The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-03-01 00:00:00

LOWING

RECORT.
The most Important of the imociplet, inteepnhted in the
la* of nat,ona. to that winch aopeatt le be trott.'3u.e 1
hT
the
British Government and .ta ynte courts, 1114 a traJe 0n...m•41
tot neutrals by • nation at *4l, un account of toe oar, o tot.

lawful
Tam prineiple hay been relaxed, from finte to time, by
ders,allirenig, as favorers to neutrals, particularh ord cans
Itave
~f
trade, disavowed by the general princinle; whic,
also, in swot insrausaat, exten4,l the modifications of the
principle hesond its•yuced
In Tike manner, .be laid e. tliebe orders, beating date the
44th of June, 111113, has incorporated inter ith the re.a).atirsi. a
collateral princip e, which is Wolf an polatton. namelv,
that a vessel, an a rtdiant voyage, is liable to myture, b! the
circutertances of het having, vu tha outward voya=e, costreyed
contraband att.rles to an enemy's lion. How hat a like pe
naloy, attached ray the sate order to the like citcumitances of
a previous commnnicstion with a blockaded port, would like-
wise be an ititerpolatem, may depend upon theco,s cotruction
under which that part of the codes has been, or is to Lie can trd
into execution.
The general principle, fast above stated, all lately applied
to re-eximrtations of art;eles impoited into neutral CoOtalfidA
flO•flle enloeiss, Of VW/ vers.., by considering the re-ex-
lohttatioit, in many cases, as a COalfl2ll.lflull of the original
voyag', forme another interrelat ior.,dceply affecting the trade
of iseutra's lot a hiller view rd this and some other Intel pa-
lat tee., refereare may b: had to the rhicuutelits cotnrounimited
with the Message to Congo :as of the 17th instant.
The dritidi principle, which gimlets... a notification to foreign
governments of sit intended blockade, equivalent to the maw,
requited by the law of maim..., hplote the penalty can be WOO?.
real; and that which sulijc..l. hi capture, vessels arriving at a
pun, in the interval lietweri a removal and return of the Uludf.
;olio( force, are tither important deviation: from the code of
public law.
Another unjustifiable measure is the mode of search prac-
tised by liritidt ships; which, instead of I emaiuing at a prop r
distance from the vessel to be searched, and mailing their own
boat, with a few mcn for Vie putpuie, compel the tieisel
to
fen 4 hal paper, an her own boat, and eninetimes with great
daitur from the coightion of the boat, and the state it the

writhe,.
To these instances, without adverting to others of art in-
ferior in lea definite cli..r.uler, in the prettier of Great Britain,
moat be e•lded the 110.did.ej right to name. persons froin A niv-
rican vel,Ci4, sailing under tho A Ilittleall flag on the high Seat.
An eapllll4lloll of Oh, pi:take will b. Wand in the extra:t
front the instratlions of Mr. btonitie, connotainisated with the
image of the Pr:sident above reterrod to.
Among the interool.itions .i.:.,clueed by the Frenc G..
stoat, 14 a d:cree, dated Gth Jene,lllos, (1$ Praiiial,h
) importing that every privateer, of which two third. of
t craw trot Ire iistives of England, err savieCt. of a
er the cestany of 1.-cox.. .hull be cons4red as ;grates.
ether islandenced by the result of en spluirst ~,,, made by
t e Deputy Consul of the United States at Cadiz. through
t French Consul, to Admiral Villeneuve, for the libeeition
sonic svantitii ot the United States, who were OM bad the
rerun .lest under 1... coinshand. The answer af the Admiral,
hid :9th Angus! kat (If Frua.dir„l:ith year), -.ate., that
' A decnii.in 4,1 Ills Imperial :till Ittu M i;esty providcs,
that every forever 14,W en beard thir vessel: a war or of
ed 4114.1,101, esi the erenalr, ia to 'se tressed to a W. ildwr of war,
sod can have nu right to the proteil.un of LW itytoaiatic and
commercial spent.:f his aatiou"
tither unjustihabfe innovation: on the law of nations, are ex-
inslitiaed In the decree of General Ferrae.il, latels paihed at the
soy of St. Diosingo, a trasslatien of watch is annexed.
Tile ',regular mode of search above described is also prac•
tiled by the cruisers of Franca sad Spirt.
The cruisers of the two latter powers have harra•sed the
committee of the I/ tiled States in various ether forms ; but a. it
is not known, or helvred, that their conduct has bleu pte-
scrgberl or sanctioned by the public authority of their fespet•
tree iiatouis, they are not considered ap tante& within the pur-
view or the rinolotioui of the Senate.
it it vart.h is respectfully subsaitted.
JAMES MADISON.

Dv/m.loms of State,
Jan 23. 1846.

NATAL INTELLIGENCE.

P9KTIMOUTIit IE9. V.
The Anion frigate is appointei convoy for the
%Vest Indies.—Wind N.W.

FALMOUTH, TLII. SS•

Arrived the Welsinghnni packet, Gray (ailing),
from Lisbon, in nine days ; and the Mancbeetcr
packet. Davies, from New-York, in nineteen days,
with Mails ; and the Adventure, Barrow, from
Bristol.--Wind S.W.

MAI., PER. 27.
Arrived the Iremitiouth frigate, from Portsmouth,
with .1 convoy, which are sailed for the River.
Came down from Sheerness the Itl torero,' frigate,
and remains in the Downs with the ships a+ per last.
Arrived and sailed for the ilver the Japitcr, Dunn.
from Lisbon, an fourteen days passage, aft,r beating
off g Spanish privateer, of 14 guns. and 50 mew,
in lat. 40.35, ',mg. 10.25, W. Wind N.W. by
W. blows hard, ,qually.

Is- - •

SIXTH DAY.—The Ticket No. 4.677, a Prize
5.0001 No. 17,047, a Prize of 2,0001. No. 10,39+
and '21,277, Prizes of SOOl. all drawn yesterday,
were shared and sold at BISH'S Offices, 4, Combat.
and 9, Charing-cross, where several other Capital
Prizes in the present Lottery have also been sold in
Shares, and where undrawn Tickets and Shtres ate
selling.
The following is the State of the Wheel, at the
finish of yesterday's drawing :
1 Pose or 10,000
5,000 13
1
Tickets and Shares warranted ondrawn, are selling
at the fulluwiag reduced Prices:
Ticket.
I 4 4 OIE. .1 1.1 1 0
Q WM' 2 2 0 7 %Niue. Mt

Monday next will be the Seventh Day of Draw-
ing. and the Fir►t-drawn Ticket Next iltu-sday, •s
entitled to rive Thon•and Pdund,