The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-23

will, think. fully prove this assertion.
BY the order ofcouncil of the 9TH Of January
1907, the trade from one port of France or
Ter allies to another; or from any port SO far
inder the influence Of France or her allies as
hat British vessels could not trade thereat,
% another such port. is prohibited; and any
vessel engaged in such trade, after suffici-
fnt time had been afforded for receiving in-
ofthe order, is subjected tocapture
and condemnation.
BY the order Of the 18th of November 1907,
all the ports Of France and her allies and of
every other country at war with Great Bri-
tain, and all other ports in Europe from
which the British flag was excluded, and all
ports in the colonies of Great Britain were
declared in state Of blockade, and the trade
thereto and therefrom and in all articles of
the produce or manufacture of the countries,
and colonies strictly prohibited-and all ves-
sells engaged in such trade with their cargoes,
are liable to capture and condensation with
the following exceptions.
i. The directtrade of neutral, from reu :
trail port or British colonial port, to a
port in the colonies of the enemy, or from
those colonies direct to the country to
which the vessel belongs, or to a British
colonial port with law full cargo, is per-
mittcd.
=. he Greet trade OF 4 neutral clearing out
irons British port, under such regula-
ton as might be prescribed. or from a
port belonging to the allies of Britain, to
any port specified in her clearance, or
from any blockaded port direct to any
port III Europe belonging to G. Britain.
is also permitted.
BY another order of the same date, neutral
vessels were permitted to import into Great
Britain articles ofthe produce or manufac-
ture OF countries at war with her, subject to
Certain duties and drawbacks.
his regulation was a relaxation of the
navigation act, in so far as it went-n aid Of
the previous order Of Nov. the 11th.
ny an order of the 25th Nov. 1907, neutral
vessels were permitted to lade in G.. Britain
with British produce or manufactures, and
to export the same to the enemy's colonies in
the West Indies or America, subject to the
payment OF the duties fixed by law-and to
iaae, clear out with, and export in the same
manner any articles of foreign growth or ma
nufacture, lawfully imported into the king
dom, his Britannia majesty's icence being
previously obtained for conveying such TO-
reign produce or manufactures.
BY the same order, British goods or prcs
duce lawfully imported, Except foreign sr-
gar, coffee, wine, snuff, and cotton) might be-
exported from British port to any port
under me restrictions Of fhr order Of the
nm OF Wov. Foreign sugar, coffee, wine,
brandy, snuff and cotton, lawfully imported,
might be exported with his ntajestY's iccncc
previously obtained.
No vessel was permitted TO clear out from
any port of Great Britain to any blockaded
port, with goods laden on board the importing
vessel, (after notice of the order } nor to
clear out from any such port to any Bort
whatever, with enemies goods, laden after
notice nor with any goods whatever, laden
IN the importing vessel in an enemy's port,
without hrst duly entering and landing the
cargo, unless The cargo consisted wholly of
Four, meal, gram or any article or articles
me produce Of a neutral country, except
cotton, and which had been imported direct
from the neutral country to G.. Britain, in a
vessel belonging to the country wherein the
goods were grown OF produced
These were the most material regulations
prescribed subsequent to the 11th of Nov.
to carry the order of that date more fully into
effect ; except one which reg dlated the
trade TO Gibraltar and Malta, and permitted
thefefrom, the transportation OF neutral
goods in neutral bottoms, under the same re
strictions, or nearly the same prescribed to
the mother country.
On the 28th of March, 1908, the Imperial
Parliament of Great Britain passed an act
recognizing the principle avowed by the or
ders OF the 11th and 25th of November, as
their basis; and in furtherance of their pro-
VISIONS, laid certain duties of customs on the
goods, &c exported from G.. Britain-These
duties however, did not extend TO any goods,
wares or merchandise unmanufactured In
whole or part, of the growth or produce of a
neutral country, imported in neutral or Bri-
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try, except on certain articles. the most ma
terial OF which to our trade is cotton wool
or yarn.
No other subsequent act of Parliament
materially affected the interests of the Anne
rlcan farmer, manufacturer or merchant
ne expectation OF cotton wool from Great
Britain was indeed afterwards absolutely
prohiDlted under heavy penalties, and the
direct trade betweeH this country and that,
placed on the footing of the most favored ma
tIon.-But neither of these acts could have
mad or were intended to have, any very ia
vorable effect on our trade.-They were the
offspring of British policy to favor Britisi,
interests alone
By these orders and statutes then, there
was open to the American trade, on the 18th
OF April, 1909. il our government had heen
base enough to have submitted to them, the
following branches of trade:
LIST. The direct trade between this couD-
try and the colonies of the enemy, OIL
between British colonial port and any
port in the colonies of the enemy.
Thus an American vessel might have
traded between the port of Boston and any
port in the island of Martinico, Guadaloupe
&c. or between any free port in Jamaica OF
Barbadoes, and any other colonial port il
the possession of France or her allies IN