as well
Wo
behalf of the Messageries
Maritimes. We also produced a copy of a Treaty between
me the
and
France and England and
Rome
Despatches which I need not particularize,
Wo
I make
no
doubt they were
supplied to him by Your Excellency's
directions.
Upon hearing both sides and reading the Treaty and Despatches,
I made
not
an
order releasing the "Ava, having myself the slightest
doubt that the
case was
within
Article 8 of the Treaty. It is proper, nevertheless, that I should mention that
Mr. Francis produced a letter
a letter from
Mr. Brereton to the effect that bail
would be
given by the Agent of the
Messagerie Maritimes, and that he had subsequently declined to do
so
a
circumstance, which
se. This although it could not in reality
affect my
decision upon
the rights
of the respective Governments under
the Treaty
was not without its
importance in relation to the general merits of the
case.
This too induced
me, with the consent of the Queen's
Advocate, to add to
my
order the
term that
no
action of Trespass
for the seizure
should be brought by the Messageries Maritimes. The
above
are
the circumstances
so far..
Case so
of
I am personally
the