Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-01

ment in publishing the whole Of the cores.
pondenee which had taken place between
YOU and the American secretary OF state /;
because his majesty is willing 10 believe
that YOU cannot have been party to this
publication his najes,y un,eiv,s 1t I'M
possible that you should have given your,
consent to such proceeding, especially IN
respect TO transaction " hth you profess
yourself 10 consider as merely cond'.lon-
ALL But as the rublica,itn appears 70 have
taken place IN the 10Th OF April, the day
of the date of YOU, d'spa,. hes, it seems
difficult to understand bow it happens that
your dispatches SIX ult not contain any no
tihca,ien of yeur ir,sn,in 10 demonstrate
against p,oct eding so extraordinary as
that of the rubIica,i,n Of The correspond
tnce of min ser y uht u, his concurrence,
and previously to his transmission OF 1t TO
his court.
Lam, in the first place, to observe TO YOU
that the insuucucrs WthhI ,fansmltts d to
you, by his majesr,'s command ln-my dis
patch NJ. /. expressly stated hat, =" the
manner in which The proposal orthe adj
ius,mtn Mt OF tina, difference Ma, be receive d.,
would be The ttsl ties, Of the g, neral dispo
stitn of the American eo,e'rm mt, and
would naturalI, indicate lie "Irse A,o be-
pursued in resrett 10 lhr inrth,, instruc.
tons" which p'ocud'd '",,nn unica,e
to you in sro'h,t d sIsnh: Ard am to
express bis majesty's su'r'ize and regret,
tina sub a ro'- as thar which, .tu received
from Mr.. Smith, in answer 10 your { fer of
ireEaratian tor the affair If tEtllesap, Ike,
can have been received by you as p'cof of
the acceptance BY The sov.,nn ent Oh the y.
S. of the honorable repara,ien tpde red by
his naiesty, " IN the samt srrt ct s"ntila-
ton in whish it was proposed" That note
itself being an f'nce .gainsl his mSjes'y's
dignity, such as no minister OF his sly
ought to have passed BY unre stnt'd.
am at loss to c. ncelIe IN What ground
you thought ycul.tli authorised 10 open
your corresponds nee, on Tie 81 hlect OF tns
O, ders in council, with the mir alton Of
his maj sry's determination to send to the
u. S. an envoy ,xt,a,ldira'y invest,d
with full power TO ctn'i, de treaty On all
the points Of the relations between the Two
countries"
Your instructions do not authorize you to
hold out TIL expectation OF AIRY such mis-.
sion, until his majesty shf ud have rec we'd,
on the part OF the eovtrrm' MT OF the y. S.
an authentic and official recognition OF the
condition which you were directed TO re-
quire.
The instructions which was command
d by his majesty TO transmit to you, on The
subject Of the orders in council, were franz
I'd On the basis OF three cordIucrs: The
agre me mt to which, IN the part Of the Anne
ricau government, was stated to be indls'
pensable to his majesty's conserving to with.
draw his orders in council The hrstof
tn. Sc conditions was, that the in,erdiction
Ct the harbors of America 10 the ships OF
war Of G.. Britain, and all non intercourse
or non importatieR acts should be with.
drawn, SO far as respects G Britain, leav-
ing The n in force with resp, ct to France, &
the powers which adopt or act under her
DEGREES"
The I'd, That America should renounee
during the present war, The pretensiGn ct
CARVING on, in time OF war, all trade with
the enemies colonies from which she was
exclude d during peace.
! he Sd, That it should be understood
and agreed between the two powers, that
Great Britain should be at liberty to capture
all American vessels tina, should be found
attempting 10 trade with France, OF any
powers which adopted os acted under her
DEGREES.
I was commanded to state to you, that
upon receiving, on the part of the Ameri-
can government, a distinct and official re-
coenition of these three conditions, his ma
iesty would lose no time in sending mi
mister to America fully empowered to con. {,