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,~ • er y obeli be captured, and condemned a s prise to this captors. But altheagh His Majesty wfuld be fully judo Bed, by this eirehmstances and considerations above recited, in establishing sueh system of restridions, with respect to all the countries and colonies of his enemies. without exception or qualification ; yet His Majesty being nevertheless desirous not to sub js& neutrals to any greater inconvenience than is absolutely inseparable from the carrying into effelt His Majesty's just determination to cOunterad the de signs 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 objeft, still to allow to neutrals the opportunity of furnishing themselves with colonial produce for their own con sumption and supply ; and even to leave open, for the present, such trade with His Majesty's enemies as shall be carried on &redly with the ports of His Majesty's dominions, or of his allies, in the manner hereinafter mentioned : His Majesty is therefore pleased farther to order, and it is hereby ordered, that nothing herein con tained shall extend to subjc to capture or con demnation any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel; belonging to any country not declared by this order to be subjected to the restridions incident to a state of blockade, which shall have cleared out with such cargo from some port or place of the country to which the belongs, either in Europe er America, or from some free poi ha His Majesty's colonies, under cir cumstances in which such trade from such free port is pettnitted, shred to some port or place in the co lotires of His Majesty's enemies, or from those colo nies dire& to the count' y to which such vessel be longs, or to some free port in His Majesty's.colonies, in such cases, and with such articles, as it may be lawful ti import into such tree pot:; nor to any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel. belonging to any enuntry nut at war with His Majesty, which shall ace cleared out from some pest or place in this kingdom, er from Gibraltar or Malta, under such regulations as His Majesty may think fit to prescribe, or from any port belonging to His Majesty's allies, and :hail be proceedieg dire& to the port speci fied 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 corning from any port or place in Europe which is declared by this order to be sable& to the restridiens incident to a state of blockade, destined to some port or place in Europe belonging to His Majesty, and which shall be on her voyage dire& thereto ; but these excep tions are not to be understood as exempting from capture or confiscation any vessel or goods which shall be liable thereto in resped of having entered or departed from any port or glace actually block aded 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 we: and privateers, and other vessels tiding under His Majesty's Commission shall be, and are hereby insulate to warn every vessel which shall hove 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 whieli the British tl ig. as aforesaid, is ex:Ousted, or to any solony Iselooging to His Majesty's enc. snies. and which shall not have cleared out, as is larch:before allowed. to discontinue her voyage, and to prceeed to some port or piece in this king dam, or to Gibraltar or Moira, aro' any vessel, which, after having been so warned, or after a rea sonable time shall have been affordhl Icr the ar rival of information of this His Mejesty's Order at any port or place from which she sailed, or which, after having notice of this Order, shall he found in the prosecution of any voyage, contrary to the rebut:lions contained in this Order, shall be cap tured, and, together with her cargo. condemned as hoot ill pia. to the captors: And whereas countries, not engaged in the war, i ace acquiesced in the Orders of France, prohibiting all trade in any articles the produce o enuteelure of II:s Majesty's dominicns ; and the merchants et thou countries have given come (alarm and efil.:l to those prohibitions, by accept ing from persons styling themselves Commercial Agents of the Enemy, esbileat at neutral ports, cer tain documents, termed "Certificates of Origin," being co-Lid:Ate. obtained at the ports of shipment, declancg that the articles of the cargo are not of toe produce or manufatture of His Majesty's domi nions, or to that effect. And whereas this expedient has beta discard by France. and submitted to by such merchants. as past of the new system of warfare direEttd against the trade of this kingdom. and as the most arena' instronseat of accomplishing the same. and it is th.refors essentially necessary to resist it. His Majesty is therefore pleased. by and with the kl6 n advice of His Privy Council. to order, mad it is hereby ordered, that if any vessel. after reasonable time shall have been af(orded focreceiving notice of this His Majesty's order at the port se place froin which such vessel shall have cleared ours shall be Jotted carrying any such certificite or &moment as aforesaid, or any document referring to, or au thenticating the same, such vessel shall be adjudged lawful prize to the captor, together with the goods laden therein, belonglag to the person or persons by whom, or on whose behalf, any such document was put on hoard. And the Right Hononrahle the Lnrds Comnsis. sinners of His Majesty's Treasury, HI. Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, and the Judges of the High Court of Admiralty act' Courts of Vice Ad. miralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them shall respelively appertain. W. leawesera. At the Court at the Queens Palace, the 11th of November 1807, PRESENT, The KING's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas articles of the growth and manufaaure of foreign countries cannot by law be imported into this country, except in British ships, or in ships be longing to the countries of which such articles are the growth and manufalture, without an order in Council, specially authorising the lame: His Majesty, taking into consideration the order of this day's date, respeaing the trade to be car ried 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 produce or madufeaure of countries at war with His Majesty : His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, is therefore pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that good., wares, or mer chandizes, specified and included in the schedule of an AA. passed its the forty-third year of His present Majesty's reign, intitoled, "An Al to repeal the Duties of Customs payable in Great Bri tam, and to grant other doties in lien thereof," may he imported from any port er place belonging to any State not at amity wall Hi. Majesty, in ships belonging to any State et amity with His alajesty, Milk& to the payment of such duties, and liable to such drawback., as are new established bylaw upon the importation of the said goods, WI% or mer chandise, in ships navigated according to law ; and with revel to such of the said goods, wares, or merchandise, as are authorised to be warehoused un der the provisions of an Aa, passed in the 43d year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Aft for permitting certain goods impnrted into Great- Britain, to be secured in warehouses. without pay ment of duty," su' j a to all the regulations of the said last-mentioned Mt ; and with respea to all ar ticles which are prohibited by law from being im ported into this country, it is ordered, that the same shall be reported for exportation to any country in amity or alliance with His Majesty. And His Majesty is turther pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Counkil, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all emelt which shall arrive at any port of the United Kingdom, or at the port of Gib:altar or Malta, in consequence of having been warned pursuant to the aforesaid order, or in consraptence of receiving information, in any other manner, of the sail order, subsequent to their hay. ing taken on board any past of their cargoes, wise thet previous Sr subsequent to their sailing. shall be permitted to report their cargoes for exportation, and shall be allowed to proceed upon their voy- ages to their original ports of destination, (if not unlavrttsl trfore the issuing of the said order), or to any port wt amity with His Majesty, upon re ceiving a cloacae front the Contain or Coonp trollet of the Customs at the port at which they shall so enter, (which certificate the sail Consents and Comptrollers of the Customs are heresy authorised and required to give,) settiag forth that such vessels came into snch pert in consequence of being so warned, or of receiving such inform cion as afore. said; and that they sere permitted' to sail hom such port under the regulations which His Majesty has been pleased to establish to respea to such vessels. But in case any vessel so arriving shall prefer to import her cargo, then such vessel shall be allowed to enter and impost the same, upon such terms and conditions as the said cargo might have been im ported upon, according to law, in case the said ves sel hail sailed after having receives' 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 teepee to all articles which may be on board the same, except sugar, coffee, wine. brandy, snuff, and tobacco. to dear out to any port whateter, to be specified in sash clearance; and, with respell to the last-men tiooed article% to export the sate to such ports, and tinder such conditions and regulations only, as His Majesty, bz any license to be granted for that pur pose, may dire; And the Right Hon. thi Lords Commissioners • of His Majesty's Treasury, His Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, and the Judges of the 1 - I , gh Court of Admiralty and Courts of Vice-Ad miralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respeftively appertain. W. FAWRISLIt. At the Court at the Qateu's Palace, the 11th of November, 1807. ►RESE!4T, The KING's Most Excellent Nlaksty in Council. Whereas the sale of ships by a Belligerent to a I Neutral is considered by France to be illegal. And whereas, a great part of the shipping of Fiance and her Allies has been prole led from cap ture, during the present hostilities, by transfers, or pi etended transfers, to Neutrals. And whereas, it is fully justifiable to adopt the same rule, in this respea, towards. the enemy, which is applied by the enemy to this country. His Majesty is pleased. by and with the advise of his Privy Council, to order. and it is hereby or dered, 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 charaiter 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 Ma jesty's order at the place where such sale, or pre tended sale, was effeaed. shall *be captured and brought in, and shall be adjudged as lawful prise to the captors. And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners cf His Majesty's Treasury, His MAjesty's Principal Se cretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and tba Judges of the High Court of Admiralty and Courts of Vice-Admiralty. am to take the necessa►y measures herein as to them shall respeCtively appertain. W. Fat►auMia. 7ORLIGN NLLIGENCE. GOTTENtiUma I MAIL. COTTSUAGEN. OCT : IQ. Tr•et Danish men of war, one of which was lying in Fredricswarn, and the other in Christiansen& me, we un dersand, arrived sale in the port of Frederiestadt ; this small 'remainder of the Danish navy has, therefore, es from the grasp of the Km:lntl. r.r.sixtue, OCT. 28. Yesterday, notice was given by bretwral orders, that the English were to be considered and treated as enemies, bath by sea and land. All English vessels which come within the range of cannon shot are therefore fired st , all the English ale arrested as soon as they runic on shore. Yesterday 14 or 15 English vessels hove in sight, under convoy of a cutter they were fired at, and four of them were taken. They came horn London, and the Masters stated, that at the time of their departure, it was generally reported in England, that on their arrival in the Sound peace would proliality lie been c hided with Deo. mark. It should therefore seem, that thew 'oldie's still cherish the proud idea, that the Danes Pent disposed to compound with them. Two piece, ul emotion hate hardy been mounted on the btiele, to prevent the Eititlish born making an attempt at night to land, and retake their ships. We learn from Ilelsingliurg, That a Russian Minister has arrived there, and opened nertociations with the King of Sweden.—,Copunkozen GfiZetir, Oci. 30.) COPIINFIAGEN, NOV. Y. A newspaper published in C•h ' 'ausand, tinder the title of coiwitts the following summons On board Ilia Britannic Majesty's ship Spencer, Sept. V 7, ISO 7. - . " Sir--Covetiii3gCti and the l)anish fleet are in the possession of the English. 'The Danish fleet will soon pot to sea s and some of the Engliah troops are already embarked. lam in honrly expectation of tlfb arrival of a division thereof in Christionsand ; before that event takes place. I wish your Excellency woukl adopt • conduct which is alone able to arm the destruction of the town of Ciwistiansand. hly 'Admiral has directed me to demand the seventy gun ship, which is lying in Christians-4nd ; shot.l4l the batteries Gr• on the ships on entering the port, the town will be takeu by storm, and all private property be confiscated ; but if they al*tain from all resistance to two British 74 gun ships, the town shall be spared, and all private property respected. These are the terms on which Copenhagen and the Danish fleet surrendered, and the sante I offer to your Excellency. I have the honour to be. fee. •' ROUERT STOPTORD, •• Captain and Coultualitlaut:' The following answer was returned : " Chrinianeand, Sept. 7, 1607. " Sir—llis Danish 11144y's ship of war, which is lying in the port, is not solar my orders. as General and Commandant of Christiamand I cannot therefore return you any answer with meant to the surrender cf that ship; as to the admittance of British ships and troops into this pork it cannot be granted ; and should an attempt Its mark to force the entrance, I shall endeavour in prevent it with all the means with which the King has Leo gracitius!y plasscd to intrust me for that purpose. " I have the honour to he. 2.. e. TUSIkiIIS." belonging to His MAJUTT'S enemies, in a stria state of blockade. Neutrals, however, will still be allowed to largish theasselves with enemy's colonial produce foe *Mir own consumption, and for tins purpose such trade may be mailed ou dirtily with the ports of His irtfaaartv's dorninions, or his allies, suhjea to certairkrestriaions. To illustrate this by an eaample, America may import the po duce of um French West India Islands dirra into an American port, for her own use. Mt sbe canna: export it again to a French For:, and thus th. Orde: entirely cuts off the ntutral carrying trail: b-- tween the enemy's colonies and the m o ther cno..t:t Th. second order permits univeraall: - the imp -It . , • CPIIISTIA•c•Iorp. eer 16. , The Delish flotilla, Which sat at .:i( er icks • his .. dime into Frederickstadt, upon the Savdish frontiers, to pots the winter : a cutter and several goo boats are also I stationed at Frederickstadt. which take a 3 the vessels that • come near that place. o The Danish man of war, thc li A a • La rpt il e i n i re. P o s f . B47 . n r .otie • iS i of the finest ships in the fleet, is ashore (at a c o w 1, 4 „; ;, ' t near the Island of Wien, and will be lost : Mat Mgt:Loaf- ers, who were on board her, are cn the Uland; it is ex.. 'i pealed she will be burnt. P anti The report of an armistice betwee n etw.edeiTi l' en 2 :t ° ;44 s ll • ce, • ( lentil April next, has beet, current her:, but it cannot be traced to any authentic source. Considerable quantities of nterchandize, from Eatbdva ittil (chiefly colonial pro s uce ) ). have fou n d t h eir way Ilitht „ iN t .... during the last week. it last ome il.e :k n i ig ist b . II i x: , rg,i, w .. i r t as h : d ec i, rai 60.: . I Accounts (ruin liclaingborg state, that Igo,. t! )• ote °: English merchant ships have been takeu and carried .1, 4 r: Elsitteur. ". pa T tch he es Sa ro P r P t h he i La h" e ib li o li f i "' M a i l ; i s i:/e ri t ved : remarkably short passage of lade more than 410 hours. " The Sprecer English man of war. tcrAether with the 111; ' Syl ilk frigate, and the, Alacrity Sappho brigs, &c. (coin Not w.t and the Ltelt, hate put iutu this harbour ; also the Spitfire fire- s hi p . 4 coPEY.IcE ) t, PM 4. I: By 3 new Ordinance published here, all letters (joie 1 11 (rout hence to Gatteubur g h ap: to be open e d an d re•seat di ed with the seal of the Police, previous t o t h e i r b e i ng f or x warded; this Ordinance has nu doubt for its object t a stoppage of the English letters. a Extract of a letter trout Helsiagbors, 2gol October • 112 "'The Forester sloop of war has been rery unhortunat A with her convoy ; six of Mein, by keeping too near the " MPhil C 0251. have been captured by the Castle of Crones. a berg. after firing a few shots at them ; and to add to the A misfoetune. two more of them, in passing Copenhagen. 7 -lave been taken by some armed boats. To prevent the I like happening again, an English frigate is stationed in. 1 that quarter, and' the Bog ter sloop a Drago. 1 " A convoy from Leith put into Stralsund this morn ing." - • - THE BRITISH PRES i • LONDON, TUESDAY, Nova". 1 sea 17. FLAG OF 'FKUCE. i At five o'clock, last morning. an Express fro 1 Deal was received e t the Admiralty. and was sent 1 off immediately to the Hun. Mr. Pone, principal t Secretary, at Blackheath. The substance of the 3 Dispatches from Deal did not transpire; but, a i the time of the opening of the Steck Exchange, i t was currently reported, upon the alleged autorit I of letters from Dover, that a Flag of Truce ha f arrived with an offer froal Rustle to mediate a , Peace between France and this country.—According to one account, a French natural schooner went i ' past Dover, on Sunday evening, a ith a press of ail ( ' supposed to have come from Boulogne. Another 1 ' account stated, that a French stational schooner. 1 bearing a Flag of Truce,• and having a French , Messenger on board, passed Dover on Sunday. 1 1 about two o'clock. for the Dawns, and before the 1 , Mail left Deal on Sunday night, she 114,1 arrived in i the Downs, accompanied by the Ca4p.e sloop of , i war; but the wind blotting strong. no other parti- , • cubs., could be learned. Notwithstanding the late 1 r declaration of the .I;amirtur, that no more Flags of i Truce should pass between this country and France, , and the furious tone assumed by that official paper of the French Govetnmenr, the report was eagerly seized in the City. and produced an imme- diate rise in the funds. The Otimirm, at one o'clock, was Us pensions, and the other classes had ads vanced in a like proportion ; but the report lost I ground in the course of the day, and at the close of the market the amnion left a at 11. f—.ma.— t A Soppkmeentery Garotte was published yesterday. a containing the several Orders in Council promised 3 in The Gazette of Saturday night. These Orden. ' of which we have given a eorrea copy, were grossly II misrepresented in a morning paper of yesterday. a They are to the following effea : a f 1 The first Order declares all the ports of France.• , 1 or her allies, or any other country, at war with y His I fifaJISTYp and all other ports in Europe, from o l which. though not at war with His Maeut v. the o i British flag is excluded. and all ports in the colonies belonging to His Majesty's enemies, in a stria stat eallo of wed la°c tofu ka" nsish the Ntrl e as u iei a ni s, h w o it w h ee w eaem er, t y ; . li c s o l l ill on b i : i Produce fee their own consumption, and fur this .04r.