English Admiralty Reports: 1809-1811, ActonLittle, Brown, 1853 - Admiralty |
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... captain of The Fis- gard , which was then aground , in getting her afloat , and afterwards armed and compelled to protect her from the enemy's cruisers , in which occupation she struck on a coral reef . The conduct of the British ...
... captain of The Fis- gard , which was then aground , in getting her afloat , and afterwards armed and compelled to protect her from the enemy's cruisers , in which occupation she struck on a coral reef . The conduct of the British ...
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... captain , without * hesi- [ * 13 ] tation , cleared out for St. Kitt's , to stand off that island for the sole purpose of landing this Mr. Elbers , to whose endeavors he was exclusively indebted for the prospect he had of returning to ...
... captain , without * hesi- [ * 13 ] tation , cleared out for St. Kitt's , to stand off that island for the sole purpose of landing this Mr. Elbers , to whose endeavors he was exclusively indebted for the prospect he had of returning to ...
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... captain , as American property . Dumas built the ship , and continues to exercise the authority of an owner , with respect to the vessel , even after leaving his port , and throughout the whole voy- age . The proportion of the ship's ...
... captain , as American property . Dumas built the ship , and continues to exercise the authority of an owner , with respect to the vessel , even after leaving his port , and throughout the whole voy- age . The proportion of the ship's ...
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... captain appointed , and every thing being effected which could possibly give a plausible color to the fraud ; the vessel sets sail under the charge of this Payan , who , it is evident , from other parts of this correspondence ...
... captain appointed , and every thing being effected which could possibly give a plausible color to the fraud ; the vessel sets sail under the charge of this Payan , who , it is evident , from other parts of this correspondence ...
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... captain continued to direct her course according to the instructions of his owners , refusing to carry the vessel ... captain's suggesting that his men would not work the vessel into Malta , if he had not been assured by him , almost ...
... captain continued to direct her course according to the instructions of his owners , refusing to carry the vessel ... captain's suggesting that his men would not work the vessel into Malta , if he had not been assured by him , almost ...
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Page xx - Order shall be extended to any ship or cargo captured subsequently to such authentic act of repeal of the French Decrees, although, antecedent to such repeal, such ship or vessel shall have commenced, and shall be in the prosecution of a voyage, which, under the said Orders in Council, or one of them, would have subjected her to capture and condemnation ; and the claimant of any ship or cargo which shall be captured...
Page xi - And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice- Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them may respectively appertain.
Page lviii - ... pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, and by and with the advice of his majesty's privy council, to...
Page lviii - His Royal Highness The Prince Regent in the Name and on the behalf of His Majesty BATHURST.
Page xxi - And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's Treasury, the lords commissioners of the Admiralty, and the lord warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.
Page vii - At the Court at St. James's, the 3rd day of December, 1832; present the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. " It is this day ordered by his majesty in council, that...
Page xx - Slates that hesitate to sacrifice their national interests at her command, and, in abdication of their just rights, to adopt a code, by which they are required to exclude, under the mask of municipal regulation, whatever is British, from their dominions. — The pretext for these extravagant demands is, that some of...
Page lviii - Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that no vessel shall be permitted to trade from one port to another, both which ports shall belong to, or be in the possession of France or her allies, or shall be so far under their control as that British vessels may not freely trade thereat...
Page xxiii - Assembly; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, his heirs and successors, by...