Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-04-11

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the whole Of Mr.. ArmfroIg's letter
to Mr. CFampagny may be now pub
Iilhed
Document NJ. lis letter from
Mr. Madifon to MIR. nunt6e, dated
( July 6, 1907, on The lupjett Z, the
attack c. the ChehDeak4, and Of the
demand for repara5ion Inc .otter
occupies more han two columns,
I and the fubjc6 If il Las been fie-
, quently before the public.
40 n-Is the following Notes
between Mr.. Canning and Mr.. Man
roe -
Saturday, JsJ %, 1907.
Mr.. Canning pre1euts his comPll-
ments to MIR. Munroe, and with fen
tments Of ,he deePeR regret, haitens
to inform him that intelligence has
| iuft been received Of tranlattIon
which has taken pace off the COAT
Of America, between Ghip Of war Of
his majely, and : frigate belonging
to the United States the refuit Of
which has been the Iofs Of fome lives
on board the American frigatc.
The particulars Of this tranfa6tion,
and the grounds Of the publication
of the Bri,i(h officer, and the admi-
raj, under Whole orders he acted,
Mr.. Canning is not enabled az pref
! emf to ccnmuuic2te to MIR. MunrOe.
| If Mir Munroe lEnuld have receiv-
ed any accounts of il MIR Canning
truits he will ,ofe 10 time in COM
municatrng them to Mr.. Canning
But whatever the real merits ard
character Of the trar action may turn
out TO be, Mr.. Canning could not
forbear expecting without delay the
fHctre c9ucern and Eyrszy which he
feels at his unfortunate reiult; and
anuring the American Miniiter, both
for hinfelf and on the behalf of his
mai Ry'- goverumenr, that if the
BrIuth office fhould prove to have
been culp4ble, the m1f tr9att aud
GfeEtual rcJGrati2n Hai De GfVAsd 10
f5e government n ~ United States
JAMES MONROE, Eiq. &c SC. Sc.
70 LIr. CANNING
Mr.. Monroe prcfents his compli-
ments 10 Mr. Canning and IS much
obliged to him for the Information
Communicated Ia his note Of Satur-
day. Mr.. Monroe has heard with
extreme regret the account it con
tains Of a recentrc between a Britilh
fhip Of war and an American frigae
eff the coat Of the U States He
has no knowledge Of the tubieQ ex-
cept what Mr.. Canning's note has
furnilhed, but will no. fail to COM
municate the earliet intelligence
which he may receive Of an event 70
deeply to be lamented. Mr.. Mon
roe derives in the mean time much
{arisfa6tion from the friendly aflur-
ance of MIR. Canning, thar this unfor-
tunate occurrence was not authoriz-
ed by his majeHy's government, and
that fuitable reparation will be made
for the injury if on inquiry the Brit
iih officer lhouId be found the ag-
greior
PortieeI Place, BforIay, July n, 1907.
To the Ri Hon GEORGE CANNING, &c &c
Then follows a Note from Mr..
Muaroe, dated July 20. 1907, OIL
the fubie6 Of ,he Chefapeake affair,
demanding in q very fpirited fyle,
the d1avowll of the attack and fpit-
able reParat;on for it. Mr.. Canning's
reply is equally terfe and fpirited.-
lie, however. tays &" But the earnef
detire Of his majcity to evince in the
mott satisfactory Hanner, the Princi-
pies Of juitice and moderation BY
which he is uniformly actuated, has
not permitted him 10 hchtate In com
handing ne to gffure you, that his
maieity neither does, nor has at any
time, maintained the Pretendon OF
right to fearch lhips Of war, in the
national fervice Of any fate, "a dc
fer5ers," Then follow two notes BE-
tween Meirs. Munroe and Canning,
one dated July %, 1897, the o;her
Aug. 3D., 1907 The next IS a let
ter from Mr.. Munroe to Mr.. Madi
fon, dated Aug 4, explaining hjs
former Notes with Mr. Canning ana