intent that she may be employed as aforesaid, every such person so offending shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanour, and shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the Court in which the conviction shall be had, so as the fine to be inflicted shall in no case be more than 5000 dollars, and the term of imprisonment shall not exceed three years, and every such ship or vessel with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof shall be forfeited, one-half to the use of any person who shall give information of the offence, and the other half to the use of the United States. And by a subsequent Act, it is also provided that if any citizen of the United States shall, without the limits of the same, fit out or procure to be fitted out, or knowingly be concerned in the fitting out of a privateer for the purpose of cruizing against the subjects of a nation at amity with the United States or shall take the command or serve on board of such privateer, or purchase any interest in the same, he shall be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanour and be punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 dollars and imprisonment not exceeding ten years.
"Active," the, 99.
Act of Congress, 93.
Adams, Mr., 164.
Admiralty Courts, 51, 80.
Admiralty, lords of the, 19; High
Court of, 94, 98.
Admiralty Reports, Robinson's,
46 n., 51 n., 74 n., 98 n., 165 n.,
Affirming gun, the, 9, 50.
Africa, coast of, traded with for
centuries, 55; communication
with interior of, but of yester-
day, 55.
Agriculture, 63.
Aid given by a neutral carrying
goods to belligerent indirect,
therefore entitled to immunity,
82, 85.
"Alabama," the, 8, 145, 146,
America, passenger service be-
tween Europe and North, 56;
produce from South, 108; ex-
ports of Britain to, 109; re-
fuses to be a party to an
international agreement, 161.
American colonies, France and
Spain, England at war with,
90, 117.
American Civil War, 164.
"American amendment," 196.
American commerce,
American envoys at Paris, letter
of, 193.
American vessels, United States
vindicates England's right to
take French property out of,
91.
American Privateers, History of,
97 n.
American - Spanish War, The,
203 n.
Alexandre Ier et Napoléon, Serge "Amiable Nancy," the, 94.
Tatistcheff, 106 n.
Alison, History of Europe, 107 n.,
109 n., 116 n.
Alsace, 24.
'Amazon," the, 53.
Ambassador, notification to Lord
Salisbury by United States,
201.
America and England, treaty
between, 88.
Amiens, peace of, 109.
Amsterdam, 107, 110.
Anstey, Chisholme, Guide to the
History, the Laws and Con-
stitutions of England, 10 n.
"Argo," the, 165 n.
"Ariel," the, 166 n.
Armed neutrality, 81, 90, 91,
118, 119, 138.
Arnould, Système Maritime et
Politique des Européens dans
le 18me siècle, 108 n.
Ashley, Mr. Evelyn, 146 n.
Asia, trade least with, in parts
remote from sea, 55.
Assistance, direct and indirect,
to a belligerent, 86; definition
of, 86; lawfulness of, 87.
Atlantic passage, the, 56.
Austria, 29, 62, 151, 194.
Austerlitz, "rolled up the map
of Europe," 21, 29.
Azuni, Droit Maritime de l'Eu-
rope, 80 n.
Barbeyrac, Law of Nature and
of Nations, 78 n.
Battle of Blenheim, 13; of
Crecy, 13; of the Nile, 13;
of Sluys, 13; of Trafalgar,
13; of Waterloo, 13.
Battleships, mode of attack on
torpedo-boats by, 16.
Bayard, Chevalier, ordered all
musketeers to be slain with-
out mercy, 30.
Bayonne, 106.
Beazley, Mr., 150 n.
Belgium, 62.
Belleisle, instructions from, to
Contades, 47 n.
Belligerent property, safe in
neutral territory, 75; when
moved from neutral territory
becomes confiscable, 75.
Belligerent, definition of direct
and indirect assistance to a,
86.
Berlin, 103; and Milan decrees,
105.
Bismarck, Prince, 24, 25, 27,
218; Some Secret Pages of his
History, Busch, 218 n.
Blackwood, Captain, 98 n.
Blenheim, 13.
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Blockade, 9; a "Pacific," as
much a contradiction of terms
as a 'Pacific War," 11; sole
object of, 40, 41; of Cuban
ports by America, 205.
Blockades to be binding must
be effective, 201, 203.
Board of Trade, tables showing
progress of British merchant
shipping, 4 n.; table of im-
ports and exports of ten
principal trading countries,
58.
Bonaparte, 107, 110.
Bordeaux, commerce lost to,
110.
Bourke, Mr., the Under-Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs, 95.
Bowles, Mr. T. Gibson, 125 n.,
201 n.
Bremen, loss of commerce to,
110.
Bright, Mr. John, 95, 163, 216.
Bristol, commerce concentrated
in, 110.
"Britannia," the, 182.
British cruisers, prevent inter-
national intercourse by sea,
21; Russia breaks with Na-
poleon rather than endure
distress caused by operations
of. 21.
British merchant shipping, the
progress of, 182.
British method of waging war,
101; and its effect, 102 et seq.
British Neutrality Laws Com-
mission Report, 121 n.
Britain's loss by hostile cruisers, | Citizen, the, pays the soldier,
Brodrick, Mr., Under Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs,
129 n.
Broglio, 47 n.
Brunswick, 47 n.
Brussels, Conference of, 23.
Buchanan, Mr., 196, 197.
Buol, Count de, 122, 131.
Bureau of Commerce in France,
chief of, 108.
Buxton, Mr., 216.
Bynkershoek, a Dutch publicist,
78.
Camperdown, victory of, 110.
Campio Formio, 108.
Capture, the preferable object in
naval warfare, not destruction,
14; of property, and stoppage
of trade, succeeded where
Trafalgar failed, 21; right of,
M. Hautefeuille on, 81-88; of
enemy's property, the British
method of warfare, 101.
Captures, Masters On, 147 n.
Cargo, the neutral flag covers
the," 119.
Carriage, alleged tendency of
land, to supersede sea-carriage,
Catherine, Empress of Russia,
attempt to introduce a new
rule by, 118.
Cavour, Count, 198.
Chalmers' Comparative Strength
of Great Britain, 116 n.
Charles IV. abdicates in Napo-
leon's favour, 103.
28; must bear greater share
of guilt of war if it be appor-
tioned, 28; soldiers could not
take the field, or a sailor
could not leave port without
the wealth of, 29.
Clarendon, Lord, 95, 120, 121,
125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133,
134, 142, 208.
Clyde, trade of Europe concen-
trated on the, 110.
Coalitions against France sup-
ported by wealth of England,
29.
Cobden, Mr. Richard, 215.
Code des Prises, 74 n.
Colomb, Captain, afterwards
Admiral, 18; his Lessons from
Lissa, 18.
Colours, false, 49.
Commentaries on the Laws of
Nations, Manning, 79 n.
Commerce des Neutres, du, 80 n.
Commerce, British, 146, 160.
Commercial Tariffs, MacGregor's,
116 n.
Commons, House of, 95, 125, 129,
207.
Conference of Paris, 95.
Congress of Paris, 122, 208.
Conscription and universal milit-
ary service never should be
established in England, 2;
would increase numbers of the
army at expense of its fighting
powers, 2.
Conseil des Cinq Cents, 74 n.
Consolato del Mare, the oldest
authority on laws of maritime
war, 77.
Contraband of war, 9, 11, 41, 71,
72, 73, 156; a mere declaration
by a belligerent of what is or
is not, of no avail, 12.
Convention, Geneva, 30; St.
Petersburg, 30, 119.
Convention of 1801, the, 88.
Conventions anterior to 1801, the,
Ward, 88 n.
Corsair, a privateer sometimes
called a, 93.
Court of Admiralty, High, 94,
98.
Cowley, Lord, 121, 125, 130, 131.
Crecy, battle of, 13.
Crimean war, 39.
Cross-bow condemned by the
church in the twelfth century,
30.
Cruiser, method of procedure by
a, with a suspected vessel, 45,
46.
Cruisers, British, prevent inter-
national intercourse by sea, 21;
and privateers, 102; Britain's
loss by hostile, 110.
Dana, Richard Henry, 136, 191,
Dawson, J. T., Our next war in
its Commercial Aspect, 159 n.
Declaration of Paris, the, prize-
money practically abolished
by, 99; the four principles of,
123, 135; first mooted, 125;
question in House of Commons
as to Her Majesty's assent to,
125, 126 n.; neither Privy
Council nor Cabinet cognizant
of it, 126; altered the Com-
mon Law of England, 127;
monstrous, false, and contra-
dictory, 131, 137, 138; has not
been sanctioned by Sovereign,
Privy Council, or Parliament,
132; furnishes its own proofs
of extravagance and nullity,
132; signatory Powers not
to enter into any neutral ar-
rangement not resting on the
four principles of, 134, 199;
cardinal point of, 135; not
obligatory as between Great
Britain and United States in
case of war between them,
135; doubts introduced into
the law of maritime warfare
by, 136; not "a part of inter-
national law," 136, 170; re-
pudiated by Russia at moment
of signing in one important
principle, 138; no security can
be felt for observance of, 138;
affirmed four rules of maritime
warfare, 140; effect of, 141,
142; the first article of, de-
rives all its importance from
the second, 148; disadvantage
to Great Britain inflicted by,
152; would not protect coal
and corn, 156; no security for
abolition of privateering, 148,
157, 158; enemy's property
capturable under any flag be-
fore existence of, 160; would
transfer British carrying trade
to neutrals during hostilities,
161, 162; held to be immut-
able, 169; might with due
warning be repudiated, 170,
171, 172; paralyzes the sole
force of England, 177; not to
be repudiated on the eve of
war, 178; Great Britain gains
advantages from, 180, 181,
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