Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-03

decree to which the fTshCh
letter Eof the .5th Of, August, 1870 re-
f.r., or by any other authentic document
CON can nroya tina, the DEGREES ct ber-
lin and Milan are absolutely iep..isa,
and thnt no further condition is required :
Of Great Britain thar the repcai o. ~.
ord.rs in council, / shall receive amy
such information with most sincefs
,isfacsion; desiring you to andets'a'p'
that the British governnsn' le'ah's
| ANXIOUS solicitudc 10 revoke lhs o'A :,
| IN coupcil, as soon as the Dcrlih anu
Milan decrecs shall be etlsctuaily re,
nealed without conditions injurious 10
| the maritime rights and honor OF t'ie
United Kingdom" From tiiat tins i"'r
! ward, ,hs point became The SUBJECT u
| constant and labcsiou. discussion nths
| DIPLOMATIC correspsp 1snee between tne
couruies. TheBfiIish urgently demand
ed the evidence OF SUCH an aetna! fsPeai
our government constantly ana s,rs'
nususly insisted, that the latter OF the
9Th OF August, togethsr With the ocea,
siopal reiease oil cur vessels, captured
under the French decrccs, was evidence
sufficient to satisfy :ny mind that the re-
| peal hrd actually taken place @ men
ton even the date, of the different ie''
| terra in wVieh thi. sublcc was insr"aae'
| ed, would occupy more room than We
| can spara One instance, however, III
which the evidence va; peculiarly Gait
| cd for, shall be noticed. An American
vessel, called the Fox. With several G.
Tiers, was Carried into Gret Britain,
undsr tho orders in council. On the
SO Of M.y, 1911, in the ccnrt OF admiral :,
ty, Sir William $cot pCoaouneed sem
tence upon her. The .round on whlch
the claimants rested ldcir defence III
| this case, We have s!W,,s understood,
wa,-that the French DEGREES b.iAr re-
pealed, the order. in coancil, under the
engagement of the British government,
we're become ruil and '. old. In discuss
ing the question OF tie repeal OF ths
French DEGREES, Sir William Scott. says
-" whst ia ,ha amount Of the evidence
offered No edict, No pubic declaration
Of repeal, no rsteftnce 20 chses I'D
which the courts OF that country have
acted upon any such reTocat'oa"-' The
declaration OF tina person styling him.
sself Duke dc Cadois, imports ~ Eevo.
calien''- He concludes IN th!s manner
-" On the ground Of the present cri-
dcnce, therefore see 10 reason 10 has
the c!sI,asnts discharged; b'it a. net
proceed to an ultimate decision upon
their interests, till ! see the effect 81
that additional evidence which is sr0
missed to be produced upon the fact OF
the French rctras,ion OF tbclr dcGrees,
said to hayo been very recently received
or the American charge d'atir!res In
this country" On the 25th OF Juns,
1911, anal sentence wasrendered against
TIC Fox, and she was condemned. In
2ronounciHg this finai sentence, Sir w.
scott saws The court would have
,acn unwilling TO proceed TO the con-
iemoatioh Of tesse vessels, without CIV
ing the prcprietors tho opportunity q
showing tiat the French DEGREES, On
whicA our order. in council are founded,
had .esen revoked. bur tbsj admit that ,
they have 10 such esid>Dcc 70 produces"
In coaseQuencs OF THIS sgant q sDids.ce
,umIlcr OF vaastla vessels ard Car /
goes, were condemned, cad lost TO their /.
owners.
1t will be recaliec.ed that the formal act
81 repsal OF the Bsrlin * Milan dserees, |
bears 'ate the ssth ef April. 1871. On
the 5th July following, Mr.. Russell, the
very psrson to whom the Duke OF Csaore
says i; was communicated, wrote from
.re7, Paris to Mr.. Smith, our charge d
aiTAres at London, Oil this very subject,
{" ! ob.erve," says be, "by your letter
of the 7th ultimo, your solcltude to sb-
'ain evidence of the revocation OF the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES" He then
Mentions the letter Of the 5;ii of August
1910, and the cases Of the ships Grace
Am G.esn, and the NewOflesns Pack.
ct, as furnishing the evidence OF that
repeal. He then concludes In the fol-
lowing words" The proof new before
YOU otthe revocation of the Berlin and
t..ilan DEGREES, consists in the precise
snd Eorms! declarations Of, this govern
'nsni abiding, it i. presumed, to tho
letter Of the 5lh of August in It's dis.
continuance to execute them to our prs
j,.hicc in single instance-in its hay
ing sxemp,cd from their operation eve
" vessel aiming spontaneously aimee
the lst Of November, to which they
cosld be applied, enc every vessel for
IDLY brought in since thst tins, on
which there has been Adhesion. After
such evidahee, to pretend to doubt OF
their revocation with regard 70 US, would
seem to be the result Of something more
than mere incredulity." This letter was
written nine week. after the date of The
repsslins act. If, then, the rapealing
decree was, as tho duke Of Bassano de-
F. 1~rad "a Mr P,rIn,v -, /