Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-12-02
Whole No. 1876.
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e document 10 which these
observations are pre6xed win Is.
TORN your escellcney, tla. s. A.
meFieaa ship, trading under ,he
Psotscticn nf the laws Of nafions.
snd ct particular treaties, - ~,
isr'ng shipvreck On the coast sc
france has fecently been seized
hy he majesey's oiieers, snd - !.
Judged ~ Bic council 81 pr;re. =
follo1s, VIII.
= lpr council puts q iiberty ,Ae
Amsfstap vessel the Ho.;r.
shipVreeted the soth sc NfavIsre.
near Morlaix, and cousecuentlv
orders that The amount srisina
from die sals legally made ef de
wreckiofthe said vessel, together \.
with the merchandise OF tie car.
50, which, according 10 On essi.
mate made ID presence Of the 5.
verseers Of the administrations Of
the mafine and eustom house.
shall have been acknoy1 ledeea NOT
70 proceed from English 1nsnufae.
lures, nor from EnSlish tefritcry.
shalbe restored 20 captain Mac
Clure, without deducting any 8.
thet expenses than those rslasive = 4
othe sale. and with regard %
the other merchandise Of die car.
10, which, from the result Of the
said estimate, shall be acknowl.
edged 70 come from Enelish
manufacturss, Or English terrific! !
~, BY, virtue Of the SIN article of
the decree Of the 2lst Of No.
Vember, 1906, il shall Be con6s-
Gated for the use Of The state: lie
whole 70 bs sold By he forms pfe- 1
scribed in the rekulasions, and he
applicasion Of the product % b
made IN conformity 10 the d.
Engagements Of ihe said decree.
deduction being made for lie e..
peuse Of saving he goods, and
thasof the soPpsst q lie crew,
until he day that the captain shaM
receive the notification ofthe pre. !,
sent dseision.ss ~.
The (reasons upon which this
decisiol % founded are at once 20
new, odd % alarming 70 the pre-.
sent friendly relations OF ,he two
powers that 1 cannot but discuss
them with Z freedom, 10 some de-,
gree prpPoftioned 10 my senae Of
heir noyelty and impof,anee. II
!" Considering. = saysthe council,
:. lst. Thar the neusral;ty Of
The shipand cargo were soiscient.
y esta6lishsd, The whole oughs
10 Dc restored (sgreeably 10 the
provisions DC the convention; Of i
he SOsh Of September leoo) pro.
sided % ershandise of Enelish
origin Ind been found ID her, nnd,
of eouEse. that she had not been
brought within the limits of NJ
decree ofthe 2fst Of Mo-. i
vember, 1906. = ss.l, (.
Here D On open and unqualified
admiration. that ths, ship wasF
found within the rnles prescribed
b. The convention Of 1900; tlae, \
according % the rqies, heT cargo
and heryelf ought 10 tAvesheen =.
stored and that such would have
been the fact. but Tor ~ Opera.
tion Of he decree of the 2tse of
November, 1906. ISL IN
Intheletser your excelleney did Y
me ~ Aonor % write 10 ne On
tie n q III Qctcber last, Won dot !:
les easy 70 reconcile she oblira.
lions of thu decree Hith the pre- vi
seryation Of those. arising from I
treaties. 2 Il ms not for me %.
examine the means y which thiis
reconciliation WAS 10 Be eiFected !:
they % doubt fully existed, and
yetexist. IN his maiesty's good
! and. taking cor gysnsed !
this facs, [ saw II the Opinion NO.
thing but proofs of friendly dispo-s
sitions and pledges, thar these
were not 10 be either wantoniy
destroyed or diminished. How.
inauspiciols, howevsf. % 10 Az,
,thority, and the coasolations de-
rived from il. i The recent aes
d the council Of prizes 20 act
which explicitly acknowledge
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