ade, with such articles only, not being naval or military stores, as shall have been legally imported into such islands respectively, from any port or place in this kingdom direct; and with respect to all such articles as may have been imported into the said islands respectively, from any port or place under the restrictions of the said order, it shall not be permmitted to any vessel to clear out with the same from any of the said islands, except to some port or place in this kingdom:-and the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commuissioners of the adiniralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice-admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain.

W. FAWKENer.

At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 25th of November, 1807, present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas his majesty, by his order in council, dated the 11th of November instant, respecting the trade to be carried on with his majesty's enemies, was pleased to exempt from the restrictions of the said order all vessels belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, together with their cargo, which shall be coming from any port or place in Europe which is declared in the said order to be subject to the restrictious incident to a state of blockade, direct to some port or place in Europe belonging to his majesty, and also all vessels which shall be cleared out from Gibraltar or Malta under such regulations as his majesty may think fit to prescribe, and which shall be proceeding direct

to the ports specified in their respec tive clearances:

And whereas it is expedient to encourage the trade from Gibraltar and Malta to countries under the restrictions of the said order, subject to regulations to be made in respect thereto; his majesty is therefore pleased to prescribe the following regulations in regard to such trade, accordingly, and by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all sorts of flour and meal, and all sorts of grain, tobacco, and any other article in an unmanufactured state, being the growth and produce of any country not being subjected by the said order to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, except cotton, and naval and military stores, which shall have been imported into Gibraltar or Malta direct from the country where the same were grown and produced, shall, without any licence, be per mitted to be cleared out to any port or place not being in a state of actual blockade, without the same being compelled to be landed: but neither the said article of cotton, however imported, nor any article which is not the growth, produce, or manufacture of this kingdom, or which has not been imported in a British ship, or from this kingdom direct (except fish), and which shall have been laden at the port of original shipment after the period directed by an order of this date to be taken at the time at which notice of the said order of the 11th of November shall be considered as having been received at such port of shipment, shall be permitted to be exported from Gibraltar or Malta, except to some port or place in this kingdom; and all other articles of the growth, pros duce, and manufacture of this king

dom, or which shall have been imported into Gibraltar or Malta in a British ship, or from some port or place in this kingdom, together with the article of fish, however imported, may be exported to any ports or places in the Mediterranean or Portugal, under such licence only as is hereinafter to be granted by the governor of Gibraltar and Malta respectively:

And it is hereby further ordered, that licences be granted by the governors, lieutenant-governors, or other persons having the chief civil command at Gibraltar, or at Malta, respectively, but in his majesty's name, to such person or persons as the said governors, lieutenant-governors, or persons having the chief command, shall think fit, allowing such person or persons to export from Gibraltar direct, to any port in the Mediterranean, or to any port of Portugal, or to any port of Spain without the Mediterranean, nor further north than Cape Finisterre, and from Malta direct to any port being within the Mediterranean, with any articles of the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions, and any articles which shall have been imported into Gibraltar or Malta from this kingdom, to whomsoever such articles shall appear to belong (not being naval or military stores), in any vessel belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, or in any vessel not exceeding one hundred tons burthen, and being unarmed, belonging to the country to which such vessel shall be 'cleared out and going, and also to import in any such vessel or vessels as aforesaid, from any port within the Mediterranean, to Gibraltar or Malta; or from any port in Portugal or Spain as afore

said, to Gibraltar;. such port and such destination respectively to be specified in such licence, duy articles of merchandize whatsoever, and to whomsoever the same may appear to belong; such articles to be specified in the bill of lading of such vessel, subject however to such further regulations and restrictions with respect to all or any of the said articles so to be imported, or exported, as may be inserted in the said licences by the governors, lieutenantgovernors, or other persons having the chief civil command at Gibraltar or Malta, for the time being, respect ively, as to them shall, from time to time, seem fit an expedient:

And it is further ordered, that in every such licence shall be inserted the names and residence of the person or persons to whom it shall be granted, the articles and their quantities permitted to be exported, the name and description of the vessel, and of the master thereof, the port to which the vessel shall be allowed to go, which shall be some port not under actual blockade; and that co licence so to be granted shall continue in force for longer than two months from its date, nor for more than one voyage; or any such licence be granted, or acknowledged to be valid, if gran ed to permit the clearance of any vessel to any port which shall be actually blockaded by any paval force of his majesty or of his allies:

And it is further ordered, that the commanders of his majesty's ships of war and privateers, and all others whom it may concern, shall suffer every such vessel sailing conformably to the permission given by this order, or having any licence as aforesaid, to pass and repass direct between Gi

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braltar or Malta, and such port as shall be specified in the licence, in such manner, and under such terins, regulations, and restrictions, as shall be expressed therein:

And it is further ordered, that, in case any vessel so sailing, as aforesaid, for which any such licence as aforesaid shall have been granted, and which shall be proceeding direct upon her said voyage, shall be detained and brought in for legal adjudication, such vessel, with her cargo, shall be forthwith released by the court of admiralty in which proceedings shall be commenced, upon proof being made that the parties had duly conformed to the terms, regulations, and restrictions of the said licences; the proof of such conformity to lie upon the person or persous claiming the benefit of such order, or obtaining or using such licence, or claiming the benefit thereof; And it is hereby further ordered, that no vessel belonging to any state on the coast of Barbary, shall be prevented from sailing with any articles of the growth or produce of such state, from any port or place in such state, to any port or place in the Mediterranean, or Portugal, such port or place not being actually blockaded by some naval force, belonging to his majesty or his allies, without being obliged to touch at Gibraltar or Malta;

And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, bis majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty, and courts of vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain. W. FAWKENER.

At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 25th of November, 1807, present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas his majesty, by his order, in council of the 11th of November instant, was pleased to order and declare, that all trade in articles. which are of the produce or manu-, facturé of the countries and colonies mentioned in the said order, shall be deemed and considered to be unlawful (except as is therein excepted); his majesty, by and with the advice of his privy council, is pleased to. order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that nothing in the said order contained shall extend to subject to capture and confiscation any articles of the produce and manufacture of the said coun tries and colonies laden on board. British ships, which would not have been subject to capture and confiscation if such order had not been made.

And the right honourable the lords, commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords cominissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them may respectively appertain.

W. FAWKENER.

council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all ships and goods belonging to Prussia which may have been seized subsequent to his majesty's order of the 19th of November, 1806, and are now detained in the ports of this kingdom, or elsewhere, and all ships and goods belonging to inhabitants of Lubeck which are so detained, shall be restored, upon being pronounced by the high court of adiniralty, or any court of vice-admiralty, in which they have been or may be proceeded against, to belong to subjects and inhabitants of Prussia or Lubeck, and not otherwise liable to confiscation; and that such ships and goods shall be permitted to proceed to any neutral port, or to the port to which they respectively betong. And it is further ordered, that the ships and goods belonging to Prussia or Lubeck shall not, until further orders, be liable to detention, provided such ships and goods shall be trading to or from any port of this kingdom, or between neutral port and neutral port, or from any port of his majesty's allies, and proceeding direct to the ports specified in their respective clearances.

And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal sccretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice-admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain.

W. FAWKENER.

At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 25th of November, 1807, present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. His majesty taking into consider ation the circumstances under which

Portugal has been compelled to shut her ports against the ships and goods of his majesty's subjects, is pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all ships and goods belonging to Portugal, which have been, and are now detained in the ports of this kingdom, or elsewhere, shall be restored, upon being pronounced, by the high court of admiralty, or by the court of vice admiralty, in which proceedings may have been, or shall be cominenced, to belong to subjects and inhabitants of Portugal, and not otherwise liable to confiscation; and that the said ships and goods shall be permitted to proceed to any neutral port, or to Portugal. And it is further or dered, that the ships and goods belonging to Portugal shall not, until further orders, be liable to detention; provided such ships and goods shall be trading to aud from any port of this kingdom, or to and from Gibraltar, or Malta, and proceeding direct to the port specified in their clearance, or between neutral port and neutral port, or between Portugal and the ports of her own colonies, or from any port of his majesty's allies, and proceeding di rect to the ports specified in their respective clearances; provided such ports shall not be at the time in a state of actual blockade. And it is further ordered, that the ships of Portugal shall not be considered as entitled, under any treaty between his majesty and Portugal, to protect any goods laden therein which may be otherwise subject to confisca tion.

And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretary of state, the lords commissioners

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of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain. W. FAWKENER.

Declaration of the Emperor of Russia.

"The greater value the emperor attached to the friendship of his Britannic majesty, the greater was his regret at perceiving that that monarch altogether separated himself from him.

"Twice has the emperor taken up arms, in which his cause was most directly that of England; and he solicited in vain from England a co-operation which her interest required. He did not demand that her troops should be united with his; he desired only that they should effect a diversion. He was astonished that in her cause she did not act in union with him; but coolly contemplating a bloody spectacle, in a war which had been kindled at her will, she sent troops to attack Buenos Ayres. One part of her armies, which appeared destined to make a diversion in Italy, quitted at length Sicily where it was assembled. There was reason to believe that this was done to make an attack upon the coasts of Naples, when it was understood that it was occupied in attempting to seize and appropriate to itself Egypt.

"But what sensibly touched the heart of his imperial majesty was, to perceive that England, contrary to her good faith and the express and precise terms of treaties, troubled at sea the commerce of his subjects. And at what an epoch! When the

blood of Russians was shedding in the most glorious warfares; which drew drown, and fixed against the armies of his imperial majesty, all the military force of his majesty the emperor of the French, with whom England was, and is now, at war.

"When the two emperors made peace, his majesty, in spite of his just resentments against England, did not refrain from rendering her service. His majesty stipulated, even in the very treaty, that he would become mediator between her and France; and finally he offered his mediation to the king of Great Britain. His majesty allnaunced to the king, that it was with a view to obtain for him honourable conditions. But the British ministry, apparently faithful to that plan which was to loosen and break the bonds which had connected Russia and England, rejected the mediation.

"The peace between Russia and France was to prepare a general peace. Then it was that England suddenly quitted that apparent lethargy to which she had abandoned herself, but it was to cast upon the north of Europe new fire-brands, which were to enkindle and nourish the flames of war, which she did not wish to see extinguished. ller fleets and her troops appeared upon the coasts of Denmark, to execute there an act of violence of which history, so fertile in examples, does not furnish a single parallel. tranquil and moderate power, which by long and unchanging wisdom had obtained in the circle of monarchies a moral dignity, sees itself assaulted and treated as if it had been forging plots, and meditating the ruin of England: and all to justify its prompt and total spoliation.

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