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necessary, proceed to the coast of Texas, in prosecution of
your further orders.

Very respectfully, Sir, your obedient servant,
SANIUEL L. BREESE,.
Commodore A. J. DALLAS,
Commanding U. S. Naval Forces in West Indies
and Gulf of Mexico.

Station of the Gulf of Mexico,
On board his Majesty's frigate L'Herminie, at anchor off

Sacrificios, April 18, 1838.
The Commander of the station of the Gulf of Mexico has
the honour to inform Captain Breese, of the sloop of scar
Ontario, that he has just mi:des, known to the Mexican Go-
vernment the blockade of all the ports of the Republic. He
seeds enclosed a copy of the circular addressed by himself and
the. Minister Plenipotentiary of France, to the French Con-
suls established in Mexico ; and at the same time he begs
Captain Brown to accept the assurance of his distinguished
consideration.

(Signed) BAZOCHE.
Circular agreed upon between the Minister Plenipotentiary of
France in Mexico, and the Commander of the Naval Sta-
tion, notifying the French Consuls established in Mexico of

the dcelaration of the blockade of all the ports of the Re-
public.
In consequence of the rejection of the ultimatum addressed
on the 21st of the last month to the Mexican Government, by
order of the King's Government, it has been determined that
the ports of Mexico shall immediately be blockaded, for the
purpose of prev,..nting all entry to or departure from them.
In this state of things, the Baron Deffaudis and the Com-
mander Bazoche have adopted the following principles for the
blockade :

1. No neutral vessel proceeding towards the entrance of the
blockaded ports shall be detained or captured, if she has not
previously received from one of the vessels of the French divi-
sion a special notification of the existence of the blockade.
The notification shall be, moreover, inserted in writing on the
muster roll of the neutral vessel, by the cruiser which meets
her ; and it shall contain the announcement, together with a
statement of the city and the latitude in which it was made.
2. Neutral vessels which may be already in one of the ports
of the Republic before the blockade of such port, will have
full liberty to depart, with or without cargo, during fifteen
days, dated from that upon which the blockade is established.
3. The ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico will remain en-
tirely free for the entrance arid departure of the British post-
office, military and non•commercial packet ships.
4. The ports of the Mexican Republic shall remain entirely
free for the entrance and departure of Mexican boats exclu-
sively engaged in fishing, unless the French naval division
should be hereafter forced, in retaliation, to withdraw this be-
nevolent disposition. _ _

Translation of a Note from the Minister Plenipotentiary cf
France, accompanied by a document.
Sir—The Mexican Government having refused to accept
the ultimatum, addressed, with the view of effecting a recon-
ciliation, to it on the 21st of March last, by the French Go-
vernment, the King's Minister in Mexico, who is at this mo-
ment on board the frigate l'Herminie, has just communicated
by me, by means of the armed brig I'Eclipse, set for the pur-
pose to Pensacola, this refusal, as also the measures which it
had induced Captain Bazoche, the commander of the naval
forces to employ ; and I hasten, Sir, agreeably to his Ma-
jesty's orders, to make known to the Government of the United
States, the following official notification :
All the ports of Mexico are declared to be in a state of
blockade. The blockade is rendered effective (or to be en-
forced) with regard to Vera Cruz, from and after the 15th of
the last month, and has doubtless been since extended to the
other ports of the republic.
The orders received by the commander, Bazoche, for the
execution of the duty committed to him, are, as you see, S,r,
from the annexed extract of the despatch sent to me by Baron
Deffaudis, entirely conformable with the liberal principles
professed by France on the subject of blockades ; and they are
drawn up in such a manner as to preserve neutrals, especially
the vessels of the United States, from all restraints and vexa-
tions (entraves) which are not absolutely indispensable for the
attainment of the lawful ends proposed by the King's Go-
vernment.

On addressing you, Sir, this communication, I have the
honour to request that you would be so kind as to acknowledge
the receipt of it as soon as possible, in order that the brig
Eclipse may not be detained at Pensacola waiting for my
answer long or than necessary.

I avail myself, sir, of this occasion to renew to you as-
surances of Illy high consideration.

E. DE PoNTois.
To the Hon. J. Forsyth,
Secretary of State of the United States.

Extract from the despatch of the Baron Deffaudis, dated
April 15, 1838.
" On board his Majesty's frigate l'Herminie, at anchor off
Sacrificios, near Vera Cruz.

" I. No neutral vessel proceeding towards the entrance of
the blockad^d ports shall be detained or captured, if she has
not previously received from one of the vessels of the French
division, a special notification of the existence of the blockade.
This notification shall be moreover inserted in writing on the
muster roll of the neutral vessel, by the cruiser which meets
her; and it shall contain the announcement, together with
statements of the day and the latitude in which it was made.
" 2. Neutral vessels which may be already in one of the
ports of the Republic, for the blockade of such port, will have
full liberty to depart, with or wirhout cargo, within fifteen
days, dated from that upon which the blockade is established.
" 3. The ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico will remain en-
tirely free for the entrance and departure of the Post-office,
military, and non-commercial packet vessels.
" 4. The ports of the Mexican Republic shall remain en-
tirely free from the entrance and departure of ,Mexican
boats engaged in fishing, unless the French naval division shall
be hereafter forced, in retaliation, to withdraw this benevolent
disposition.-

You see, Sir, that M. B izoche is desirous of confining him-
self to the employment of the mildest measures of restraint, for
the purposes of obtaining the reparation due by the Mexican
Government to France, unless fresh attacks upon the persons
or property of the King's subjects residing in Mexico should
require him to adopt means decidedly severe. Now this per-
sistence in the system of moderation indicated by the ultimo -
turn, is rendered worthy of praise, after the recent conduct of
the Mexican Government, which, in tolerating. (if it did not
even provoke by its official writings) the publication of the
most odious calumnies respecting our intentions to conquer
the country, to dismember its territory, &c. did not hesitate
to expose to the fury of the populace, with the sole end of
maintaining itself in power, not only our countrymen, but like-
wise all foreigners established in the territory of the Republic.
This conduct is contrary to the laws of honour, of civilisation,
and of humanity. You also see, Sir, from the principles
adopted by M. Bazoche as the rules of his conduct, that it is
our desire to preserve neutrals from all the restrictions and
difficulties (entrave,) which are not absolutely indispensable
for the purpose which we aro endeavouring lawfully to effect.
I am also happy to be able to state to you a cicumstance
which proves our sincerity upon this point, especially so far as
relates to Americans. On this very day the commander of the
sloop of war Ontario called on us on board the frigate l'Her-
minie, to speak to us respecting the approaching arrival of the
packet Ann Eliza, engaged in commerce, and in carrying let-
ters from New York. We were obliged to express to him
our regret at the necessity under which we should be of for-
bidding this vessel from entering Vera Cruz, as we should also
do with regard to our own mail packets from Havre. But we
have, at the same time, promised that officer at his own re-
quest, to allow the consignee of the Ann Eliza to communicate
with her at sea, to receive her letters, and to give instruction
with regard to her future destination.

Accept, Sir, &c.
BN. DEFFAUDIS.

Latest dates from all parts of the Old World, received at
New York, April 23, the day of the arrival of the steam
ships :
Bristol,
London,
Liverpool,
Cork, 2,
Havre.,

Evening, April 7, 15 days.

6, 17
... 6, 17 ...
• 4, 19 ...
... 5, 18 ...
... 5, 19 ...
... 3, 20 ,
March 28, 26 ...
• 27, 27 ...
... 27, 27 ...
... 27, 27 ...
... 23, 31 ...
... 21, 33 ...
... 17. 37 ...
... 6, 48 ...
... 4, 50 ...
... I, 53 ...

Paris,
Brussells,

Berlin,
Madrid,
Vienna,
Trieste,
Leghorn,
Toulon,
Naples.
Constantinople,
Alexandria,
Smyrna,

(From the Morning Courier and New York Inquirer of May 7.)
BLOCKADE OF THE MEXICAN PORTS.—The blockade of
the ports of Mexico by a squadron of France, as officially de-
clared by the officers of that nation, did at the first blush
appear to us rather too letitudinariau in its conditions. In the
first piece, it wanted the previous notice to neutrals, which
England, when her blockading system was in the full tide of
operation against France, never failed to give, and the absence
of which is attended with positive injury to neutrals. The
Ann Eliza, from this port, is a case in point. This vessel's
voyage is totally cut up and destroyed by this act of a power
with whom we are at amity—and act which those concerned In
her equipment could not foresee. In the next place, the
blockade is so general, that it is utterly impossible that an
efficient one can be kept up, or at least, that an efficient
blockade existed at the time one was declared on paper. There
are the ports of Mexico in the Gulph of California—it is
not pretended, we believe, that there is a French squadron
before them, and yet all the Mexican ports are declared in a
state of blockade.
On general principles, these objections would certainly ap-
ply to the declaration of blockade in question; but we have
some recollection of a treaty having been made between this
Government and France, defining the conditions on which
each pixeer should be at liberty to institute blockades. We
are not now able to put our hand on this treaty, but if its
stipulations are compatible with this act of the Frecch Govern.
ment, there is of course, nothing more to be said on the subject,
except that we think it very unwise on our part, ever to have
consented to a stipulation which deprived us of the right of
previous notice. If they do not, we hope Mr. Forsyth will re-
monstrance against this breach of the law of blockade as
generally understood.
In regard to the effect on Mexico, of this declaration of
France, as the revenue of the Mexican Government is en-
tirely derived from the custom-houses of Vera Cruz, Tampico,
and Matamoros, and es ibis is the chief source on which it
must depend for the payment of the troops, we think there is
very little danger in predicting, that it must submit to the
conditions imposed on it by France, or that a revolution will