Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-22

Is, Bentick-street, 5th June, 1911.
My LORD,
have the honor to communicate to your
lordship the copy of an act passed during the
last session of Congress, which, though 1t re-
news certain parts of the non-iEtercourse law
against this country, yet it carefully gives to
the president the authority to repeal it "when
Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her
edicts as that they shall cease to violate the
neutral commerce of the United States In
this, IS well as in the other provisions OF the
act, His Maiesty's government cannot fall to
observe the invariable disposition of the O3l-
ted States, to preserve harmony with Great
Britain, and to re-establish that happy inter-
course between the two nations, which it is
so &uch the interest of both to cultivate, and
the president onHdently expects that his ma
iesty will not hesitate to abandon system,
always urged to be merely retallatory, now
that its causes have ceased to exist.
have the honor to inform your lordshlp
that the gentleman who will be the bearer OF
nv dispatches to the United States in the
John Adams, will leave town on Friday even
ing, and that shall be happy to forward by the
same occasion any dispatches that your lord
o@eeSS'
have the honor to be, sc.
(signed) ]. S. SMITH.
The most noble the Marquis Wellesley.
Mr.. Smith, Charge FIXTURES at London, to the
Secretary of State Of the United States.
London, 9th June, 1911.
SIR,
| have the honor to enclose report OF the
trial of the Fox and others.
The John Adams will leave Cowes this
week. The messenger goes down tomorrow
evening.
(signed) is. SMITH.
TIE Hon. tie Secretary Of State, &c. &c.
1.-THE aforementioned report has been here
tofore published in the Intelligencer.
Extract Of a letter .frora Mfr. J. S. Smith, 10
the Secretary Of Stdte, dated
London, 18th June, 1911.
:. Con the 9th inst. the day after Mr.. Hamil-
ton left town with my dispatches, received
the enclosed note from Lord Wellesley, ap-
pointing Tuesday, the Il ith, to see me at his
house. Immediately wrote 10 Capt. Dent to
detain the frigate untilhe heard from me again
but he had gone TO sea before my letter reach
ed Cowes, and l am now compelled to send
this By another opportunity.
waited on Lord Wellesley according to
his appointment. He commenced the con-
versation by observing, that whenever there
was any thing of importance to be commune
Gated, it was better to do it in writing, as when
merely verbal, it was liable to be misunder-
stood that he did not mean any thing per-
sonal to me ; that the same rule was observed
with the other foreign agents here. and was
customary. / replied, that | was ready to
pursue this system that in the note which l
had written him, enclosing the Non-Importa-
ton Act, had not gone into lengthy discus
sion, as that whatever might say would be
only recapitulation of what had so often
been written. I however proceeded to ex-
particularly amicable nature of the second
section of it that / conceived this to be a
most favorable opportunity for Great-Britain
to abandon her system of restrictions, and par
ticularly at this moment, when had commu-
nicated practical instances of the repeal of the
obnoxious m easurcs of France. He said that
he did not think they would do any thing be-
fore they heard from Mr.. Foster, who had full
instructions upon this and the other points In
dispute.
turned the conversation to the subject of
your letter of the Odd of January, and asked
him if Mr.. Pinkney had given any explana-
tons about the taking possession of West
Florida. He replied, that the first he had
heard of it was through Mr.. Morrier, though
he had reason to expect something from Mr..
Pinkney that Mr.. Foster however was in
structed on this point. / asked if East-Flori-
da was included In these instructions He
replyed that it was. l then communicated to
him the substance of your letter, and explain
ed with frankncss the intentions of the Unit
ed States. He expressed his wish that this,
as well as the other subjects, should lay over
until they heard from America.
showed him the letter of the president to
his majesty, containing Mr.. Pinkney's per-
mission to return He said it would be proper
that should write him note, enclosing this