commit any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said statute, upon pain of the several penalties by the said statute imposed, and of our high displeasure. And we do hereby further warn all our loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that if any of them shall presume, in contempt of this our royal proclamation, and of our high displeasure, to do any acts in derogation of their duty, as subjects of a neutral Sovereign in the said contest, or in violation or contravention of the law of nations in that behalf; as for example and more especially by entering into the military service of either of the said contending parties as commissioned or non-commissioned officers or soldiers; or by serving as officers, sailors, or marines, on board any ship or vessel of war or transport, of or in the service of either of the said contending parties; or by serving as officers, sailors, or marines, on board any privateer bearing letters of marque of or from either of the said contending parties; or by engaging to go or going to any place beyond the seas, with intent to enlist or engage in any such service, or by procuring or attempting to procure within Her Majesty's dominions at home or abroad, others to do so; or by fitting out, arming, or equipping any ship or vessel to be employed as a ship of war or privateer or transport, by either of the said contending parties; or by breaking or endeavouring to break any blockade lawfully and actually established by or on behalf of either of the said contending parties; or by carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war according to the law or modern usage of nations, for the use or service of either of the said contending parties, all persons so offending will incur and be liable to the several penalties and penal consequences by the said statute, or by the law of nations, in that behalf imposed or denounced. And we do hereby declare that all our subjects, and persons entitled to our protection, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril and of their own wrong, and that they will in nowise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities or penal consequences, but will, on the contrary, incur our high displeasure by such misconduct. Given at our Court, at the White Lodge, Richmond Park, this 13th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1861, and in the 24th year of our reign. God save the Queen. BRITISH PROCLAMATION, prohibiting the Export of Gunpowder, Saltpetre, Nitrate of Soda, and Brimstone.* Windsor, November 29, 1861. VICTORIA R. BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS in and by a certain statute, made and passed in the Parliament held in the 16th and 17th years of our reign, and intituled "The Customs Consolidation Act, 1853," it is, amongst other things, declared and enacted as follows; that is to say: "The following goods may, by Proclamation or Order in Council, be prohibited either to be exported or carried coastwise: arms, ammunition and gunpowder, military and naval stores, and any articles which Her Majesty shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man, and if any goods so prohibited shall be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited." And whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to prohibit either to be exported or carried coastwise, the articles hereinafter mentioned (being articles which we judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores), we, therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, and by this our royal Proclamation, do order and direct that, from and after the date hereof, all gunpowder, saltpetre, nitrate of soda, and brimstone, shall be, and the same are, hereby prohibited either to be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise. Given at our Court at Windsor, this 30th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1861, and in the 25th year of our reign. God save the Queen. * "London Gazette" of November 29, 1861. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, prohibiting the Export of Gunpowder, Saltpetre, Nitrate of Soda, and Brimstone from the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, and the Isle of Man.*-Windsor, November 30, 1861. At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of November, 1861. THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it has appeared expedient and necessary to Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to prohibit the articles hereinafter mentioned to be exported or carried coastwise from the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man respectively, except as hereinafter provided. Her Majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the publication of this Order in the said islands respectively, the following articles, namely, gunpowder, saltpetre, nitrate of soda, and brimstone, shall be and the same are hereby prohibited to be exported or carried coastwise from the said Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man, respectively, except with the licence of the Lieutenant-Governor or other officer administering the government of such islands respectively for that purpose first had and obtained. And the Lieutenant-Governors of Her Majesty's Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, and the Isle of Man respectively, for the time being, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may appertain. ARTHUR HELPS. BRITISH PROCLAMATION, prohibiting the Export of Arms, Ammunition, and Military Stores.+-Windsor, December 4, 1861. VICTORIA R. BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS in and by a certain statute made and passed in the Parliament held in the 16th and 17th years of our reign, and intituled "The Customs Consolidation Act, 1853" [cap. 107], it is, amongst other things, declared and enacted as follows; that is to say: * Supplement to the "London Gazette" of November 29, 1861. "The following goods may, by Proclamation or Order in Council, be prohibited either to be exported or carried coastwise: arms, ammunition, and gunpowder, military and naval stores, and any articles which Her Majesty shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man, and if any goods so prohibited shall be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited." And whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to prohibit either to be exported or carried coastwise, the articles hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: arms, ammunition, and military stores (including percussion caps and tubes), and also lead (being an article which we judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores), we, therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, and by this our Royal Proclamation, do order and direct that, from and after the date hereof, all arms, ammunition, and military stores (including percussion caps and tubes), and also lead, shall be and the same are hereby prohibited either to be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise. Given at our Court at Windsor, this 4th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1861, and in the 25th year of our reign. God save the Queen. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, prohibiting the Export of Arms, Ammunition, and Military Stores.*-Windsor, December 4, 1861. At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of December, 1861. PRESENT, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it has appeared expedient and necessary to Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to prohibit the articles hereinafter mentioned to be exported or carried coastwise from the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man respectively, except as hereinafter provided. Her Majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the publication of this Order in the said islands respectively, *"London Gazette" of December 4, 1861. the following articles, namely, arms, ammunition, and military stores (including percussion caps and tubes), and also lead, shall be and the same are hereby prohibited to be exported or carried coastwise from the said Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man respectively, except with the licence of the Lieutenant-Governor or other officer administering the government of such islands respectively for that purpose first had and obtained. And the Lieutenant-Governors of Her Majesty's Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man respectively for the time being, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may appertain. ARTHUR HELPS. CORRESPONDENCE relating to the Civil War in the United States of North America; the proposed Recognition of the so-called Confederate States; the non-Reception by Great Britain of Commissioners from the Southern States; the Proceedings of Confederate Agents in Canada; the Enlistment in Canada of Men to Serve in The United States Army; the Arbitrary Arrest of British Subjects (Messrs. Patrick and Rahming); the Pursuit of Deserters from United States into Canadian Territory; the Reception of Confederate Vessels in British Ports; Privateering; the Blockade of Southern Ports; the Neutrality of Great Britain; the non-Admission of Armed Vessels or Privateers with Prizes into British Ports; Cases of the Peerless, Winnefred, Peter Marcy, and Sumter.*-1860-1862. No. 10.-Lord Lyons to Lord J. Russell.—(Rec. January 8, 1861.) (Extract.) Washington, December 24, 1860. On the 20th instant the Convention at Charleston passed unanimously an Ordinance declaring that the "union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the 'United States of America,' is dissolved." The secession of South Carolina has been for some time regarded as certain. The formal accomplishment of it has, therefore, not in itself produced much sensation. Lord J. Russell. LYONS. * For Correspondence between The United States and Netherlands, respecting the Sumter, see page 137. |