The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-30
LONDON, November %.
ORDERS or COUNCIL.

The committee of merchants trading to Anne.
rlca met on Saturday last, to receive the Report
OF the special committee, appointed TO confer
with the board of trade the subject of the late
orders OF CounciL-The following is the report
received on that occasion, which was ordered to
be published, for the information of Amere IN
traders in general
That American vessels cannot sail in ary in
stance direct from the ports of the United States
t" any port of the enemy in Europe. American
vessels may proceed from the ports of the United
States to the ports Of the colonies belonging to the
enemy, and direct back to the ports OF the United
STAGES. The order does notprohibit them from gl-
ing direct from the ports of this kingdom to Tie
colonial ports in the West-India Isl aids belong
ing TO the enemy and is net intended to p e,,ns
Them from proceeding from tins Kingdom with CO.
iohial produce to the enemy's ports, whenever
Parliament shall have decided on the duties to
be imposed on such eXportation-American YES
sells may continue To trade from the ports of tins
Kingdom to the ports of The enemy, and from the
ports OF the enemy 10 tn Kingdom, and from the
ports OF his majesty 5 allies tine enemys ports
but not from the enemys ports to the ports oil ms
mAJestyS allies direct, nor from America to the
ports OF hs m esty's allies with colonial produce
There IS reason 10 believe that IN order ot coun-
ci VIII ISSUE, regulating The periods 1T which no
ice snail be considered to have been received OF
tae order III council OF the i1tll inst in the Uni
ted States Of America; b, winch reralalion, YES
any Portm America, before tie 2Otn oi January
next, shall be considered to have cleared out be-
fore notice OF the order; and vessels which shall
clesr out between the 2Utn OF January and the
lUth OF February, will be liable to be detained,
SUBJECT to the Question, whether they had began
TO he laden before notice had arrived al the port
rom whence they sailed. From the 10Th OF Fe-
bruary, ali American vessels VII be considered
as having began TO lade after notice, and VIII
thereby be SUBJECT to the provisions OF the afore
said orders
Sc Certificates of origin will not be required TO
be delivered up winch may be on board vessels
winch shall have sailed previous 10 the notice Of
tins order, al the port from whence they sailed.
There IS also reason to believe tni.l no duty
is intenaed to be laid on the rc-sxpoI tation OF any
articles winch ale the produce of the soil of neu-
traI nations, with the exception of cotton and
that the trade between this country and the ports
OF the enemy'S colonies by neutras, viii be re-
griltet by licence, and confined to the export
OF Brush manufactures, until the meeting of Par.
Lament and that The trade between this coun-
Try by Eeutr:ls, with the colonies of the enemy in
the West-lndes and South America, will be plac-
ed on The same footing
"JoHN GRAY, Sec"
November 24
On board the American brig Caroline, Capt.
Doak, detained on her passage from New-Yoik
10 Cherhourg, and sent into Falmouth by The Mars
privateer OF that port, Captain Viniconbe, were
found packet OF dispatches from the French
Charge DIES AH:ures in America to The Primo. of
Benevento, Cralleyrand) and the other French
ministers of state. They re confidently said TO
contain secrets of the first Importance, relative to
projects now in agitation between France and A
mcrca. They are Immediately sent OF to Lon
don, for the information of the British Cabinet
November %.
AMERICAN COM MERGE.
The following is a copy of the Circular Letter
to the consul Of the United States
at Hamburg, 10 the masters OF American sitiDs
bound to that port. 1t dlscoscs fully the pieca-
rious nature Of the understanding which gubsists
between France aud America. The measures
to winch the French have had recourse, in the
port OF Hanbueh, aye Inar;ed by their usual
trcaChery They mterdict the navigation of the
Elbe en a sudden, and then proceed TO sequester
the cTgOe5 OF neutral vessels, which could pos
sibiy have had no notice of the order IL appears
from this document, that the introduction vt CO.
lOniai produce IS absolutely prohibred at Ham
burgh.
" american Consulate, Haon6Ugh, Nov. 4, 1907.
" 70 masters OF American ships bound 60 liam
burgh"
&C In the present Unprecedented crisis, such
great and almost daily changes take place, and
The measures OF the beiigeIcnts affecting com
nerce are PIT into sach immediate operation, thai
it il impossible for the most prudent, with to,
best intentions, to avoid the INJURIES which, on G.
very side lay in wait for lair neutral trade.
q 1t is therefore Dy no means my intention t.
assume ans contrOul IN the destination of you
snips but merely 20 state such facts IL IS ia
portant you should know. In tbs measure nj,
own opinion has been fortified by those OF tb
most respectable merchants hese in connexi.
with my country, expressed to me il Their WI,
ten request.
"Thc French custom-housc officers, or D9p.
Hjeys, without any official intmaton to the foreigI
ageuts here, have, sone time since, ~ virtue
lations and laws of France 20 tho trade Of u
NJ, and without any exceptions, require cerd6-