The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-10
THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR.

Yesterday the Spanish frirate Cornclia an
chored the harbor of this. civ On pa sing
Fort Columbus she fred SLUT, OF is ~, 5
winch wee answered by a slns uumoer from
Fort Columbus.
The Ambassador from the Srarish jun,o .c; .
ing IN The n're Of Fer,linanl vii arrived rr
board tn" ship, and landed from his barge a, tie
whart at lower Greenwich street about OIL ok
Oh iS"vinS the trigate he was saluted with six
guns and all equal nump.@ on his landing from
Ire unned Stat 5 irigatt Constitution, Cnmmo
uore Rogers
lhcre landed of lis suite Two l,di $, "A secre-
Tar. and an officer IN mlia AIRY undress aud sew.
raj Others OF his domestic suite -rl.ey were re-
ce.ved By Mr.. Stoughten, the Spanish consul &
coiiunt TED 10 his house IN two ,rri.rSs
Some misrepresentation Of etiquette AS TO I G
salute, "t hrst took place, as ii seems TO ave
beeh expected by the Spanisi, officers tina, the
hes, s"ute would come from the American b,l
teries; upon some explanation with an off err o,
l" q. army and the Spanish consul, the es
tablished io.m OF proceeding IN such cases was
understood and communication was made To
ro'' CohnDus OF the 'nteutIun To offer The usual
s"iute I'e usage is, not TO salute any but ~,
uoi'ai ships unless previous nHinatiul is giyen
Il "a the Spanish vessel passed up The RIVER with
s"i.s Sc, 5ne wound have been saIutpd b, Com
modole Rogers, but us she took in sail and came
To anchor, The usages oil the navy IL seems
cons idei her ony. - i battery when not under
sail
Some silly runors were sAoat on the occasion.
ana ntucii talk tDOut 1t, nut ali really me snnr
nothing, bui talk
Perhaps II may M, be amiss on this occasion to
ail,ic' pate The busy versatility Of conjecture by
a fe" IDEAS on whit viii PROBABLY be the course
"i oar government, iii relation to the new d,D,o
mate character.
Cur country neutral nation can take NO
sh" IN The disputes OF helgereni nations. II is
MOI 'of tlc 10 question thu existence or
ho'i existence OF either u. The nSmin.d king, of
SPAN, whether itbe Joseph al M drId or Fer,!i-
hand ut Orleans The establishment of a ueacs.
viii settle the question a. 10 the iiuure possessor
Oh The efficient authority OF Span.
Possibly the same co're will n: now pursued
a. was pursued in an early stage uf til, French
re'"iuti'1, when tie minister uf the kvpuiirc
a q tie minister Of lie BourbOms. bot. ollie ed
CT, dentals To the President of the u States
Ine laws of hospitality were extended To both
ana TIE government received every communIca
ton winch did not SO 10 involve the me,nrail,y of
'he n'iion. On qut StiOnS which involve the dis.
Putod authority, our government will MAINTAIN
r'Hid neutrality tiers w'iicii refer to civ
INT, and the us tges OF polished nations notilu.p
" IL ne done TO wound either of the coInDet tor
pow IS.
We leave pnrposeiv out ofview the present
d'scu sion OF other rumors, as q the icnicd or
supposed lnit n,lous of England, in promoting
IS new mission al tins TING The y.,s,om OF
our national c uucils is competent To we a., and
uiy cstiwate whatever NAV have a relation OF
thsi KIND and as suppo tefs OF The national gov
ernncnt i"d Wa are proud To say, pos essih.s ~,
"iimble share OF ITS confidence ws venture IN ~,
I" oiier what W. conceive w'ii b. the course OF
ITS o' pertinent towards this new mission.N
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