Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-17
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE or COMMENSURATE 2
ORpERs IN COUNCIL.

Mr.. Brougham wished TO put qucstloh 20
the noble lord relative to a circumstance %hich
had very recently transpirod, afectlngin some
decree as many people considered II. the con-
s,ruction which ought TO be put upon that de-
claration which ministers some SIN or eight
weeks ago advised his royal highness 10 issue
in the name of his majesty. hat declaration
stated that the orders in council would De Wso
acto annulled, as soon as an official document
was published by France to inform Europe ana
the world that the Berlin and Milan DEGREES
were generally and unconditionaly revoked
1t has now been stated unexpectedly, x some
what unintelligibly, that an official document
did exist as to America. a paper, dated ID
April, 1911, (which was certainly good ma
ture age] was offered as an answer to oar re-
cent declaration---he would not say whether
this date was inserted from mere cierlcsl
error Of the French chancery for foreign al
fairs, or whether it was from some OF the
practices of their diplomacy which to him
were uninteliigiblc. Nevertheless, TINS paper
did contain an authentic revocation OF the Ber'
lin and Milan DEGREES, as far as related TO n
merica. The words of the declaration GER
tainly were if the French government shall
hereafter;" but perhaps 1t might be OF no
Importance, in the opinion OF government, at
what time this revocation was made, II u aP-
pesred to be done by all authentic Official do
cutneat He knew, however, tn 1t the decia-
ration required an unqualified unconditional
repeal of these DEGREES, and the question he
principally wished to ask was, whether such
a revocation as this with respect to the y. > OF
America only, would allow the annuinrnt OF
the orders in council as respected America
He most anxiously wished that the opinion OF
MS maiesty's government on TINS sunJec'
might be Consonant to the general interests
and wishes of the country. He must add, that
he declaration itself appeared purposely to De
Involved in such antiquities, that the mer-
chants and manufacturers could never know
when they were safe in their speculauons and
that if it appeared to his majesty's government
that the orders in council as respecting Anne
RIGA should be annulled, it would be necessa'
~ for government to issue another declara
ton more explicit ON that point. HE goes
tons that he wished to pr2pose to his naJes'
tvs ministers were, whether there was any
circumstance in the date of this French paper
or in the instrument itself, which would make
government not think themselves called on tc
annul the orders in council in consequence o.
pers as to the expencos of clothing the army
navy and marines, for the last ten years.
Mr.. RISE said, that he could see no con.
nexion between this motion and the speech
which preceded ii; but as to the navy there
was no expence incurred for their clothing
The motion, leaving out the word navy" was
then agreed to.
Lerd Castlereagh felt every disposition t.
give the honorable gentleman every intorma-
ton in his power, but he must say that bis
questions were put in mnre argumentatire
manner than was customary in that house
Tie acknov lodged that the government had
very lately received communication of the
nature alluded to The American governments
had not been able, to the latest period, to pro-
cure ON the French government any official
revocation of the DEGREES in question, but now
for sinister purposes, the French government
has thought proper to produce decree, dated
In Apiil, 1871. Certainly this WAS an extra
ordinary step in the diplomacy of France, and
was disgraceful to the gov eminent Of any CT
vIized nation. By this decree, however, the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES are not generally
and Internationally repealed, as is required
by his majesty's declaration, utthey are only
repealed as far as relates to America. He
had 30 objection to state Ii as his own opinion,
tina, this French decree, so issued, made no
manner of alteration in the question of the or
ders in council. This partial repeal with re-
spect TO America, was only declared for SIM
lister and hostile purposes, and 1t was alto.
gether trick disgraceful TO any civilized go
vernment He could not imagine that the
cruelties practised by France towards Ameil-
can vessels would make the less impression
upon that county, for SO palpable Juggle as
this was. He should, there ore say, that
whether he looked to the date of the instTu-
ment or the instrument itself, there was no.
thing in it to satisfy the declaration issued by
government as to the condition OH which the
orders in council should be annulled. IT any