LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE DECLARATION OF LONDON.
[To THE EDITOR OW THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Article 35 of the Declaration of London says that conditional contraband is capturable only on board a ship bound for an enemy port, which is not to unload it at a neutral port. The commentary adopted by the Conference points out the obvious conclusion that there will be no room for inquiry whether goods to be disembarked in a neutral port are to be forwarded thence to the enemy by sea or land. Mr. Atherley-Jones says that if, by a continuous course of transactions or by other means, it is shown that the liberty so allowed is availed of, any Court will hold it to be a fraud—on what rule? Does he mean that a Court which dislikes the new rule will hold that it was never intended to be acted on ? I
need say no more.—I am, Sir, &c., J. WESTLAKE. We cannot publish any more letters on this subject.—En. Spectator.]
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