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Rh Montesquieu called it a réponse sans réplique and it brought the negotiations to a close by the immediate payment by Prussia of the Silesian indemnity.

As the points established in this letter, and by the English Commission, are exactly points germane to our inquiry, I will proceed to state them in detail They answered to the several points raised by the Prussian Remonstrance.

I. That affairs of this kind are, and can only be cognizable in the courts belonging to that Power where the seizure is made.

II. That those Courts (of Admiralty) always decide according to the universal law of nations only.

III. That the cases complained of have been decided upon the rule prescribed by the law of nations—a rule clearly established by the constant practice of other nations and by the authority of the greatest men.