Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-08

For the information OF our coiline'
friends VIC this day publish the Act OF ooa
cress passed at their late session. cohhnoa
called the INSTRUMENTATION Act, together wiz.
.he <ect;ons Of former law therein referred
to.
IN -5ct ,uhhlementary to the act, emitted 49,.
nct coo,cernine she commerciaf mlefeo' ~:
bs,-,een tbr United States and Greaf-D'',
fo;u and France and their de7'r. 'dene'eS' anu
for other turfoses
Ben enacted, &c. That no vessel o~neu :,
Hi, hv =, citizen or citizens ct the Onltcd
States, which shall have departed from a OH.
tish port prior to the second day OF feofual;
one thousand eight hundred and eleven GIN.
M merchandise, owned wholly BY citizen CT
c;,;zens of the United States, imported m
ouch vessel. shall be liable to seizure or fofleA
ture. on account of any infraction or presumed
ATTRACTION of the provisions. OF the act TO Hhicf'
this act is supplement.
SEC. 2. ind be it further enacted, L nav ~
case eat-Britain shall so revoke or inooii'
her edicts, as that they shall cease to vio!a'e
the neutral commerce of the United otateS'
the President of the United States shall de-
cI.re the. sa,ae by proclamation and such
nroclamation shall be admitted as evidence,
and no other evidence shall be admltteo %
such revocation Or modification IN any sun or
prosecution which may be Instituted under inc
fourth section of the act to which this sct Is a
sunnlcrneDt. And the restrictions imposed
or which NAV be imposed by virtue OF the SAID
act. shall, from the date Of such proclamation
cease and be discoIt inued.
Sec. s. Ind b. ii further enacted, l nat u''-
II the proclamation aforesaid shall have been
issued, the several provisions OF the tElra'
fourth. fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, n'ntn,
tenth and e;chtec,th sections OF the act, cnti-
fled A, act to iaterdict the commercial IN
between the United States ai'a
& reat -Rritain and France and their dependeh-,
ci.s, and for other purposes, shall have .4u
force ard be immediately carried INTO erect
aoa,rs, Great B yitain, her colonies ard dcpc:1-
dercies r-ozjied however, That any vessel
or merchandise which may In pursuance
thereof be seized. prior to the tact beng as
certaincd, Wheeler Great-Britaln shall, On or
before the I'd d;,Y Of February, one Thousand
4, hundred and eleven, have revoked OF
modified her etlic,s in the manner above lneh-
toned. Shall nevertheless be restored Oil APP
pIication of the parties, on Their glVlng ooho
with approved sureties to the Ontea otates'
in sum equal to the value thereof, to abide
the decision of the proper court OF the Cmted
States thereon and any suc!: bond sfadi De
considered as satisfied If Grest-Britaln shall,
on or before the second day of February, ore
Thousand eight hundred and eleven, have re-
voted &C modified her edicts iii the niannera-
Prouided ctso. That Hotilng
herein contained shall be construed to AFFECT
a-v ships or vessels, or the cargoes OF ships
or vessels wholly owned BY q citizen or citl-
ze,s of the United States, which had cleared
out for the Cape Of Coed Hope, or for any
Dor. bevond the same, p:ior to the tenth day ct
November, one thousand eight hundred and
ten.
1.-THE following are the sections referred to,
and revived b. the preceding act
SEC. 5. .4,:d be il further enacted, That
from and after the 10th day of May next, the
entrance Of the karbours and waters OF the I.
S-a.es the territories thereof be, < the same Is
hereby interdicted to all ships or vessels sail
in under the f"G Ct Great Britain or France,
or owned in whole Oh in part By any citizen OF
subject of either power; vessels hired, char
tered or employed by the government OF ei-
Their country for the sole purpose OF carrying
letters Or dispatches, and also vessels forced
il BY distress, or BY the dangers Of the sea,
only excepted. And if ANY ship or vessel,
sailing under the flag of G1sat Britain or
France. or owned in whole or in part by any
c;,izen or subject of either, and not excepted
as aforesaid, shall, after the said goth day OF
Nav next, arrive, either with or without a
cargo, within the limits of the United States,
or Of the territories thereof, such snip or YES
sci, together with the cargo, if any, which may
DC found on board, shall be forfeited, and may
be seized ard condemned in any court Ct the
United States Or the territories thereof, hay
ing competent jurisdiction ; and all and every
ac: or acts heretofore passed, which snail be
within the pulview OF this act shGll b, ard
the same arc hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. ind be /; further erceted, That
from and after the 2oth day Of May next, 1t
shall NOT be lawful to import into the United
S,a,es or the territories thereof, any goods,