to the same restrictions in point of trade and navigation, with the exceptions hereinafter-mentioned, as if the same were actually blockaded by his majesty's naval forces, in the most strict and rigorous manner:And it is hereby further ordered and declared, that all trade in articles which are of the produce or manufacture of the said countries or colonies, shall be deemed and considered to be unlawful; and that every vessel trading from or to the said countries or colonies, together with all goods and merchandize on board, and all articles of the produce or manufacture of the said countries or colonies, shall be captured, and condemned as prize to the captors.

But although his majesty would be fully justified, by the circumstances and considerations above recited, in establishing such system of restrictions with respect to all the countries and colonies of his enemies, without exception or qualification; yet his majesty, being nevertheless desirous not to subject neutrals to any greater inconvenience than is absolutely inseparable from the carrying into effect his majesty's just determination to counteract the designs of his enemies, and to retort upon his enemies themselves the consequences of their own violence and injustice; and being yet willing to hope that it may be possible (consistently with that object) still to allow to neutrals the opportunity of furnishing themselves with colonial produce for their own consumption and supply; and even to leave open, for the present, such trade with his majesty's enemies as shall be carried on directly with the ports of his majesty's dominions, or of his al

lies, in the manner hereinafter-mentioned:

His majesty is therefore pleased further to order, and it is hereby ordered, that nothing herein contained shall extend to subject to capture or condemnation any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not declared by this order to be subjected to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, which shall have cleared out with such cargo from some port or place of the country to which she belongs, either in Europe or America, or from some free port in his majesty's colonies, under circumstances in which such trade from such free ports is permitted, direct to some port or place in the colonies of his majesty's enemies, or from those colonies direct to the country to which such vessel belongs, or to some free port in his majesty's colonies, in such cases, and with such articles, as it may be lawful to import into such free port;-nor to any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, which shall have cleared out under such regulations as his majesty may think fit to prescribe, and shall be proceeding direct from some port or place in this kingdom, or from Gibraltar or Malta, or from any port belonging to his majesty's allies, to the port specified in her clearance;-nor to any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, which shall be coming from any port or place in Europe which is declared by this order to be subject to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, destined to some port or place in Europe belong; to his majesty, and which

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shall be on her voyage direct thereto; but these exceptions are not to be understood as exempting from capture or confiscation any vessel or goods which shall be liable thereto in respect of having entered or departed from any port or place actually blockaded by his majesty's squadrons or ships of war, or for being enemies' property, or for any other cause than the contravention of this present order.

And the commanders of his majesty's ships of war and privateers, and other vessels acting under his majesty's commission, shall be, and are hereby instructed to warn every vessel which shall have commenced her voyage prior to any notice of this order, and shall be destined to any port of France, or of her allies, or of any other country at war with his majesty, or to any port or place from which the British flag as aforesaid is excluded, or to any colony belonging to his majesty's enemies, and which shall not have cleared out as is here-before allowed, to discontinue her voyage, and to proceed to some port or place in this kingdom, or to Gibraltar or Malta; and any vessel, which after having been so warned, or after a reasonable time shall have been afforded for the arrival or information of this his majesty's order at any port or place from which she sailed, or which, after having notice of this order, shall be found in the prosecution of any voyage, contrary to the restrictions contained in this order, shall be captured, and together with her cargo, condemned as lawful prize to the captors.

And whereas countries, not engaged in the war, have acquiesced in these orders of France, prohibits

ing all trade in any articles the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions; and the merchants of those countries have given countenance and effect to those prohibi tions, by accepting from persons styling themselves commercial agents of the enemy, resident at neutral ports, certain documents, termed “certs ficates of origin," being certificates obtained at the ports of shipment, declaring that the articles of the cargo are not of the produce or miamifacture of his majesty's dominions, or to that effect:

And whereas this expedient has been directed by France, and submitted to by such merchants, as part of the new system of warfare directed against the trade of this kingdom, and as the most effectual instrument of accomplishing the same, and it is therefore essentially neces‐ sary to resist it;

His majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that if any vessel, after reasonable time shall have been af forded for receiving notice of this his majesty's order at the port or place from which such vessel shad have cleared out, shall be found carrying any such certificate or document as aforesaid, or any document referring to, or authenticating the same, such vessel shall be ad judged lawful prize to the capior, together with the goods laden therein, belonging to the person or persons by whom, or on whose behaif, any such document was put on board.

And the right honourable the lords commissioners, &c. are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them shall respectively appertain. W. FAWKENER.

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At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 11th of November, 1807, present, the King's most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas articles of the growth and manufacture of foreign countries cannot by law be imported into this country, except in British ships, or in ships belonging to the countries of which such articles are the growth and manufacture, without an order in Council specially authorizing the same: His majesty, taking into consideration the order of this day's date, respecting the trade to be carried on to and from the ports of the enemy, and deeming it expedient that any vessel belonging to any country in alliance, or at amity with his majesty, may be permitted to import into this country articles of the proJuce or manufacture of countries at war with his majesty:

His majesty, by and with the adice of his privy council, is therefore pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all goods, wares, or nerchandizes, specified and included n the schedule of an act, passed in he forty-third year of his present najesty's reign, intituled, "an act o repeal the duties of customs payble in Great Britain, and to grant ther duties in lieu thereof," may be mported from any port or place beonging to any state not in amity with his majesty, in ships belongng to any state at amity with his najesty, subject to the payment of such duties, and liable to such Irawbacks as are now established by aw upon the importation of the said goods; wares, or merchandize, in hips navigated according to law; and with respect to such of the said goods, wares, or merchandize, as ire authorised to be warehoused under the provisions of an act, passed

in the forty-third year of his present majesty's reign, intituled, "an act/ for permitting certain goods imported into Great Britain, to be secured in warehouses without payment of duty," subject to all the regulations of the said last mentioned act; and with respect to all articles which are prohibited by law from being imported into this country, it is ordered, that the same shall be reported for exportation to any country in amity or al liance with his majesty.

And his majesty is further pleased," by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is bereby ordered, that all vessels which shall arrive at any port of the United Kingdom, or at the port of Gibraltar or Malta, in consequence of having been warned pursuant to the aforesaid order, or in consequence of receiving information, in any other manner, of the said order subse-: quent to their having taken on board any part of their cargoes, whether previous or subsequent to their sailing, shall be permitted to report their cargoes for exportation, and shall be ́ allowed to proceed upon their voyages to their original ports of destination (if not unlawful before the issuing of the said order), or to any port at amity with his majesty, upon receiving a certificate from the collector or comptroller of the customs at the port at which they shall so enter (which certificate the said collectors and comptrollers of the customs are hereby authorised and required to give), setting forth that such vessels came into such port in consequence of being so warned, or of receiving such information as aforesaid; and that they were permitted to sail from such port under the regulations which his majesty has been pleased to establish in respect

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to such vessels. But in case any vessel so arriving shall prefer to im port her cargo, then such vessel shall be allowed to enter and import the same, upon such terms and conditions as the said cargo might have been imported upon, according to law, in case the said vessels had sailed after having received notice of the said order, and in conformity thereto. And it is further ordered, that all vessels which shall arrive at any port of the United Kingdom, or at Gibraltar or Malta, in conformity and obedience to the said order, shall be allowed, in respect to all articles which may be on board the same, except sugar, coffee, wine, brandy, snuff, and tobacco, to clear out to any port whatever, to be specified in such clearance; and, with respect to the last mentioned articles, to export the same to such ports, and under such conditions and regulations only, as his majesty, by any licence to be granted for that purpose, may direct.

And the right honourable the lord commissioners, &c. &c.

W. FAWKEner.

At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 11th of November, 1807, present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas the sale of ships by a Belligerent to a neutral is considered by France to be illegal:

And whereas a great part of the shipping of France and her allies has been protected from capture during the present hostilities by transfers, or pretended transfers, to neutrals:

And whereas it is fully justifiable to adopt the same rule, in this respect, towards the enemy, which is applied by the enemy to this country:

His majesty is pleased, by aud

with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, That in future the sale to a neutral of any vessel belonging to his majesty's enemies, shall not be deemed to be legal, nor in any manner to transfer the property, nor to alter the character of such vessel: And all vessels now belonging, or which shall hereafter belong to any enemy of his majesty, notwithstanding any sale, or pretended sale, to a neutral, after a reasonable time shall have elapsed for receiving information of this his majesty's order at the place where such sale, or pretended sale, was effected, shall be captured and brought in, and shall be adjudged as lawful prize to the captors.

And the right honourable the lords commissioners, &c. &c.

W. FAWKENER.

French Manifesto.

"PARIS, Nov. 12. 'England has within two years sent out four expeditions.

"The first was against Constantnople, which was attended with the loss of several ships, the confiscation of all English merchandize, and the expulsion of their commerce from all the trading ports of the Levant. Admiral Duckworth, and his squadron, were happy in being able to find safety in flight.

"The second expedition from Eng land was against Egypt. This was still more shameful, more disastrous, more disgraceful. Its army, defeated at Rosetta, surrounded on its march, lost more than four thousand chosen men in killed and made pri soners. In vain did the English break down the dykes, cut the canals, and inundate that unhappy country

in order to secure themselves in Alexandria. On the 22d of September the pacha arrived from Cairo, defeated them, and obliged them to surrender Alexandria, into which he made his entry on the 24th. It is difficult to find a more humiliating expedition.

"The third English expedition was that against Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. Ten thousand Englisir troops failed in their attack upon an unfortified town. It is true, that the hatred which the Spanish cathofics have for the enemies of their religion, furnished them with new means against them, animated the whole population with a new ardour, and the 10,000 men were too happy in being permitted to retire. This expedition, which cost the English enormous sums, only served, therefore, to destroy the illusion which had induced them to imagine that it was very easy to seize on the Spanish possessions. The Portuguese possessions would not have offered less resistance. Wherever there are catholics, the intolerant English will find enemies. In this fatal expedition, they lost more than 5000 men.

"Their fourth expedition has been most notorious. It was that of Copenhagen, the most atrocious expedition of which history can preserve the remembrance; the shame with which it has covered the English government is indelible. Why did the English evacuate Zealand and Copenhagen, when the Danish government would not ratify the capitulation, and the engagement to eva cuate no longer existed? Why did the English evacuate, when the prince royal refused to receive their envoy, when that prince concluded an offensive and defensive alliance with France, when he only answered their

propositions by the recal of the agent he had at London; in fine, when in his political negotiations he speaks of the English by calling them robbers, a name they have so well merited? Why? Because they are convinced of their weakness and inability by land. The approach of the season when the ice would render the arrival of the Danish troops possible, determined them prudently to take tò flight, instead of waiting for the enemy whom they had surprised when unarmed, and whom it would soon be necessary to combat; a disgraceful flight, which can never be treated with too much contempt.

"After these four expeditions, which so manifestly shew the moral and military decline of England, let us speak of the situation into which it has brought Portugal. The princé regent of Portugal loses his throne; he loses it, influenced by the intrigues of England; he loses it, because he would not seize the English merchandize which was at Lisbon. What then does England, that powerful ally? She sees with indifference what passes in Portugal. What will she do when Portugal shall be taken? Will she go and seize upon Brazil ? No; if the English make that attempt, the catholics will drive them out. The fall of the house of Braganza will remain a new proof that the destruction of whomsoever attaches himself to the English is inevitable.

"But in the midst of so many disastrous events, what do the English ministers wish? We do not say England wishes only what all nations wish, peace, and to enjoy, at length, tranquillity under the reign of morality and the laws; but what does the committee of Oligarchs which directs its government wish? It has declar

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