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kimba where he offers for sale on the ninst req
sonaliie terms very extensive and general issort-
ment Of Shoes of the best quality.
Also 100 boz. mems wJol hats, Cotton and wool
cards. and franks OF yar,o,fs s,zee.
Oct. 90. cawIew
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DOCUMENTS,
TceomhdnyiMg the Pre- sidsn:'s l!cSsGsc,
(CcET1NUMD.)
ar. .Efviny 70 tAe Secretary Of State, en-
closing a o,Teshondence zpifh the Danish
minister Fl Foreign .4G.ir5.
MR.. IRVING TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
Cohenhagen, .Etril 10, 1912.
SIR.-My last dispatch upon general bu-
siness was No 10. therein mentioned the
case ofthe "Jane Maria,' which had been
cut out OF the port of Swinemunde by
French privateer; subsequent TO the date
of that dispatch the captain arrived, but in
the intermediate time, Frcnchman had
been pat OH board as guard, and this be-
came an obstacle to her departure my cor
respondence with Mr. de Roscnkrantz on
this affair, is herewith submitted, viz. No
l. December 10th, No. 3, January 18TH,
No. 5 January 18th, No. 4, January 18th,
No. 5, January 10th, of the enclosures. |
understand that one of the crew of the
" Jane Maria" has appeared before a no.
tary and sworn that whilst the vessel lay at
Swinemunde she had communication with
the English, s was to have gone under their
Convoy ; should this declaration prove to be
Correct, yet | presume that she cannot
therefore be condemned the French Mi
mister does not however ind himself autho-
rised to release her. but he momentariy
expects orders from his government on the
subject: the papers of the vessel are in my
possession.
In my dispatch No. 10, mentioned that
OF the cases which were pending on my ar
rival in Copenhagen, the {" Minerva Smith,"
Mann, only remained to be adjudged, and
that had sought to delay i for the purpose
OF procuring and in the nope of introducing
before the tribunal some further evidence
part of the evidence to which | referred was
soon afterwards received from England, &
laid before the Minister of State in note
OF December 18th. a copy (No. g is en-
closed, as it serves to explain the peculiar
difficulties under which this, property of
very great value, was placed no change
Having been produced by this representa-
en- in the opinion of the high court, ] obtain
ed that the case should be laid before the
Danish chancery, and the report of that bo-
dy not being sufficiently full and satisfacto-
ry, the case was transferred to; the Sleswic
Holstein chancery (on the kings own sug-
ken, being within the jurisdiction of that
chancery, the affair was not properly Cog
nizable by the Danish chancery: these va
rlous operations consumed a great deal of
time, but finally towards the latter end of
February the Sleswic Holsten chancery,
produced a very labored and vo.unsinous re-
pert in favor of the case, pursuant 10 which
his majesty ordered the high Court 10 pass
entcnoe of acquittal.
With my aforementioned dispatch, No.
10, was transmitted copy of note to Mr..
de Roscnkrantz, (of September 28th,) res
pecting the then pending cases generally
still further to promote the object of it, ]
again addressed him on November Sd, and
i'll the progress of tho business, perceiving
that the high court had lost nothing of its
disposition to condemn, and had actually
determined to sacrifice one of the clearest
cases in the whole list, Che Brutus ;") on
the 18th December, l thought it necessary
to require that its proceedings should be ar
rested, and its opinions submitted to the
king through his chaucery, Chose two notes
are No. and of the enclosed y the ne
cessary order was Immediately given, and
thus two or three cases were saved from
condemnation. But though the report of
the chancery en- the case of the " Brutus,"
was favorable, that vessel was finally con-
demned; the particular circumstances of
her case will be seen in my note to Mr.. de
Rosenkrantz of April 10Th, and the sentence
of the tribunal (Nos. b * 81 of the en-
closed papers.
At the date Of the said dispatch No. TO-,
there were ten cases depending exclusive
of French captures and inclusive Of the
Hannah" aud 1.-TWO Generals" dou-
bic captures, as appears by the list which
was herewith transmitted. In dispatch
No. II, ! mentioned the release OF the
" Horace" and Augustus" two Of the
list SO that there were at that time only
cases of simple capture depending. have
NOW the satisfaction of informing you That
the whole Of these have been acquitted, tho
" Brutus" as above mentioned, ong CT ,eyt-
cd. The g. Hannah" aai - IWJ T.. -.c-
ra!sy" must fear be determined III Paris 4:
the French government has proposed GO the
Danish. THAI, without reference to these
I questions OF Jurisdiction which have always
been found so diiiCult TO arrange, 20 th. Sc
tisfaction of al parties, the simple rae
shall be adopted Of determining the qucst,-
on Of prize in the tribunals Of the Country
to which the captor may belong, in all Ia
ses where he may possess himself If the
captured vessels papers. Inis proposition
has not been, nor do believe that it viii
be accedcd TO by the Dauish government /;
yet, sir. you viii readily perceive that il
the French government should persist, there
can be very little expectation Of our obtain
ing from this the release Of vessel which
m " have been condemned by the council Of
.