Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-18

bOSfoA, - pt. ~.
FROM GIBRhL7AP.
we received yesterday Wis Portsmouth, tie Gib.
raltar Chronicle Of the Goth of luly II snn,,,,s
oy Tue following Proclamation, issued by the i,ri
.sh Cor"mis inncr AT the loniaa Islands, that the
dissensioTs which have been sometimes limited at
as existing there, have reached a crisis.
II PROCL.dhL4TTON.
Ry H. f. the Right Honorable Sir THoy, g
MAITLAND, g. C.. Il. II. y. NJ Most Honoura.
bic P-ivv Council, 1t. General, ard Commander in
Ch'et OF H. NJ. Forces in the Mediterranean. Gov
erncr o. Malta and its Dependencies, ard n. M
Lord high Commissioner in tie United States OF
the Innian Islands.
From the moment Of His ESeelIepcy's lau,in,,
IN these States, 1T has been his most earnest wisI
and constant endeavor to hust, the contest of tho
passions which havc hitherto agiiated the publ;c
inind, and to compose the unhappy differences to
litical relations. p
IN adopting this principle, Ills Excellency WINS
sney actuated by the desire Of buryine in tterna.
obiI',on, the memory OF The past and CARRYING
INTO ul effect his Gracious Scvcreign's benefcenf
mentions toward this Nation, which the Treaty
ot raris hes placed under his exclusive protec
ton
but while bis Excelency wished to draw veil
over all past oeerrrt noes, il not ia be ,uDposed
That he could view with Indifference i, any onar
Ter. a'd subsequent 10 his arrival any aitemnt IA
y nsls
Oid,iFsrences and ouarrels.
ANIMATED with thes@ principles, His ExceIIencv
on thc one hand. saw with great satisfaction the
generally exemplary conduct Of The Motives of
tesc states; but on the other. perceived with the.
utmost r greet, that few insulated individuals or
quite ME eft temper, showed sn ircliss,ion N
CHERISH the alccut feu IS aN TO raise new ones ~,
propagate di sens SONS der false and imss;nary
prele ess, and ia1tiy to Consolidate their innro-
" an psnrped authority, by endeavoring
- sf''n 'sh diversity Of interests between
Stats. P"'eoeeu
although, HIS Exeellency had been, for some
tune, aware oithe injury which the Public Service
must necessarily experience from such a line of
conaect, fethe was willing t. believe that tboes
persons, independently nf their duty to their conn
ty, would he prompted, by the consideration or
,h IT. own interests, Ia form correct notions of
Tn r situation. In this expectation His Excellence
suffered for some time the S nate OF Corfu 10 re-
nam IN q state which he ought 90 have amended a
conductor which he fipd 90 po.5cy bar in ,b,
moderation of his ,icws ard the uprirhtness nj lie
intentions " "''
But every sense OF moderation must Weld IN the
sense OF Ills Exc llency's duty TO his Sovereign and
to the People Of these States '
Duty towards his Sovereign forl,ils b;s ,o,.,ro,;
me continuation oformer scenes OF disorder: anil
his obIg'fions to the Icrian People reou;res that he
shonid no longer suffer their fair and honest iufe,
tons to be liable 10 inisrepresa ntatioa. IN con.
sequence OF the iuor,iinate ambition, end persor-
al mtrlgues and pretensioBs of few indyidu-
ais. '""
The time is come at last, when the nature
Oh british forhearance should be explained.
AMI the grounds cf British moderation made
known. '''''e
IL Is tune to prove shat this forbearance does not
proceed IRON weakness, or from want Of author
'ty, but from well regulated sense Of its power
and tbst its moderation arises from the conscona
ness OF The justice OF its ,iews
l ne Lord High Commissioner, acting npoD these
principles, has, this day, Reluctantly tranymitte 70
The Most liustrious President ofthc Senate of Cor
M The documents annexed, for the information of
The Public, to the present Proclamation. And.
however painful it may he Tor lis ExceiIoney ~
ny line 10 adept measures Of this descr in,;op i
sil' shew, Whenever the shall require it. that
he british Government has the necessary anlbori-
y TO carry into effect It's just and moderate, yieoa
ma that his MaIesty's Representative will know
low to resist every pretension that nigh, secret
~ openly, eompromise that unity OF action s-J in
cFests between the protecting Sovereign and the
protected state, which was the essential basis of
he Paris Convention.
. The present Proclamation shall be printed in
sreek and Italian, and published for the inlorma.
ion nj all. Oi ma
Padace, Co,Jii, My %, 1916.
by Ills Ezcciiency's Command
WILLIAM MEYER,
Secretary 70 Government.
lTbe above mentioned Documents, by which |
'nr Senators aud the Secretary Of the Senate are
eprTed Of their situatiors will appear in our |
exit Gibraltar Edifor