The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVRNDIG, MAY 14, 1860.

ntaia a peneefal and friendly ILl:amours* with
" all and with each of them, and their respective
it eubjectsielad others inhabiting within any of their
" imantriee, territories, and dominions, and to main-
" tale a strict and impartial neutrality in the said
" hostilities and war, unhappily existing between

them."

We are aware that these words occurring in the
preamble of an ordinary warning against breaches of
public law Dave no binding power ; nevertheless,
they must be taken as the deliberate expression of a
serious intention. As such they will be mast accept-
able to the nation, which will hope that the acts of
her MAJESTY'S servants everywhere will be in ac-
cordance with the spirit of the solemn professions to
which they have committed their Sovereign. The
detailed commands, warnings, and admonitions to en
observance of neutrality which follow the general
declaration appear to us to need further explanation
and specification, and will have to be supplemented
by further instructions.

MR WAR.

The fellevrial 'reclamation by her Majeady was
pobliebed In tin egplowat to the Leaden 04.04 of yes-
BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
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Whereas we are happily at peace with all erne-
reigns, powers, and states;
And whereas, notwithstanding our utmost exertions to
prawns peace between all the sovereign powers and states
now et war, hostilities have unhappily commenced between
bin Imperial ',Nasty the Emperor of Austria on the one
part, and his Mejeety the King of Sardinia and his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French on the other
per;
And whereas a state of war now exists between his Int-
porta Majesty the Emperor of Austria on the one port, and
his Majesty the King of Sardinia and his Imperial Majesty
the Emperor of the French on the other pert, and bet seen
their remedies subjects and others inhabiting within their
couatriee, territories, or doeninioss
And whereas we are on terms of frisnehip and amiable in-
tethoune with all sad each of them sovereigns, and with
thtir several subjects, and others, Inhabiting within their
countries, territories, or dominions;
And whereas great numbers of our loyal subjects reside
and carry on commerce, and power property and establish-
ment., and enjoy various rights and privileges within the
dominions of each of the aforesaid sovereigns, protected by
the faith of trestles between us and each of the aforesaid
sovereigns ;
And whereas we, being desirous of preserving toyer sub-
jects the blessings of peace, which they now happily enjoy,
are firmly purposed and determined to abstain altogether
from taking any pat, directly or indirectly, in the war now
unhappily existing between the said sovereign, their subjects
and territories, and to remain at peen with, and to maintain
a peaceful and friendly intercourse with, all and with each of
them, and their reflective subjects, and others inhabitisg
within any of their countries, tenitoriee, and dominions, sad
to maintain a Milan and impartial neutrality In the said hos-
tilities and war, unhappily existing between them ;
We, therefore, have thought fir, by red with the advice of
our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal proclamation.
And we do hereby strictly charge and commend all one
loving subjects to govern themselves somedingly, and to ob-
serve a strict neutrality in and during the aforeseid hostilities
and war, and to abstain from violating or aostravoing either
the laws and statutes of the realm in this behalf or the law
of nations in relation thereto, as they will mower to the om-
tury at their peril.
And whereas in and by a certain statute semis and psend
in the fifty-ninth year of his Majesty King George the WA,
entitled " An Act to prevent the enlisting ar engagement of
his Majesty's subjects to serve in a foreign service, and the
fitting out or equipping, in his Majesty's &mistime, vessels
for warlike purpose., without hie Majesty's license," it Is
amongst other things declared and enacted as follows:
That if any person within any part of the United Kingdom,
or in any part of his Majesty's daminkas beyond the ems,
shall, without the leave and lioness of hie Majesty, for that
purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, equip, furnish,
fit out, or arm, or attempt or anathema to equip, furnish, It
out, or arm, or procure to be prepped, furnished, fitted out,
or armed, or shall knee ',ugly aid, theist, or be concerned M
the quipping. furnishing, fitting out, or arming, of say ship
or wee% with intent, or In ordet that each ship or vessel
shall be employed in the service of any fere** prince, state,
or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or pert of
any province or people, or of any person or persons emir-
airing or resuming to turtles any powers of govmenthit
in or over any foreign state, colony, province, or pat
of any province or people, a, a transport or store ship, et
with Intent to cruise or commit hostilities against asp
piece, state, or potentate, or against the subject. or chimes
of any prince, state, or potentate, or against the per-
loos exereising, or assuming to exorcise, the powers of ger
vanterent in any ooltny, province, or part of any province or
otiosity, ear against the inhabit tuts of any foreign colony,
province, or part of any province or country, with whom his
Majesty shall not then be at war, or shall, within the United
Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's dominions, or is arty
settlement, colony, territory, island, or place, belonging er
subject to his Majesty, lame or deliver any onnafiseica for
any ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or vessel shell
be employe % se aforesaid, every snob person so °Sanding shell
be deemed pit. y of 'misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, upon any information or ithicement, be puntehed by
floe and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of
the court in which such slimier shall be convicted ;
and every ouch ship or vestal, with the tackle, apparel, and
furniture, together with all the =Weide, arms, ammunition,
and stoics, Which may belong to or be at board of any such
ship or vessel, shall be forfeited; sad it shall be lawful for
any officer of his M +jetty's corkor or incise, or any
aloe, of bin Majesty's navy who is by law empowered
to make seizures for any forfeiture Incurred under any of the
laws of cuetume or exthe, or the laws of cede and naviga-
tion, to et ire such chips and vends aforesaid, end in such
1 places and in such manner, in which the Mims of his Ma-
jesty's custom. or enciee, end the officers of his Majesty's
navy, are empowered rupectively to make seizure
under the laws of customs and excise, or under the laws of
trade and navigatiou ; and that every such ship mad
vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with
all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores, which may
belong to, or be on board of such ship or motel, may be
prosecuted and ceademsed, in the like manner, and in such
courts as ships or vessels may be prosecuted and condemned
for any breach of the laws made for the protection of the
revenue of customs and excise, or of the laws of trade sad
aavigatim."
And it is, in and by the said act, further enac'ei, "net
sup person in any part of the United Kingdom of lead
!Mein or Ireland, or is any part of his Majesty's doseidene
beyond the sea% withont the leave and license of his
aojesty for that papaw first bad and obtained
es aformaid, shall, by adding to the number of
ro guns of such easel, or by changing those on
beard for other gone, or by the addition of any equipment
per wee, Mama or augment, or procure to be increased ft
saprosted, or shall be knowingly concerned in increasing or
topootis 8, the warlike force of any ship or vessel of wort
or cram, or otter trout verel, which, at the time of her
Nara Is my part of the United Kingdom, or any of his
Igepetye inrialoss. vs. a ship of war, mutate, or moth
ostri, he Ibe service of say foreign prises, stela or poten-
tate, or et say person or persona exercierieg, or assuming to
esertier, any powers of gavot:menthe or over snycolony, pro.
vines, or port of arty provhonor people, belonging to the subject.
of say such prince, state, or potentate, or to the inhabitente
et any cslony, provisos, or part of any province or country,
under the control of any penes or persons eo exercising, oe
lormiss to exercise, the powers of government, every rah
poem so ofleading shall be deemed guilty of a mithseseanor,
and shall, upon being convlctel thereof, upon any infurma-
lion or Indic men., be punished by fine and imprisonment, or
either of them, at the discretion of the court before whisk
such off, nder stall be convicted.
Now, in rill r that tone of our subjects may maturity
render themselves liable to the penalties Imposed by the aid
statute, we de hereby strictly command that no person whal-
er/thr do commit any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, nor.
Mary to the Firkins at the said statute, upon pia of the
several penalties by the said statute imposed, and of our high
disp:essure.
And es do hereby farther warn sad admonish all on,
loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever t witted to oar
protection, to obeerm towards each end all of the aforesaid
sovenips, their subject*, and territories", sad towards all bel-
ligennts whatsoever, with whom we are at peace, the dais,
of neutrality; and to nowt ha al and refit of them, the
evades of the.. belligerent rights winch we and oar royal
prodeoesecestithe always claimed to exercise.
Amd we do hereby farther warn all our loving subjects,
and all whatsoever entitled to one protection, that
if thy them shall pineume, in contempt of this our royal
afi, end of our high displeasure, to d I any sets in
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Lai at their duty as euljeen of a neutral eoversign,
in a woe between totter sovereigns, or in vielatiots or mere-
varies of the law of cartels as teat behalf, as more ewe-
skip by breaking, or endeavourieg to busk, soy blockade
kw ay and actually established by or as behalf of any or
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