board the same, such cargoes consisting of articles which may be legally imported or exported, shall not be subject to any other or higher duties or charges whatever than are or shall be levied on British Vessels entering or departing from such Ports, or on similar articles when imported into, or exported from, such Ports in British Vessels; and also that such articles, when exported from the said Ports in Ves sels of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, of the State of Colombia, and of the United States of Mexico respectively, shall be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances that are granted on similar articles when exported in British Vessels:

Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to any duties or charges on account of ton hage, light or harbour dues, pilotage, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges to which any Vessels of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, of the burthen of 120 tons, or of any less burthen, are now by Law liable in the Ports of any of His Majesty's Dominions; it appearing to His Majesty and His Privy Council, that British Vessels, of the burthen of 120 tons, or of any less burthen, are subject in the Ports of the said United Provinces to higher duties and charges than are levied in those Ports on Vessels of the said United Provinces of the burthen of 120 tons or of any less burthen :

**And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein ac cordingly. C. C. GREVILLE.

BRITISH Order in Council, permitting the exportation of Salt and Fruit from the Bahama Islands, in Vessels of the United States of America.-18th October, 1827.,

At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of October, 1827,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

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WHEREAS by a certain Act of Parliament, passed in the 6th Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, [Cap. 114.] intituled " An Act to regulate the trade of the British Possessions abroad," after reciting, that by the Law of Navigation Foreign Ships are permitted to import into any of the British Possessions abroad, from the Countries to which they belong, goods, the produce of those Countries, and to export goods from such Possessions to be carried to any Foreign Country whatever, and that it is expedient that such permission should be subject to certain conditions," it is enacted, " that the privileges thereby

granted to Foreign Ships shall be limited to the Ships of those Coun. tries which, having Colonial Possessions, shall grant the like privileges of trading with those Possessions to British Vessels, or which, not having Colonial Possessions, shall place the Commerce and Navigation of this Country, and of its Possessions abroad, upon the footing of the most favoured Nation, unless His Majesty, by His Order in Council, shall in any case deem it expedient to grant the whole or any of such privileges to the Ships of any Foreign Country, although the conditions aforesaid shall not in all respects be fulfilled by such Foreign Country:"

And whereas by an Act, passed in the 7th and 8th Years of His present Majesty's Reign, [Cap. 56.] intituled "An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs," after reciting or taking notice of the said Act so passed as aforesaid in the 6th Year of His Majesty's Reign, and after reciting that unless some period were limited for the fulfilment by Foreign Countries of the conditions mentioned and referred to in the said recited Act, the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom and of the British Possessions abroad, could not be regulated by fixed and certain rules, but would continue subject to changes dependent upon the Laws from time to time made in such Foreign Countries; it is therefore enacted, that no Foreign Country shall hereafter be deemed to have fulfilled the conditions so prescribed as aforesaid in and by the said Act, as to be entitled to the privileges therein mentioned, unless such Foreign Country had in all respects fulfilled those conditions within 12 months next after the passing of the said Act, that is to say, on or before the 5th day of July, 1826; and for the better ascertaining what particular Foreign Countries are permitted by Law to exercise and enjoy the said privileges, it is further enacted, that no Foreign Country shall hereafter be deemed to have fulfilled the before-mentioned conditions, or to be entitled to the privileges aforesaid, unless and until His Majesty shall by some Order or Orders to be by him made, by the advice of His Privy Council, have declared that such Foreign Country hath so fulfilled the said conditions, and is entitled to the said privileges; provided always, and it is thereby declared and enacted, that nothing therein contained, extends, or shall be construed to extend, to make void or annul any Order or Orders in Council theretofore issued, under the authority or in pursuance of the said recited Act, and to take away or abridge the powers vested in His Majesty in and by the said Act, or any of those powers, any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding:

And whereas the conditions mentioned and referred to in the said Acts of Parliament have not in all respects been fulfilled by the Government of The United States of America, and therefore the privileges so granted as aforesaid by the Law of Navigation to Foreign Ships, cannot lawfully be exercised or enjoyed by the Ships of The United

States aforesaid, unless his Majesty, by His Order in Council, shalÞ grant the whole or any of such privileges to the Ships of The United States aforesaid:

And whereas His Majesty doth deem it expedient to permit the exportation of salt and fruit, in certain Vessels of the said United States of America, from certain of the Bahama Islands; His Majesty doth, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him in and by the said Acts of Parliament, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, declare and grant, that it shall be lawful for Ships of The United States of America, arriving in ballast at any Port or Place in the Bahama Islands in which a Custom-house is or shall be established, to export salt and fruit, or either of them, from such Port or Place, to be carried to any Foreign Country whatever; subject, nevertheless, to the payment of all such duties as by any Law in force within the said Islands are or shall be payable upon such Ships, or upon the exporta tion of any such salt or fruit:

And His Majesty is further pleased, with the advice aforesaid, to order, that this present Order shall take effect and be in force in the said Islands, so soon as the Governor or Officer administering the Government thereof for the time being shall have made known then same to the Inhabitants of the said Islands, by a Proclamation to be by him for that purpose issued, and not before:

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Ma jesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable William Huskisson, one/ of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them may respectively appertain to equlelor Z

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JAS. BULLER.

BRITISH Order in Council, relative to the prevention of cer *tain Armed Vessels under the Greek Flag, from committing depredations on British Commerce.-16th November, 1827

At the Court at St. James's, the 16th day of November, 1827,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

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WHEREAS the depredations which have for some time been committed upon the Commerce of His Majesty's Subjects in the Mediterranean Seas by armed Vessels, piratically cruizing under the Greek Flag, have of late greatly increased, and have been accompanied with acts of cruelty and barbarity which have rendered the Navigation of those Seas highly perilous; and His Majesty has in vain applied for the prevention of these outrages to the Persons exercising the powers of Government in Greece, who, however willing, are unable effectually to repress such "

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excesses, owing to the disturbed state of the Country, and the disorder prevailing in the several Islands of the Greek Archipelago, and His Majesty is thereby laid under the necessity of providing for the

same:

To that end, it has appeared to His Majesty that the most effica cious means by which the Persons and lawful Commerce of His Ma jesty's Subjects in the Mediterranean Seas can be adequately protected, until some Government shall be established in Greece competent to put a stop to all irregularities of the nature complained of, will be to pre vent, so far as possible, any armed Vessels, bearing the Greek Flag, from putting to Sea, such Ships of War only excepted as are belonging to or acting under the orders of the Persons exercising the Powers of Government in Greece.

For this purpose His Majesty is pleased to order and declare, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that Instructions be issued forthwith to His Majesty's Naval Forces in the Mediterranean, authorizing and directing them to seize and send into some Port belonging to (or being under the power and protection of) His Majesty, every Armed Vessel which they shall meet with at Sea under the Greek Flag, or fitted out and armed at any Greek Port, such Ships of War only excepted as are belonging to, or acting under the Orders of, the Persons exercising the Powers of Go vernment in Greece; and that they shall duly provide, that all such Vessels with their Crews shall be safely detained in the Ports to which they may be sent until His Majesty's further pleasure respecting them shall be made known.

And with a view to prevent, as much as possible, any hardships or inconveniences that may arise in the execution of this Order, as it may affect any Greek Cruizer which, being at Sea at the time when this Order will take effect in the Mediterranean, may not receive immediate notification thereof, it is further ordered that the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships, who may be charged with the execution of this Order, shall, in the event of their meeting with any Armed Vessels at Sea, bearing the Greek Flag, that may be liable to the operation of this Order, between the day upon which the Order shall be notified to the Persons exercising the Authorities of Government in Greece, and 15 days from the date thereof, furnish them with certified Copies of this Order, and warn them to proceed forthwith to their respective Ports; and that such armed Vessels shall not be detained until the expiration of the said 15 days, unless it shall appear that after such notification of the Order and warning, they shall not have complied therewith, or shall have been guilty of plundering or searching any trading Vessel under the British Flag:

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and His

Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

C. C. GREVILLE.

BRITISH Order in Council, extending the privileges of a Free Port, to Charlotte Town in Prince Edward's Island. --16th November, 1827.

At the Court at St. James's, the 16th day of November, 1827,

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the 6th Year of His Majesty's Reign, [Cap. 114.] intituled, "An Act to regulate the Trade of the British Possessions abroad," it is amongst other things enacted, that no goods shall be imported into, nor shall any goods, except the produce of the Fisheries in British Ships, be exported from any of the British Possessions in America by Sea, or from or to any Place other than the United Kingdom, or some other of such Possessions, except into or from the several Ports in such Possessions called Free Ports, enumerated or described in the Table in the said Act of Parliament contained:

And it is thereby provided, that if His Majesty shall deem it expedient to extend the provisions of the said Act to any Port or Ports not enumerated in the said Table, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to extend the provisions of the said Act to such Port or Ports, and it is enacted, that from and after the day mentioned in such Order in Council, all the privileges and advantages of the said Act, and all the provisions, penalties, and forfeitures therein contained, shall extend, and be deemed and construed to extend, to any such Port or Ports respectively, as fully as if the same had been inserted and enumerated in the said Table at the time of passing the said Act.

And whereas His Majesty doth deem it expedient to extend the Provisions of the said Act to the Port of Charlotte Town, in Prince Edward's Island; His Majesty doth therefore, in pursuance and exer cise of the Powers vested in him by the said Act of Parliament, and with the advice of His Privy Council, order, and it is hereby ordered, that, from and after the date of this Order, the provisions of the said Act of Parliament respecting Free Ports shall be, and the same are hereby extended to the said Port of Charlotte Town, in Prince Ed ward's Island.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable William Huskisson, one