The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-17
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Ho oOyctfoN 10 tNc WOttON 7pIliCR ne TcdS
abonf to make, he should moUe an address
flafehes Of the dates ofMe Sd aud 4th Of
December, 1908. from Mr.. Erskine 10 tie
Secretary o otdte, 1zr. Canaiup. J al
so The letter Of Mr.. Erskinelo 1ar Smi.h.
referring TO The DISPATCHES, sc. ~
Mr.. Canning seconded the motion ofths
honorable gentleman. He 1yas inclined. TO
40 so from suhat had hassea in another fstace,
| Which led him TO infer, thar in the hroduc.
fton q the hahers no,u ,'ioved fer, nothing
. ~ to tie hu6He service 4vOuidy toNow.
The question (Which svould arise oar of Tie
fahers. Mould de- founded on the agreement
entered into with the -dn,erican govern
,aeat and Mr.. Erskinc, Which asreemcns
At svas IMPOSSIBLE for,his anajesty 10 sancti.
on. IL SuaS quite q distincl thing whether
fhe British government should de bound 6y
rs oton acc zvft!s the american government.
or Suhesher it should be bound by an unan.
thorised oc1 gifts agent. Tie correction.
denee would clear that act. The question.
avas Noe Evhether the instructions gipcn 6y
me government to Mr.. Erstine, mas foH.
tic or wise, 6ut 1yhsfher an accredited
esent zvas justified in deharting from his in
structions Iphen tie hafers acre before
the House, it you'd be shown .ohere the
.fanit lay, and then ie mould be ascer.cined
IN 7Ohnt manner such defarture from hosp-
ftve tnsfructfons should be, maduerfef
nton. In f,oint Of fact, the inatructiona
soere disobeyed and if any additional ,sa!-
faers were necessary to throso Eght uhon
the subject, no donkt they would Re grant,
ed, if called for. 1t mas erhedienf that
The 7uorid should see .vhat tie actual IN
sfrHctfons 7uere. -.
Mr. Whit6rsad 7Oas not dishosea to hare
SAID yord, II the right honorable gentle.
man had NOT so very unexpectedly offered
hfmsey TO me notice Of the House.-If,
hereaffer, nton fnUesfigaHo,r, ii should an
near, that The substance ofthc Instructions
g1Uen to Mr.. Erskinc, ruas carried INFO
effect 6V thar gentleman, it svould 6esome
the right honorable gentleman, 10 shor,
1ohy the treaty with .Hnicrica had nor been
ratified. Min reshect TO certain tahers,
me- found that one, marked No. I, had nor
Seen Produced. which Mould hare ,giuen
d!1erent feature TO tie transaction.
The Chancellor Of tie Erchequer was
fer5eetiy convinced, that the hahrrs. zoheu
Produced, ryonid saLisfy. the House, maj
neither me letter nor Shirt Of the instruc.
tions had been o6eyed.-7He motion 1ras
then aSreedto:
CHARLEsroN, April 6.
We are informed by Passenger. arrived this
morning, in the brig Eliza, capt TAYLOR, from
IL,
French privateer Superior went in there in
company with on. unarmed Swedish schooner,
commanded BY captain John Portee. who it was
understood WAS dispatched for that purpose;
and also to take the money out of the rriva.
tter, IN consequence ola secret understanding
batween the swedish Governor and capt Jean
Marie, who had previously some conferences on
| the subject. The property carried into 81. Bar.
! thoiemews, which was immense, was daily ex.
posed at pubic sale, az forfeited to the Swedish
government, but the distribution of the proceeds
among the Fryateersmen, according to their res
Pecting shares, fnlly exposed the fraud
Some days before the Eliza sailed. a British arm.
ed brig and frigase arrived off St. Barthole.
mows, and were still at anchor there. This
greatly alarmed the inhabitants, who were in
| daily expectation Of an attack. Tile nrincipa,
object of the British was, to demand of the S we
dish Governor the privateer and the property
she had captured, which was refused in conse.
quence OF which despatch had been sent to ad
| mirai Cochrarie, for instructions There was no
doubt the priVsteer would be tasscn BY force 1t
Is further stated, that the Swedish Governor was
htuhg tie Superior asa cutter, TO be coU,rnsn.
ded by captain portelc, who i, to be sent to S we
den, os the subject of what they cali her can.
tura. Some time Before the Superior entered
St Bartnotemews, she captured near St Do-
mingo, schooner, 5sid to be American, under
Spanish colors, having valuable cargo on board,
| which they caused to be landed on the beach ~
st. JoAn's, where it was taken possession of by
.he swedish Government This was also said ia
be IN consequence Of private understanding be.
tween the Governor and Privateersmen. Times
| 49, .-..<
| 49, PHILADELPHIA, April 49,
Capt. Page, of the South Carolina. sailed
from Cadiz. Feb. IL, one day after the Cal
eoonia, already arrived at this port, and left
there the same vessels as already reported.
The situation of the Frehch army in Ihat
neisbbornood remained as formerly. Com
ing out met British squadron of TRANSPORTS
gong In, supposed to be from Gibraltar, with
troops'-Capt. Page informs that the inhab
Itants OF Cadiz entertained 10 fears of
that city falling into the hands of the french.
Passengers in the South Carolina, Mrs
hackley, lady of the American consul at St.
Lucdr, and family. -Gazene.
| A letter from Lisbon, dated Februarv
l7h, received in this city, mentions that the
British minister at Lisbon had been suncr-
oeded and that he left that port on the 10Th
FEBRUARY tor England from whence ne was
TO proceed in diplomatic character to the
| u. 5.
The order OF tbe day for discussions yestep
Jay ia the Legislative Body, was the bro;e,
| relative 10 the finances. NJ. Freuin beaumont, a,
repetter To tie committee Of Finance. went 81
great length into a consideration sftIe yariou,