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JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 225
About this time M. Gardoqui mentioned to me a
singular ordinance which occasioned, and is explained
in, the following letter from me to the Minister, viz. :
JAY TO FLORIDA BLANCA.
Madrid, October 28, 1781.
Sir :
M. Gardoqui informs me that his Majesty was
pleased in the month of March last to order " that
when a prize taken by a French or Dutch vessel
should arrive in a port of Spain, the Marine Judge of
the District should reduce to writing the evidence of
the capture, and deliver it to the French or Dutch
consul (as the case might be), to be by him transmitted to the Admiralty, from whence the commission of
the captors issued, in order that the legality of the
capture might there be tried ; and further, that the
sentence which might there be passed should, on
being duly certified to the aforesaid judge, be executed
under his direction." I am also informed that on the
12th instant his Majesty was pleased to extend the
above-mentioned order to prizes taken by American
vessels of war and sent into any of the ports of Spain.
So far as this order affects the United States of
America, I take the liberty of representing to your
Excellency, that the execution of it will necessarily
be attended with the following inconveniences :
1 st. The distance of America from Spain is so great,
and the intercourse between the two countries rendered so precarious by the war, that many months
must unavoidably elapse before the sentence of an
Vol II—15
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 2 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000246 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 225 About this time M. Gardoqui mentioned to me a singular ordinance which occasioned, and is explained in, the following letter from me to the Minister, viz. : JAY TO FLORIDA BLANCA. Madrid, October 28, 1781. Sir : M. Gardoqui informs me that his Majesty was pleased in the month of March last to order " that when a prize taken by a French or Dutch vessel should arrive in a port of Spain, the Marine Judge of the District should reduce to writing the evidence of the capture, and deliver it to the French or Dutch consul (as the case might be), to be by him transmitted to the Admiralty, from whence the commission of the captors issued, in order that the legality of the capture might there be tried ; and further, that the sentence which might there be passed should, on being duly certified to the aforesaid judge, be executed under his direction." I am also informed that on the 12th instant his Majesty was pleased to extend the above-mentioned order to prizes taken by American vessels of war and sent into any of the ports of Spain. So far as this order affects the United States of America, I take the liberty of representing to your Excellency, that the execution of it will necessarily be attended with the following inconveniences : 1 st. The distance of America from Spain is so great, and the intercourse between the two countries rendered so precarious by the war, that many months must unavoidably elapse before the sentence of an Vol II—15 |
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