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of his Lordship's letter

Minister

to the French by the 26th

of

of November last, acopy

of which

Enclosed

wan

your

letter to this Dept

of the 27th of November, it

instated that "HM. Hrd.......

-have declared that so

by

as the hostilities are confined

to particular plasser localities,

and neutral vessels are not

interfered are not interfered with on the high seas, they will

not issue a Proclamation of Neutralit in the usual from and exercise ther strict rights of neutralit as regards belligerent vessels in Britexts forts, buth

in

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will confine themselves to the enforcement of the

doreign Inlistment Act.

and it will be understood that from

what I have stated that

the continuance of this state of things depends

on the adherence of thes French for and their naval authorities to the declaration above mentione

as to abstention from

the right of exercising

visit & capture

aver

British vessels on the high

sear"

Suice the date of

that

letter