The National Register.
London, England, 1808-01-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

JAN. 94.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

,At the Court at the Queen's POace, the Bth of 1806,
present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas it is expedient in the present state of the subjects of
her Nlnst Faithful Majesty, and during the interruption in com-
mercial correspondence between. Great Britain and Portugal,
that claims should be permitted to he given for Portuguese pro-
perty brought in and detained by his Majesty's ships of war and
privateers ; his 'Majesty is pleased, by and nkb the advice of
his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that claims
cot Portuguese property, given by perions duly authorised by
the owners, or by the Consul or other person authorised by the
Portuguese Minister resident at this Court, shall he admitted in
the High Court of Admiralty; and it is further ordered, that
immediate restitution shall pass of all such property as shall
appear by the bills of lading or other documents found on board
Portuguese ships, coming from Portuguese settlements to the
ports of Portugal, or belong to her Most Faithful Majesty, or to
any of her subjects residing, at the date of this order, in the
Brazils, or in any foreign settlement belt/0.1,1in); to her Crown,
or in England, or in any country in amity with his Majesty,
upon a general claim for every such ship and goods, given by
the Consul under the authority aforesaid ; and it is further or-
dered, that the property of the subjects of her Most Faithful
Majesty, at the date of this order, residing in Portugal, either
belonging to them separately, or jointly with subjects residing
in the Brazils, or other places beforemeutioned, shall be pro-
zounced to belong as claimed, upon a general claim given for
the same on hoard such Portuguese ships as aforesaid : and it is
further ordered, that the property last mentioned, as well as all
other property, under private claims already given, or to be
given, and pronounced to be Portuguese property, and belong-
ing to persons resident in Portugal at the date of this order,
shall remain subject to his Majesty's further orders ; and, in the
mean time, shall be put into the joint custody of agents, to he
named on behalf of his Majesty, and on behalf of the Portu-
guese Minister resident at this Court, or of any claimant ; and
that such parts thereof as are perishable, or which it may he
otherwise expedient to sell, shall he sold by the aforesaid
Agents, under commissions to he issued by the High Court of
Admiralty, and the proceeds thereof deposited in the said
Court ; and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of
his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
state, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the .ludges
of the High Court of Admiralty and Courts of Vice Admiralty,
;ire to take the neressm.y measures herein as to them shall re-
spectively apppertai. W. FAWKENER.

Anthony Davis, Stroud-Green, Middlesex, dealer iu cattle,
lan. 21, at twelve, 2S, at one, and March 1, at ten, at Guildhall.
Attorney, Mr. Robinson, Charter-House-square. •

DIVIDENDS.
Feb. 15. Wm. Creed, jun. Finch-lane, Cornhill, taylor, ai
one, at Guildhall.
Feb. 14. Win. Middleton, John Holland Pemberton, and
George 1:elton, Liverpool, merchant,, at one, at the Globe
Tavern, Liverpool.
Feb. 10. Thomas Booker, Birmingham, button-maker, at
eleven, nt the Swan Tavern, Birmingham.
Feb. 15. ,lames Collins, Gosport, builder, at twelve, at the
Crown Inn, Gosport.
Feb. 27. Chrichton Horne, Portland-street, Rateliff-High-
way, glass-maker, at one, at Guildhall.
Feb. 15. Alexanler Macauley, Loudoa, merchant, at eleven,
at Guildhall.
March 1. JohwlPClary, Calcutta, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Feb. 13. John Cause, Great Wakering, Essex, shopkeeper,
at twelve, at Guildhall, London.

March 1.
Guildhall.