Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-01-29
THE BRITISH ENVOY, Ma.
ROSE.

u appears, uuQVSssAOuAu'c A"e
formation received from Norfolk, that
the delay which has attended the Ianding
Of this gentleman, has proceeded from
an o~versrained delicacy Of etiquette en-
his part, aud not from any disposition Of
the Deputy Collector at that place, to re-
fuse permission to himselfto laad, or to
the vessel in which he came % receive
the customary accommodations. The
Presidents proclamation certainly con'
tains a sufficient proviso for the case, not
in the smallest degree preventing the en-
trance into port, and hospitable receipt:
on Of any armed vessel having on board
a public minister, 81 even dispatches
I from the government of Great Britain to
that Of the United States. It only re-
quires (what. Of course, from the very
nature ofthings, must be Indispensable
that the captain Of any such vessel shall
give notice Of his arrival to the collector
Of the port, and inform him Of the cir.
eumstaDces, by virtue Of which she is to
be exempted from the prohibitions ex-
tending 70 other armed vessal. A. Il is
impossible for the collector, without
such notice and information, TO distiD.
guish a vesselhaving an Envoy extraor.
binary on board from any other, it seems
truly astonishing that unwiflingness to
comply with such a reasonable requisite.
on should have occasioned the delay Of
the ministers landing. Yet such, it
seems, is the fact.
We are assured that, shortly after the
frigate Statira came to anchor 10 Hamp-
ton Roads, a letter was written by Col.
John Hamilton, the British Consul to
Richard Evers Lee, Mayor Of Norfolk,
informing him that MI. Rose, Ambas.
sador Of his Britannia Majesty, had ar
rived, and wished to know whether he
would be received 10 the same manner
in which the ambassadors Of other natl
ons had heretofore been received. Mr..
Lee in answer, wrote that he was not
the proper person TO whom application
should be made, and could not ofFciaMy
answer the question, (for which6e refer.
red aim TO the collector) but gave him
bis private opinion that, under the pte.i.
dents proclamation, there could be no
doubt Of the reception Of Mr.. Rose with
the same respect with which other am.
oassadors had always been received.
Application was then made, in the alb.
sence Of Col. Smith the collector, to
his deputy, who declared that, on the
captain making the proper declaration,
there would be no difficulty in Mr..
Roses landing and the irigate's being
furnished With provisions. It being
supposed, that it would be deregatory
to the dignity Of the Enuoy that such a
declaration should be made, since the
captains Of other vessels who brought
ambassadors heretofore had not been re.
CURED to- make q similar one and the
British Minister, as It seems, being I'm.
willing in any respect to recognize the
authority Of The presidents p~roclamati.
on, the captain refused to. make the de.
claration, and the ambassador refused to
come on shore. So rests the Ease for the
present.
Such extraordinary attention to pune.
tito in his Exceliency the Envoy Ex.
t~raordinary, seems MOI to eviuce a very
amieable disposition towards this coun-
try, and augurs i'll Of the event Of the
negotiation. (Hrg.A yrus:1
Mr.. Rose arrived at the Nayy.Yard
on Wednesday night, and slept a. Cap.
tain Carson's. He yesterday morning
came up to MI. Erskine's, where he
'mezns to continue a few days.
We consider the mission Of Mr.. Rose
to this country as a high evidence of the
amieable disposition Of the British 20.
yernment towards Us, aad We hope it
will be met by a like amicable disposition
on the part of our own. But iii, be true.
9 We believe il Is, that Mr.. Rose is con.
6ned IN his powers Of treating 10 the af.
fair OF the Chesapeake alone ; and if il
De true, as we fear it is, that Mr.. Iefer.
sonis determined not to treat on tina,
subject aeparately, bu. to blend with il
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