540 Prince Edward's Island, population of 475 172 399 St. Paul, Minn., exports of, 1861..... 287 194 .... 361 283, 210 66 155 .......... 544 508 Southern ports-opening of Beaufort, Spanish railways... 75 Specie imports at N. Y., 1858-1861. 279 Trade of the lakes... St. Petersburgh, goods imported from U. S. to, in 1860-1861. Statistics of French census. of population..... 48, 472, 574 Steamboat, the first. Steamers, American, in China...... with China, Japan and the of New Orleans for year ending March 1, 1862.... Trick, a new. Treasury certificates, official order.. 480 399 477 notes by the cart-load.... 293 decisions. note and loan bill. subsidies to, by Chili.. 182 Subsidies to British mail steamers.. Sugar and molasses, southern demand Cumberland and Tenn.. 481 Treaty between Turkey, England, and France.... "Trent," facts as to stoppage of..... 79 195 U. 175 1 270 191 82 Uniformity of postage, advantages of 448 14 Survey of the Isthmus of Darien.... THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. JANUARY, 1862. INTERNATIONAL LAW VS. THE TRENT AND SAN JACINTO. FACTS AS TO SAILING AND ARREST OF MESSES. MASON AND SLIDELL-PRINCIPLES MORE SATISFACTORY AUTHORITY THAN PRECEDENTS-NATURAL JUSTICE THE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW-THE RIght of Self-Defence and THE DUTY OF Neutrals NOT TO BENEFIT EITHER BELLIGERENT NATURALLY FLOW FROM IT-THe subject of Contraband or War a NECESSARY CONCLUSION-The right of Visit and SEARCH, IN TIME OF WAR, CLEARLY FOLLOWS-THE ACT OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE TRENT IN ALLOWING MESSES. MASON AND SLIDELL TO TAKE PASBAGE ON HIS VESSEL A GROSS VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES-STILL THEIR REMOVAL BY CAPTAIN WILKES WAS WRONG-WE MUST DELIVER THEM UP TO ENGLAND IF SHE PROPERLY DEMANDS IT OF US-WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES NOT TO ALLOW SUCH A CASE TO STAND AS A PRECEDENT-ENGLAND SHOULD BE CALLED Upon to make REPARATION FOR THE ACT OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE TRENT IN ALLOWING THESE COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE PASSAGE ON HIS VESBEL, &c. THE seizure of Messrs. MASON and SLIDELL has given rise to many questions of international law, and their arrest on and removal from an English vessel has been made a ground of complaint by Great Britain. These individuals were once Senators of the United States. For the past few months, however, they have been engaged in a traitorous conspiracy to overthrow the government of which they are subjects, and in furtherance of that object have, with others, formed a government of their own, which has been recognised by England and France as a belligerent power. When arrested they were on their way to Europe, on board the TRENT, (a merchant vessel carrying the mail and belonging to persons subjects of the Queen of Great Britain,) as commissioners of the government they had thus helped to form, and for the purpose of obtaining the assistance of European nations in their treasonable endeavors. They first fled from the United States to Havana, and there, after making known their object and position, took passage and were received on the TRENT, VOL. XLVI.—NO. I. 1 |