Letter

Translation of circular of April 15, 1854.

Translation of circular of April 15, 1854.

[Nederlandche Staats-Courant, Sunday 16 and Monday April 17, 1854.]

[575] According to decrees of the King, the ministers of foreign affairs, of justice, and of the navy announce, to all those whom it may concern, that in order to maintain a complété neutrality in the present war, no cruisers, under any flags, commissions, or lettres de marque whatever, will be admitted within our sea-ports, with or without prizes, except in cases of sea-danger, and that, in any case whatever, such cruisers and their prizes will be watched and be ordered to sea as soon *as possible.

The ministers above named,

  • VAN HALL.
  • DONBER CUBTIUS.
  • J. ENSLIE.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.