Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-03-07

the war, effected, or omitted TO et-
feet, dilembarkations of troops or
the coats Of Naples But the in
itance If the war with the Porte is
It'll more fnsularIy chofen to illuit-
ra:e the charge sgaina Great Britain
ofindifFcrence 70 the ir ereits Of her
Ally; war undertaken BY Great
Britain at the initig ,tion Of RufEa,
and folely for the purpcle OF mann
tanning RuGian intereas againit the
| influence Of France.
If, hcwcver, the Peace Of riGt is
indeed, to be conG6ersd as the con
fequence and the punifhmrnt OF the
imputed inactivity of Great-Britlin,
his Majely cannot but regret that
the Emperor If Kuli4 fhould have
reiorted to 70 precipitate and fatal a
mealure, at the moment when he
had received diitind afurances tina:
his Majeity was making the mot
itrenuOus exer;ions to fulfil The with
e8 and expectations of bis Ally, (af-
furnaces which his Imperial Majllty
received and Acknowledged with APP
parent confidence and farisfactJn y
and when his Maj,ity was in f4ct,
preTare1 to employ for the advance
ment Of the common Obj CTS q the
war. thofe forces which alter the
Pace Of III fit, he was uvdrr the ne
C fifty If employing to d concert a
{, m nation directed agaInit his own
immediate interetts and fecur1y.
The voxa ion If Rulnan Com
merce BY Ceat Britain IS, in truth,
little more than ar imaginary gr'ev
ance. Upon dil'gent exan lnatioS,
made BY his Mairfty commant, Of
the Records of The Briiih Court If
admiralty, there has been dilcovcred
only a lohtary infance, in tn c,urie
of the pr frnt war, Of the condem-
nation If VEIL really Rnlian a
ye1el which had carried naval flores
to a port Of the Common Eueo y
here are bur few irliances Of &ul
fan ylfcls detained, and none in
which julticc has been refuled to a
party regularly complaining Of fuch
detention. /; Is therefore matter Of
furprize as well as Of concern to his
Maj lty. thatthe Emperor ri Rulil
fIould have condelcended to bring
forward a complaint which, as II can
not be ieriou1y felt by thoie in
whole behalf it's urged, might appear
70 be intended to counteH2nce th f.
exaggerated dec amauons, by which
France perleverjngIy endeavors to III
fame the j-alouly Of other c untric6,
and 70 jultlfy her own invetcra,e ana
moGty againA Great Britain.
The Peace Of Tilft was followed
by an ofcr of Mediation on tbs part
Of the Emperor Of kuiia for the
concluG3n of a Peace between Great
Britain and France, which X is az
iertcd his M4jeay refuled.
lis Maj-8ry did not refufc the me-
diation OF the Emperor Of Ruaia I;
although the offer Of il was accom-
panied by circumstances Of conceal
mert which n;sht well have justified
his refufal. The articles Of the Trea-
ty Of Iiltit were not communicated 70
his Majefy and specifically that
! Article Of tho Treaty, in virtue Of
which the mediation wae propoied; ;
and which prelcfibed a limited time
for the return Of his Majefy's an
fwer to that propofal. And his Maj
| esty was thus led into an apparent
compliance with a limitation 70 Of
fenGve to the dignity Of an indePeh-
dent Sovereign. But the anfwer 70
returned BY his Majelty was no. re-
fuial. Ii was conditional accept
ance. The conditions required by
his Majelty were-a fatemcnt Of the
BATS upon which the enemy were
dilpoird TO treat and communi-
cation Of the Articles of the Peace
Of TilGt The hrt Of thele condi-
tions was precifrIy the fame which
the Emperor Of Ruihl had hinteif
annexed not four months before to
his own acceptance of the profered
mediation Of the Emperor Of Au(tria.
he fecond was one which his Mai
city would have mad a ri }ht 10 re
quire even as the Ally of his Impt
rial Majefy; but which it would