these two paragraphs are from a paper I am writing for my international law class can someome please revise and let me know what you think. thanks

Indeed, as it was customary, over foreign public vessels in its ports nation’s understood to waive the exercise of its territorial jurisdiction. This recognition, based on international courtesy and not a matter of “right” as established in The Schooner Exchange v M’Faddon, because a vessel representing its sovereign power and the dignity of an independent state, and its crew, would not submit to another power (1200). However in respect to foreign private ships in a port there is a different practice.
Rather in practice, it has been commonly recognized, in particular the United States, that over private vessels the territorial sovereign holds absolute jurisdiction. For example, in the Wildenhus’s case in which a Belgian native was accused of homicide against another Belgian on board a Belgian vessel anchored in the port of Jersey City (1498). The Supreme Court of the United States sustained the jurisdiction of the lower courts of New Jersey, based on the territory sovereign principle under customary law. Although, treaty in place, between the Belgian government and the United States, in which under Article 11 (21 Stat 776) of the treaty provided the Belgian government consuls with “exclusive charge of internal order of the merchant vessels of their nation” and that the State of New Jersey is without jurisdiction. The circuit court refused to deliver the prisoners to the consul ( Smit1498).

Indeed, as it was customary, over foreign public vessels in its ports nation’s (NOT A POSSESSIVE.) understood to waive ("WAIVED") the exercise of its territorial jurisdiction (PUT "OVER...PORTS" AT END OF SENTENCE). This recognition (UNCLEAR WHAT "THIS" REFERS TO.), based on international courtesy and not a matter of “right” as established in The Schooner Exchange v M’Faddon, (WHERE IS VERB FOR SENTENCE? THE FOLLOWING IS A DEPENDENT CLAUSE.) because a vessel representing its sovereign power and the dignity of an independent state, and its crew, would not submit to another power (1200). However (COMMA) in respect to foreign private ships in a port (COMMA) there is a different practice.

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Rather in practice, it has been commonly recognized, in particular ("PARTICULARLY IN") the United States, that over private vessels the (DELETE "THE") territorial sovereign("-ITY") holds absolute jurisdiction (PUT "OVER...VESSELS" HERE.). For example, in the Wildenhus’s case in which (DELETE "IN WHICH.") a Belgian native was accused of homicide against another Belgian on board a Belgian vessel anchored in the port of Jersey City (1498). The Supreme Court of the United States sustained the jurisdiction of the lower courts of New Jersey, based on the territory sovereign("-ITY") principle under customary law. Although, treaty in place, between the Belgian government and the United States, in which under Article 11 (21 Stat 776) of the treaty provided the Belgian government consuls with “exclusive charge of internal order of the merchant vessels of their nation” and that the State of New Jersey is without jurisdiction. (PREVIOUS IS NOT A SENTENCE. IT WOULD ALSO BE BETTER TO DIVIDE IT INTO TWO SENTENCES.)The circuit court refused to deliver the prisoners to the consul (Smit 1498).

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Indeed, it was customary for nations to waive their exercise of territorial jurisdiction over foreign public vessels in their ports. This practice was based on international courtesy rather than a legal "right," as established in The Schooner Exchange v M’Faddon case. In this case, it was recognized that a vessel representing the sovereign power and dignity of an independent state, along with its crew, would not submit to the jurisdiction of another power (1200). However, when it comes to foreign private ships in a port, a different practice is observed.

In practice, it is commonly recognized, especially in the United States, that the territorial sovereign holds absolute jurisdiction over private vessels. An example of this is seen in the Wildenhus's case. In this case, a Belgian native was accused of homicide against another Belgian on board a Belgian vessel anchored in the port of Jersey City (1498). The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the jurisdiction of the lower courts of New Jersey, citing the principle of territorial sovereign under customary law. It is important to note that, despite the existence of a treaty between the Belgian government and the United States, which provided Belgian government consuls with "exclusive charge of internal order of the merchant vessels of their nation" (Article 11, 21 Stat 776), the State of New Jersey still asserted its jurisdiction. The circuit court refused to hand over the prisoners to the consul (Smit 1498).

Overall, your paragraphs provide a clear explanation of the customary practices regarding territorial jurisdiction over public and private vessels in ports. However, there are a few suggestions for improvement:

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