The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-06-29
RELATING 20 AMERICA.

ton Of hostilities with France, without express
ing to the petty officers, seamcn and royal
marines of his Majesty ships, the high sense
which their Lcrdships entertain of their gal
liant and glorious services during the late war.
The patience perseverance and discipline
the skill, courage and devotion, with which the
seaTnen and marines have upheld the best IN
tcrcsts, and achieved the nobiest trumphs Of
the country, entitle them to the gratitude, not
only OF their native land, which they have pre-
served inviolate, bat of the other nations of
Europe, OF whose ultimate deiivcrance their
successes maintained the hope and accelerated
the accomplishment Their Loriships regret
that the unjust and unprovoked .dSereSSion of
the american GOVERNMENT in declaring
war upon this Country, after all the causes of
its original COMPLAINT had been removed, does
not permit them to reduce the feet at once to
apeace establishment; but as the question now
at issue In this war is the maintenance ofthose
maritime rights zvlIich are the Slre fotlndatfon
Of our naval glory, their Lordships look with
confidence to that part of the fleet which il
may be still necessary to keep in commission,
tor continuance of that spirit of DISCIPLINE
and gallantry, which has raised the British ma
Wy to its present pre-eminence. In reducing
the fleet TO the establishment necessary for the
american z;'ar, the scamen and marines will
md their LordshipS attentive to the claims of
their respective services. The reduction will
be first made III the crews ofthosc ships which
1t may be found expedient to pay off, and from
them the petty officers and seamen will be sue
ceSsively discharged, according to the length
OF their services beginning in the first in
stance with all those who were in his Males
tvs service previous to the 9TH of March, 1914,
and Nave since continued in it. When the re-
dnction shall have been thus made, as to the
ships paid OIL, their Lordships will direct at
tentlon to those which it may be found neces-
Sary to keep In commission, and as soon as the
circumstances of the war will admit, will
bring home and discharge all persons having
the same standing and periods of service, as
those discharged from the ships paid off; so
that III few months, the situation of individu-
ais will be equalized all men of certain pc
rod OF service will be at liberty to return
home to their families; and the number which
II may be still necessary TO retain, will be COM
posed OF those who have been the shortest
time IN the service. An arrangement in it
self SO just, cannot in their Lordships opinion.
tau to give universal satisfaction and they are
induced to make this communication to the
fleet, because they think that the exemplary
good conduct of all the petty officers, seamen
and marines entities them to every confidence.
and to this full and candid explanation of their
LordShips intentions.-Their Lordships cannot
conclude without expressing their hope, that
the valor of his Maiesty's fleets and armies
will speedily bring the American contest to a
conclusion honorable to the British name, safe
tor the British interests and conducive to lite
lasting refto8e Of tie civilized 7sorld.
&" BY command of their I.ordships
CIV. CROKER"
From the London Courier, Of MAY 3.
1t is said, that all the powers have pledged
themselves not to interfere in the dispute be-
tween this country and America France is
to subscribe the same pledge. Adieu then to
the hopes of Messrs Madison and Co. that
they should induce some of the European
powers to take up their principle of free bot
toms, and their new tangled notions of Citizen
ship, &c.
Fran Co66ett's Hecliy Messenger, London,
Bhy7.
AS to the state of opinions in America, it an
pears, that having heard of the low state of
Napoleon's affairs the people there were count
ing with confidence on an inniedia!s Heace.
They had not then heard ofthc actual dctIy0ue
meHt of Napoleon, and ofthe consequent Ian
guage of our public prints, accompanied with
statements relative to booHs Immediately to
be sent off to America.-Nhat effect these
VIII produce in the minds of the people and
OF the government there, know not but 50
slowly do they generally move, it is not probable
that the troops will meet with any like an qrDy
oppose them. The Americans have No ex-
perienccd officers. Thcy have no discipline
They will, too, dare say, think, that because
they beat England in the last war, they can do
II again, & much easier, having NOV five tin,es
as numerous population. But in the first
place, tlIey viii not have to contend against such
Generals as they had to contend against b.
fore, nor such officers and soldiers. they
viii, II our troops really should land in then
country, have to contend with those who
have defeated Trench armies; with skill Of
all sorts, experience in the men as wen as the
officers with Courage, discipline, & the habit
ot victory All these will require something
more than the Americans have vet thourhf
of-Ihen in the last war, America had tbTec
great maritime powers OH her side. and one
Power to send her aid in officers and men,
DO they now look for assistance from the
friendship Of ferdinand or of Louis or of the
Sopcrtig1 Prince cfthe U7ited .Nther1oUog ?
Which of tine three do they intend TO apply
to' Or, do they expect that the Emperor Of
Russia, who is shortly to come on a visit tn
england, viii, in order to preserve their Iiber-
les, send an army of Cossacks TO their assis-
lance round by the way Of Kamskatka Veri-
" Jonathan, if you repose 10 such vain