The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-12-20
WIN. PINKNEY.

LORD WELLESLEY TO MR.. PINKNEY
The undersigned, his majesty principal
secretary of state for foreign affairs has
received his maies.y's cs::.;:;;,;, 10 ;istfoi "a,
Mr.. Pinkney, that the king has judged it
eXpedient to signify his orders to the lords
commissioners of the admiralty, TO give the
necessary directions to the officers employ
ed in the blockade of the Coast and ports of
spain, from Gijon to the French territory
that they permit. Notwithstanding the said
blockade, Spanish or neutral vessels, laden
with cargoes, the produce os Spain only, TO
sail from any port included in the limits of
the said blockade subject. nevertheless,
(as TO The ports to which they trade) to the
restrictions of his majesty's orders in coun
Gil OF the 26'h of April, 1909, and of the
I'm OF January 1907
The undersigned requests Mr.. Pinkney
to accept assurances Of his high considera
ton
(Signed)
WELLESLEY.
Foreign Office, May 14th, 1910
Extract of letter from Mr. PiQ&ney TO
Mr.. Smith
London, 1871 June, 1910.
have not yet obtained from lord Wei
lesley an answer to my letter of the SOth of
April, concerning the British blockades of
france before the date of the Berlin decree.
In short conference, on Sunday last (the
iOth instantly l pressed for prompt and
favorable reply, and shall perhaps receive
it in the course of a few days. | had re
quested an interview on this subject on the
10Th or last month. in consequence OF let
ter brought BY Mr.. Lee from gen. Arm
strong, dated the I'd of May; but the state
OF lord Weliesley's health prevented its tn
king place sooner than the 10th inst
have sent Mr.. Craig, Ga young gen
e'eman OF Philadelphia, as messenger to
gen Armstrong He carries a newspaper
copy OF the late act OF Congress, respecting
commercial intercoui Sc.
have prepared an official let er to YOU
on the affair of the Chesapeake but. as
Mr. Erving leaves town for Liverpool. in
the morning, there is not time 10 COPY it
IL snail be forwarded. however, bv MIR.
Morler who is about TO sail in the British
frigate Venus, for New York or sent to
Liverpool. to the care Of Mr. Maury. Ia
the mean time, 1t will be sufficient to state
TO you, thatl am expecting every day lord
Wellesley>s written overture in that affair
ana that IN our conferences, which result, ed
IN an understanding that he would make
snch an overture. no objection vas made bv
him 90 an engagement TO restore the men
to the ship from which they were fnrcbIy
taken, without the offensive reservation
prescribed To Mr.. Rose and Nv. E.rskine.
and contained in Mr.. JaCkson's project: to
offer suitable provision, without any re
serVat'on, for the families of the sufferers
AS part OF the terms of satisfaction; 70 for
bear all reference in the papers leading to.
or containing the arrangement, 10 the Pre-
s'dentS proclamation, or to any thing con
nec'ed with II; TO adopt, in those papers. a
style and manner not only respec,f nl but
Kind TO our governmeni to recite in them
Ia in Mr.. Erskine's letter TO YOU in Anil
1902 that admiral BERKELEY had been
promptly dlsavowed, anu as a mark of his
Britannia majesty's displcasure, recalled
from an important command | have me,
on this occasion with nothing of discoura
gng nature, except on the impracticable
point or the trial and punishment of the of
tending officer. On that point it is impossi
BILE to prevail; but there will be no objection
to my declaring, in reply to the overture
the expectation of the American govern
ment, that the officer shall be tried and
punished. or to rejoinder, Of wish itl
on the part of lord Wellesley, suggesting
in friendly way, the reasons for not fulfil
ling that expectation.
Mr.. PinkHey 10 Mr.. Smith.
,, London, 26th Jane, 1910.