Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-19
DOCUMENTS,
ACCOUNTANT Q the rKrsishsTs
MrssAGE.

ACCOUNTANT Q THE PEEsiDESrS
Mr.. Erving to the Seerstary Of State
enclosing a corresponding 'c,tit
the Danish Minister Of Forelg"
.afairs.
MR.. xxvIxa TO Mr.. MONROE, srsRh-
TARY OF STATE.
(No. ls) 80
Copenhagen, Ah'a l2fh, iSiS'
SIR,
NV last despatch upon general ou'
siness was No. -. therein mehtion-
ed the case Of the "Jans Maria" which
had been cut out Of the port OF SWINE"
munde by French privateer; subss
ouent to the date of that dispstch the
CAPTAIN arrived, but in the intermediate
time, a Frenchnlan had been put on
board as guard. and this became an oo'
stacle to her departure my eorresPon-
dence with Mr.. dc Rosenkrantz on this
affair is herewith submitted, VIZ. NO. !,
December 10th, No. ,, january llth'
No. 8, January 18th, No. 4, January 18th,
No. ), January 18th, of the enclosures
I understand that one OF the crew OF the
I" Jane Maria" has appeared before
notary and sworn that whilst the vessel
lay at Swlnemunds she had communi-
cation with the English and was to have
gone under their convoy; should tins
declaration prove to be correct, yet
presume that she cannot therefore be
condemned; the French Minister does
not however find himself authorised to
release her, but he momen,arily expects
orders from his government on the sub
ject: the papers of the vessel are In my
possession. =.
In my despatch, No. 10, mentioned
that of the cases which were pending
on nv arrival in CopeShagen, the I" MI
nerva Smith," Mann, only remained TO
be adjudged, and that / had sought to
delay it for the purpose of procuring *
in the hope Of in,rodu cling before the tel
bunal some farther evidence a part OF
ths evidence to which referred Was
soon sfterward, received from England,
and laid before the minister OF State in
a note OF December 18th, copy (No. g
is enclosed as it serves to explain the
peculiar difficulties under which this, a
property of very great value, was placed;
no change having been produced BY this
representation in the opinion of the high
court obtained that the case should be
laid before the Danish chancery, and the
report of that body not being sufficiently
full and satisfactory, the case was
transferred 10 the Slsswic Holstein
chancery (on the Kings own sugges-
tion) as Kiel where the vessel was taken
being within the jurisdiction of that
chsncery the affair was not properly cog.
nizable by the Danish ehancery: these
various operations consumed great
deal of time, but finally towards the lat
ter end Of February the Sleswic Hol-
stein chaneery prodaced very labcred
and vaiumiaous report in favor of the
case, pursu mt to which lis majesty or
dsred the hi sh court to pass sentence OF
acquittal.
With my aforc despatch No
10, was transmitted copy OF a note to
Mr.. d. Rosenkran,z (of September %, J
respecting the then pending cases gene
rally; still further to promote tho OBJ
iect Of it again addressed him on No.
vember Sd, and in the progress OF the
business perceiving that the high court
had lest nothing of its disposition to
condemn, and had actually determined
to sacrifice one of the clearest cases in
the whole list Qhe Brutns") on the
18th December l thought it necessary
to require that its proceedings should be
arrested, and It's opinions submitted to
the king through his ehancery, Chose
two notes are No. and 8, of the en-
closed); the necessary order was i'm
nediately given, and thus two or three
cases were saved from condemnation
But though the report OF the chancery
on ,he case of the " Rrutus." was favo-
rab,e, that vessel was 6naly condemned;
the pa ticular circumstances Of her case
will be seen in nv note to Mr.. de Ro
senk-an,z OF April 10th, and the SEN
tence of the tribunal (Nos B & sB)
of The enclosed papers.
Al the date oi said despatch No. 10,
there were ten Cases pending exclusive
Of French captures and inclusive of The
Hannah" aud "Two Generals" dou.
bile captures, as appears by the lst
which was Herewith transmitted. In
despatch No H., | mentisned the re-
lease of the Hurace," & Augustus"
two of the list; 50 that there were at
that time only six cases of simple cap
lure depending. ! have now the salts
faction Of informing you that the whole
ct these have been acquitted, the Bru-
tns," as above mentioned, only excepted.
The Hannah" and +" Two Generals"
must ] fear be determined in Paris: the
Frencs government has proposed to the
Danish, that without reference to these
questions Of jurisdiction which have al
ways been found so difficult to arrange.