Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-25

fright of the m1itime war; that O. Britain,
lin particular, shalf iorego the advantages OF
her naval superiority, and allow the CONNER
Icial property, as wellas the produce ana ma
,,,f. lures Of France, and her coniederates, to
naes the ocean in security, whilst the subjects
| Of Great Britain are to be in effect prescribed
from all commercial intercourse with other
naiions and the produce and putactures
- these realn,a are 10 be excludsd from eve
! ~ country in the world, to whiciHhe arms or
1.-The influence Of the enemy can extend,
| g Such are the demands to which the lrl-
fish governments is summoned to suOmlt-to
the abandonment Of it's most ancient, essential
and undoubted maritime rights. Such is the
code by which France hopes, under the cover
of neutral Aag to render her commerce un-
assaiIable by sea whilst she proceeds to IN
yade or to incorporate with her own dominl-
ons all states that hesitate TO sacfihce their
national interests at her command, and IL alb
ldication of their Just rights, to adopt CODE
! BY which they are required to exclude, under
! the mask of municipal regulation, whatever
lis British from their dominions.
The pretext for these eXtravagant de-
mands is that some Of these principles were
adopted by voluntary compact III The treaty OF
Utrecht; as if treaty once existing between
TWO particular countries founded on special
and reciprocal considerations, binding only on
the contracting parties, and which in the last
treaty Of peace between tie same powers, had
not been revived, were TO regarded as de-
claratory Of the public law Of nations
"It is needless for his royal highness ode-
monstrate the injustice Of such pretensions..
He might otherwise appeal to the practice OF
France herself, in this and IN former wars,
and to her own established codes OF maritime
law; it is sufficient that these new demands
of the enemy form wide departure from
those conditions on which toe ailedged repeal
of the French DEGREES WAS accepted by Ane-
RIGA and upon which alone. enormously as
Stunning that repeal to be complete, America
h4s claimed revocation Of the British Or
| ders in Council.
{" His Royal Highness, upon review OF all
these circumstances, feels persuaded, that SO
| soon as this formal declaration, by the govern
,nent Of France, of its unabatcd adherence to
| the principles and provisions Of the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES, Shall be made known in Anne
RIGA, the government of the United States, &C
tuated not less by a sense OF justice to Great
Britain, than by what is due to its own dignity,
will be disposed to recall those measures OF
hostile exclusion, which, under misconccp-
ton Of the real views and conduct Of the
French government America has exclusively
applied 10 The commerce AID ships OF war Of
Great Britain.
ssTo accelerate result so advantageous to
the true interests of both countries, and so
conducive to the re~establishment of perfect
friendship between them and to give dcCl-
sive proof Of his royal highness's disposition
| to perform the engagements Of bis ms iesty's
] government, bv rcroking the orders in 2oun-
ell, whenever the French DEGREES shall be &C
tuaIy and Internationally repealed; his roy
| Al highncss the Prince Regent has been this
day pleased, in the name and on the behalf Of
his majesty, and by and th the advice Of his
naiestv's privy council, TO order and declare ::
That if at any time hereafter the Berlin
and Milan DEGREES shall by some authentic
act of the French government, publicly pro-
obligated, be expressly and uncoudltionaliy
repealed then and from thencetorth, the Or
der in Council of the 7tb day Of Jan'y, 1907
and the Order in Council oil The 26lh day oI
April 1909, shall, without any further order
be, and tie same hereby are declared from
tbenceforth to be wholly and absolutely re-
voked; and fuetber, that the full benefit Of
Ibis order shall be extended to any ship or
| vessel captured subsequent to such authentic
act of repeal of the French DEGREES, although,
antecedent 10 such repeal, such snip or vessel
shall have commenced, and shall be in The pro-
sccution ola voyage, which, under the said or
dpls in council, or one of them, would have
subjected her to capture and condemnation !:
! and the claimant OF any ship or cargo which
shall be captured at any time Subsequent t"
such authentic act of repeal by the French Go
yernment, shall, without any further order or
declaration on the part Of his Majesy's Co
vernment on this subject, be at liberty to give
| in evidence in the High Court Of Admiralty