Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-02


Al she same .ioae that received this insel-
hgrncr, | was also informed that the brig
New C;i-ans Packet was scizrd at Ror.
o!eauX. nnarr the Berlin and .NA9H DEGREES,
by the director OF ;he customs at that piace.
he Simultaneous occurrence ct these two
events, formed Ia my opinlen crisis which
required prompt decision OF th's govern
ment. Under this impression im.uedi-
ateiy addressed to the duke OF Cador., the
! rn,e-ol whl:h the inclcssd is . cory, and
j IN WHICH thnughti, pnI.ic 10 rem. n,tra.c
] wiih furnaces against III proceedings Of the
! dir, ctur Of the customs at Bordeaux, and
To leave the gave rnm' n, her: at liberty 70
d:sayDw lhtn.. his disavowal, however. 1
am persuaded depends entirely on tn ma
ture of the dispatches brv't by the Essex.
! / feel therefore, the most lively anxi ty to
receive them In the mean time give this
l,uyr chance ot reaching ycu By a vessel
aoou, leaving Boz esux tor NV York.
/: Stree nv last the Hanseatc towns have
been aun xld to ;his empire.
!; have ,niorm~d Elr. Pinkncy Of the ar
rival Of the Essex, and suggested to him
tie possibility that the proclamation Of the
resident had come cul by her, in o. der
that he might, If he thought proP-r, make
. final attempt TO obtain repeal OF the or.
de,s III council while it was yet in the pow
CT OF the British ministry to DO it with
| good g'ac-.
| have the honor 70 be, &c.
(S;sn,d) IONA. RUSSELL.
4 e..
Of State, Us.
| ar. R,.sseE to the Dixie IF Cad9re.
| PARIS, Dec. 20, 1910.
SIR,
| have this moment learnt that the A.
! mcrican brig, New Orleans Packet, lately
| arrived at Bordeaux, has, wi.h her cargo,
IN bona hLe properly Of citizens OF the
+; Uaitsd States, and laden at ,h= port OF ~.
{ York, been seized bv ,he director Of the
| customs under the Berlin or Milan dc.
crs,s. have also be cu informed that this
| director OF ,h- customs, not saush ID with
| ,his harty,:,'' ton OF the solemn assuranc-
| IS given 10y your excel!rncy to general
J Armstrong, on the 5ih OF 4 upu.t l,sr, and
conn med By your letter to Am st the 7th
| September, thar these DEGREES were revoa-
t. and would Cease to operate from the
! Is of Nov. nber, has, without regard TO
| the pligi ted faith of his eov-rnme.s, an.
ounced his intention Of selling the prof.
fons, which constitute a part of the car
go, under ,nv prete*t that they are ter:sha
BIZ.
The clear & uneqnivocal manner in which
The re-, ecation of the Berlin s Milan DEGREES
were announced by your excrll-ncy, forbid
me for moment to snppose, that the via! IT
proc, e,inps Of this man viii be sanctioned
lV his mais sly the emperor and king, or
ia, he least DELAY viii DC allowed IN P!ac
mo the property thus arrested at the tree
disposition Of the riehtfut owner, whose
curh,lrnc- alone in the good ta'ih VITA
wnich il becomes uatin,.' to perform their
ENGAGEMENTS, has brought him to the place
wh-re he is Sc. inhos p!tab!y treated.
[ am persuaded lhat your excsl!ency will
not. On this occasion, attempt TO remind
~. OF he coHd; tons on which the rrvnca.
ion at those DEGREES were prcdN a;ed.--
Thrsr conditions were in The alternative,
and the p, rfornance OF r'I1er IS sufficient
20 render absolute and perpetual that re-
vncation. lis q no Importance that 'hc
British orccrs m councn hH0r nat 6e'H
y,;hdyczsa, It the Uni,cd States Ia due
dmv p,rlnrm the condition wt,th depends
~ NJ ON them. And what is this condition
Why, 10 execute an act OF congress against
H. English, which 70 Be thus executed re-