The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-10-15

Elb to Brest.
September 25 Discontinuance
Of he last blockade, in part, Nov o. Berlin
decree.
1907. March IL Interdiciion of 1907. December II,
the .irade from port TO port OF Milan decree
France.
June &c. Blockade of the
oc,otsr l6 Proclamation re-
oa,iyg seanlen.
November II. Three Orders
in Council.
Novembsr Is. Six Orders in
council a.
,s0s. Jan 8. blockade Of Car 1903. April II
tbagena, &c. Bayonne decree.
March % Act Of Parliament
April ii. Orders encouraging
our citizens to violate the en-
bargo
April H. Act of Parliament TO
prohibit the expectation of cot
ton Woo &c
Act of Parliament making val
i'd certain orders in council.
Ma, blockade. of Co.
penbagen and the Island -.
OF Zealand. s Et
June %. Act of Parliament
regulating tr. de between
the U. States & G.. Britain.
Oct H. Admiral Cochran's
blockade of the French
L-ewaid Islands.
To these may be added the British order in coun.
oil OF the 26h of April 1909. prohibiting altogether
ali trade with France and Holland and the ports Of
haly oomprehended under the denomination Of the
kingcom OF Italy the blockade of the ports Of
Spain from Gion TO the French territory of the 2A,h
February, 1slt, which was partially relaxed or the
14t,' OF May, 1910; the blockade of Venice, nsti-
tued on the 9th of July, 1906, and which was de-
clared to be still IN force on the 2Gth Of March
ISlo the blockade Of the canal of Corfu Of The
18th OF August, 1870 which, in effect, wss an at
tempt to blockade the whole Adriatc sea together
wiih certain other regulations. principally touching
the trade to the 2sltic.
10 tie French edics may be added the decree Of
Ran, bouetof the Esd Of March. 1910
lie seizures and COMBINATIONS under the a,.
thonty OF the government Of Naples were princi-
paiym consequence Of special decree of the SOW.
erCign Of that state 4
In making up the lists, reference has been had to
tne dates OF the orders in council of Nov 1907 and
the French edicts of Berlin and Milan, chiefly be-
canse ter PRONUNCIATION formed q new epoch in the
h'sory OF commercial spolations. Under this diyi-
sion these lists will exhibit the following results
D'''sn vessels.
Captures, &c. prior to the Orders in Council
OF November, 1907, ef 5e8
Captures, sc. subsequent to those orders, $50
Total 9l7
French a. re,s.i,
Captures, &c prior to the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES, 2O6
C"PNuIeA turing tne existence OF those dccrce9 sSO7
Captures since the revocation of those decrees 45
Total $50
The number Of captures by the Neapolitans a
mounts to A. The statement relative to Danish
captures will best explain Itself
with respect to. the question proposed by the res
ou,'on IN obedience to which this report is made,
HOW farthe DEGREES, orders, or regulations, un-
Ger winch tie captures have been made, are aban-
doned or persevered in by the nation making such
captures, 1t may be remarked, that the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES revoked ~ far as thew affected
the neutral commerce of the United States accord
mg TO an Official Declaration of the French govern
ment made at Paris the 5th Of August, 1SiO %. to
ths american minister then resident there and that
TINS revocation in the same latitude has been since
corr"oorased by acts and declarations of the French
government communicated TO the Minister of the
United States who now resides at Paris. The de-
crecs OF Bayonnc and of RaYbouillet, as we'll as
that OF tho sovereign of Naples. being steia ceas
ed win the accomplishment Of the particular object
or their propu.gation.
On TIE part of Great Britain. it is officially known
10 the Secretary OF State, that up to the period of
declaring war against that power Sy Congress- the
orders IN council were rgdly egforced against A.
merican neutral trade captures and cordemnatons
were necessarily occurring and with respect to any
edict OF date anterior TO those orders in council t
is IMPOSES 'e jtncty 10 specify whether il has been
abandoned or not; for so late as the 26th of March,
1910, the British Secretary Of State for Foreign Af.
fairs officially refused to allow the American minis
ter IN London to infer that the blockade of May.
1906 had become extinct by the operation of the or
ders in council. On the contrary he expr, ssy stat
cd that that blockade was comprehended under the
more extensive restrictions Of subsequent order
Hence may be infNred that the orders in council
OF November, 1907. and of April, 1909, which
were more general extension of unlawful princi-
pies previously acted upon in limited degree, al
though they comprehended yet did not extnguisb,
particular blockades of orders antecedently eroca-
M thus leaving il uncertain whether in the event
OF the revocation Of the orders in council themselves.
any or what obnoxious edcts would or would not 10
insisted on or relnquished.
In relation to Spain, the Department Of State is
not IN possession Of intoi nation sufficient TO au,hor-
ize report OF captures, &c. during the present
war, by that power.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JAS. MONROE.
Department of Stale,p