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Twelfth!
'ongress oftke United States.
mediate and proJ>S*d object i*f this h
decree v. jt. :..*■ fosuuctiou of at! British
IN SENATE.
November. 4, 1311.
There were present, at the usual hour c? as
sembling, the vice-qirerideot <>f ihe United
S'-ates, Messrs'.tiilroan, Cutis, Goodrich, Oada,
Bradley, i. Smith, German, Condit, Lambert,
Gregg, Lcib, Horsey, Smith. Heed, Giles, !
Frankdri, Goilluid, .Taylor, Crawfotd, Tail,
Pope, Anderson and Worthington.
George M.’ li'bb, elected from llcnturkv, G.
W. Campbell, from Tenr-e^ee. J. B. Howell,
from Rhpde-Iiland, and Joseph Li. Vauium,
from Massachusetts, wcie also sworn inland
look their seals.
The usual messages were interchanged with
^He other house, &c. and the senate adjourned.
m Tuesday November J.
Mr. Brent attended.
The senate, after transacting some minor
business, proceeded to billot for a door-kccpe
■■
Britain} just ar.d iawfdl in »!s hiig’:p,bccsu£e if
tccur.s of irrposing ansctual i.icck~dc i*> any
deg.ee adeqmvc t,* such a puipo-c. The" im- ‘was sup|.*ortcd belli in inteniicn and Let by an
hostile
com
merce through means entirely tin sanctioned by
the law of nations-^nd unauthorised by any te-
cehcd doctrine cf legitimate blockade.
This violation of tic cs abHshed law of ciri-
liaed nations in war would have justified Great
afleqoa e na»ai fotce. This was ihe justifies--
tion of that bl rc!;ade until the period of time
when the orders in council were issued.
The orders i» council wete founded on a
distinct principle, that of defensive tctaiiaiion.
France liad declared a blockade at aU-ihe port*
and coasts of G;cai-firiiain. and her deper.don-
j lit it .wo ip rctaliaiitig upon the cnemv, by a ai- ; cies, without essigning, or being able toasstgri
, milar interdiction of all commerce with Franco ! any force to support that bfockatlc, Surh an
i and-with such other, count; tes us might co-pc- ! act .of the enemy^would hare justified a deeb-
•..it'. — i.. 1 r . I * • r . i i i *i » r • i * j-
... *** J*(-, '''4
uf C::ic/jr. aidvtfll.e CriCivat-tFC!.;:.*!, r.r..*-
cd at or carried ini'* ilacseillcs, being.cs»f*
arising unuer. the J ? .ench decrees ol Betlft
trd M<hm as rs very evident. G-'C.'i'-TJiiiam
might"tiretefoic ton pli : ofr.ring ue-rted vvi'H
Injustice by America^ cron supp<-sh»x that ti.u
conduct ol ftarre had since been uutquivcae.
An erics con’.ends that t!; Frerv :r decrees
aie .tevoked as it ic.sj.ccts f.c: chips upon t
high teas, ant! von. sir, inform me that the-On
ly two American snips taken under their mar;
trtne -operation as you arc-pleased so tc-m i ,
rate with Fiance in her system of coramcictal > ration of the blockade of ihe whole coast < f since November 1, have been restored; but
hostility .against Great-Bruaio. * France, even without the application, cf any ‘ tray they not have keen •'estcred in cot-c-
J'iie object of Grcu-liiitaio was Mot how^ j pariicula^fotcc tojliat service. Since'the pro- ‘quencc t i the sari: faction felt in France at the
ever, the destruction of trade, but its preset va- . n>ul:.^tion of the orders in council the blockade passing of the uor-importation act in the Art t-
under such teguiatiotis as inigh' be com* ■ ot May. ISOo, has been sustained and extend- f'rican congi
pxlible with tier own security, at tlte same time etl 'l^ the more comprehensive system cf de- ! cd ; i'*r off
in indulgence to foreign j fctisive tcuiialien on which those tegulations j icci contra
But i
Mean congress, an event, to little to be expeq ^
ierw ise, having been captured in d*.
that she extended an indulgence to foreign j fctisive i et.uiatfon on which those regulations j lect contradictiotfa.,to ’lie supposed tev cari.ii,
commerce, which strict principles would have - are founded. But if the orders in council • why were they nbt res’oied itrimediatcly ?
entitled her to withhold. The ricvaliation of : should be abrogated, the blockade of May, 1806, ! The fears of the French navy however pre-
! Great-Britain was-not thereto:c urged to ihe ’ couid not continue under our constiuction of ! vent many cases ol the kh doccuring on the
! full extent of lutr right, our prohibition of j the laws of nations, unless that blockade should j ncean under the ticnecs of Berlin aid AJ ilat>
r French trade \va.s not absolute but nmd fied, be maintained by a due application of an adc- i but the most obnoxious and des’.ructiic pans
r and m t'e'urn for the absolute prohibition ci all ; quote naval force. juf those decrees ate exercised wi-.h full vin-
Atr.ericr appears to concur with France in kmoe not only in the ports is! Fiaofee, but ir,
those trail -other count tics to-which Franco
tliit ks she can ccmtfiii injustice with impunity.
(who also discharges the du’y of sergeant at trade .with Greai-Britain, we prohibited not ail
arms) in the place of Mrl Mathers, deceased, commerce wi.h France, but all st;ch commerce i asserting tliar Cireat-Britain was the crigtr.rl ag
There were taken 27 votes, of which Mountjny with France as should uot be carried on ; grosser in the attack on neutral rights, ar.d has
Bailey liad 20, and was accordingly declated through Great-Britain. ip rticyil^iriy objected to the blockade of May,
elected. ' ' '
Tltfe message from the President was then
read as above, and S00.copies oidertd to be • was lorcscen, and deeply regretted. jOut the
ir,iury to the 6cuual nation aiosc from the ag
gression of France, which had compelled Great-
At itain in her own defence to resort to ade
quate rctahaicry measures of war. The opera
inrougii urieai-ttfpaui. t pmcyi^ny onjectea to me o;ocKauc oi may, Great-Britain has aright to complain th-it
j It was ev*denl that this system must prove j 161*6, as an obvious instance of that aggression j neuual nations should overlook the very worst
.prejudicial to neutral nations: this calamity on the part of Great-Britain. featutes’ «T those extraordinary ^cts, and
printed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday % November 4.
This being the - day-designated by the Pre
sident **f the United, for (he meeting of the
congress of the United States, about eleven
o'clock i\n house was called to older ; when it
.appeared that there were piescntoue hundred
and twenty-eight members.
'Hie house then proceeded to ballot for a
Speaker, On counting the votes the following
appeared to be the tcsult :
Henry Clay, of Kentucky, 75
\V m. W. Bibb, of G corgi a, 33
Scattering, 6
So that Mr. Clay was duly chosen, and was
conducted to the s|;c-kei’s chair accordu.gty ;
•whence"he addressed the house as follows :
Gi.stlkmkn—In coming to the station
which you have done me the honor to assigu
jne—an honor for which you will be pleased
to accept my thanks—I obey lather your com
mands than my own inclina ion. I am sensi
ble of the impel fee ions which I bring along
with me, and a consciousness of these would
deter mo from attempting a discharge of the
duties oi the chair, did I not tely confidently
upon your generous support. Should the rare
and delicate occasion present itself when you.
•speaker should be called upon to check or con
trol the wanderings or iutcmpetance in dtbjie,
your justice will, 1 hope, ascribe to his iutei po
sition the motives only ol public good and a re
gard to the dignity of the Wusc. And in uil
instances, be assured, gentlemen, that I shall,
-with infinite pleasure, afford every facility in
my power to the dispatch of public business, in
■-the most agteeable manner."
The tile in bets vvctc sworn, in, in the usual
dbrm.
The hcur.e ncy.’ proceeded to ballot foi a
tdek ; when, ou, counting tits -votes, ihe.e
were
Tor Patrick Magruder 07
William Lambert 16
Thomas Dunn was iben re-eiected ve-jean*
Although the doctrines of the Berlin dec ice
respecting the rights of blockade, ale not di
rectly asserted by the American ■government,
Mr. Pinkney’s concspwndeticc would app-cm
should suffer their ttade to be made a med'utn
of an unj iteccdcmcd, violent, and motrstmua
system (.1 attack u];on het. r esources,a scjccjc**
t.f warfare unat'cmp cd by any civilised narioi)
to countenance t lie principles on which those j before the present period. Not only has‘Auc
tion on the American commerce of those p;e- j doctrines are founded. The objection diiectiy j r:ca sullercd her trade to be moulded in ho
cautions which the conduct of r i ance had ten- j staetl by America against the blockade of May, j merits sf annoyance to Great-Britain -under the
dered indispensable to -,ur security-,' is tiierc-1 1806. rests on a supposition that no naval force j provisions of the French electees, bu: aconstru-
foro to be ascribed to the unwarranted aggres- : winch Gieat-JBritain possessed, or could have
sion of Fiance, and not to those proceedings J employed for such a purpose, could have ren-
on the pait of Great Britain which that aggves- dered that blockade effectual, ami (hat thetc-
sion had rendered necessaty and just.
The object of our system w<.s merely fo
fine it was necessarily irregular, and could
not possibly be maintained in coufotmiiy jlo the
countc aci m w tempt to crush the British j law of nations,
nude-, Gieat-B.ua... endeavored to prcmit the 1 Reviewing the course of this statement, t-
comment to receive as large a portion of com- w D.l appear that rite blockade of May, 1606
rnercc as might be pucucdble thiough Great- •; C jnno’ be deemed contrary to .the law of nu-
the
istnua toci
Britain ; and all her suGcquent reguxuiions, anti j t i 0i)S> either under the Objections urged by
every mod.fccauon oi her system by new o.de.s j p lenchj f;r un der tiio c declared or'insinus
or modes or gratmngor witiiholding licenses
_ 'J
have been calculated fcr the purpose of encou
raging the trade of neutrals through ’G ! 'eat-
iiiuain, whenever such ericouragenie.it might;
upper,f advaiitagebusto ihe general imeres s of
commerce, and conssieni vjnh the public safe
ty of the narion.
The jusl.Iication of Iris majes'.j’s orders in
couucii, mid the ciutinuance *ot that defence
hiic always been its eu upon the existence ul'
the deci ee's ot Berlin and Milan, -and on the
presevereui.ee of <n: enemy iit the sysien: of
hos'iluy vviiich has si bvevted the rights of neu-
tint wmmie.ee on ihe c«ui:inent ; and it has al
ways i.cci declared ou the part of his rnqjcs'j’s
govcrumenl, liiat wn t .ever F'anoesh'i'uid have
effectual repeal .lie decrees of Berlin and Mi
lan, .and sii i id have icsioied neuual com
merce to the condition in which it stood pre
viously. to the .piortiulgat. m Of those dr.ciees,
■j
;epeal our oidi
in
we should in.uicdiaU
council.
Fiance lias arrested-thav/hs tlfecree-of Berlin
was a mcasuie of just u t:?.:liaiton on-her-par ,
occasmned by our p.evintrs aggresciortf^iiTd .he
Fie,.c.’i government has tn,is’ed .hut ou* sys-
existed previously
10:u ul blockade, es it
to the decree •©! Beilin, was.a rjianifost■viola
tion of .he icceived law of nations ; wc must
therefore, sir, refer to live Berhu d
i,.
tree, so
at avmsaud ThomasClr.xtnn doorkeeper, witl»- j -5ad die principles of cur system' oi blockade
out opposition ; Bei jamin Butch -was also rc-
ohnsen assistant doot keeper.
The usual messages were interchanged with
which France considers to be new .and con:ta-
y to the law oi nations.
By ’..he 4.ii and 3vh at icles it is s , alc- > "
the senac on the subject of their being formed .justification of ihe French decree,
and ready to proceed to business
u;g those decrees .as ts met upon a decei'lol
dcclararion of ihe French cabinet, she has en
forced her noB-ithpqriation act against G. ca:-
Brita.n.
Under these circumstances I am instructed
by rny government lu urge to .'nit of .lie Uni;,
ed Sia es, the injustice of thus fcr-foi c.cg il. u :
act:;gains' h:< maj.-sty^s<lnmuitor<s,&r.d 1 c n-
not but I;ope that a spirit of justice wijj induce
the United‘Siaie.^ government to reconsider
:hc line of coi due. they have pursued, ard u?
teas, to re-establish their far tirer suite of Mtiec
ricutraliiy.
I have only to add, sir, that on my part I shell
eve,’• he ready to o.ce yi-u on any openu g
which may scorn * to effotd a prospect of iv-
stocr.g complete harmony between the two
countries,and that it viii at all t::r.es give rr.c
.lie gicaiest satisfaction to neat with you «:i
’be important conce. ns.so ia eicstir - to boil:.
I have die honor to be etc.
A no .1 Fostkr.
To the 'r.norahic James Monroe (Sc. Uc. ok.
by .he American gavernmOn ., bocause ilia-
blockade was maim anted-by a sufficient, naval-
ibree ; that the decicc ot Berliu was r.ot there
fore jcisuited either undet the pre.exts uiletlged
bv France, or order those supported by Ame
rica, that the orders in council were founded on
u just principle of defensive xetaiimioo -against
ihe violation of .he law of nsAosts ccirnnmied-by
France in. the dec.ee uf -Bewiri, that ikebloci:-
ade of May 1805 is now included «a the more
extensive opeiation of the orders in coup,-at,
and lastly that the eiders in councii viil uot -be
continued beyond t-he-effectual cforation of die
hostile decrees ofFi.&iice, nor .w;i! the blockade
oi May .ISOS comiovie -after the repeal cf tlte
orders in-ciutncil mi!ess his majesty's govit:;-
ment shall think ii so ^usyaln it -by tiler spedial
application -of a vufSciect nava! -force. This
fact wil nm ibe suffered to icn-iain-u: dfiitlrf, turd-:
if the repeal .'if -die orders in council sh, u!d !
take place, ;.neunveni-loo -ol his Tuajesty’s g»v- J cauucij wete origitiaiiy foundt-d, I ;h:f.k it,
ernmerit re? peeling the .blockade oi May, I30.£, right to explain rnyself it. order to pi event a:,v 1
will lire notified i£‘ the.san-e .tiuic- ' ' ’ 1
3 need .not ’recapitulate Vo you live eenUTDents
ofIiis .mijicEtUs .governmeut'so often tepeated
on dte subject of the'French ministers note to
gen. Armsrwing, dated the 6 h of last August..
The.eiadied •ambiguity/if .hat no'e has since
been amply -explained by the conduct and lan
guage. of tiie goiernme.il of F'ance, of which
•me of the most remf tkable iiisiat’ces is to be
found in the speech of the chief of the French
•government-cf the ZTtli of last munch '.o cer
tain deputies fow the f.ee cities «.f Han.burgh,
'.Bremen, end Lvtbcck, v/hsreih he declares that
ms fonr^n to mu. v. oi.aoa.
ifa.i/avglan, JlUj 1.1. 1811.
—In consequence of * ttr conversaiicn ef
yes'eulay, and .lie •.bservatievis which yru
ftiade ic pcclii.g i ii at part or my le’-cr to you
of ti,e 64-instcnt, wketein X have alluded to the
li.c
on v. birth lik.
mr.jCi y'b oiil<-rS
in
Mr. Mitchili and Mr.-Pitkin were appointed
tic.-' c»rcat-.
-Britain “ sxievas to unfortified towns and cum-, , „ , . ...
rricic.a] pons, to hatbors, and to (lie mouths of \ ^ J u: ", ^ ^n deers^shall bo the pub-
a comrriuec to join with Messis. Anderson risers, those rights oi blockade, which by rea-‘ ‘ s ' y r7 “' 1 'l! a ‘ ns ,
and B.adley, the committee appointed by the j son and the usage of nation- me appiicitblc on- il£r crtlCiS 1:1 cour | cll ’ I ot lb f d: d l80j • I BC,e « t lo d “ 3V4a 7 an y ,n »P«ssion that you
1 fortified daces : and .hat the tigi.'s of ! P rou ®“ n “ ln S as , - ,la i !l! ^ f la: ‘b rUj " e will adu«H may have reccivedio li.e contrary from rny ob-
1 that the system oi violence and injustice of j nervations tesjrectir.g .he effects which his
possible mistake .as to ihe p.esent situation of
r-eu’.ral t.ude with his m-.riesty’s encn.ie::.
-will only be necessa.y for me to repeat
what bns already, long since, br cn announced
to the Aiiuirican government, ran.civ, :i at 1 is
niajestvfo culer in council o( April 26, 18C9,
superceded those of Noverr.lxsr J8C7. ai-d :e-
lievcd ihe system if ictalisiioD adr-p.td by his
majesty egainst tii> enemies flora, what was
-ccfia.dered in this c unt'y as the most i.-bjec-
tiotiable part ci it ; ihe option give*) to neutrals
io t.ade with the enemies of G*ea:-Brhain
through British ports on payment of a transit
tluiy.
This explanation, sir, will, I trust, be suf-
1 senate, to wait «u the president and ii-torm j
him that tlie two houses were formed and rea
dy tot receive any communication he might
iuve to make to them.
J.Ir. Mitchili-soon after isported 'he perfor
at
3 to fortresses realiy 1
ly to
blockade ougiit to he it.ntie
invested Dy a sufficient.force
It is added in the same a.iicies that'Grea
llri ain ?• iias declaied places to be in a«ta.e of
mancc by the 'committee oi the duty as-igned ' blockade, before which she has not a single
,. ‘ j that 'the system of violence and injustice of j servations tesjiectir.g the effects which
• j which..he is the founder, will be maifitaincd by ( majesty's o. ds«s in council originally h:
• him until the -defensive measures of retniiation j the trade of neutral nations. Those < bs
“‘j I to which they gave lisc on Lbe part of Great- j lions weie me»ely meant as preluninaiy
Britain shall be abandoned.
had on
bserva-
y meant as prckminaiy to a
; ccnsidera'u •< of the question sow at issue be*
them ; ard that ihe presficr.t had informed
iheni he would make a communication in writ-
ring to-morrow at twelve o'clock.
And the house adjourned.
Tuesday, November 5.
At o'clock this day the message inmirjfi
•ship of war, and'even places which
British foice w .jild bo msufficieot to blockade,
entire coasts and a whole empire."
Nether the practice of Great-Britain nor the
law of nations has ever sanctioned the rule now
laid dawiriby. France, that no place excepting
fortiesses in a complete state of investiture can
tic whole i If other precis were necessary to shew the ! ’ween the two countries.
"continued ex;? cr.ee ol those obnoxious decides, I * have the honor to be, wi-h the highest
rrt,l ir* t *» ». 1 f, . * ., 1 A f
| they
.. - • , r I 1UU‘ W- 111 «l I.VI111 l^i—li. .1,1..*. 111 III VLi,
precedingxotuinn, was received Irotn tltc pie- , . t .
'.. p . • i - . . „ r . j be ccemea lawtutiy blockaded by sea.
stdeut of tne Untied bta'cs, by x-Ir. Edward - 1
if such a rule were, to be admitted it would
-Coles, his secretary, accompanied by a volumi- , , _ • ,, ,- r . _ . .
r, tl , 3 j- r Lccome nearly tmprac-icablc for Great-Britain
nous collection of documents, in the reading cf . 1 , . 1 A r ...
^ to atiempt ihe bloc.taQe of any port the con-
ion of
troy one
superi-
. . , . . j -n » akvCLisui Uiv BjuuAdUv ui auy uo» w tn inc
\vhich the house praff*.essc'i till hail past three ~ - „
. , . . , * ^ ,* , 1 ticent, ana ouMuomissicn to tbis pervers!
o clock, when the hi.-use uepumea. , c * .. • 111
J *• , , the l«*\y ct naticnt:, 17nils it would destroy
The f6i owine wertramon^ toe eauies: docu- - • , , r . 7
- .... u.± cf the principal advantages of our naval su
ments read, of which we have inserted as much
as tltc limits cf our paper wiil stlmit including
-g’eat part of the cor-esi>endence between our
-scercary or^itate and. thedlritish niinisicr on
rthe subjec. of ’ he
ORDERS FNGOUNCIL.
date"
that
they
: 0 t.’.t Hon. James Monroe, &c.
may be discovered it: the imperial edict 1 considerations and respect, air, youi racst obe-
'at Fontainbleau in October 19 h, 16*0,1 diei.t huu.blc seuan:,
lat mons.icus ptoducrion of violence, in which j Ava. J. Fosieh.
ley are mede the basis cl c system cf general j » 0
and unexampled tyranrrx. and onpiession eve: j
all countries subject »c, allied with, or within 1
reach of tire power cf France ; in the report of!
majesty’s packet boot having been
:J4R. XOSTEH 10 Jilt - XOSBOE-
lf’astengton. JuJy.3, 1811. _
=S*n—I have had t(ie honor of stating to you
verbally the system or defence to which his
majesty has been compelled to resort far the
erfty, would vacrrfice the -common t ights and
interests of all maritime stales.
It was evident that tne -blockade 'of May,
1306, was the principal pretended -justification
cf the decree of Bei lin, though neither the prin
ciples on which that blockade was founded, nor
its practical operation, afforded any color fer
the proceedings of France.
iti point ofolaie the blockade of May, 1SQ6,
preceded ihe Berim decree ; but it was a just
and legal blockade according to the establish
ed law of na^uns, because it was intended to be
purpose of protecting the met itime rights .and maintained, end was actually maintained by
-interests of his dominions against <bt: new Co- cn adequate force appoin.ed toguard the whole
'Scriptiati of warfare that has been adup’cd by roast described in the noriucatior., and ccuse-
his .enemies. I have piesented to yen the quently to enforae the blockade,
gtounds upon which his majesty finds himself •Gi cat-A’riti.in has never attempted to dispute
still obl-ged to continue that system, end I cor.- that in the ordinary course bfthe law of nances,
ceive that l shall best meet your wiriies as ex- r.c blockade cap. be justifiable or valid unless it
pressed to me this morning, if in a mere for- be supported by an adequated force destined to
mal shape I should lay before ycu the whole maintain it, and to expose to hazaid sli vessels
extern of the ques’ion, as^ oppet-ws to his mar attempting to evade its operation. Tlic bfock-
jesty's government to e®x! betw een Greet- aoe of May, 1*00, was no'itied by Mr- Secre-
•Britaiu and America. ,ar y Fc* cn this clear principle, cor was that
.1 -beg leave to call your attention, sir, to the* blockade asriounoed until he bod satisfied him-
■principles on which liis majesty's ordets in by a communioatioo with his majesty's
.council -were originally founded- The decree board of admiralty, that ihe admiralty possess-
Hedin was directly and expressly an • act c-f ed the means and would employ them, of
war, by wiiie*» Fiance p*ohibited all na’ions watching the whole roast from S:est to the
from trade or intercourse with Great-Britain Elbe, and of effectually enforcing the blockade,
under pen1-of confiscation of their ships ard '1 he blockade of May, 180u, was therefoie
merebandire; although Fiance had cct ti c Casccrding to the doctrine rsaintaiqcd by Gicav-
~!t. FOSTEIt TO ?IR. XCXKOE.
ti-i. ti v;v i«ivc; smii-icpuiij * TVas/nv^lvn. July. 14,3811.
the Fiencii minister ior foiotgo affairs dated 1 c- R }.; n
: last December, and in the le 'ei- of the Fice.qb *
minister cf jus .ee to the presi
cil of Prizes. To this latter, sir, I wctti.I wish ! highness- the prince regent will n cc^sarily
particularly to invite your a'.tc : 4;oti ; the date ! j?-?-- that I should h- ve to transmit to his rtv
is the 2 jth
from mor.t unquestionable, and you will there
find, sir, the duke of Mass a in giving fits in- ,
S'fuctioi.s to tl.council o» pttzes in coifoe-!
qoence of the’.resident of the Unitc-i S ates*
prcclama'i'H! cd Nov. d, most cautiously avoid
ing to asset! that the French decrees were re
pealed, and asetibing not to such repeal, but to
the ambiguous passage which he c-jo’c-s at ’
length from M.Champagny's letter cf Aug. €..
the new ati»:udc takeri bv America, ai.d you i .
«nl also sue an evidence m tne satne et’er of t r. ,
° ce, aircl trie rej
.e 'en' ot tue L icac^i , 20 ke.g (let iinecl. m\A u fortnight, iiaving elnps-
•esider t u the ccun- j <rd su-ce- ray arrival at this-capitai, his royal
tr, sir. I wcuid ’vish I h'ghne.vr the prince regent will n cessarily ex-
a'.tc’ttioti ; the dits I jfo-- that I shoald h' vo to transmit to his rtv-
luecember, the authority ft comes i “ J Ffobness some oificial con-inunication as to
the line of conduct th?- American government
meat 1 to 1 ttrsue. I t - • cst vou Wdi excuse me
de-<il-
if wi:!.. at. 'nr.."?she- for a
V-.
•c.iefore,
d ausv>:r to my note o* the "d inst. I anx-
•*■’.-7‘desire to ];nc:> from yon what, is the
CSlllCt
vrli •---
u n
resp: ct to sus-
the continued capture of American ships after
November, and under the Gerlin and Milan cic-
ciess, haviog beet, c.-mempiated by tlie Frer-ch
govei ament, sii cc there is special direction
given for judgment on such ships bring sus
pended in consequence of ihe American pro
cianration, ar.d ‘or their being kept at pledges,
for its enforcement. W*
-Can tlier, sir, these decrees he said ho have
been tepealed at the period when 'lie precla
ma ion t-f the president i f tiro U«:ted B ate
appeared, or when America eoforftd her r.or- 1
importation act against Great-itii'.asni A;’
they so at this moment 1 To the li’st questk
the state papers vyhich I fcave referred ;o a „
pear to give a suific cat answer. Fur c-ve ;/
supprsing that the repeal has -does taken pfi.
i* is clear that on November 3-J, there wa- .
question as to that notlaei :g then the c -sei *
capture of the ibip Ns v-*fo'rieacs-?acket se-xcu *u,rvt.. ri k.
to
- s v. etc nr!
pencil!.*^ the of inie act of con-
a7Tes^ !*oii 1 jitiii:;;1 ir^;;c:rt^llcu ffocn tlie Bii-
ciSll l:
I-hsre Irav;-. been repeatro-avowals lately
m^iie by cue govermocr.t e. F ranee, tha*. the
‘f Bat i;,'. a;.3 Milan were still in full
orce, and the acts cf tiia? govermucat have
corresponded jn»K iho,« avowals.
Ihe meas-ares cf rtt: i-Htfon rar-ned by
G tear - Brif.tfn .in-t ‘hc ; e f ccrres are cr:;?e-
ijiitntTy u. the regr C t r.f his royal higaucss
si;ll necessarily o-r;tii>»ied. -
I have h-.tl the -fw.ii-.r- to state tc- yirj the light
’U -cinc.i ,:is \r -.—-i ]. the r*rince
.iewetf the proclar.ia’i; :. >ihe Prcriiic’it of
hist “Noveiiiber. aud >J;e tire with^vaich
_ •& learnt tlie suh</. Client -rtiiasures olxoiigress
g-rit’-.-t the British tr.:>Ie.
America® ships :<r'-?e 1 t.rrfor bis mr-jest;•*»
r-.ais fo couheii, i >c • .-ri- r j r'lch taaLrn
ppeaied, wete nr.: iirinxdfotcli kc.r etl,
-c;>use it w-;is tiial I ‘ r- .■■•)•-. j-ro-
-.-•ioos cf France a.ight have led the
.1 g..veri\»ntm ana >.i.c nietch'-Msuf Auitr.ca
in ci rcru- t iis coral; uc i- -n r.f 11.e -iu 1#.anus
r t.!i,ce.
r ut when the reil was ,!i«ovn as'de, erd ’be
-1 iicii r-j : . i^inijtlf avowrd the c. ntinui .1 --•.-
A i-tu, it nts l.vifN-