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SEIZURE OF A BRITISH SHIr.-We Learn
the ST. Louis Union. that dispatches a"
received in Washington from Com. BIddS.
on board tho line-of. battle ship Columoas !.
10Th April last. giving an account OF lns y. :.
by the squadron, of British merchan' !,
OF light tonnage, e,freighted with merchano'' =
English merchant resident in Mexico .ve


There had been organized in CalliorISA. 3
kearney, at the instance of Com. BiaON'
OF admiralty to adjcdicale in sucn o'' ".S,
court took cognizance Of this seizure M d
demned the vessel as lawful prIIe' y" ..Ta
cIple that a merchant permanently -
Mexico, no matter Of what power 10
subject, is to be treated in time oi wa,
izen of the country in which be res''
business.


This decision is sustained by inc
the British admiralty courts during ' s,cuf
tween France and England; and also ,s;,.J
war Of 1912 and 81, between the o"
and Great Britain. l.,fj


The British Government viii mos hslrN
ject to this seizure, but they can"0'
selves.