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and but one American—the Ann Eliza of New York—ex-
pected. The blockade will be rigid as respects merchant
vessels, but none others. The French force consists at present
of one frigate and five brigs ; another frigate daily expected.
A gun brig will leave this evening, with despatches for the
French Minister in the United States, for Pensacola.
The Concord is here, and I shall direct Captain Fitzhugh
to proceed off Tampico, commun'eate with our Consul there,
and proffer any assistance that our countrymen there may re-
quire at his hands. I shall remain with the ship here, until
the excitement that the blockade may create on shore has sub-
sided ; and then, if the presence of a vessel of war be no longer
necessary, proceed to the coast of Texas, in prosecution of
your further orders.

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

Station of the Gulf of Mexico,
011 board his Majesty's frigate L'Herminie, at anchor off
Sacrificing, April 18, 1838.
The Commander of the station of the Gulf of Mexico has
the honour to inform Captain Brease, of the sloop of war
Ontario, that he has just mach known to the Mexican Go-
vernment the blockade of all the ports of the Republic. H.
sends 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 declaration of the blockade of all the ports of the Re-
public.
In consequence of the rejection of the ultiLmtum addressed
on the 21st of the last month to the Mexican Government, by
order of th..: King's Government, it has been determined that
the ports of Mexico shall immediately be blockaded, for the
purpose of preventing all entry to or departure from them.
In this state of things, the Baron DAFaulis and the Com-
mander Bazoche have adopted the following principles for the
blockade :

I. 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 day and the latitude in which it was made.
2. Neutral vessels which may be already in one of the poets
of the Republic before the blockade of such port, will have
full liberty to depart, with or without cargo, during fifteen
dais, 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 British post-
office, military and noncommercial packet ships.
4. The ports of the Mexican Republic shall remain entirely
free for the entrance and departure of Mexican boats exclu-
sively engaged ;n 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 of