Given at Our Court at Windsor, the 30th day of September, 1825, and in the 6th of Our reign.

God save the King.

BRITISH ORDER in COUNCIL, prohibiting the Exportation of Cannon, Cannon-balls, &c., out of the Kingdom.

At the Court at Windsor, the 30th of September, 1825,

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an Act of Parliament was passed in the 29th Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, [cap. 16,] intituled “An Act to empower His Majesty to prohibit the exportation "of Saltpetre, and to enforce the law for empowering His Majesty to 'prohibit the exportation of Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms and "Ammunition, and also to empower His Majesty to restrain the carry"ing coastwise of Salt-petre, Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms or "Ammunition;" and His Majesty, judging it necessary to prohibit the exportation of cannon, mortars, howitzers, carronades, and all carriages and other appurtenances for the use of the same, and all cannonballs, bombs, grenades, cannister-shot, Congreve rockets, Shrapnell or other shells, and appurtenances for the use of the same, out of this kingdom, for some time, doth therefore with the advice of His Privy Council, hereby order, require, prohibit, and command, that no Person or Persons whatsoever (except the Master-General of the Ordnance, or the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for His Majesty's Service) do, at any time during the space of six months from the date of this Order in Council, presume to transport in any parts out of this Kingdom, any cannon, mortars, howitzers, carronades, and all carriages and other appurtenances for the use of the same, and all cannonballs, bombs, grenades, cannister-shot, Congreve rockets, Shrapnell or other shells, and appurtenances for the use of the same, or ship or lade any cannon, mortars, howitzers, carronades, and all carriages and other appurtenances for the use of the same, and all cannon-balls, bombs, grenades, cannister-shot, Congreve rockets, Shrapnell or other shells, and appurtenances for the use of the same, on board any Ship or Vessel, in order to transporting the same into any parts beyond the seas, without leave or permission in that behalf first obtained from His Majesty or His Privy Council, upon pain of incurring and suffering the respective forfeitures and penalties inflicted by the afore-mentioned Act:

And the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great [1824-25.] 2 M

Britain, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the Master-General of the Ordnance, and His Majesty's Secretary at War, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

JAS. BULLER.

BRITISH ORDER in COUNCIL prohibiting the Exportation of Gunpowder or Saltpetre, or Arms or Ammunition, to the Coast of Africa.

At the Court at Windsor, the 30th of September, 1825,

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the time limited by His Majesty's Order in Council of the 23rd of March last, for prohibiting the exportation of Gunpowder or Saltpetre, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, to any Port or Place on the Coast of Africa (except to any Ports or Places within the Straits of Gibralter), has expired; and whereas it is judged expedient that the said prohibition should be continued for some time longer, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, doth therefore hereby order, require, prohibit, and command, that no Person or Persons whatsoever (except the Master-General of the Ordnance for His Majesty's Service), do, at any time during the space of six months (to commence from the date of this Order), presume to transport any Gunpowder or Saltpetre, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, to any Port or Place on the Coast of Africa (except to any Ports or Places within the Straits of Gibraltar), or ship or lade any Gunpowder or Saltpetre, or any sorts of Arms or Ammunition, on board any Ship or Vessel, in order to transporting the same into any such Ports or Places on the Coast of Africa (except as above excepted), without leave or permission in that behalf, first obtained from His Majesty or His Privy Council, upon pain of incurring and suffering the respective forfeitures and penalties inflicted by an Act, passed in the 29th Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, [cap. 16,] intituled "An Act to empower His Majesty to prohibit the Exportation of Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, "and also to empower His Majesty to restrain the carrying coast"wise of Saltpetre, Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition;" and also by an Act, passed in the 33rd Year of His late Majesty's Reign, [cap. 2,] intituled "An Act to enable His Majesty to restrain "the Exportation of Naval Stores, and more effectually to prevent "the Exportation of Saltpetre, Arms, and Ammunition, when prohi"bited by Proclamation or Order in Council:"

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the Master-General and the rest of the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, and His Majesty's Secretary at War, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

JAS. BULLER.

ACT of the British Parliament relative to the Levant

Company.

AN ACT to repeal certain Acts relating to the Governor and Company of Merchants of England trading to the Levant Seas, and the Duties payable to them; and to authorize the transfer and disposal of the Possessions and Property of the said Governor and Company, for the Public Service. [Cap. 33, June 10, 1825.]

WHEREAS His late Majesty King James the First, by His Letters Patent bearing Date the 14th Day of December, in the 3rd Year of His Reign, did grant to several Persons therein named, and to their Sons, and such Others as should thereafter be admitted and made free, that they should be One Fellowship, and One Body Corporate and Politic, by the Name of "The Governor and Company of Merchants of England trading to the Levant Seas;" and by the same Name should have perpetual Succession, with certain Rights and Privileges in the said Letters Patent specified: And whereas His late Majesty King Charles the Second, by His Letters Patent bearing Date the 2nd Day of April, in the 13th Year of His Reign, did ratify and confirm the said Letters Patent of King James the First, and did grant further Authorities and Privileges to the said Governor and Company: And whereas by divers Acts certain Regulations have been made respecting the said Company, and the Dues and Duties payable to the said Company, that is to say, an Act made in the 26th Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, [cap. 18,] intituled An Act for enlarging and regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas; an Act made in the 20th Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, [cap. 18,] among other things, for the allowing the Importation into and Exportation from Ireland, of such Goods as may be Imported into or Exported from Great Britain by the Merchants of England trading to the Levant Seas; an Act made in the 43rd Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Third, [cap. 153,] to permit the Importation into Great Britain and Ireland, of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize in Neutral Vessels; an Act made in the 55th Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, [cap. 29,] intituled An Act to regulate the Trade between Malta and its Dependencies and His Majesty's

Colonies and Plantations in America, and also between Malta and the United Kingdom; an Act made in the 57th Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Third, [cap. 4,] intituled An Act to extend the Privileges of the Trade of Malta to the Port of Gibraltar; and an Act made in the 59th Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Third, [cap. 110,] intituled An Act to remove Doubts respecting the Dues payable to the Levant Company: And whereas it would be beneficial to the Trade of the United Kingdom, and especially to the Trade carried on in the Levant Seas, that the exclusive Rights and Privileges of the said Governor and Company under the said Letters Patent and Acts of Parliament should cease and determine: And whereas the said Governor and Company are willing and desirous to surrender up the said Letters Patent into His Majesty's Hands: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That whenever and so soon as any Deed or Instrument by which the said Governor and Company shall so surrender up to His Majesty the said Letters Patent, and all Rights, Powers, and Privileges thereby granted or confirmed to the said Governor and Company, shall be made and executed under the Common Seal of the said Governor and Company, and shall be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery, the said several Letters Patent and Grants hereinbefore recited, and every Matter, Clause, and Thing therein contained, shall be and become, and the same are hereby declared to be and become null and void; and that from and immediately after the Enrolment of such Deed or Instrument, the said Governor and Company shall cease to be a body Politic and Corporate, and the said Corporation shall be dissolved to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes, whatsoever; and all Rights, Powers, and Privileges by the said Letters Patent, or by the said several hereinbefore recited Acts, or by any other Authority or Means granted to or possessed by the said Governor and Company, shall from henceforth cease and determine; anything in the said several Letters Patent and Acts, or any of them, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding; and the said Governor and Company shall be and they are hereby divested of and from all Land, Houses, and Buildings, by whatever Tenure holden, at any Time heretofore purchased, acquired, or holden by the said Governor and Company, and which are holden, possessed, or claimed by the said Governor and Company, within the United Kingdom, or at Smyrna or elsewhere, and all such Land, Houses, Buildings, and all Right, Title, Estate, or Interest therein or thereto, holden, purchased, acquired, possessed, enjoyed, or claimed by the said Governor and Company, shall thence

forth be and the same and every of them are and is hereby declared and enacted to be fully and absolutely vested in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for ever.

II. And whereas certain grants of money have been from time to time made to the said Governor and Company of Merchants of England trading to the Levant Seas, by sundry Acts, for the purpose of better enabling them to carry into effect the objects for which they were incorporated: And whereas it is just and expedient that all such property as shall belong to or be at the disposal of the said Governor and Company under or by virtue of the said Letters Patent and Acts, or any of them respectively, at the time of such their dissolution, should, after the payment of all debts and demands to which the said Governor and Company may be liable as such Corporation, be applied to the public Service, in the manner hereinafter directed; Be it therefore enacted, That from and immediately after the enrolment of any such Deed or Instrument as aforesaid, whereby the said Corporation shall be dissolved in manner directed by this Act, all monies in the Public Funds, and all other monies, goods, chattels, property, and other personal estate and effects whatsoever, in the possession or at the disposal of the said Governor and Company as such Corporation as aforesaid, or to which the said Governor and Company as such Corporation are or shall be entitled, or which shall or may be due to the said Governor and Company as such Corporation, shall be and become vested, and are hereby vested in the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury now and for the time being, or any Three of the said Commissioners, to accept, receive, and recover, and to sell, transfer, and dispose of all such funds, monies, goods, chattels, property, and other personal estate and effects whatsoever, and to apply the produce thereof in the first place in and for the payment of all just debts and demands to which the said Governor and Company are or shall be liable at the dissolution of such Corporation, on account of any matter or thing relating to such Corporation; and from and after payment of all such debts and demands, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and required to direct, that all the remainder and surplus of the produce of such public funds, monies, goods, chattels, property, and other personal Estate as aforesaid, shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, and shall be placed to the Account of and made part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

III. And be it further enacted, That from and immediately after