The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-19

wished To slew that >be cause information ofthe
issainS os the Orders in Council had not reached
this government, such ordc:s couli have formed
no part ut the moving consideration ia the Presi-
dents message proposing AN Embargo I; where
as 1t Is easy To shcw, that it was in a great mea-
surcowing to the expectation ofthc Blockade BY
Great Britain EFFORTS to ~srhicFa6out two thirds y
or Exports Scere sent, that the embargo was laid !;
and It is from the refusal of Great Britain to re-
scind this n,dst unvrayv1at0bie Blockade, that orr
country continues so suter the privations caused
by a suspension of our commerce. Z
The speeches OF our Representatives in Cou-
gross, as wel,ss very MANY other circumstance,
have SO completely r%c,iited The assertion that
the Orders in Council were not known to the le-
gisioture VIXEN they laid the Embaryo, that il
ought not to- he necessary now to ~ irto any ar
gument Co prove the fact; bat as tie assertion
is still kept up, | sa3mit to y,u the following pa.
ragraph from The National Iatelliget OF the fS,h
December, the day on which tae Presidents
Message, proposing the Embargo, was sent To
Congress, and four days before the bill was pas.
scd 1t is copied from the Globe, a London pa
per Of the 10th November.
=" A Proclamation, we understand, Is now in
readiness for His Majestv's signature, declaring
France and lie whole Other Vatssal Kingdoms in
= state of Siege, Il prohibiting all Intercourse with
:: ii:Si;- iiarD1rs, except such as nave cleared last
from a BRUSH port, either home or foreign"
From the examination before Parliament, o.
Evidence against the ordersin Council. published
some time ago in y0,r Paper and in so me others,
It appears that the National Intelligencer con-
tanning this Paragraph was read at the bar of the
House OF Commons and as Mr.. Canning was
doubtless IN his place At the time, it is to be pre-
stNncd the circumstance Was not in "his recoi-
lection" when he wrote his Letter Ia Mr.. Pink
ncy The paragraph which I have selected from
the lnteiiigencer was in your paper of the 18th
December; and the same or others to a similar
purpose, may be found in macy others published
before the Presidents Message to Congress ; so
that II we suppose the Government to have been
ignorant of this information when the Embargo
was LAID, we must suppose that they alone ofthe
whole community were ignorant of it, a position
which / think will not be taken.
lthas never been asserted by the advocates Of
the Embargo, that the Orders in Council were
officially known, VIXEN the Embargo was laid !;
brtth paragraph which have quoted as anounc-
ing themin the London Papers was received here
on the 18th December, zen days before the En,bar-
go Spas fGiG-Copies of the Orders in Council
were received here, via Jobago about the I7th
January, and they were officially presented to our
Government by Mr.. Erskine, according TO the
best OF my recollection, on the 22l of February.
To the evidence of Mr.. Canning's Letter on
the point IN question, object inasmuch rs it is
merely a statement according 10 ;he understan-
ding and best recollection" of Mr.. Gaming,
without any remark of Mr.. Pinkney, in whose
understanding, recollection. &c. the case " ;ah,it
De very different.
l farther object to thu evidence of Mr.. Canning.
having read in one of your late papers, the fol-
loving, among other resolutions Of the CoMMoN
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON, when
convened Tor the purpose of considering TIE an
swer of the King to a Petition of the same BODY.
Ihat whoever advised his majesty to put SO
untavorable and unwarrantable a construction or
their late petition has abused the condolences of
his Sovereign, and is equally an enemy tn his ma
Jesty, and the Just rights of his people," Ofthis
most severe censure of the Corporation of the
BRUSH metropolis, upsa the ministry, Mr.. Can
T''g from his elevated Situation mustof course be
considered as entitled to "A considerable share f.;
and 1t by the citizens OF London Mr.: Cunning is
denounced as beng :" equally an enemy to his
Majesty and the just rights Of his peoyde'>-low
little regard Ought to be paid to his assertions by
us who are suffering the loss of our commerce,
IN consequence Of the oppressive orders of this
man and the rest of the Ministry?
The whole OF these res buttons from which
nave only selected one. are so. very important, tina
! earnestly recommend them to the Editors of ev
cry Gazette in the Union, as worthy ofpener.l
publication, because they establish one of the
most important circumstances which has for
some time come to our knowledge, namely the
decline, and probable fall of the present British
Ministry. an event from which {more than from
any other,) / anticipate a termination of our pre-
sent suspension of commerce
TRUTH.
On the first day of January, 1899, there were
lying in the ports and harbors here mentioned,
the following large Quantities of shinnipc Tho