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affair foreign to his charge, and for

which others we

directly answerable,

jare unknown to this govemment.

point of

Besides, there is the important

the character

бе

the Vessel

which exempts ther Commander from such a responsibility, the cause of which, I repeat, is unknown to me.

The Steamer Malespina belongs to the Spanish Proyal Stary, is courmanded by one of her Officers,

and bears the National Colours and

troge which are

the insignia of her nationality and character of a Vessel of lom, to which the is entitled; and such character is not forfeited by

reason of the Mail

Service to which she has been

appointed, and much less to auch

to consider her

an extent as

Commander in the capacity of an Captain of a Marchants vessel.. in support of this assertion, Spain

given

is in possession of the atlation

great heropean Powers

by

one of

the

in a similar care upon

which the

had been consulted, by declaring-

"that

every

vessel authorized,

according to the

mages of the Court or Nation to which she belongs, to

Carry

tt

Military Colours, must

instantly be considered

ん

Venela

of war, and that neither the form the vessel, nor her previous

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