Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-26

F1tIS a. S9ctfdi COIl W. stttsssg y -
less British arrangements shall present an
opportunity equally certain and expedite
GUS"
E-X77P act
III. lladziison 10 III. Psak,aey, dated .faly
18Th, 1903.
& g Your communications by lieut.. Lewis
were safely delivered. on the evening OF the
9th instant.
s,ss AS it had been calculated that the M
terval between the return of MIR. Rose, and
the departure Of Lieutenant Lewis, would
give sufficient time to the British govern
ment to decide on the measures required
by the posture in which the affair OF the
Chesapeake was left, tsisilence to you on
that subject could not fail to excite the par
ticular attention of the President: and the
appearance is rendered the more untay ora
Bile by the like silence, as we learn from
Mr.. Erskine, Of the dispatches brought TO
him by the packet which left England and
arrived at New-York at nearly the same
time with the Usage. have minated to
Mr.. Erskine the impressions made by tins
reserve, without, however, concealing our
hope that the delay does not imply tnal
purpose Of Withholding reparation, and that
the next communications from London will
be Of different import. They must at
least. ascertain the real views Of the British
government on this interesting subject.
Y" There was certainly no Just ground tor
Mr.. Canning to expect any particular COM
nlunications from you on the arrival OF the
Usage, unless they should have grown out
OF such accounts from France. as would Sc
cond Our demands Of justice from Great
Britain, particularly the revocation Of her.
orders in council. Aud in inIparting to
him what you cid from that quarter, every
proof Of candor was given Which the ocea-
sion admitted.
If Mr.. Canning was disappointed, be-
caasc BE did not receive fresh complaints
against the orders in council, he. ought
to have recolected that YOU had sufficiently
dweit on their offensive features in the fss.
instance and, that as he had chosen tc
make the formal communication of them to
this government, through another channel
it was through that channel, rather than
through you, thar answers to it would be
regularly given"
g The communications and Instructions
forwarded by Dir. Pury;snce, who was a
passenger. in the St. Michael, viii enable
you to bring the British government to a
fair issue on The subject of It's orders. lit
has nothing more in view than It is wiling
to avow, it cannot refuse TO concur IN az
arrangements, resembling on her part the or
ders Of council. and on ours, the embargo.
If France should concur in like arrange
ment, the state Of things viii be restored,
which is the alledged object OF the orders.
ltsFrance does not concur, esorders will
beSbetter enforced BY the continuance of tie
embargo against her, than they are by the
British fleets and cruizcrs and in the
mean time, all the benefits OF our trade will
be thrown into the lap Of Great Britain
It viii be difficult, therefore, to conceive a.
ny motive in Great Britain TO reject the Of
fer which you will have made, other than
the hope Of indueing, Oh the par: Of France,
a perseverance iii her irritating policy to-
wards the United States, and on the part
Of the latter, hostile resentments against it.
If the British government should have
elected the more wise and more worthy
course Of meeting the overture of the Pre-
sident in the spirit which dictated it, it is to
be hoped that measures will be taken in con
cert with you, and through its minister
here, fer fastening as much as possible the !
renewal Gf the intercourse which the orders !
and the embargo have suspended and
thereby smoothing the way ior other salu
ta.y adjustments"
s Itappears that the British government
net satisfied with the general blockade by
her orders Of November It'll, he's SUPER
aided - ,,nr.tic1aln.. hIncLndn or. rathar q IL