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Rh "whatever the ships, whatever the cargoes, and whatever the destination," and that neutral property was under all circumstances to be restored, and the neutral subjected to as little loss and inconvenience as was consistent with the exercise of our rights over the enemy's property. For this purpose Admiralty Courts were established at our seaports, together with higher Courts of Appeal, for the decision of all cases in which neutral property was involved, and so delicate were we in dealing with neutral rights that the captain of the neutral vessel was entitled to the full amount of the freight which he would have earned by carrying the enemy's cargo to its port of destination had not the cargo been seized, and to demurrage too for illegal or unnecessary detention, amounting sometimes to the full amount of his freight.

No penalty was imposed on the neutral for carrying enemies' goods, except the discouragement inseparable from having