The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-27
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.
April l6.

would occupy imall portion of its tine, III
which the honour and character Of the country were
materially involved. He alluded to the fo, nputati-
that had been endsavouredt 20 be Gait The Co
vernnent and its Representative, by recent pubEca
in French official paper. To the Circumstance of
that tranfl3ion he thought 1t beneath him advert,
long they had been confined the foul and maig
nant pages of the Moniteur and while they only
tended denonttrate the rancoGr of the French Co
vernmert, he thought it the bet and mott dniii
ed courie them with ilent cor, But the pa
pers puporting to be correspondence between the
Britih Envoy Extraordinary at Munich and perion
refding Paris, have been officially communicated
by the French Miniiter the different AInbafadors
III that city, and the honour OF the nation has been I'M
peached upon unlubantiated fac improbable in their
nature, improved and he confidently truifcd to be
proved. To thoie communications acknowledgements
had been made, Of fome dveriity in their tenor, but
mott of them certainly adopting and fanefionng, in
greater ieer degree, the foul reproaches that had
been ca the Britih character and in the degraded
fate in which thegreater part of the Courts of Europe
was placed the Representative of the Court Of Ruia
was the only one Of the Diplomatic Body who did in
his anfwer expres any doubt of the fact Some OF the
Ambailadors to whom that communication was made
did certainly GO very extraordinary lengths in their
replies to the French Mnifer, and fuch he hould
hope would be found deerve the cenfure of the DIFF
ferent powers they repreCent. He particularly alluded
had fprung from the fame fource with ourelves whole
language the fame, and whole interes he truted
were oppofed to each other. "a loud cry Of hear
hear y He was forty fee ienments 10 1erogatory
from the honour of the Birth character, received with
fuch plant facility, by the Reiident Of Power that
ihould have known how to appreciate our national cha
rater in more friendly and favourable way he had
| motion to make, but he thought it incumbent mi
niters, either dfavow or eScupate Mr. Drake, and
prove Europe, and to the world, that they have
not pointed the dagger of the aiialiin.'
| The Chancellor of the Exchequer--" MIR. Speaker,
rife to exprefs nay unfegned obligations to the Noble
Lord for affordingt His Majefys Mnihers oppor-
tunity of repelling the fouleh and mott infamous
charge that has proceeded from Government
claiming be confderedas apart Of the civilized world
charge the mott unfounded and dabolical, urged by
Government the moR ianguinary and tyrannical, for
the foe purpoic, implicitly believe of giving colour
the con,mion of crimes the mott henous and
cious that have ever digraced and blackened human
nature AS the impuation that the authors and per-
petrators of that foul crime have attempted throw
on his Majeys Government, it is ahnof beneath their
dignity to condefcend refute IT but think il my
duty fate this Houle and to the civilized world
that no authority has been given, that inrutfons
hrve been tranfntted to the Britnh Niniher the
Court of Munich, engage in undertake any thing
that was not frly confident with the nlof icrupulou.
obervance of the rights of nations and what perhaps
paramount them, the duties of humanity. After
having aid thus much, hope it will not be expected
of ME that ihould fay any thing in reply that
mot fae, fcandalous and malignant mputation AS to
ded; Srflpondence which the Noble Lord has allu-
until fome lea fIs to enter upon that fubje
from the honorable per(on who b,s been received
attacked III ia Gentleman i9 Yer
haPs think as highly, and certainly focitous
the Noble Lord, or any one in the Kingdom can be
have perfect confidence, tina, the more The particulars
OF his conduct enqured into, the more apparent
viii be the proPriety of it, and the venefs and fae-
hood OF that (as have the beft grounds to fuppoe)
mott nnpudent and infamous fabrication. AS ioon as
His Msjeffys Government fhall have received the
communications they expect from Mr. Drake, the No
BILE Lord may be anred they will not fail to adopt the
mott etfetfua n,eaures for aiierting and maintaining
the honour of the country ] muff again exprefs INV
obligations to the Noble Lord FOR aordng ME an OPP
porunity Of dfpeug the anxiety of the country upon
iube&, the honour of It's Representative, for which
they entertain all that audabe eaoufy that BELTS
great and high minded nation"
! By the Juno from Dublin, arrived at New
York, we have received further filpply of TO-
reign papers, but the intelligence they furnifh is
not later than already received.
| A Dublin paper of April 10, mentions the re-
ceipt ofnews by an arrival from the continent,
Rating that the court of Denmark had taken
mich offence at the conduct of the French, who
had reinforced their army on the north bank
! OF the Elbe, were fill transporting imrnelife
| quantities OF ammunition to the Duchy of Lau-
enburgb, and bad formed magazines in the
neighbourhood of Altoona and Hamburger. In
contequence of theie latter meaflres, the maya
zine within the Danifll territory near Altoona had
been ieized, and the Daniih troops on the from
tiers OF Lubec and Laueuburg, had been order
ed to reiift any territorial violation or encroach-
meDt.
MIR. ]. NORTON, captain or mate of an Ame-
rican fhip lately ieized at 'Bourdeaux, in ccnfe-
qnence of fome informally in her papers, had
arrived at Londonvia Rotterdam, after fpenCing
feveral weeksin Paris in fruitleis endeavours to
obtain the liberation of his fhip. 1t is ftated that
the barriers of Paris were clofed every evening
at half paf fix o'clock, after which no pcrfon
was permitted to pats. The roads TO Brett,
boulogne, and Lyons, were particularly guard
ed, and none futfercd to proceed without fpeci-
al order.
Barthelemy, the banker, continued under ar
rtt, but was expected TO be liberated. His ar
ret was in coDfequence OF his name being Oh a
bill OF exchange taken from one ofthe conipira-
tors.
The Dutch admiral Vcrhuel, was al FIufhiug
on the 9th April, preparing another divilion of
his hotilla for fea.
..All the ilIiP-rights at Rotterdam and Amfer-
dam have been fent TO Flulhing, to make fomc
alterations or experiments in the contribution of