And in the event of difficulty arising with respect to any of the regulations hereby ordered, or if any case should occur not herein provided for, or not sufficiently provided for, we are pleased hereby to authorize the Lord High Admiral, or our commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, to issue such directions thereupon as may appear just and expedient; which directions shall have the same force and effect as if specially provided for in this our royal proclamation. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twentyninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and in the seventeenth year of our Reign. God save the Queen. IX. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of April, 1854. Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. 7th April, 1854. Order in tending to Council ex Russian Her Majesty being compelled to declare war against his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and being desirous to lessen as much as possible the evils thereof, is pleased, by and with the advice and consent of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that Russian India and the merchant vessels which, at the time of the publication of colonies the this order, shall be in any ports or places in her Majesty's indulgence Indian territories under the government of the East India granted to Company, or within any of her Majesty's foreign or colonial vessels by her possessions, shall be allowed thirty days from the time of Majesty's the publication of this order in such Indian territories, or Order in foreign and colonial possession, for loading their cargoes and Council of departing from such ports or places; and that such Russian merchant vessels, if met at sea by any of her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue their voyage if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term; provided that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be taken to extend, to Russian vessels having on board any officer in the military or naval service of the enemy, or any article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Russian government. 29th March, 1854. And it is hereby further ordered by her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council as aforesaid, that any Russian merchant vessel which, prior to the twenty-ninth day of March now last past, shall have sailed from any foreign port, bound for any port or place in any of her Majesty's Indian territories, or foreign or colonial possessions, shall be permitted to enter such port or place, and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without molestation; and that any such vessel, if met at sea by any of her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, the Right Honourable the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and all governors, officers, and authorities whom it may concern, in her Majesty's East Indian, foreign, and colonial possessions, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. C. C. GREVILLE. 7th April, 1854. Order in Council for preventing vessels clearing out for Russia, and ordering a general em X. At the Court at Buckingham Palace the 7th day of April, 1854. Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, that no ships or vessels belonging to any of her Majesty's subjects be permitted to enter and clear out for any of the ports of Russia until further order; and her Majesty is further pleased to order, that a general embargo or stop be made of all Russian ships and vessels whatsoever now within or which shall hereafter come into any of the ports, harbours, or roads, within her bargo or stop Majesty's islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man, together with all persons and effects on board the said ships or vessels: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any ships or vessels specified or comprised in a certain order of her Majesty in Council, dated the twenty-ninth day of March last, for exempting from capture or detention Russian vessels under of Russian ships in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. special circumstances; and her Majesty is pleased further to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the utmost care be taken for the preservation of all and every part of the cargoes on board any of the said ships or vessels, so that no damage or embezzlement whatever be sustained. And the lieutenant-governors of her Majesty's islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and of the Isle of Man, for the time being, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain, and to return an account of their proceedings to this Board. C. C. GREVILLE. XI.-At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 11th day of April, 1854. By the Lords of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. 11th April, 1854. Lords of the traband of war. export con The Lords of the Council having taken into consideration certain applications for leave to export arms, ammunition, military and naval stores, &c., being articles of which the exportation is prohibited by her Majesty's proclamation of Council re· February 18th, 1854: their Lordships are pleased to order, specting perand it is hereby ordered, that permission should be granted mission to by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, to export the articles so prohibited, to be carried coastwise to ports in the United Kingdom, and likewise to all places in North and South America, except the Russian possessions in North America; to the coast of Africa, west of the straits of Gibraltar, and round the south and east coast of Africa; to the whole coast of Asia, not within the Mediterranean sea or the Persian gulf, and not being part of the Russian territories; to the whole of Australia, and to all British colonies within the limits aforesaid, upon taking a bond from the persons exporting such prohibited articles that they shall be landed and entered at the port of destination; and that all further permission to export such articles to other parts of the world, be only granted upon application to the Lords of the Council at this board. C. C. GREVILLE. 15th April, 1854. Order in Council in furtherance of her Majesty's declaration of the 28th March, 1854, respecting the trade of neutrals and British subjects. XII. At the Court at Windsor, the 15th day of April, 1854. Whereas Her Majesty was graciously pleased, on the 28th day of March last, to issue her royal declaration in the following terms: : "Her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having been compelled to take up arms in support of an ally, is desirous of rendering the war as little onerous as possible to the powers, with whom she remains at peace. "To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary obstruction, her Majesty is willing for the present, to waive a part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the law of nations. "It is impossible for her Majesty to forego the exercise of her right of seizing articles contraband of war, and of preventing neutrals from bearing the enemy's despatches, and she must maintain the right of a belligerent, to prevent neutrals from breaking any effective blockade, which may be established with an adequate force against the enemy's forts, harbours, or coasts. "But her Majesty will waive the right of seizing enemy's property, laden on board a neutral vessel, unless it be contraband of war. "It is not her Majesty's intention to claim the confiscation of neutral property, not being contraband of war, found on board enemy's ships; and her Majesty further declares, that being anxious to lessen as much as possible, the evils of war, and to restrict its operations to the regularly organized forces of the country; it is not her present intention to issue letters of marque for the commissioning of privateers." Now it is this day ordered, by and with the advice of her privy council, that all vessels under a neutral or friendly flag, being neutral or friendly property, shall be permitted to import into any port or place in her Majesty's dominions, all goods and merchandise whatsoever, to whomsoever the same may belong; and to export from any port or place in her Majesty's dominions, to any port not blockaded, any cargo or goods not being contraband of war, or not requiring a special permission, to whomsoever the same may belong. And her Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice of her privy council to order; and it is hereby further ordered, that, save and except only as aforesaid, all the subjects of her Majesty and the subjects or citizens of any neutral or friendly state, shall and may, during and notwithstanding the present hostilities with Russia, freely trade with all ports and places wheresoever situate, which shall not be in a state of blockade, save and except that no British vessel, shall under any circumstances whatsoever, either under or by virtue of this order or otherwise, be permitted or empowered to enter or communicate with any port or place, which shall belong to, or be in the possession, or occupation of her Majesty's enemies. And the right honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Lord Warden of the cinque ports, and her Majesty's principal secretary of state for war and the colonies, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. C. C. GREVILLE. XIII. At the Court at Windsor, the 15th day of April, 1854. Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an order of her Majesty in council, of the 29th of March last, it was amongst other things ordered, CC that any Russian merchant vessel, which prior to the date of this order, shall have sailed from any foreign port, bound for any port or place in her Majesty's dominions, shall be permitted to enter such port or place and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without molestation; and that any such vessel, if met at sea by any of her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded:" 15th April, 1854. Order in extend to the 15th May, 1854, Council to the indulgence granted to vessels which Russian shall have sailed from a Russian port in the Baltic or White Sea prior to that And whereas her Majesty, by and with the advice of her said council, is now pleased to alter and extend such part of the said order: It is hereby ordered, by and with such advice as aforesaid, as follows; that is to say, That any Russian merchant vessel, which prior to the fifteenth day of May, date. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, shall have sailed from any port of Russia, situated either in or upon the shores or coasts of the Baltic Sea, or of the White Sea, bound for any port or place in her Majesty's dominions, shall be permitted to enter such last-mentioned port or place, and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart |