The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-12


and there is no instance within that period
OF a vessel iii either of the cases of the Ber-
lin and Milan DEGREES being detained or mo-
Tested by the French government.
Ihave the honor to be, &c. &c.
(Signed) J. BARLOW.
MR.. RUSSELL TO Mr.. MONROE.
LONDON, Feb 81, 1879.
SRI regret that in announcing TO you
the cessation OF the restrictions on the re-
gency here, cannot, at the same time, APP,
prise ycu of the adoption of a more just and
enlightened policy in favor Of the y. s. than
has hitherto prevailed.
The partial changes in the ministry will
probably produce no change of it's charac-
ter, or lead to an abandonment of the exist
ing system in relation to us.
have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) IONA. RUSSELL.
The Hon. James Monroe.
Sec'y Of State Of U. S.
MR.. RUSSELL TO MR.. MONROE.
LONDON, Feb. %, 1912.
SIR have the houor to hand you en-
closed copy OF letter TO me from the earl
OF Liverpool, relating 10 a person by the
name of Bowman, SAID To be a British sub
iect, and forcibly detained on board the u
States ship Hornet. together with Copies of
the deposition of Elizabeth Eleanor Bow
man which accompanied it, and of my re-
ply.
have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) IONA. RUSSELL.
The Hon, James Monroe, &c. sc.
THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL TO Mr.. aus
SELL.
FoREIGN-OFFIcE,F Feb. 20, 1912.
SIR have the honor to transmit to YOU
the copy ut an affidavit, sworn at Ports
mouth by Elizabeth Eleanor Bowman, stat
ing herself TO be the wife of William Bow
man, une OF his majesiy's subjects. now de
tanned against hs will ON board the United
States Sio1p Hornet, at present III CoWes'
road.
You Cannot but be aware OF the urgent ne
cessity ofputting the facts, alledeed in this
document, into an Immediate train OF INES
tlgatlon and am 10 request that you will
| communicate, without loss vi time, with the
commanding officer OF the Hornet, III orde,
chat he NAV afford you all information in his
power, and that the vessel may not put to
sea before the result of the inquiry shall be
ascertained, III names satisfactory toyour-
self and this government.
You must lkewise be aware, that this
government has 10 power to prevent the is
suing of d writ OF habeas corpus bv the
| iriends OF bowman and tiidt, in that case, il
would he i'm possible 20 impede OF delay its
execution, anu the consequent removal Of this
question out OF tire hands of the two govern
ments, into those of the legal force and au-
thortles OF this country.
Anxious to prevent any such proceedings,
the inConVeniences of which, even it they
did not involve the possibility of a forcibe
execution OF tile legal process, might vet be
considerable, request your immediate at
| tentlon to this communication, and conf
IDENTITY hope that YOU will, by ssffnrding the
means of an amicabe investigation, super
cede the necessity, in which the friends of
Bowman may otherwise feel themselves. of
taking the Course to which have before al
luded:
have the honor. &c.
(Sighed) LIVERPOOL:
Borough Ct Portsmouth, }
| County Of SOUTHAMPTON. y
| Elizabeth Eleanor Bowman. of Kingston,
near Portsmouth; in the said county, maketh
oath; that she was married to William
Bowman, late at Portsmouth, shipwright,
about SIX years ago that he was employed
IN the dock-yard there, which he Quilted a
! bout three years ago, and sailed from hence
IN the Edward Fork, a transport, which was
wrecked OH the island of Cuba. That she
| was informed by her husband that lie got
froIa Cuba TO New-YorN in an American
| ship, and about the fourth Of June last. hav-
ing got in liquor, he found himself in the A
| mcrlcan rendezvous there, and that he was
| compelled, against his Inclination, 10 go on
| board the Hornet, an American sioop of war,
| being conducted on board her by file OF
soldiers /; that the Hornet having arrived
lately at Cowes, she received a letter from
her husband, requesting her to come On
board to see him that she accordingly went
on board her, but was kept along side the
sloOp about half an hour before the officer
would admit her on board that the perinis-
sion to remain on board was for nalf az
! hour, but the officers would not afterwar
| permit her to quit the ship until the follow
ing Friday. That her husband told her,
that the officer threatened to punish him for
having informed her where he was and he
also told her there were "a great many En-
| glsh on board, several of whom would be
| glad to quit her also, that some men on
board much wished her away from this
country; but that she does not know the
| names of any of the parties. That the said
VIM. Bowman, who passed on board the
| Hornet by thename Of William Elby, is now
detained on board her against his will, and
is very anxious to quit the American sloop
Hornet, and to return to his native country.
The mark of
ELIZABETH f. BOWMAN.
Sworn at Portsmouth, in the said COUNT
the S5th day of January, 1912, before me
| the same having been first read, and she
! having set her mark thereto in my pre-
sence.
(Sipnedl F. r. AMAND