When the documents concerning the relations between the United States and Great Britain were laid before Congress at the commencement of the session, the answer of Mr. Pinkney to the letter of Mr. Canning had not been received.
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$990 were paid to the order of Governor Williams on the same account.
His high station and the relations of Russia to the predominant powers of Europe must give him weight with them according to the vicissitudes of the war.
The letter of Mr. Canning, however, having lately appeared in print, unaccompanied by that of Mr. Pinkney in reply, and having a tendency to make impressions not warranted by the statements of Mr. Pinkney, it has become proper that the…
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