Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-13
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! From the N. I. Mercantile Aavertiser.
The following decree has been received
by a commercial house in this city from the
American consul at St. Petersburg, with
request thar ii may be published in the Mer-
camille Advertiser, for the information OF
merchants generally, and accompanied By
the assurance thae IFS provisions will be RI
gidly enforced at the same. time. The 60
velnmenr will give every indulgence and
facility 10 the neutral vessel conforming
thereto. g4 ~
PETERSBURG, June ID.
It is universally known hown how firm
w Russia has endeavored for ages to pro"
tect the trade of neuuals during the war
carried on by European powers; 1t is noto-
1ious, with what courage that empire has
sheltered the interests OF trading nations
from the fury of the war. True to these
unalserable principles, We entertained a
hope that, duriAg the present rupture with
England, the trade with allied nations would
also Offer no motive to them OF different
direction. But the experience OF last year
has convinced us that the enemy has found
means 10 misuse NEUTRAL bottoms Tor the
benefr of his trade, and we feel according
~ obliged to adopt the following measures,
In ordar to prevent it In future.
1. Every captain who enters any OF our
ports, is bound to prove his snip or vessel
to be neutral property BY the passport, the
bill of sale, ard the log book, and the Gar
go to be so by the charttr..party, the Dlls OF
ladinr. his own declaration, and cernt-
cate of the origin of the goods, IN cases
where the whole Or part OF the cargo be-
longs to the captain or agent, and the snip
has set sail from America or the W. Indies,
or is bound fer those ports. Should any OF
those documents be wanting, the captain
shall Immediately leave the port, and not be
permitted to discarge his cargo.
Q. Ships in port, laden with goods which
can be proved TO be the production OF an
epemy's coantry, shall be detained, the
Goods declared conhscated, and sold pub
Hcly in behalf of the crown. II the goods
amount 10 more than one halt OF the cargo,
not only the lading but the ship shall be de-
clared conhscated
8. A passport given by neutral, friendly
or allied power, will not be sufficient Tor the
Justification of the captain, 1t any clrcum-
stances appear which do not agree with the
passport, or if the name of the ship mention.
ed in the passport does not agree with that
found in the other papers of the ship, unless
i clearly appears that the papers have been
duly signed by persons having the proper
/ authority, in which case the difference IN IN
the name shall not make against the cap
tam. So -,
!, q. The passport given to the captain shall
not be acknowledged legal, ifthe ship sup
nlisd with it shall not have been, at the time
s3e cited, in the port in the name OF winch
the passport is gwen.
& s. When any ship supercargo, captain,
and more than one third ofthe crew, shall
,hr subjects of an hostile power, or when on
board any ship there shall be no muster roll
.;rn.d by the officers of the neutral place
from which the ship sailed, the ship and
/. cargo shall be declared conflscaied 60 the
use of the crown, but the crews shall be set
atliberty. , 49,,
6. If the passport produced by the captain
shall be false, or forged, the ship and cargo
shall be declared conhscated TO the use OF
the crown, and the captain delivered Owe.
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