Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-08

TUESDAY, jANOAn1 q.
From the National IateR;geacer.
DOCUMENTS
4ceoMpANYINc THE MESSAGE OF THE
Observation-Disclosures.
nx. prNKNEY TO LORD WELLESLEY.
Great Cumberland Pace, Sept. IS, 1910.
My LORD, -.
IN my note Of the 1st instant had the
honor to inform your lordsh'p, That u nad
been stated to me in a letter from Ootten'
hurgh. that in consequence OF some miscon.
c.nt;on Of the effecs of the order FOR estao.
Esh;nr blockade of Elsinore in May last,
American vessels had recently been pre-
vented from passing the Sound. by tae I'm,
,3;.h naval force liz tnae quarter and
requested. that if this statement was cor,
rect. such explanation might DC transmitted tea
10 the British commander as might, at least
eon6ne the blockade in question TO tue
port against which it had been pfoiessed,y
instituted.
As have not received any answer 60
,ha. no.e. and consequently do not know
WHISTLER any order has been given to re-
move the interruption which It mentions,
I,fesl it to be necessary, to lay before your
I.ortlship, the. enclosed original protest OF
che master ofthe American ship" Alert"
which appear. to establish the existence OF
that interruption, IN form as exceptlonable
-. - .o,,id noSsiblv assume.
Whatever may be the ground upon which
sir lanes Saumarez has thought ut 10 issue
his orders, to close the passage OF the Sound
TO American vessels, returning IN the prose
ention of lawful trade TO the UnitedStates,
or proceeding in a contrary direction, your
lordship will, | am persuaded, think with
me, that my government has tar claim to
be made acquainted, either through ma or
through such other channel, as your lord
tentions of the British government on the
subject.
before conclude this letter, must call
-your lordshio's attention to the particular
circumstances of the Case, which has main
" produced it, and TO the redress which
those circumstances plainly require.
The !" Alert" has been seized and sent
% England, bv the Africa" for saioage.
The peril from which she was saved, if she
was saved from any peril, was created by
the injustice of the capturing vessel. In
turning her from the regular course OF her
homcwsrd voyage.
That the commander of the africa"
or those under whom he acted. should be
responsible TO the utmost, for the loss occa
sioned by that injustice, seems to be per-
fectly reasonable but 1t is difficult to ina
viin-s in what way he can expect to derive
f. M i right to inaame there loss for his
owl advantage. | trust that the attempt
will be feperssed in suitable manner. and
that in place of salvage, to be paid by the
injured neutral, compensation will in some
mode or other be awarded to him for the
damages he has been made to sustain.
i The impressmens on board the" Alert"
of four American seamen by the Afri.
ca" cannot be passed nnno,ieed. This
abuse could not fail to be- interesting un-
der any circumstances but on this oc-
easion. (supposing the enclosed narrative to
be true it is not only characterised by an
utter disregard Of the rights of the Ameri-
can government, and by the oppression of
its citizeus, but is prac,ised under shew
Of friendly projection. and aggravated by
every practical wrong, which could well be
associated with It.
have the honor to be, &c. &c.
Signed) WIZ. PiNKNEY.