ces of our commerce considered in its own nature, is even a smaller proportion than was to have been anticipated; however the results of former years may appear, I hope to make it evident that our government has afforded as effectual and complete protection to the commerce, during the last year, as it is possible for neutral commerce in these times to receive. C. Case of the American Ship Julian. THE Julian left Philadelphia the 7th of May, 1810, bound to Gottenburg, and any free port of the Baltick. On the 19th of June, in passing Fair Island, she was hailed in English by a vessel of war, but not boarded, and continued her course for Gottenburg. On the 21st of said month she was captured, off the Naze of Norway, by a Norwegian privateer, and carried into Christiansand. On the 27th of July, she was released by a decision of the prize court, with an award of damages. The captors appealed to the high court of Copenhagen, which confirmed the former decision. The papers were not received till the 7th of January. At this season, it was impossible for the vessel to continue her voyage, and she was obliged to remain at Christiansand till the 10th of April, (nearly ten months detained) when she sailed for Gottenburg, where she arrived on the 12th instant. Not finding a market there, the captain, on the 23d April, proceeded to St. Petersburg-paid the usual toll at Elsineur. On entering the Sound, had been hailed and boarded by English ships of war, and was captured on the 4th of May, off the island of Gothland, by the French privateer the Marie Louise, and conducted to Dantzic. On the 12th inst. the captain, supercargo and crew, were interrogated by the French consul of that place. On the 10th September, 1811, the vessel and cargo were condemned by the council of prizes at Paris on the following report, viz. 1. That the captured crew acknowledged that the Julian's cargo consisted of colonial productions. 2. That she was visited by several English war vessels. 3. That the papers indicate, that the supercargo thought it possible to procure false certificates of origin. 4. That he corresponded with merchants of Liverpool. 5. That it is so much the less doubtful that this vessel entered the Baltick under English convoy, as it is not proven that he paid the duties of the Sound in passing Elsineur; therefore it must be inferred that he himself was English, and that for this reason he was obliged to purchase at great expense his freedom in Norway, where he ought to have been received as a neutral, if he were really American; that on this account, the whole is liable to condemnation without further delay. The supercargo, William Bell, declares, that the receipt of the duties of the Sound was delivered with the papers to the French consul at Dantzic, who returned it to captain Abbot with the quarantine pass and other papers. Ship's Papers. 1. Register. 2. Sea letter. 3. Mediterranean pass. 4. Roll of equipage. 5. Bills of lading. 6. Manifest. 7. Clearance. 8. Declaration of owners. 9. Certificate of origin. 10. Certificates. 11. Instructions. 12. Certificates of damages, letters, London Price Current, &c. Case of the American Brig Catharine. THE Catharine sailed from Boston in April, 1810, with a cargo consisting of sugar, cocoa, cotton, and fustick, bound to Gottenburg and a market. On her passage to that port, in the month of June, she was captured by a Danish privateer, off the coast of Norway, and conducted to a port of that country. By a decision of the prize court at Christiansand, she was liberated. The captors appealed to the high court of admiralty at Copenhagen, which confirmed the former decision in the month of December. It was impossible to prosecute the voyage at this season. The Chatharine remained in Norway till April, in which month she proceeded to Gottenburg; and not finding a market there, she proceeded to Petersburg, passed the Sound, paid the duties at Elsineur, and, continuing her voyage, was captured on the 3d day of May, off the island of Bornholm, by the French privateer the Jeune Adolphe. who conducted her to Dantzic. On the 10th day of Sep tember, the brig and cargo were confiscated by a decree of the French council of prizes, which states, "That the Catharine touched at Gottenburg, which was then visited by an English armed packet boat, which indicates that this vessel, laden almost wholly with colonial productions and dye wood, was employed for the interest of English commerce; that, besides, it cannot be doubted that he entered the Baltick under an English convoy, and that if he was not visited by the enemy's ships, of which there were there a great number, it was because he was himself an enemy under American disguise; and therefore the confiscation of the brig and cargo is not attended with any difficulty." The supercargo, Ephraim Thayer, declares, that the Catharine was not under convoy; that the voyage was in every respect legal. Ship's Papers. 1. Register. 2. Mediterranean and Turkish pass. 3. Articles of engagement. 4. Roll of equipage. 7. 8. Bills of health. 9. Bills of lading. 10. Manifest. 11. Clearance. 12. Certificates of origin. 13. Instructions. 14. Accounts and clearance. 15. Decision of the Danish prize court. 16. Receipts for the duties at Fahrsund. Case of the Ship Hercules. THE Hercules, of New Bedford, in the United States, sailed from Charleston, in South Carolina, the 22d February, 1810, with a cargo of rice, cotton, tobacco, and logwood, destined for a free port of the Baltick. On the 27th March, this vessel arrived at the roads of Gottenburg, to avoid the ice of the Baltick, and on the 3d April following she sailed for the port of St. Petersburg, and was captured, near Elsineur, by a Danish privateer, by which she was conducted to Copenhagen, where she was detained till the 1st of May, when she was permitted, by a decision of the council of prizes, to continue her route to St. Petersburg. On the 2d of said month, she was forcibly seized, near the island of Oland, by the French privateer Little Devil, commanded by captain Klimerath, who conducted her as a prize to Dantzic, which was ad judged as good and lawful by a decision of the council of prizes passed on the 10th September. The neutrality of the vessel and cargo is completely established by the papers found on board, which were all duly authenticated. The cargo was consigned to the captain by the shippers, proprietors of the vessel, all citizens of the United States. There was a certificate of the importation of the Campeachy wood, legalized by the French consul, and certificates of the origin and property of the cargo from the Danish and Swedish consuls residing at the port of embarkation. Besides these documents, there was a certificate stating, that there was no Russian consul at Charleston, and also a copy of the judgment of the Danish council of prizes of the 13th April, 1811, which ordered the vessel and cargo, truly American, to be put at the disposition of the captain-he paying certain expenses incurred by the capture. The following are the grounds of capture, as stated in the decision of the imperial council of prizes: 1. That the Hercules was laden with colonial produc tions. 2. That she had no fixed destination, and was consigned to the captain. 3. That she touched at Gottenburg, which is considered as an English entrepot. 4. That she, without doubt, navigated under the protection of English convoy. 5. That it was impossible she was not visited by the enemy's ships of war in approaching the isle of Anholt. 1. The captain and crew have declared, that the vessel was not visited by any English ship or vessel, and there is no proof exhibited against this statement. 2. Her destination was regular, seeing it was for a permitted port of the Baltick. 3. At the departure of the Hercules from the United States, there was even no suspicion that Gottenburg was considered as an enemy's port. 4. The captain and crew have declared, as is proven by the logbook, that this vessel was not under convoy, and there is no proof of the statement. Phoeni Do. Hero! Radius Washi Dolphi Maryla Neptu Comet Augus Sukey Condemned. Suspicion of being on English account, Condemned. Suspicion of being on English account. Pending in high court. Condemned in inferior court. Released. Cond. in the inferior court. Acqu. in the high court, Hanna. Fr. Two Egeria Released. Nancy Condemned in the inferior, pending in the high court. Jeremi Acquitted. Captors appeal; and finally acquitted. Condemned. English property. Julian. Fr. Condemned on pretence of being on English account, |