Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-13

~ " ihoolfy the -,
muse as wall mark as lutte as NAV b. 'onp'e,
tive REIMBURSEMENT of the dire3t w. :, psa.
tween the belligerent nations and ' t uale be.
MES. S'iu Mer coo,
Should such a, compromise lie .,t,,,.
rejected, you will limi, the article 10 I,ttSe'hg
PIE enume ration of contraband, it leir VIC S,R'
able that without very valuable Cone; te.F'
no precedent should be given lv Il .' IrA
States of stipulated ackpow,e, w otN
Tree ships do not make hee goods. AnS il
VIII omit the article altogether, if a n.y.. "
list OF eontrabsnd cannot be agreed On rOIt'
cularly one tn at excludes money ~. r@iq'
and naval stores. :" f'''N!Ql'
On Article 5. This article taken from
convention OF 800, between TIE u q us
France, Is con.crmable to the seper, j. :, 'a'
tice OF the prize courts in the latter, ,n1 lH'
more worthy of adoption every wIere " Y"
would contribute SO much to The ccnsi,. a'
and stability ofthe rules CT admiralty proee a,
ings. Without single objection iusi f'i Ir;
against it, it will have the impuIan, .5 EAS
tages OF being check on The inferior w.,
nails, ct enabling the superior tribunal why
faulty reason appears on the fare d.t
sentence, to correct the wrong vlthom ~
or eSlence, and of being cHeck morso
Oh the decision of tie superior rhup,I ivy;
AS prize causes also are tried BY ecuusro@
thlrd party, but of one Of the parties ir,,
ested, it is but reasonable that the crov.
should be known to the other on which ind.
ment has passed against its citizens o. s5
Jeds, IN order, if deemed proper, that Depn
cation may be employed for ledressrp r,s
or guarding against future injustice.
On article 6. Tie fictitious bIoct,do. -.
claimed BY Great Britain, and made The M,
text tor violating the commerce ofpeut,,I n,
tons has been one ofthe greatest abuses eve,
committed on the high seas. During tteb
war they were carried to an extravaganza
which would have been ridiculous, if in tb.,
effects they had not inflicted sach ser;cus an
extensive injuries On neutral nations. pu,
We're proclaimed in q state Of blockade, mr.,
vious to the arrival of any force at them, ael,
considered in that state without regard 10 ii
termissions in the presence of the blockaGrJ
force, and the proclamations lef; in opersa.
after-lts final departure, the British cuizc
during the whole time seizibg every yess
bound to such ports, at whatever disaM3
from them, and the British prize courts p]
nouncing condemnations whenever know
ledge Of the proclamation at the time Of sail
ing could be presumed, although it might
forwards be known that no real blockade Cd
listed. The whole scene was perfect moe
cry, in which fact was sacrificed to form, an
right to power and plumber The U. Sao
were among tie greatest sufferers; vor
have been still more so, if redress for son
OF the spoliations proceeding fIcm this :ou
had not fallen within tie provisions Of an ar
Gle in the treaty Of l794.
From the eject Of this and other arCltar
practices Of Great Britain, on the temPua
policy OF neutral nations towards her Hc
the spirit of her treaty made near the close
the late war with Russia: from tie seE
disposition manifested at the beginning oil
present towards the United States, ar
comparative moderation observed In Luq
with respect to 5lockades ; Vi indeed the
cases of the Weser and Ellie are rot 'OOeE
cepted) it was hoped that the mocken"
mischicts practised under the name cIcIo
AIDES would no where be repeated. ilH"u
however, that the West Indies are aSal
theatre Of them. The three entire a'o
tensive islands of Martinique, Guada.cnPa
St. Domingo have been published as ia a s'
o! blockade, although the whole naVal i"
applied to the purpose is inconslderacs . -
though it appears that part OF tDl' ID. l".'
oerable force is occasionally seen at 'us
lance of many leagues at sea- a''Iou5t
does not appear that more than ono .c,r,
ports a, most have at any time been ac'.r
blockaded, and although complains az o, -,
that the British. ships OF war 60 10! p ~,
their own trade, against the nulnerou' .SI
ers from the islands under THIS V'''''
blockade.
IncloseG herewith arc three lcttc@ 1S
subject; two from me, the h's' oIh
Thornton, the second to Mr. Ms w. uiu
third from Mr.. Merry TO me. ~" nsdty
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