ile defence;
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is ' ^look•
less American Merthantmeins,tiamtb at •Wn '
forwar4 to a revolutioo in the" poppiar sentiment in
America, cued:. Great Britain will . then no longer
i have to contend singliaanded 'against the common
enemy of civil.societY:''WVertist that the sober, the'
enlightened; and die weel4y, pail of the American
population ."(we mean the. Federalists) will now re:
eumetheir legitimate pttponderwitet in the-Cntmoili
of their country. The real motives for the Waiter ing-
documentit %filet Great Britain, Which higgi issued .
fret° the 411Asciratic party in the Uninia(t3tetes, will -
then_healitclosed,ansithe.ipportantiliiiniaiywfil be
ancient what are Trait the tree interim" titAisterlia.
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