The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-20
HOUSE OF LORDS.

APRIL 70.
Lord GrenviNe felt the highest satisfac-
ton at report which had been spread thro'
this metropolis, as he hoped he could confide
Ill its truth. He alluded to the rumored re-
call of the Orders i'm Council, that obnoxi-
Gus measure, which had caused such an
heavy addition to the. evils of war, and the
necessity of repeating which, he had so often
pointed out. He wished to enquire of the
noble Secretary of State if this were the
fact. IF it were, he rejo,ced that his ma
jesty's ministers had been brought at last to
sense of the destructive tendency of these
orders. and although with bad grace, had
at last determined on their recall. A month
later, their Lordships were not aware how
severely the effects of these orders would
have been felt.
The Earl of Lirerhool was sorry that
such question had been put, whilst his no.
sbe friend, who was at the head of the office
An which this business was transacted, was
absent. He would however reply, that a
considerable, alteration had been made in
sshe Orders in Council. But the alteration
was caused BY the changing circumstances
sof the war, and not by derelction of the
principles on which the orders were founded
His LordshiP vindicated the justice and po-
llcy OF these orders: as well as of the altera-
.sion which had been made, and which in
few days would be laid before the House.
So far from agreeing with the noble Lord as
20 the evil tendency of the late measure, he
Thought it was one of the most advantageous
tothe country, that had ever been put into ex-
Scution by any-goyerntnent. This position he
would be prepared to prove on any occasion,
wheneverit should be required.
Lord GrenDiiLe rejoiced at the recall of
these obnoxious orders, which he now found
20 be true. Had this not been the case, he
would have thought it his duty, once more
before the close OF this session, to call tue
attention of the House to that important sub
lect. 1t the new enactment. substituted for
the former were framed on the same princi-
pie, 1T must be equally fatal to the interests
OF this country. In the same proportion as
the new orders resembled the last, in the
same proportion would they prove destruc-
tive, and incur the scverest animadversion
he Earl OF LiUerfook observed that he
had not said the Orders in Council were
repealed but that considerable alteration,
occasioned'by present circumstances, but in
Strict conformity with the principles of the
original had been made In them.
~ The above is from the Loadon Ckror-
tcie-another Report of the same debate is
IN she Times. In this, Lord Grenville Is
made TO say, that if the orders in Council
had been continued " eUcn a month longer,
the commerce of the Country would have
been e6ectuaNy ruined" Lord Liverpool
says, that the orders, zcere nor Abandoned,
though they were materially altered. the
PRINCIPLE upon which those orders were
issued, zOas still Northumberland should. cir,
cumstances render it necessary, that princi-
pie would again be fully enfsrced." Mr.
Erskine, in his letter TO the Secretary o:
state of Esd Feb. 1908, communicating these
orders, AYERS this principle to be retaliation
or ''reprisal' for the DEGREES of France.--Of
course it would seem from this declaration
. Inat these orders n continue J<,,t
the French Dec-eesa. Enquirer