The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-12
[ Vol. S-e--No. 81.


ms royal intention,a great mass Of American
property has been nnjustiy condemnca III the.
lhigh court, whether by ii ;n.isconstruction OF.
nlaiapphcanon OF his Inajesty's regulations,
inc undersigned will not unGortaS c 10 say 49,
fefhaps 1t may not be import ant 70 enquire,
since, be the source OF this evil what it may,
10 the royal sense Ct justice only tie injured
now nave TO lock, and thev look with conf
dence tor redress. The details upon this
subject will be voluminous. The undersier-
ca VIII mere point only TO orc, ard that a re-
cent decision, (being the FIRST which JrcsciiIs
i-se4f) ey "ayof exempliheat.on.
IN Tie casr Gi :, .@.ncrieaa sash
In the High Court, en- the 18th Narc1.
1911, this ship was condemned on an al,ee;,-
ton that capt. Champlin had thrown scnie
papers overheard; which allegation mad no
better or other support than the oaths Of SCI
ven ~ the privateersmen who captured her.
IT is to be observed on this sentence:
I. FIRST rs to the alledged fact The rovaI
instructions of Marcel 1910, after stating what
shail DC deemed causes Il cordenlnati T., Ia
The 18th section states what Shall be cause cf'
suspicion and subject vessels 60 further exa1
H.inatlon and i'll the article i. SPECIFICS tire
Throwing overheard or destroying papers. ~
ms throwing overheard CT papers then cona
"ttutcs ground OF suspicion only, and authc-
rises further examination with a view TO as
certain whether that fact can mriicate tbs,
neutral character Of the vessel. Nowin tho
course OF the further examination on lhi, tri-
ai' the neutrality of the ship, and the fax
ness OF her voyage, were full established
The alleged circumstance with resnect TO
Aer papers therefore remained naked md
unsupported by any sort of ground or j5rs4
text tor condemnation, and vet she was coi.r
demned
Secondly, as TO the evidence. The Anne
'rican master objected that il was contrary
20 all the principles Of justice and law t. sd-
nit the evidence Of privat eersn,en who Nyerts
parties interested in his condemnation but
me court decided that they were not inter-
eStco' ard that their evidence must be adj
ntted And that the evidence Ct the crew
u me American shiI should OF &c adrnitteJ.
tc rt5ut IT The American master then
went on to shcw that the witnesses were IN
crested, and produced a contract n AIDE be-
tween them and the owners Of the priv teer.
ne authenticity Of which was tckncw iedg-
G'i) by which itappeared tllat the equipf pre- OF
The privateer were to receive half of the 1exy
= re which they might take still the court
neermined that thev were not interested in
ne condemnation OF this ship, and that theft.
videncc should be admitted The Ane-
i1can master then went en- to pro; e, that IL
las impossible they should have sworn frillvs
ihey had declared that the papers thrown
overheard were or the size Of about slx IN.
ches square, and had been passed through a
certain opening in the after part Of the hip:
he American master proved by the exa,rr-
Hauon and declaration of twp Danish mag
tiers, that the privateers men could rot have
seen them dropped into the water, as thew
had stated and further, that the hold,
cd out was not large enough for them SO
= have passed through. - Put neither ditl
hese proofs produce any effect in favor ofthe.
Nmerican-he was predestined 10 conden1-
'ation the court had no disposition to re-
icct the evidence Of the privateersmen.
'n"Hgh TIE same rrivateersnen had rrotluc.
cd two other men to swear that hey had
seen this same sh swift It I.iycrrocl. &.
capt. Champlin proved that one dar after. the
LAY III which this evidence stated that he
was at liverpool, he spoke to his maicstyss
gun brig the " Sea Gull"
The undersigned trusts tina. any comment
whatever upon such sentence would 'je en-.
tirely superfuous; sentence in direct vioa
Iation OF his majesty's instruc lens. He viii
only add, that the property IRIS condemnea
is valued at 100, 600 Spanish collars !!
The explanation which the minister OF
state gives as to the objection made BIZ TIM.
tribunals to French certificates of origin, e.
the order which his majesty has now been
Pleased to issue on that subject, though APP
Ptli'S 'i'il w IWO ~! InC cases, VIZ. - Nib
rod" and Richmond" named in the lists
transmitted to his cxcellency On the 9TH inst
and both lately acqnitted--cannot faH Of be-.
ing satisfactory but observing therein tina
the notification made BIZ the French q vern~
meht was not until the 22d IF Sent. the IN.
dersigned cannot refrain from again advert
ing to the conduct of the high court, which
i'll sentence given on the god of Dec, in the.
case OF the Agent, Row, - justified the cQE..
tire OF that ship in the mo-th Of JuHe, u,ou
the ground that she had with her papers e
French certificate Of origin i---and upon that
same ground, and uhon that min, dPcreed
chat sum of five hundred rix dollars should
be paid to the captors precisely the same
decision was given about the same time in the
case OF the Julian, Abbott
In the order which his majesty has now IS
sued with respect the eleven Casespendiuoa
IN the high court, and as specified in the MI.
mister of states note, the undersigned recog-
nizes the determination nfhis majesty to en-
sure Justice 70 the American claims and l,c
has the honor to- assure biscxce,encv the mi
mister, that the President Will receive with
peculiar satisfaction The declaration of biz
majesty accompanying this act, and chsys-
ing the Undersigned 10 communicate to mis-
government, his majesty's nvariable dis,,o
sftiOn TO cultivate he r~~01 ir.oli,rc-c,. IA