Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10
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trace ftom he ipeech OF MIR. Stokef, W W
Birth II ule If Common, delivered on n
18Th Of February Ian 90 Lord Caiileteagh
motion for an add refs TO the Prince R'gens
calling on him 10 direct vigorous proseeu 10,
of The war agsinA he United States, and pay
ing him to repole he fuileft conf'a enee IN Tho
iuppoet OF Parliament. MIR. Crokef ~ tecre
tary to he B,it,fh Board of Admiralty ane
we give his fpetch TO fhow the fen',ments o.
the Admiralty on he futject of imprehnent
The only fu ject nov in ddpute be'weeo this
country and Grsai Britain.
The whole queition between the
two countries had latterls TUNED up.
on the right of impeachment ; and on
this fubje6t the honorable gentleman
oppoiite had taken up the opinion OF
MIR. Munroe, which was, that Great
Britain naturalized foreigners in the
fame manner in which the Ameri-
cans did Bfitilh ftar an. Ii was need
lefs for him to FAY any thing in 'ein-
tation of that opinion, as the right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canping) had
completely proved that there was no
analogy between the cafes of the two
countries. In his own profeilional
duty, he had every Gay occafhon to
difcharge foreigners who had been
Two years in the Britiih Navy and
although they we're discharged as for
cigners, yet at that very moment if
they applied to the Admiralty, to
afIi it them in recovering payment OF
any debts, they were in this retPeet,
coniidered as Britifh fubjeets The
principle on which this government
proceeded in thefe matters was finn
ply this lit conGdered every indi-
yidual as iEvelted with two diltinct
Characters one belongingto him as
an individual, the other as member
of a Gate. In the ftit character,
a foreign feamen might voluntarily en-
ter our fervce, and if he did. he
wa not afterwards a.owed to change
his mind, but was kept, as tar as re-
garded his own perional wilhts, to the
engagement which he had volun;ari-
ly made blu, if fueh ieaman was
claimed, not at his own requeit, but
BY hi. Sovereign, who had a RICH TO
his allegiance, he was gwen up, aud
the voluntary enhltment. though
good agaipit the Individual, was not
held to bar tn right OF the Sovereign
to the isrvices of the iubjeGt. Mr..
Muuroe had laid rha, there was no
regulation III Great Britain Tor pre-
venting the imprefine of foreigners
THIS was a grols mlitake: for there
was fuch regulation, that Al eri
cans were fometimes impr fed by
miltakc he did moi deny, but be as
ferted that the BItiih navy neither
wiihed nor wanted American .illit
ancs, and that 10 naive american.
who was known to be fuoh, could
properly be imprefIed, or ever was for
one hour detained A to The frauds
which were permitted in the forging
of certificates, the Noble Lord bad
mentioned one initanoe, and the Hon
gentleman oppolite had aiked for
more. I. was needless to MURPHY
iniaances, as The matter was 10 motto
rious. 1t was carried on at Philadel-
phia to a great extent. This sbute
was recognized by The American gov.
eminent, for although there was luch
damning proof agalnit them, they itiil
perGded. Not long Once, certiti
cate had been prsfented by muiauo,
In which he was de(cribed as a per
for of fair CO nplexion with light
eyes. In another cafe, certificate
was indorled and fanetioned by the
Conful in LondAn, only hve days at
ter he date en- which 1t was PurPor-
ted to have been 6gned at New York.
He mentioned thatit had been prov
ed that a C.onful at London had fold
q certificate TO a man tor a guinea
When thi. was known To the Admi-
ralty a letter was written to him fay
ing, that no more of his certificates
would be received TO this letter The
Conful f-nt An angry reply. in which
he expressed his confidence that ne
would meet with the fuppor, of the
American government but he (Mr.
Croker) had never heard whether
the Confui had carried his repreien-
cation 10 TIE foot of the Preferential