Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-25

revocation, that, although received this pro.
clanation on the 18th of December, deferred
I he communication of it to the Duke OF IA
dore until the 18th of that month, nor should
I then have communicated IT, had not an IN
teryiew with him On the 18th led me to oelieVe
that much time might be necessary to pro-
cure official reports from the custom-house
relative to the seizure in question:, and that
until these reports were received, IL Woula
be impossible formally, to explain or correct
this proceeding. When, however, declin-.
ed uninslructed as / was, mourning the re-
sponsibility OF this protracted delay, and de-
cided on communicating the proclamation
before satisfactory explanation was received,
I took care to guard against any misconstruc-
ton, by explicitly declaring at the outset that
this proclamation I" had been issued alone on
the ground that the revocation OF the Berlin
and Milan DEGREES did not depend on any
condition previously to be performed by the
United States
The custom-house officers at Bordeaux
commenced unlading the New-Orleans Pack
ct on the 10th of December, and completed
this work on the goth of that month, as ap-
pears by their f!,oces-uerbaur Of those date
That OF the goth expressly declares that the
coniscation of this property was to be Pursu-
ed before the Imperial Council of Prizes at
Paris, according to the DEGREES Of the Esd OF
November, and 18th Of December, 1907, or,
in other words, the DEGREES OF Milan. The
decree of the 23d Of March, or the Ram
bouillet decree, is also mentioned, but as
wrote my note of the 10th of December, with
a view only to the letter of the Duke OF Ca
dorc, announcing the revocation of the Ber-
lin and Milan DEGREES, and as the hroee:-ve,-
bal ofthe 5th appears to wave the application
of the Rambouillet decree, al unnecessary,
took no notice OF it.
On Monday, the 18th of December, my re-
monstrance was submitted to council of COM
Inerce, and referred By it to the directOr-ge-
neral of the customs for his report. From
this time all further proceeding against the
Orleans Packet were suspended. The
papers were not transmitted to the Council of
Prizes, nor a prosecution Instituted before
that tribunal for the coniscation of the pro-
perry as was professedy the intention of the
officers concerned in the seizure. This pro-
secution was not only abandoned, but on the
9th of January the gessel ard cargo were
placed at the disposition OF the consignees on
giving bond to pay the estimated amount,
should it defnitiveiy be SO decided. Nothing
is row wanting to complete the liberation of
the New-Orleans Packet and her cargo, but
the carcclling OF this bond.
1t appears therefore that the remonstrance
Of the loeh Of December arrested the pro-
ceeding complained of before it had assumed
{. definite character, or unequivocally become
breach of faith, and not only rescued the
property from the seizure with which it had
been visited, but, by procuring its admission,
placed it i'll situation more favorable than
that of many other vessels and cargoes which
continued to be holden in kind of n1orte-nlain
by the suspension Of all the proceedings with
regard to them.
| have the honor to be, sc. sc.
(Signed) IONA. RUSSELL.
James Monroe, Esq. &c. &C.
P. S. July 5th l have the satisfaction to
announce to you, that since writing the above,
on order has been given to cancel the bond,
and letter just received from the CONNER
cial agent of the United States at Bordeaux
informs me that it is actually cancelled.
Mr.. RUSSELL 10 Mr.. MONROE.